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'I Am: Celine Dion' will be released on Amazon Prime at an as-yet-determined date Celine Dion‘s life, legacy, and battle with stiff-person syndrome will be explored in a new documentary titled I Am: Celine Dion. Amazon MGM acquired the film, which will be released on Prime. Helmed by Peabody and Emmy-winning director Irene Taylor, the new documentary was filmed over the course of a year. It will offer a rare glimpse into her personal life, taking viewers into the recording studio and her home.…

For all the behind the scenes gems and 80s nostalgia it has on offer, Bao Nguyen’s The Greatest Night in Pop is a master class in event planning.As anyone who has ever tried to cram a group of A-listers – or even a crowd of sluggish friends and family members – into the same room at the same time knows, it’s going to be a headache. Bringing together 46 of today’s musical superstars for a night of unpaid work would be near impossible (small wonder most of today’s chart-topping collaborations involve no more than two…

Image: Warner Bros./DC ComicsThis year’s Sundance film festival featured the documentary Super/Man, which chronicles the late Christopher Reeve, who played the DC character from 1978-1987. With how beloved the actor’s take on Superman was for a certain generation, it’s no surprise that studios are trying to snatch it up, and it may have found a home.Who Wants DC’s Canceled Batgirl Movie? | New York Comic Con 2022Per Deadline, Warner Bros. Discovery is the potential frontrunner for the documentary, and is looking to grab…

The Current16:20Huge ancient city discovered in Amazon"Wow" was all archaeologist Stéphen Rostain could say when LiDAR (light detection and ranging) laser technology revealed several ancient cities hidden deep in the Amazon rainforest."It's a gift for an archaeologist," he told The Current's Matt Galloway. Using the laser-scanning technology, researchers have uncovered a complex network of farmland, roads and neighbourhoods in Ecuador's Upano River Valley.The cities are believed to be between 2,000 and 3,000 years old,…

From a powerful doc on police corruption to Kieran Culkin cracking wise and K-Stew running wild — the highlights of a strong Sundance lineup Sundance 2024 was, in a lot of ways, the same as the festival ever was: We came, we saw, we nearly broke our necks slipping on ice while on the way to see a documentary on how American foreign policy in the 20th century was tres fucked up. The 40th anniversary edition of the Park City-based film festival marked my 20th year attending The…

Breadcrumb Trail LinksMusicMovies'This was her time to tell her story. She's not a sidekick, not an accessory,' filmmaker Kristen Vaurio tells Postmedia Get the latest from Mark Daniell straight to your inbox Sign Up Published Jan 27, 2024  •  Last updated 11 minutes ago  •  3 minute read A still of June Carter Cash featured in June, streaming on Paramount+. Photo by Don Hunstein /Sony Music EntertainmentArticle contentAfter director Kristen Vaurio’s work on films dealing with Scientology, the National Enquirer and…

As a subgenre of music film, tour documentaries naturally have a solid boundary – the tour. This clear and limited objective seems fitting for Lil Nas X, who looks a bit uncomfortable with the premise at points in his first feature-length doc, Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero. It follows the young, Grammy-winning firestarter from the summer of 2022, when he says he has just a month to put together his debut world tour of the same name It then moves through opening night in Detroit and highlights stops in New York, his…

A woman has a text chat with her long-dead lover. A family gets to hear a deceased elder speak again. A mother gets another chance to say goodbye to her child, who died suddenly, via a digital facsimile. This isn't a preview of the next season of Black Mirror — these are all true stories from the Sundance documentary Eternal You, a fascinating and frightening dive into tech companies using AI to digitally resurrect the dead.It's yet another way modern AI, which includes large language models like ChatGPT and similar…

Once upon a time on the West Coast, two bands were plotting a revolution. Well, really, it was one musician concocting a grand plan to dismantle the record industry, bring back a massive revival of 1960s psychedelic rock, and achieve total world domination. His name was Anton Newcombe, and this singer/multi-instrumentalist fronted a San Francisco group blessed with one of the greatest names of any 1990s band: The Brian Jonestown Massacre. The only thing better than their moniker was the music itself, which…

In February 2016, Aubrey Gordon sat at her computer and pressed publish on a blog post. An open letter, it was titled A Request from Your Fat Friend. She decided not to sign it with her name. “I need less sympathy and more solidarity; less pity and more anger,” she wrote, about being denied medical care by doctors, and basic understanding from her thinner friends. Gordon describes herself as a fat woman, who at that time wore a US dress size 26 (about a UK size 30). “If you disapprove of yourself, vivisect your own body,…