At a time when the true-crime genre has reached a creative nadir, as streaming services churn out assembly-line products that prioritize shock value over victims’ stories — and even stoop to paying perpetrators for exclusive access — Surviving R. Kelly stands out. Premiering in January 2019, Dream Hampton’s docuseries painted …
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The first three episodes of Harry & Meghan, a Netflix “global event” (their words) chronicling Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s tabloid-ravaged love story, from the royal couple’s first date to their nuptials, offered few surprises. We dug into their personal histories—Meghan’s early years negotiating her mixed-race upbringing in the Valley; …
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Over a year after Bernie Madoff’s death – and a few weeks after the FTX fiasco – the story behind the largest Ponzi scheme in history will be the focus of an upcoming Netflix docuseries. Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street features interviews with “whistleblowers, employees, investigators, and victims,” as …
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If there are two sides to every story, and one of those sides is the Royal Family backed by a spectacle-hungry media and tabloid circus while the other is the very couple they’ve both placed under an unsparing microscope – which holds the truth? In the new documentary series Harry …
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The title of Laura Poitras’ new documentary, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, comes from a long-suppressed medical record. It is the record of Barbara Holly Goldin, the older sister of the artist and activist Nan Goldin. Barbara committed suicide in 1965, after years of being institutionalized for her mental …
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Amazon’s thin but pleasant new documentary Good Night Oppy (which gets a limited theatrical release and a streaming release on Amazon Prime on Nov. 23) is about Spirit and Opportunity — the Mars Exploration Rovers that were launched into space in 2003 — and their makers. Opportunity is the star. …
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One of the finest moments in Margaret Brown’s Descendant, which is now streaming on Netflix, arrives by way of a drone shot that unexpectedly alerts us to where we really are. The shot begins at ground level, on a quiet street in Mobile, Alabama, and expands upward and outward to …
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Selena Gomez is sharing how she grappled with her mental health challenges. The singer shared a preview of her upcoming My Mind & Me documentary with Vanity Fair, in which she opens up about how she learned to cope with her bipolar diagnosis. Gomez revealed her bipolar diagnosis in 2020 …
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Bodybuilding’s most notorious crime is the focus of Netflix’s upcoming docuseries Killer Sally. The three-episode docuseries investigates the Valentine’s Day 1995 killing of national bodybuilding champion Ray McNeil, who was shot to death by his bodybuilder wife, Sally. She alleged she was being choked at the time of the shooting …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The sweet vocals of Camilo went on the road for the first time last year. And now, the mustachioed Latin star is ready to share the behind-the-scenes of …
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