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Peacock has unveiled the first footage of Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy, its new documentary special about disgraced rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, set for premiere on Tuesday, Jan. 14. The just-released trailer pulls no punches, opening with several of those who have been closest to Combs revealing…

The year is 2732. The body of Nasar Ghafoor, a man who lived in the 21st century, thaws after a long, long, long cryonic sleep. Medical personnel, leveraging technology unknown in our present times, make the necessary preparations to bring him back to life. Hey, it could happen. You never…

UPDATED with latest: It’s a new year — time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows and nominations dates ahead as we get deeper into Oscar season and look ahead to the guild awards, Grammys, Tonys and more. Check back often for updates. January 3: SDSA…

Kieran Turner, the documentary filmmaker behind Jobriath A.D. (2012), has died. He was 56. According to his rep, the Eight Track Tape Productions founder and 2021 CNN Docuseries Fellow died from cancer on Monday, Dec. 23 in West Hollywood. A celebration of life is planned for…

An elderly woman turns to a camera over her shoulder and, staring into the lens, says without self-pity, "I'm dying." Incarcerated men, unaccustomed to wearing suits and ties, anxiously adjust their attire in preparation for a daddy-daughter dance behind bars. A drag performance artist walks through…

When night falls in the Australian Outback, the hunt begins. The prey: kangaroos roaming – hopping – in the wild. Rifle shots ring out, killing them by the millions, including hundreds of thousands of female roos, some with tiny joeys in their pouches. This is the stark reality explored in the…

EXCLUSIVE: Six emerging and mid-career Indigenous filmmakers have been announced as recipients of the 4th World Media Lab fellowship, a year-long program "designed to uplift Indigenous filmmakers of various backgrounds and perspectives." The sextet represents the 10th cohort of the fellowship, a…

EXCLUSIVE: Actor-activist Liev Schreiber has joined the Oscar-shortlisted documentary Once Upon a Time in Ukraine as an executive producer. The short film directed by Oscar nominee Betsy West (RBG) explores how Ukrainian children cope with the devastation and terror of war – finding poignant and…

The documentary features remaining in contention for an Oscar nomination have been whittled down from 169 to a shortlist of a mere 15, a brutal culling that has inevitably left many filmmakers disappointed, and a select few in celebratory mode. What were the harshest snubs? That question comes up…

EXCLUSIVE: The Oscar-contending documentary Sugarcane has received the rare honor of a White House screening, with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and other dignitaries in attendance. Directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie were accompanied by several of the film's participants at the event…

Julian Assange may be free now, but the WikiLeaks founder won't find himself on the big screen at next month's Sundance Film Festival after all. Just under two weeks after the Robert Redford created snowy shindig unveiled the bulk of its 2025 program, the Assange-centric documentary The Six Billion Do…

EXCLUSIVE: Black Box Diaries, the award-winning documentary that just made the Oscar shortlist, will debut on Paramount+ with Showtime in the U.S. next month. Shiori Itō's film, winner of the Human Rights Award at CPH:DOX and three awards at the Zurich Film Festival among many other honors, will…