EXCLUSIVE: HBO is renewing 100 Foot Wave for a third season, the network’s critically acclaimed documentary series built around famed big wave surfer Garrett McNamara.
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The fate of Alexei Navalny, the jailed Russian opposition leader whose story was told in the Oscar-winning documentary Navalny, has become even more grim.
A court in Russia sentenced Navalny today to another 19 years in prison on charges of “extremism,” according to reports in Russian state media. That sentence will be tacked onto a nine-year term he is already serving after his conviction on a variety of charges seen as bogus and politically motivated by critics of the Kremlin. Navalny ran afoul of Vladimir Putin by accusing the Russian president and his cronies of corruption and incompetence.
Navalny, who has been serving his sentence in a penal colony 150 miles east of Moscow, had anticipated a harsh judgment. In a statement posted to his Telegram social media account on Thursday, Navalny wrote, “The term will be long, what is called ‘Stalinist.’ The formula for calculating it is simple: what the prosecutor asked for, minus 10-15%. They asked for 20, they give 18 or something like that.” He predicted he will eventually get an additional 10-year sentence for a pending charge of terrorism.
Roher’s film documents the potent political movement Navalny built in Russia through his anti-corruption campaign. The Kremlin, fearing his rising popularity and chagrined by his attacks, allegedly cooked up a plot to poison him with the military-grade nerve agent Novichok. Navalny fell deathly ill in August 2020 while returning to Moscow on a flight from a Siberian city. Eventually, he was flown to Germany for treatment, where he slowly recovered.
Navalny shows him investigating his own poisoning with the help of journalist Christo Grozev. In one dramatic scene in the film, Navalny phones a scientist suspected of involvement in the
EXCLUSIVE: HBO is renewing 100 Foot Wave for a third season, the network’s critically acclaimed documentary series built around famed big wave surfer Garrett McNamara.
Ahead of its world premiere in competition at the 80th Venice Film Festival, Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla, which follows the Presleys from the perspective of the King’s young bride, has secured a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement.
One of the UK’s highest profile nature presenters has revealed he is at a career crossroads, as he tries to determine the best use of his time to save the planet.
Sophia Scorziello editor Michael Jackson accusers Wade Robson and James Safechuck got approval from a California appeals court Friday to take their abuse claims to a trial. In a 3-0 ruling, the appellate court found that Jackson’s companies can be held accountable for Jackson’s alleged misconduct, reversing a lower court decision. “Plaintiffs had every right to expect defendants to protect them from the entirely foreseeable danger of being left alone with Jackson,” the justices wrote.
The 2023-24 NBA schedule will begin Tuesday, Oct. 24, as LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers visit the defending champion Denver Nuggets.
Showtime has set a fall premiere for its limited series Fellow Travelers, starring Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey. Fellow Travelers will make its streaming debut on the Paramount+ with Showtime plan beginning Friday, October 27 before its linear debut on Sunday, October 29 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime. The series will also premiere on Paramount+ on October 27 in Canada and on October 28 in all the UK, Australia, Latin America, South Korea, Italy, Germany Switzerland and Austria.
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The French drama “The Pot-au-Feu,” one of the breakout hits at the Cannes Film Festival and one of the movies that could represent France at the Academy Awards, has received a new title, Variety has learned exclusively. Now under its new title — “The Taste of Things” – the movie will also have a qualifying run to be considered in all general categories, including best picture.
not doing just fine. The Killers issued an apology Wednesday after pulling a Russian audience member on stage during a tour stop in the country of Georgia — and asking the audience to declare him their “brother.” In the statement that was posted to X, the band claimed that they “did not mean to upset anyone and apologize.” “We don’t know the etiquette of this land but this guy’s a Russian,” said Flowers,42, in a social media clip.
The cameras are set to roll again in the Chrisley household! Savannah Chrisley’s rep confirms to ET that a new docuseries about her family is in the works.
McKinley Franklin editor The Chrisley family is returning to television with a brand new unscripted docuseries from Scout Productions. Following the lives of Chase, Savannah, Grayson, Chloe and “Nanny” Faye Chrisley, the series will pull back the curtain on one of the most turbulent times for the family since starring in “Chrisley Knows Best” and its multiple spinoffs. Todd and Julie Chrisley were sentenced to 12 and seven years in prison, respectively, amid a conviction of tax evasion and bank fraud.
Savannah, Chase, Grayson, Chloe and Faye «Nanny Faye» Chrisely's lives as they rebuild whileTodd and Julie Chrisley serve out their combined 19-year prison sentences. An appearance by Todd's oldest children, Lindsie and Kyle Chrisley, has yet to be confirmed.
EXCLUSIVE: Todd and Julie Chrisley were sentenced last year to a combined of 19 years in prison for crimes including tax evasion and wire fraud.
Megan Thee Stallion returned to the stage on Sunday for the first time since Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting her in the feet.
Tory Lanez is speaking out in his first statement since being sentenced to 10 years in prison after being convicted of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot.
Tory Lanez has broken his silence since receiving a 10-year prison sentence on Tuesday for the Megan Thee Stallion shooting.
Lindsie Chrisley and her new boyfriend, Trent, aren't getting engaged just yet — but if and when it does happen, Lindsie says she feels her beau will «fall more on the traditional side» when it comes to popping the question.Specifically, she feels that Trent — with whom she went Instagram official just last month — would ask her dad, Todd Chrisley, for his permission to propose. Which might be a bit «tricky» since her dad is serving a 12-year sentence in federal prison for tax fraud.Lindsie opened up about her romance during a recent episode of her podcast, Southern Tea, where she reflected on how difficult it would be for Trent to even get to know her parents, nonetheless asking for their approval of his proposal.«It's a tricky situation with my parents being incarcerated.
official website shared the news, writing, «It is with great sadness that we at Sugarman.org announce that Sixto Diaz Rodriguez has passed away earlier today. We extend our most heartfelt condolences to his daughters – Sandra, Eva and Regan – and to all his family. Rodriguez was 81 years old.
Holly Jones Oh My Gómez! Films’ Ramiro Pavón, producer of Ana Katz’s Sundance title “El perro que no calla,” and Rocío Romero Quintana, behind 2016 Berlinale Generation 14+ winner “Las Plantas,” will both pitch their latest doc projects at this month’s Sanfic Industria, one of the biggest industry forums in South America. Another project at its Documentary Lab is sourced from Paula Zyngierman at Argentina’s MaravillaCine, which backed “That Weekend” and “Marilyn.” “This year we received a large number of applications from both directors and producers with large experience as well as projects by new talents,” Gabriela Sandoval, head of Sanfic Industria, told Variety, noting that some projects have been sourced from allied international industry platforms such as Industria Guadalajara, DocsMx, Fidba, Taller de productores de Panamá, Arca Residencia.
Jaden Thompson Arthur “Artie” R. Schmidt, who won Oscars for editing Robert Zemeckis films “Forrest Gump” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” died Saturday at his home in Santa Barbara. He was 86.
Arthur Schmidt, the film editor whose decades-long collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis on classics such as Forrest Gump, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Cast Away, Contact and all three Back to the Future films won him two Oscars, has died, Deadline has confirmed. He was 86.