‘Introducing, Selma Blair’ Made Actress The Role Model She Needed To See — Contenders Documentary

Selma Blair calls a «pioneering» film for women.The actress co-starred with Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate in the rom-com, which will be celebrating its 20th anniversary next year. When reflecting on the film, Blair told ET's Nischelle Turner that the movie was «pretty fun» to be a part of.«That is amazing, that film, I am still so close, obviously, with Christina Applegate and Cameron, always.

Selma Blair highlighted the need for more disability representation on screen while accepting the Equity in Entertainment Award on Wednesday. At The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment gala, which took place at the Fairmont Century City hotel in Los Angeles, the 49-year-old gave an impassioned speech about inclusivity.

Selma Blair hits the red carpet ahead of being honored at The Hollywood Reporter 2021 Power 100 Women in Entertainment event held at Fairmont Century Plaza on Wednesday afternoon (December 8) in Los Angeles.

Christine McGuinness has signed up to be a part of Strictly the Real Full Monty and she can't wait for the nation to see, all thanks to their mentor and choreographer Ashley Banjo. Model and presenter Christine, 33 – wife of comedian and Take Me Out favourite Paddy McGuinness – will be joining a brand new line-up of brave celebrities who will take on the famous Full Monty Strip.

The Royal family has released a rare statement against the BBC documentary that centred around the Duke of Cambridge and Duke of Sussex's relationship with the media. The first episode of The Princes and the Press aired on Monday 22 November and included interviews with journalists, lawyers and private investigators involved in the Royal family and also the media.

Jeffrey Robinson, the central figure of Sony Pictures Classics’ Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America, says that despite a long-held belief across the nation that America has been a post-racial society, only now is the country being forced to reckon with that false narrative.

The filmmakers behind Julia, the in-depth exploration of iconic television cooking show host Julia Child, said her profound impact on the culture was felt far beyond introducing lovingly prepared French cuisine to a mass American audience.

Evgeny Afineevsky called his Pope Francis documentary Francesco a “healing moment” during a Discovery+ panel for the feature film at Deadline’s Contenders Documentary. He also said Pope Francis’ leadership inspired him during the Covid pandemic.

Arthur Ashe is an icon in the tennis world, breaking barriers to become the first Black male champion of three Grand Slams: the Australian Open; the U.S. Open; and, most famously, beating Jimmy Conners in 1975 to win Wimbledon. But on the other side of the net is Ashe’s work as an activist, which becomes the focus of CNN Films’ documentary Citizen Ashe.

The 1960s were a time of cultural upheaval for society in general, but also within the Roman Catholic Church.

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson took an immersive approach in his preparations to direct Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), winner of the top nonfiction prize at Sundance and Best Documentary at the Critics Choice Documentary Awards.

Homeroom filmmaker Peter Nicks, whose documentary delves into the lives of a high school class in Oakland, CA, dealing with troubling issues ranging from the disruption caused by the Covid pandemic to concerns about their school system’s internal police force, said his Hulu film reveals how the teen generation is eager and capable of using their mastery of social media to drive significant change.

The bracingly intimate feel of the documentary Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry emerged because the pop singer at its center grew to trust the filmmakers enough to reveal her private pain on her own terms, the film’s director revealed.

Edgy rock band the Velvet Underground was an outgrowth of manager Andy Warhol’s avant garde art movement that over time has emerged as one of the most influential groups of the 1960s and ‘70s. It also exerted a powerful influence – particularly in the image crafted in Warhol’s films – on the way filmmaker Todd Haynes presented the group onscreen in the documentary The Velvet Underground.

Procession director Robert Greene said he would have stopped filming at any point if it was harming his subjects. He followed six survivors of sexual abuse by Kansas City priests as they re-created scenes of their experiences in the church. Greene spoke with Deadline’s Matthew Carey about the film for The Contenders: Documentary.

The affecting intimacy of Val, the sometimes ethereal, often unblinking look at Val Kilmer’s life and career through personal home footage, was a reflection of the actor’s unselfconscious ease, both on camera and in life, according to the documentary’s filmmakers.

The late African American civil rights activist, author and legal scholar Pauli Murray spent a lifetime taking on the system—fighting inequality, institutionalized racism and gender bias.