‘Operation Varsity Blues,’ Netflix Documentary on College Admissions Scandal, Debuting in March

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From Fyre and Tiger King to Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (about Jim Carrey and his Andy Kaufman portrayal in Man on the Moon), director and producer Chris Smith has a knack for finding the most watchably weird projects. Smith's latest, Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal, blends narrative- and documentary-style filmmaking.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIn criminal cases, wiretapped phone conversations are commanding pieces of evidence (juries love them), and in documentaries about crime they tend to be some of the most gripping. We hear people as they really are.

“A little bit of justice being served in a sea of injustice” is how cultural critic and interviewee Naomi Fry describes the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal and why it seized the nation’s attention for a few pre-pandemic weeks. The gap between the myth of American meritocracy and the reality of the have-everythings cheating or gaming the system to hoard even more resources has seldom been more glaring than in this case.

Watch Video: 'Operation Varsity Blues' Trailer: Watch Matthew Modine as College Admissions Scandal MastermindMatthew Modine plays Singer in the reenactments, and he captures the man as described by various interviewees — someone without much of a sense of humor, prone to exaggerated self-promotion, and skilled at salesmanship.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe popular social media app TikTok will be the focus of a new feature documentary from “Coded Bias” director Shalini Kantayya.The film is the latest offering from the team behind Hulu’s upcoming “WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn,” which is set to premiere at this year’s SXSW. It’s being produced by Campfire, Forbes Entertainment and Olive Hill Media and will be based on Forbes’ reporting.

Throwing shade! Brandi Glanville celebrated her 17-year-old son Mason’s acceptance into college while trolling Lori Loughlin and others involved in the college admissions scandal.

Olivia Jade Giannulli isn't sitting back and accepting snarky comments. The young social media star posted to TikTok on Sunday, responding to a comment she received that was making fun of her parents' high-profile involvement in college admissions scandal.The commenter simply asked «How’s collage?» Olivia Jade, however, used the typo to jokingly talk about her recent collage art, instead of anything to do with college.«Thank you for asking.

OK, OK, we know what you’re thinking. Olivia Jade is the last person who should be schooling anyone. But hey, we call ’em like we see ’em!

No time for haters! Olivia Jade Giannulli clapped back at a troll who tried to bring up the college admissions scandal, which resulted in her parents, Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli, serving time in prison.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMTV Documentary Films has acquired North American rights to “Sabaya,” the story of volunteers of the Yazidi Home Center, who risk their lives in order to save women and girls held by ISIS as sex slaves.The film received a directing award for world cinema documentary when it premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. “Sabaya” is directed and produced by Stockholm-based filmmaker Hogir Hirori and also produced by Antonio Russo Merenda.

Rick Singer — the ringleader of the bombshell 2019 college admissions scandal — used to exploit the system.Called “Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal” and set for a March 17 premiere, the 100-minute documentary film uses interviews and recreations of FBI-wiretapped conversations to show a glimpse of Singer’s shady operation.“We help the wealthiest families in the US get their kids into school,” said actor Matthew Modine, who stars as Singer in the film, in the first minute

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterNetflix shines an unflattering light on the infamous college admissions scandal in the first trailer for the upcoming documentary “Operation Varsity Blues.”The film, using real conversations recreated from FBI wiretaps, delves deep into the 2019 nationwide scandal that gripped the country and saw rich and influential parents buy their kids’ ways into top schools.The trailer leans heavily into some dramatic irony.“Is there any risk that this thing blows up in

Netflix just dropped the new trailer for the upcoming documentary based on the infamous 2019 college admissions scandal, “Operation Varsity Blues”.

college admissions scandal, which ultimately sent actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin to jail, is the subject of a new Netflix documentary called. The title is a reference to the code name the FBI gave the investigation that exposed a scheme to fraud elite colleges around the nation.

Everyone probably knows about the college admissions scandal that made headlines over the past couple of years. Mainly, people know that actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman were both found guilty of crimes stemming from the illegal methods they used to put their kids in colleges that they wouldn’t have been accepted in normally.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaA sequel to “Paranormal Activity” and a prequel to “Pet Sematary” will debut on Paramount Plus. In addition, “The In Between,” a supernatural thriller from “Chumscruber” and “The Face of Love” director Arie Posin, will also premiere on the new streaming service.The films were developed by Paramount Players, the studio’s genre label.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMark Duplass was suffering from some serious quarantine fatigue.“With the pandemic going on I started thinking, what are the things I can do to better myself besides watch ‘Groundhog Day’ again with my children,” the indie filmmaker remembers.

A new trailer for Netflix’s new documentary Operation Varsity Blues has been released!