'Queer Eye' Producers Launch Documentary Division

“Our first and second commandment for ourselves as we ministered with people with AIDS,” Fr. Bernard Lynch, an openly gay, Irish Catholic priest, author, activist and founder of the first AIDS ministry in New York City in 1982, said in a FaceTime interview, “was thou shalt not bullshit anyone!”

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaShowtime Documentary Films will debut Alexandra Pelosi’s “American Selfie: One Nation Shoots Itself” just before the presidential election.The company is also planning a major Oscar campaign for the documentary — which looks at one of the most chaotic and transformative years in American history, one marked by a once-in-a-generation pandemic, as well as a financial collapse and a galvanizing social justice movement.

blind in one eye and in excruciating pain after a tap water parasite burrowed into her eye. Charlotte Clarkson was working as a summer camp director in Canada when she picked up the horrendous infection but waited months to get a proper diagnosis.

Jane Lynch at the helm! The actress hosts the revival of the 2000 game show, delivering her own Anne Robinson-twist by channeling her snarky character Sue Sylvester.«I always say that Sue Sylvester lives about a quarter of an inch below the skin, below the surface that you see here,»Lynch tells ET's Rachel Smith.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry,” a new documentary about the “Bad Guy” singer and songwriter, will premiere in theaters and on Apple TV Plus in February 2021.The film is directed by award-winning filmmaker R.J.

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services.Do your clothes bury you in fabric, or do they help bring out your best features? Do they conceal your insecurities or do they showcase them in a new way that actually makes you love them? Obviously, the latter in both situations is the goal, though the former is what we usually accept as “good enough.”Well, “good enough” isn’t good enough for us anymore.

Karamo Brown appeared on Friday’s edition of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and had some sad news to share.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAGC Studios will fully finance an untitled biopic about Lang Lang from Oscar-winning director Ron Howard.The film about the world-renowned pianist will be produced by Howard’s longtime partner Brian Grazer, as well as Imagine Entertainment President of Features Karen Lunder and AGC Studios Stuart Ford.

Courteney Cox got help from Tan France on her outfit for viewing the Emmy Awards at home.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Screen Media Ventures has acquired all North American rights to the boxing doc Lennox Lewis: The Untold Story and plans a Q4 launch. The documentary, originally titled Tough Love: The Lennox Lewis Documentary, was set to premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival before the fest was cancelled due to the pandemic. The film chronicles the childhood, rise and domination of Lewis, the last boxer to hold the undisputed heavyweight title.

Last spring, the global coronavirus pandemic had the Toronto Film Festival organizers grappling over some big decisions: go virtual or remain an in-person festival this September. So TIFF co-heads Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey in May turned to Randy Lennox, president and CEO of Canadian media giant Bell Media, to help take TIFF past that fork in the road to where Hollywood and its audiences increasingly live: online.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Nook House Productions has tapped Ethan Hawke to direct a documentary project about the lives and careers of Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman, authorized by the family.The producers include Emily Wachtel and Lisa Long Adler of Nook House Productions and Adam Gibbs, and Ryan Hawke of Under the Influence Productions.In a statement Hawke said he promises a “rare and exclusive look at the careers of both actors and a complex 50-year relationship that

Peter White Television EditorScout Productions, the company behind Netflix’s Queer Eye, is launching a dedicated documentary division.The unit will be headed by Joel Chiodi, SVP, Strategic Development, who will oversee the content development and production.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterScout Productions is extending its unscripted programming slate with the launch of a new documentary division.Joel Chiodi, Scout Productions’ senior vice president of strategic development, will oversee day to day development and production of the division. He will report to Scout’s chief creative officer, Rob Eric.Scout has already set two documentary projects under the new division.

Leah Remini, Queer Eye, and HBO documentary The Apollo were the big winners on the first night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Monday (September 14, 2020).Actress Remini’s Scientology And The Aftermath docu-series picked up top honors in the Outstanding Hosted Non-Fiction Series of Special category, while hit makeover show Queer Eye took home the Outstanding Structured Reality Program prize.The Apollo was named Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special, while there were multiple wins for