The College Admissions Scandal Is the Subject of a New Netflix Doc: Watch the Trailer

Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal takes a closer look at the nationwide bribery scam — and its mastermind, William “Rick” Singer.

Netflix debuted its documentary about the college admissions scandal, which seemingly refocused the conversation on scam mastermind William "Rick" Singer.

Olivia Jade Giannulli, would be guaranteed a spot at the University of Southern California.

thing. But why? Why was the the internet so riveted by this story? That's what Netflix's new documentary, Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal, seeks to investigate. And it does this rather unconventionally: The film uses actual FBI transcripts to reenact the timeline of the scandal with actors.

Lori Loughlin is feeling mixed emotions. Outside of her film and television credits, the 56-year-old actress is known for her involvement in the college admissions scandal, for which, she served time in prison.

Lori Loughlin is ready to move forward after the college admissions scandal, and hopes others do as well.

Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin as well as ringleader William “Rick” Singer, were charged in a massive college admissions cheating scam in March 2019. The charges were the end result of an ongoing investigation dubbed “Operation Varsity Blues,” named after the 1999 teen film starring James Van Der Beek.

The story behind the U.S. college admissions scandal is coming to Netflix this week in the new hybrid-documentary “Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal”. Now, former U.S. prosecutor Andrew Lelling is speaking out about the case, offering new insight into the case behind the scandal’s most famous faces: Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin, and Mossimo Giannulli.

Keeping Up With the Kardashians, and a documentary on the college admissions scandal. Read on for more highlights, and plan your queues accordingly. 2021 : leads the nominations for tonight's Grammys, which will be hosted by Trevor Noah.

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.

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.

Lori Loughlin, 56, was doing a good deed in her first public outing since her prison release. The Full House star, who finished her two-month prison sentence for the college admissions scandal in Dec., was seen carrying bags of groceries while volunteering with Project Angel Food in Los Angeles, CA on Mar.

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”.

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.

Netflix queue is getting a refresh. Several popular titles and new originals are hitting the streaming service on March 1, including and the new documentary about rapper Later in the month, , which was inspired by the widely covered scandal involving Lori Loughlin and several other celebrities, arrives to Netflix as well.Read on below for everything new you can watch on Netflix in March.