Documentaries: Celebs Rumors

in an ultrastrict religious group, the Institute in Basic Life Principles.The limited docuseries, “Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets,” will be “exposing the truth” behind the family and the IBLP, an organization established in 1961 by minister Bill Gothard, since forced out under allegations of abuse.“World domination was the goal,” one man in the trailer alleged.Another woman even claimed that the institute “raises little predators.”The series will feature two members of the Duggar family, Jim Bob and Michelle’s second eldest daughter, 32-year-old Jill Dillard, and her cousin, Amy King, 36. Both Jill and Amy have previously spoken out about their upbringings in the organization.“As details of the family and their scandals unfold, we realize they’re part of an insidious, much larger threat already in motion, with democracy itself in peril,” the new series’ logline reads.“The biggest feature of Bill Gothard’s teachings is authority,” one woman said in the trailer.

told the Hollywood Reporter he would “absolutely” like to collaborate with “Yellowstone” showrunner Taylor Sheridan, just as Stallone is with “Tulsa King.”“I think he’s very talented,” Schwarzenegger said of Sheridan. “And the cast on [Yellowstone] is phenomenal. Today, I see much more of other people’s performances than I did in the ’80s, when I was only seeing myself.

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me,” out Tuesday. “She told me that her father had tried to have sex with her,” a tearful Byrum reveals in the doc. “I was really sad to see that.

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me” — that the two were in a “secret relationship” and got married “in the backyard by the pool” in 1993 after Smith proposed to her.Byrum and Smith met at a strip club in Houston where they both worked in the late ’90s when they became best friends and eventually fell in love, she said.Their relationship started in 1992, a year before Smith proposed.“She gave me a set of rings and we got married in the backyard by the pool with champagne … She wanted me to have a baby with her,” Byrum told People. “But I always knew it wasn’t ever going to work out because she was never, ever going to settle down with one person.”“She needed more love than any one human being could give her,” Byrum added, saying that their relationship ultimately ended over Smith’s addiction to painkillers.Smith died of an accidental overdose in 2007 at the age of 39, and the doc aims to share the tragic life of the late Playboy.She famously married billionaire J.

according to TMZ.TMZ is producing a Spears doc that will air Monday, and multiple sources alleged to the outlet that the couple’s marriage is in “deep trouble” — and that the 41-year-old singer has reportedly gotten “physical” with her husband.Sources claimed that Spears and Asghari, 29, often get into screaming arguments — and their fights have even gotten so explosive that security has had to intervene.Asghari allegedly does not stay at their home much anymore, according to TMZ, which is cause for concern, considering Spears has relied on him post-conservatorship.But he recently went on his Instagram stories to slam the TMZ doc and defend his “princess of pop” wife.“I found it absolutely disgusting that people that were in her life at the time, when she didn’t have a voice, they went and told her story like it was theirs. It was absolutely disgusting,” Asghari said in the video.

TMZ is producing a Spears doc that will air Monday, and sources with “direct knowledge” claimed to the outlet that the 41-year-old singer guzzles caffeine by the gallon — consuming so much that sometimes she stays awake for three consecutive days.Spears reportedly drinks Red Bull, Celsius, coffee and dandelion tea “almost nonstop.”Experts — including media personality and addiction medicine specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky — told TMZ that those who suffer from mental illness often crave the high they get from caffeine, though it’s not healthy or great for them.“TMZ Investigates: Britney Spears: The Price of Freedom” takes a look at the “Baby One More Time” singer’s life since her conservatorship ended a year and a half ago.After her public meltdown in 2007, Spears was first put into conservatorship in 2008 by her now-estranged father Jamie Spears, which lasted until it was lifted in November 2021.The TV special touches on her relationships with her family and kids, her marriage to Sam Ashgari, a failed intervention and concerns that those closest to her have observed.Spears married Kevin Federline, 44, in 2004, and had a son, Sean Preston, now 17, then another, Jayden James, now 16.

an explosive trailer was released for an upcoming TV special that will investigate Britney Spears’ life just 1½ years after her conservatorship was lifted. The special, titled “TMZ Investigates: Britney Spears: The Price of Freedom,” reportedly will give viewers an inside look into the 41-year-old pop star’s marriage to Sam Ashgari, a failed intervention, her family and more.“Britney Spears has had a year and a half of freedom since the conservatorship ended, but there are big problems,” narrator and TMZ Executive Producer Harvey Levin is heard saying at the beginning of the trailer.The clips in the 30-second trailer are revealing, with TMZ’s managing editor Fabian Garcia claiming that Spears “got physical with Sam,” while Levin claims her marriage is in “deep trouble.”In addition, the special will investigate how Spears spends each day, and “reveal concern among those closest to her that she’s a danger to herself and others,” according to a press release.

Michael J. Fox has admitted he doesn't expect to reach his 80th birthday due to his ongoing battle with Parkinson's disease. The Back To The Future star, 61, discussed his health in a candid interview which included the topic of his death.

Paramount+, several ex-girlfriends and former staffers spill new secrets about the royal family, ahead of the May 6 coronation. Allan Peters, a former royal protection officer who worked with the family for nine years, appears in the documentary to share his perspective on Charles and Diana’s marriage, which lasted from 1981 until the famously unhappy pair separated in 1992 and divorced in 1996. “I can categorically say that the first person who strayed in the marriage was the Princess of Wales,” Peters revealed.“[Charles] didn’t, until after he knew she had strayed. I’m speaking now about all this because I’ve said nothing for 40 years, and I’ve just listened to lies, silly stories, and it’s quite frustrating.

their daughter, 16-year-old Dannielynn Birkhead, refused to work on Netflix’s upcoming bombshell doc on the former Playmate.Birkhead confirmed their non-participation in a statement to The Post, in which he said they are planning their “own special project” for future release.“We aren’t involved in the Anna Nicole Netflix documentary,” Larry told The Post via email, adding that their own venture would be one with which they “can make sure that the people involved are truly connected with Anna and that we have a certain level of control over the way the story is told.”The revelation comes after the streaming giant debuted a trailer for the upcoming documentary, titled “Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me,” which is poised to share the tragic life of the late model, who died of an accidental overdose in 2007 at just 39 years old.Larry added that although they do “love Netflix,” he revealed that “it gets tiring” to see projects like this one pop up from time to time.“I just decided to pass on this and do our own project using Anna’s archives that she left behind,” he told The Post. “You can’t get any more definitive than Anna in her own words! So, it was important for me to let Anna tell her own story.”Larry claimed that they “passed” on the Netflix program “after discussions with production over who would and wouldn’t be included.“I had to make that decision after seeing production after production following the same format and using the same people saying they were ‘friends’ with Anna,” he continued.

controversial career and her years as the “It” girl of the ’80s — including the allegation that she was raped by a Hollywood executive 30 years ago.“She really wanted an outside perspective on her life, and nothing was off limits,” director Lana Wilson 39, told The Post. “She only voiced one concern, and that was basically, ‘I hope that I am a multi-dimensional person in this film.’ She had this experience of being reduced to only one thing.”Wilson said she started the process by diving into an “insane treasure trove” of archive material given to her by Shields, 57. “It was stuff her mom had collected for over 40 years — thousands of photographs and video clips,” she said. “At the same time, I was getting to better-know Brooke while interviewing her and people close to her. What I saw was this journey she went on from being an object and a person who didn’t voice her opinions, to a human being who had opinions — and agency and control over her own life.

attack.“There is a good chance that somebody was plotting to try to use our airplane as a weapon of mass destruction,” pilot Tom Mannello says in “TMZ Investigates: 9/11: The Fifth Plane,” premiering Monday at 9 p.m. ET on Fox.TMZ said it spent six months investigating the “suspicious and alarming activities” aboard Flight 23, a Boeing 767 that was due to leave JFK Airport for LA at 9 a.m.Among the claims: Mannello said he learned two box cutters had been found in the first class seat pockets of the plane parked next to Flight 23 — which had a tail number one digit off.“If somebody was on the ground cooperating with them, they just simply made a mistake and put the box cutters on the wrong airplane,” Mannello said, claiming it “wouldn’t be the hardest thing in the world” to plant them at the time.In the hourlong special, flight attendants aboard the plane that day share their suspicions about four people in first class — two men, a child and a person who was dressed in a hijab, with the crew believing it was a man pretending to be a woman — and a man profusely sweating in business class.“It was odd because it was 8 o’clock in the morning, and airplanes are cold anyway, but it was a cool morning,” flight attendant Sandy Thorngren said of the man’s supposed perspiration.The flight crew reported struggling to get fruit plates for their first class flyers, who didn’t eat meat, igniting an argument between the passengers and the first class attendant, a woman identified in the documentary as “Deborah.”“I could hear them say, ‘We do not want to eat, we don’t need food.

“Money Shot: The Pornhub Story,” according to an Insider report.In the documentary, he explained that he and about 30 other moderators were tasked with watching 800 to 1,000 videos during an eight-hour shift at the Cyprus office of MindGeek, Pornhub’s parent company, and were left to “guess” the ages of the people in the sexually explicit clips. “Many videos that should have been taken down stayed up for months,” he admitted in the documentary, which will be available to stream on Wednesday.“We were scrubbing through the videos as fast as we could.

the trailer. France grew up in England and now lives in Utah with his Mormon cowboy husband in between filming seasons of the Netflix hit “Queer Eye,” where he helps people spruce up their wardrobes. He’s also hosted other shows such as “Next in Fashion.” France’s work on “Queer Eye” shows a positive side of the beauty industry, but now he’s turning to a more negative side.

2022 marked another banner year for documentary cinema. They have inspired us, informed us, and taken us on unforgettable journeys.

2022 marked another banner year for documentary cinema. They have inspired us, informed us, and taken us on unforgettable journeys.

facing the new administration on COVID-19 and national security. The administration’s economic record, which has featured the highest inflation in 40 years, the end of US energy independence and controversial giveaways like college-loan forgiveness, is completely ignored. The only outside critic who escapes the cutting-room floor is Ohio GOP Rep.

home to the US Hockey Hall of Fame — it was the final season of Golden Bears hockey as they know it.“You’re playing with the same kids every year, from six to seven until the age of 18. And you’re out there, your last year of playing with your brothers,” standout forward Elliot Van Orsdel told The Post. “It’s more than just a game.

“Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes,” is a three-part documentary on the serial killer and cannibal by director Joe Berlinger. The series has previously released episodes on fellow notorious killers Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy.Streaming Oct. 7, Netflix said “The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes” includes “newly unearthed recorded interviews” with Dahmer’s legal team and explores how he was able to “prey upon Milwaukee’s marginalized communities.”Dahmer murdered and dismembered a total of 17 boys and men — many of whom were people of color and/or gay — around the Milwaukee area between 1978 and 1991. Snippets of chilling tape-recorded confessions from Dahmer are included in the docuseries trailer that was released on Friday.

released the trailer Thursday for its upcoming documentary “Prince Andrew: Banished,” which is set to be released on Oct. 5.Palace insiders, journalists, members of Andrew’s social circle and the legal teams are among those interviewed about the Duke of York’s life of privilege, jealousy, desire and greed that pushed him into a life of controversy. “The Queen’s favorite son” was famously friends with convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

two-part documentary about the darkness surrounding the legendary kid’s show “Barney & Friends.”Friendly faces like Bill Nye and Al Roker are interviewed for “I Love You, You Hate Me,” but so are former actors David Joyner and Bob West — who both donned the purple dinosaur suit during the show’s run from 1992 to 2010.They both provide not-so-jovial recollections about their time as Barney — West even alleging that his entire family received death threats.“They were violent and explicit, death and dismemberment of my family,” he recalls on top of video of Barney stuffed animals being lit on fire. “They were gonna come and find me, and they were going to kill me.”Another interview subject talked about some of the “rumors” he heard about the costumed character, including that he hid “dugs in his tail.”The trailer ends with a woman saying, “I don’t think you could ever think somebody would go and shoot someone.”This could relate to “Barney” founder Sheryl Leach’s son, Patrick Kearns Leach, who was charged with one count each of assault with a firearm and shooting for allegedly shooting his neighbor multiple times after an argument in 2013.

dainty blond admitted as much during her campaign for the Mrs. Texas crown in 2004. “Being a good mom is very important to me, and being a good wife and worker,” Lori said at the time.

pop legend Michael Jackson’s death in late June of 2009.The 50-year-old “Thriller” vocalist was found unresponsive in his Los Angeles home after suffering cardiac arrest brought on by the anesthetic propofol — a drug reportedly routinely administered by Jackson’s physician, Conrad Murray.The death was ruled a homicide and Murray took all the blame. He was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to four years in prison, serving just under two behind bars.

RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network). Abusers use manipulative tactics, targeting vulnerable victims to emotionally or physically separate them from loved ones by gaining their trust through attention, gifts or sharing “secrets,” according to RAINN. These tactics are most often used by someone in a victim’s closest circle — family, friends or authority figures like teachers, coaches or mentors and can be particularly difficult to recognize.

referred to himself as a “court jester” — suddenly vanished from the spotlight — and he hasn’t made a public appearance since. Despite wild rumors that Simmons was being held hostage by his housekeeper and that he was undergoing gender reassignment surgery to live as a woman named “Fiona”, the real reason behind Simmons disappearance has remained a mystery — until now.

his net worth was an estimated $100 million, and he stepped away from his successful company in 1994. But in retirement, his life took a series of strange turns. He became increasingly obsessed with using his computer prowess to tap into devices around the world so that he could spy on governments, high-profile criminals and others that intrigued him.“John told me that he created a software [that] enabled him to spy on anyone in the world.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, which posted it on its website.Two years later, he received an email from a woman in Detroit named Marcy Rosen.“She told me in this email that someone had brought the film to her attention and she’d viewed it online and … she suddenly saw a face and recognized her grandfather as a 13-year-old boy.”Rosen’s mother phoned her father, Maurice Chandler — the teen in the video — who was still living. He said to her, “Now you know I’m not from Mars.” Chandler helped bring to life what Kurtz was witnessing.

Daily Beast reported on Wednesday.The new investigation revealed that Princess Diana told her lawyer, Victor Mischon, in 1995 that efforts to “get rid” of her would be attempted in the following year — citing a car accident as one of the possible means.While Diana claimed “reliable sources” granted her the information, she was tight-lipped about their true identity, as documented in a letter penned by Mischon. Dubbed the “Mischon Note,” the conversation provided eerie insight into what could have led to that fateful night, Aug.

and cannibalism.Now an upcoming docuseries is promising to expose details about not only the Hollywood actor’s shocking downfall — but also alleged coverups of abuse claims from five generations before him.The now-disgraced actor’s life of alcohol abuse and alleged BDSM and infidelity is being chronicled in “House of Hammer,” a three-part series on Discovery+ delving into the Hammer family’s “sinister secrets that money and power couldn’t hide forever.”“You don’t just wake up and become this dark controller, abuser,” a commentator says in the chilling trailer.

will go up for auction in a single-lot Sotheby’s sale next month, the auction house told The Post. What’s more: The jersey, from the famed “Last Dance” season, carries a cool estimate of $3 million to $5 million.That marks the highest estimate for any piece of Jordan memorabilia, according to the auction house.

died in a Paris car crash.HBO Max’s upcoming documentary, “The Princess,” will dive into the world’s “unhealthy obsession” with the late royal, incorporating archival footage from Diana’s life and death.Unidentified voices in the trailer note that “the princess has been the best thing to happen to the monarchy in centuries.” The mystery voice in the teaser also says, “The prince realizes that he’s taking second place,” presumably about Charles, who was infamously miffed by her worldwide fame.The doc will take a deep dive into the tumultuous marriage of Diana Spencer and Prince Charles, the role the media played in her life, her legacy and her relationship with her two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry.“A hallowed and tormented marriage is giving the media and its public nothing else to talk about,” a voice says.The trailer also cuts to background whisperings saying: “We have an unhealthy obsession [with her] and it’s the media that’s causing the problems.”“When you put a modern person into an ancient institution, they will be destroyed. At a certain point, the British people don’t want to hear anymore,” explained another voice.The film will premiere on August 13, ahead of the 25th anniversary of Diana’s passing.

told the Australian TV show “The Project” earlier this week. “I think I did say, ‘We’ve only just signed it, it hasn’t been announced yet,’ and then he told everyone!”Directed by Jason Hehir of “The Last Dance” fame, the Spice Girls documentary will be its “own version” with the same team.In the interview, she gave viewers a sneak peek of the types of stories that would be shared in the film, dishing about how she wrote her verse in “Wannabe.” Spoiler: She did it while she was on the toilet.Scary Spice also teased how her kids feel about her “vintage” tunes.“My kids go, ‘Mummy, your music has come full circle,’ and I’m thinking, ‘Ooh, they’re going to compliment me,'” she joked.

unplanned C-section at Montefiore Medical Center in The Bronx on April 20, 2020, Amber Rose Isaac excitedly said to boyfriend Bruce McIntyre III, “ ‘This is it! Then we’re all going home together,’ ” he told The Post. But, tragically Isaac, 26, would never leave the operating table. “She passed away due to an unscheduled emergency C-section that stemmed from medical negligence and incompetence throughout her entire pregnancy,” said McIntyre, 31, who claimed to The Post that her death was “1,000% preventable.” Isaac’s tragic story is detailed in the new Hulu documentary “Aftershock,” out Tuesday. The film, which won the Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact for Change at Sundance, examines the maternal mortality crisis in the US and how it disproportionately affects black women.

Grace Kelly and Rainier III, Prince of Monaco — has secured a doc about her life, already titled “Forming.”The daughter of Princess Stephanie has teamed up with Calabasas Films & Media to produce the film about her aristocratic upbringing, Variety reported on Wednesday.Fans of the late Hollywood icon will also get a “never-before-seen look at her wardrobe archive as well as examining Ducruet’s relationship with her mother, Princess Stephanie,” the outlet revealed. The movie will look at Ducruet’s sustainable and gender-neutral fashion brand, Alter, as well as her Olympic diving career, and what it’s like to be 16th in line to Monaco’s throne.Ducruet studied at the Istituto Marangoni in Paris and Union Square’s famed Parsons School of Design.

“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”On June 23, 1972, this one sentence snuck into a larger section of the Education Amendments which was signed into law by president Richard Nixon. It was straightforward; no-nonsense jargon. And those 37 words were the result of a hard-fought battle for equality that helped level the playing field and attempted to remove sex discrimination from American life entirely. ESPN’s 37 Words, a four-part documentary series premiering June 21 (parts 1 and 2) and June 28 (parts 3 and 4), celebrates Title IX and how its ripple effects spewed into education access and college admissions; sports and extra-curricular activities; and even sexual harassment cases on campus.

woman seeking an illegal abortion. “My first day of learning how to assist was the day I got arrested,” Smith, now 71, told The Post.  But Smith was more concerned about protecting the identities of the women she helped end unwanted pregnancies than facing 110 years in jail on 11 counts of abortion and conspiracy to commit abortion.“We didn’t want the names and telephone numbers of [our clients] to be given to the police,” explained Smith, a Queens native. “So we ripped the cards into pieces and ate all the parts that were relevant.”Smith had joined an underground abortion network called Jane, whose members went by the alias “the Janes.” They covertly terminated more than 11,000 unwanted pregnancies in four years — all while under the threat of retribution from the cops, the mob and the Catholic Church — before getting caught. Now, 40 years later, their story is being told in the HBO documentary “The Janes,” to be released Wednesday.“These were very principled people that came out of the Civil Rights movement, the anti-[Vietnam] war movement, the student movement,” Tia Lessin, who directed the film with Emma Pildes, told The Post.“They were mothers, grandmothers, aunts and students,” added Lessin, the Oscar-nominated creative behind 2008’s “Trouble the Water,” about Hurricane Katrina. “But they were all united by their belief that women should be able to make this choice.” The duo conducted 11 on-camera interviews with the surviving members of Jane — including Heather Booth, who founded the underground abortion ring in 1968.