Wynonna Judd is set to star in a feature-length documentary for Paramount+ that will follow the legendary singer as she navigates the next phase of her life and career following the untimely passing of of her mother Naomi Judd.
Beginning with the decision to honor her mother’s legacy by continuing on with “The Judds: The Final Tour,” “Wynonna Judd: Between Hell and Hallelujah” captures candid onstage and behind-the-scenes moments as part of the sold-out nationwide tour, along with personal anecdotes from Wynonna’s friends and fellow artists Ashley McBryde, Brandi Carlile, Faith Hill, Little Big Town, Kelsea Ballerini, Martina McBride and Trisha Yearwood. The film also includes moving and intimate footage of Wynonna spending quiet, reflective time on the farm with her beloved family and animals, as she continues to process her grief.
“It’s real and it’s raw. It’s celebration and sadness. It’s all of...
Beginning with the decision to honor her mother’s legacy by continuing on with “The Judds: The Final Tour,” “Wynonna Judd: Between Hell and Hallelujah” captures candid onstage and behind-the-scenes moments as part of the sold-out nationwide tour, along with personal anecdotes from Wynonna’s friends and fellow artists Ashley McBryde, Brandi Carlile, Faith Hill, Little Big Town, Kelsea Ballerini, Martina McBride and Trisha Yearwood. The film also includes moving and intimate footage of Wynonna spending quiet, reflective time on the farm with her beloved family and animals, as she continues to process her grief.
“It’s real and it’s raw. It’s celebration and sadness. It’s all of...
- 4/18/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
Eight upper-middle-class, suburban white women arrive at a dinner party in the opening moments of Patty Ivins Specht’s “Deconstructing Karen.” Hosted by activist Regina Jackson and former Colorado congressional candidate Saira Rao, through their start-up Race2Dinner, the women are immediately told “if you’re going to cry, leave the table and go into the living room,” setting a confrontational tone for the rest of the evening.
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Continue reading ‘Deconstructing Karen’ Review: Race2Dinner Documentary Only Scratches the Surface [Mill Valley Ff] at The Playlist.
- 10/20/2022
- by Christian Gallichio
- The Playlist
The lineup of films premiering in the narrative, documentary, short film and episodic selections at the 2022 Bentonville Film Festival’s competition program have been released today, the Bentonville Film Foundation announced. The annual festival is set to run in-person from June 22-26 in Bentonville, Ark, with a virtual component having an extended run from June 22 to July 3.
Led by “Thelma and Louise” star and vocal feminist Geena Davis, the festival aims to amplify female, non-binary, LGBTQ, Bipoc and people with disabilities’ voices in entertainment. In collaboration with founding partner, Walmart, and presenting sponsor, Coca-Cola, this year’s programming includes a wide array of storytelling with more than 82 of the competition program from creators who identify as female or gender non-conforming. Additionally, 65 of the creators identify as Bipoc, Asian, or Pacific Islander and 62 identify as LGBTQ. The vast majority of onscreen leads — 90, to be exact — are women or gender non-conforming.
“We...
Led by “Thelma and Louise” star and vocal feminist Geena Davis, the festival aims to amplify female, non-binary, LGBTQ, Bipoc and people with disabilities’ voices in entertainment. In collaboration with founding partner, Walmart, and presenting sponsor, Coca-Cola, this year’s programming includes a wide array of storytelling with more than 82 of the competition program from creators who identify as female or gender non-conforming. Additionally, 65 of the creators identify as Bipoc, Asian, or Pacific Islander and 62 identify as LGBTQ. The vast majority of onscreen leads — 90, to be exact — are women or gender non-conforming.
“We...
- 6/1/2022
- by Carson Burton
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Lifetime has set a premiere date for Aly Raisman: Darkness To Light, a three-hour documentary special, which reveals the tumultuous journey to healing from the perspective of sexual assault survivors. The special will air Friday, September 24 at 8p/7c on Lifetime.
Darkness To Light follows the three-time Olympic gold medalist as she advocates for survivors while sharing personal accounts and coping strategies that have helped on her own journey of healing. Raisman meets with individuals who have suffered abuse, revealing the trauma that lasts from childhood to adulthood, and the triggers that affect them – and her – physically and emotionally. By sharing their stories and insights gleaned along the way, their experiences are validated, and survivors are reminded that they are never alone in their journey and that there is hope. You can watch a promo clip below the story.
“Aly Raisman continues to be a true champion as...
Darkness To Light follows the three-time Olympic gold medalist as she advocates for survivors while sharing personal accounts and coping strategies that have helped on her own journey of healing. Raisman meets with individuals who have suffered abuse, revealing the trauma that lasts from childhood to adulthood, and the triggers that affect them – and her – physically and emotionally. By sharing their stories and insights gleaned along the way, their experiences are validated, and survivors are reminded that they are never alone in their journey and that there is hope. You can watch a promo clip below the story.
“Aly Raisman continues to be a true champion as...
- 9/9/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Lifetime unveiled premiere dates for its ripped from the headlines slate today, that includes documentaries from journalist Gretchen Carlson on the Nxivm cult and the college admissions scandal.
Starting on Saturday, September 21 at 8pm Et/Pt, the cable net will premiere a new movie each week beginning with Escaping The Nxivm Cult: A Mother’s Fight to Save Her Daughter.
The movie will be followed by a companion doc titled Beyond the Headlines: Escaping the Nxivm Cult with Gretchen Carlson that shows the award-winning journalist investigating the cult that targeted young women. As she explores the inner-workings of the purported self-help group, whose former leader Keith Raniere was found guilty of racketeering, sex trafficking and other crimes, viewers will hear a first-hand account from actress Catherine Oxenberg, who shares with Carlson her personal fight to free her daughter from the cult.
The slate will conclude on October 12, with a...
Starting on Saturday, September 21 at 8pm Et/Pt, the cable net will premiere a new movie each week beginning with Escaping The Nxivm Cult: A Mother’s Fight to Save Her Daughter.
The movie will be followed by a companion doc titled Beyond the Headlines: Escaping the Nxivm Cult with Gretchen Carlson that shows the award-winning journalist investigating the cult that targeted young women. As she explores the inner-workings of the purported self-help group, whose former leader Keith Raniere was found guilty of racketeering, sex trafficking and other crimes, viewers will hear a first-hand account from actress Catherine Oxenberg, who shares with Carlson her personal fight to free her daughter from the cult.
The slate will conclude on October 12, with a...
- 8/14/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
Logo Documentary Films has acquired Sundance docu Quiet Heroes, Jamal Sims-directed When the Beat Drops, and Light in the Water, about one of the first openly gay Masters swim teams, for premiere this summer as part of its 2018 slate of Lgbtq stories.
Quiet Heroes had its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Directed and produced by Jenny Mackenzie, Jared Ruga and Amanda Stoddard, Quiet Heroes tells the story of Dr. Kristen Ries, a physician who served the denigrated and largely gay male AIDS population in the socially conservative Salt Lake City area. Quiet Heroes is the story of her fight to save a maligned population everyone else seemed willing to just let die. It premieres Thursday, August 23 at 8 Pm on Logo.
When the Beat Drops follows a crew of gay African-American men as they pioneer the Southern-rooted underground dance scene known as “bucking.” With his crew,...
Quiet Heroes had its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Directed and produced by Jenny Mackenzie, Jared Ruga and Amanda Stoddard, Quiet Heroes tells the story of Dr. Kristen Ries, a physician who served the denigrated and largely gay male AIDS population in the socially conservative Salt Lake City area. Quiet Heroes is the story of her fight to save a maligned population everyone else seemed willing to just let die. It premieres Thursday, August 23 at 8 Pm on Logo.
When the Beat Drops follows a crew of gay African-American men as they pioneer the Southern-rooted underground dance scene known as “bucking.” With his crew,...
- 7/3/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
GloZell Green is leveraging her online presence to help kids learn!
The video star has teamed up with Bunim/Murray Productions (Bmp) and Pb&J to launch GloBugz!, a children’s brand and YouTube channel — named after her fan base! — dedicated to helping preschoolers become familiar with concepts in science, math, literacy, foreign language and much more.
“I love to make people laugh, and I believe that laughter and song are the best way to help young children learn,” Green, 44, says, adding of the partnership, “I’m really excited about working with Bunim/Murray and Pb&J to unleash the...
The video star has teamed up with Bunim/Murray Productions (Bmp) and Pb&J to launch GloBugz!, a children’s brand and YouTube channel — named after her fan base! — dedicated to helping preschoolers become familiar with concepts in science, math, literacy, foreign language and much more.
“I love to make people laugh, and I believe that laughter and song are the best way to help young children learn,” Green, 44, says, adding of the partnership, “I’m really excited about working with Bunim/Murray and Pb&J to unleash the...
- 7/24/2017
- by Jen Juneau
- PEOPLE.com
Today’s celebrity chefs are treated like rock stars. But mostly male rock stars. Like many other professions, men have somehow garnered more fame and bigger paychecks than their female counterparts in the restaurant world.
The new Logo documentary “Hungry” aims to examine how and why that came to be. Filmmaker Patty Ivins (“Reversal of Fortune”) took a look at gender inequality in restaurant kitchens for the film.
Among the chefs she interviewed: Los Angeles-based Dakota Weiss, who owns Estrella and Sweetfin Poke; Pink Delongpre, owner of Bacon & Brine in Solvang, Calif.; and Sarah Kirnon, owner of Miss Ollie’s in Oakland.
Read More: ‘Chef’s Table’: The Directors’ Secret Recipe For The Best Food Show on TV
“For centuries the professional chef world has traditionally been perceived as a man’s world where men were chefs and women were pastry chefs,” Ivins said. “Food magazines and TV shows...
The new Logo documentary “Hungry” aims to examine how and why that came to be. Filmmaker Patty Ivins (“Reversal of Fortune”) took a look at gender inequality in restaurant kitchens for the film.
Among the chefs she interviewed: Los Angeles-based Dakota Weiss, who owns Estrella and Sweetfin Poke; Pink Delongpre, owner of Bacon & Brine in Solvang, Calif.; and Sarah Kirnon, owner of Miss Ollie’s in Oakland.
Read More: ‘Chef’s Table’: The Directors’ Secret Recipe For The Best Food Show on TV
“For centuries the professional chef world has traditionally been perceived as a man’s world where men were chefs and women were pastry chefs,” Ivins said. “Food magazines and TV shows...
- 11/16/2016
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Logo has set a date for the debut of its latest documentary Hungry, which centers on three driven female chefs and restaurateurs passionately working to create a path to success in the world of professional cooking. Directed by Patty Ivins, the doc will premiere on the network Thursday, November 17 at 9 Pm. Hungry explores the challenges and rewards faced by women restaurateurs through the stories and unique cuisines of former Top Chef contestant Chef Dakota…...
- 10/19/2016
- Deadline TV
Logo, MTV Network's gay-themed network, has greenlighted two new series: Sex Rx, about sex addiction, and The A-List: Dallas, a new spinoff of the A-List franchise. Additionally, Logo has renewed its highest-rated series RuPaul's Drag Race, its companion Untucked: RuPaul's Drag Race and The A-List: New York. Also renewed is the NewNowNext Awards, Logo's awards show for the latest in pop culture. The channel's next new series, Setup Squad and Pretty Hurts, premiere April 25 and May 9, respectively. Details on the new series: Sex Rx (premieres fall 2011): Noted sex addiction specialist Christopher Donaghue offers guidance to a sex treatment group in this series that tracks each member’s progress around infidelity, trust issues, relationship intimacy and sexual addiction. Julie Pizzi and Patty Ivins Specht exec produce. The A-List: Dallas (premieres fall 2011): Deep in the heart of Texas, this cast of socialite scene-making men and women are out to prove...
- 4/18/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Oxygen Media has picked up a new reality series, Bachelorette Party, with an eight-episode order. The series, which gives brides-to-be an all-access, V.I.P. fantasy weekend with their "besties" in Las Vegas, was developed by Gavin Polone of Pariah Entertainment and Pb&J TV. Bachelorette Party, which starts production immediately, marks the latest unscripted effort for Polone whose previous reality credits include the 2005 series Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search. Polone is executive producing Bachelorette Party with Kathy Landsberg, Patty Ivins Specht and Julie Pizzi.
- 11/10/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Lifetime is heading to D.C., greenlighting an unscripted series starring a trio of twentysomething socialites looking to make their mark on Washington both socially and professionally.
The six-episode series, titled "Blonde Charity Mafia," takes its name from an exclusive group of young women who make the rounds on Washington's social circuit. The show will feature Katherine Kennedy and Krista Johnson, who are said to throw hot-ticket charity functions, as well as their acquaintance Sophie Pyle, who always is in attendance at the events.
"Katherine, Krista and Sophie are at the epicenter of Georgetown's young cultural scene," Lifetime senior vp reality programming Jessica Samet said. "This absorbing series will pull the curtain back on the fragility of friendship among the beautiful, wealthy and powerful."
Production begins in September on the Pb&J Television-produced series. Patty Ivins Specht and Julie Pizzi ("The Simple Life") are executive producing, with Jeff Kuntz serving as co-executive producer.
The six-episode series, titled "Blonde Charity Mafia," takes its name from an exclusive group of young women who make the rounds on Washington's social circuit. The show will feature Katherine Kennedy and Krista Johnson, who are said to throw hot-ticket charity functions, as well as their acquaintance Sophie Pyle, who always is in attendance at the events.
"Katherine, Krista and Sophie are at the epicenter of Georgetown's young cultural scene," Lifetime senior vp reality programming Jessica Samet said. "This absorbing series will pull the curtain back on the fragility of friendship among the beautiful, wealthy and powerful."
Production begins in September on the Pb&J Television-produced series. Patty Ivins Specht and Julie Pizzi ("The Simple Life") are executive producing, with Jeff Kuntz serving as co-executive producer.
- 8/20/2008
- by By Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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