HBO to Exclusively Debut Documentary OPEN HEART Today
by TV News Desk - October 14, 2013 Heart disease is often associated with an unhealthy lifestyle in the West, but in Sub-Saharan Africa treatable maladies such as strep throat can lead to rheumatic fever that causes heart damage, especially in young children and teenagers. Though it is invasive, dangerous and prohibitively expensive,...
Cassandra Kubinski Releases 'Avalanche' Music Video; Concert Set for 2/21 in NYC
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2014 Singer/songwriter Cassandra Kubinski and Framerunner NYC have released the official music video for 'Avalanche,' the second single from Kubinski's album 'Just Being Myself.' Scroll down to watch the video!...
HBO Debuts FIRST COMES LOVE Documentary Tonight
by TV News Desk - July 29, 2013 Ranging from hormone injections to post-natal chaos, Davenport's wry chronicle of her pregnancy and its aftermath debuts TONIGHT, JULY 29 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO....
HBO Airs Documentary on the Lives of Casting Directors Tonight
by TV News Desk - August 05, 2013 Afforded unprecedented freedom and power by television, casting pioneers like Marion Dougherty and Lynn Stalmaster were iconoclasts whose exquisite taste and gut instincts ultimately helped change the old studio system and usher in New Hollywood through landmark movies like 'Midnight Cowboy,' 'The G...
HBO's BANKSY DOES NEW YORK to Debut 11/17
by Matt Tamanini - August 28, 2014 The HBO production BANKSY DOES NEW YORK will debut on the network Nov. 17, it was announced today by Sheila Nevins, president, HBO Documentary Films....
Rosie's Theatre Kids to Hold 10th Anniversary Gala on 9/25
by Nicole Rosky - August 26, 2013 Rosie's Theater Kids has just announced the celebration of their 10th anniversary with a star studded Gala in NYC at the Marriot Marquis onWednesday, September 25, 2013. RTKids will commemorate this incredible milestone with a tribute to an extraordinary and deserving individual and longtime suppor...
HBO to Debut Documentary CRISIS HOTLINE: VETERANS PRESS 1, 11/11
by Caryn Robbins - October 23, 2013 Since 2001, more veterans have died by their own hand than in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, one veteran dies by suicide in America every 80 minutes. While only 1% of Americans has served in the military, former service members account for 20% o...
HBO Debuts Scorsese's THE 50 YEAR ARGUMENT Tonight
by TV News Desk - September 29, 2014 THE 50 YEAR ARGUMENT, directed by Oscar® winner Martin Scorsese and longtime documentary collaborator David Tedeschi, will debut TONIGHT, SEPT. 29...
THE SQUARE, SLOMO, INSIDE MAN Top 2013 IDA Documentary Awards
by Movies News Desk - December 07, 2013 The International Documentary Association (IDA)'s 29th Annual IDA Documentary Awards were held last night, Friday, December 6th at the Director's Guild in Los Angeles. Scroll down for a full list of winners!...
Cassandra Kubinski Releases 'Avalanche' Music Video; Concert Set for Tonight in NYC
by BWW News Desk - February 21, 2014 Singer/songwriter Cassandra Kubinski and Framerunner NYC have released the official music video for 'Avalanche,' the second single from Kubinski's album 'Just Being Myself.' Scroll down to watch the video!...
HBO Debuts THE BATTLE OF AMFAR Today
by TV News Desk - December 02, 2013 Directed by Rob Epstein (HBO's Oscar-winning 'Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt') and Jeffrey Friedman (HBO's Emmy-winning 'The Celluloid Closet'), and executive produced by iconic New York fashion designer and amfAR chairman Kenneth Cole, THE BATTLE OF AMFAR tells the story of the unlikely pai...
Director's Guild Announces Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries Nominations
by Caryn Robbins - January 13, 2014 Directors Guild of America President Paris Barclay today announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries for 2013....
HBO to Air LIFE ACCORDING TO SAM Documentary, 10/21
by Tyler Peterson - September 18, 2013 In 1998, Dr. Leslie Gordon and Dr. Scott Berns learned that their two-year-old son, Sam, had progeria, a progressive aging disorder so rare that fewer than 250 children in the world had it at the time. Little was known about the disease, and all children with progeria died of heart attack or stroke ...
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - WHOOPI PRESENTS MOMS MABLEY on HBO
by TV News Desk - November 08, 2013 HBO Documentary Films presents a weekly series this fall, debuting provocative new specials every Monday, now through December 9. Featuring recently unearthed photographs, rediscovered performance footage and the words of entertainers and historians, WHOOPI GOLDBERG PRESENTS MOMS MABLEY includes int...
HBO Sets GIDEON'S ARMY Premiere for 7/1
by Tyler Peterson - June 11, 2013 In 1961, Clarence Earl Gideon was arrested for stealing soda and a few dollars from a pool hall. Unable to afford an attorney, he was convicted after representing himself at trial. Gideon appealed his conviction to the Supreme Court, which ruled unanimously that the right to counsel in a criminal ca...
Nathan Lane, Lena Hall, Holland Taylor Join Line-Up for ELAINE STRITCH Tribute
by Caryn Robbins - November 12, 2014 Nathan Lane, Holland Taylor and Lena Hall will join some of the biggest names on Broadway in an upcoming tribute to theater legend Elaine Stritch....
Josh Fox's GASLAND PART II to Air Exclusively on HBO, 7/8
by Caryn Robbins - June 18, 2013 Debuting MONDAY, JULY 8 (9:00-11:15 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, GASLAND PART II shows how the stakes have been raised on all sides in one of the most important environmental issues facing the nation today....
HBO to Premiere Prop 8 Documentary in 2014
by Tyler Peterson - July 09, 2013 HBO Documentary Films is currently in production on a film telling the story of the historic Supreme Court case that overturned Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming. Over the last five years, directors Ben Cotner...
CAPTIVATED: The Trials of Pamela Smart Debuts on HBO Tonight
by TV News Desk - August 18, 2014 When the curtain rose on the murder trial of Pamela Smart murder case 23 years ago, the stage was set for the birth of reality TV....
HBO Debuts CRISIS HOTLINE: VETERANS PRESS 1, 11/11
by Caryn Robbins - November 06, 2013 The timely documentary CRISIS HOTLINE: VETERANS PRESS 1 spotlights the traumas endured by America's veterans, as seen through the work of the hotline's trained responders...
SEDUCED AND ABANDONED, Alec Baldwin's Quest to Make a Movie, to Premiere on HBO
by Caryn Robbins - October 14, 2013 The cinematic romp SEDUCED AND ABANDONED captures the tug-of-war between the eternal dream of creating pure art and the bracing reality of modern movie commerce. James Toback's celebration of movie-making debuts MONDAY, OCT. 28 (9:00-10:45 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO....
GRAVITY, AMERICAN HUSTLE Among 2014 PGA Nominations; Full List Announced
by Caryn Robbins - January 03, 2014 The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today the motion picture and long-form television nominations for the 25th Annual Producers Guild Awards....
Searing ExposeTOXIC HOT SEAT to Debut on HBO,11/25
by Christina Raquel - November 04, 2013 TOXIC HOT SEAT takes an in-depth look at a nexus of money, politics and power – and a courageous group of firefighters, mothers, journalists, scientists, politicians and activists as they fight to expose what they assert is a shadowy campaign of deception that has left a toxic legacy in America's ho...
HOOPI GOLDBERG PRESENTS MOMS MABLEY to Premiere 11/18 on HBO
by Tyler Peterson - October 28, 2013 Often referred to as 'the funniest woman in the world,' the iconic African-American standup comedienne Jackie 'Moms' Mabley broke racial and sexual boundaries and continues to inspire comedians to this day. In her directorial film debut, a modern-day comedy favorite pays homage to this pioneering ta... |