movie review ROAD DIARY: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND Running time: 99 minutes. Out Oct. 25 on Hulu and Disney+. TORONTO — Lake Ontario turned into the Jersey Shore Sunday night. Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt came north of the border for the world premiere of their new documentary “Road Diary: Bruce … Read more
TORONTO — Bruce Springsteen spoke movingly about his wife, Patti Scialfa, and his famous band at the premiere of his new documentary “Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band” at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday night. The film that goes behind the scenes of their latest tour revealed that Scialfa, 71, … Read more
Patti Scialfa, the wife of Bruce Springsteen, has been battling a form of blood cancer since 2018. Scialfa, 71, revealed her diagnosis with multiple myeloma in her husband’s new documentary, “Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band,” which premiered Sunday night at the Toronto Film Festival. The guitarist explained that her health issues … Read more
Gabagool! In the new documentary “‘Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos,” (now on HBO and Max), “The Sopranos” star Michael Imperioli confessed that he thought he initially blew his audition for the show. “The idea of a series on HBO, back then, there was no prestige attached to that,” Imperioli, 58, said onscreen in … Read more
This f–king guy. The “Sopranos” cast and crew take center stage in the new two-episode documentary “Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos.” Premiering Saturday, Sept. 7 on HBO (8 p.m.) and helmed by Emmy-winning director Alex Gibney (“Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief,”) the documentary dives into behind the scenes details about … Read more
A new documentary about late child star Gary Coleman explores allegations of his ex-wife Shannon Price’s involvement in his tragic death. “Gary,” streaming now on Peacock, features interviews with several of Coleman’s friends who claim that Price, 39, was responsible for the “Diff’rent Strokes” star’s death at age 42 in May 2010. Darren Nord, a … Read more
Hope Solo’s story is still the same 10 years later. In the upcoming Netflix “Untold” sports series, “Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer” — which premieres Sept. 3 — the former goalkeeper is steadfast in her stance that the U.S. Soccer Federation had ulterior motives for terminating her contract in 2016 — and had her exiled … Read more
Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s infamous sex tape nearly cost the “Baywatch” icon her job. In the new docuseries “After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun,” “Baywatch” co-creator and producer Michael Berk revealed that there were discussions about removing Anderson, 57, from the hit NBC series after her sex tape with Lee, 61, leaked in 1996. … Read more
It’s a “Baywatch” reunion! The cast of the ’90s lifeguard series reunited at the premiere of the new ABC News docuseries, “After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun,” at The Bungalow in Santa Monica, Calif. on Monday. Carmen Electra, Nicole Eggert, Alexandra Paul, Jeremy Jackson, Brandy Ledford, David Chokachi, Brande Roderick, Traci Bingham, Jaason Simmons, Erika … Read more
Elizabeth Taylor tried to kill herself when she was married to her fourth husband, Eddie Fisher. The new HBO documentary “Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes” which premiered Aug. 3, features interviews that the late movie star had with journalist Richard Meryman from 1964 to 1965. Taylor called her marriage to Fisher “one big friggin’ awful mistake” … Read more
A hair was standing up on Faye Dunaway’s head. The Hollywood legend was filming a restaurant scene for the 1974 movie “Chinatown,” opposite Jack Nicholson, but production kept being halted by a stubborn follicle. “It was a very tense moment,” Dunaway, 83, says in the new documentary “Faye.” “I have naturally curly hair, so my … Read more
She’s got the gold. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles takes center stage in the new Netflix documentary, “Simone Biles Rising.” Premiering it first two episodes July 17, the four-part series follows Biles, 27, as she prepares for the 2024 Paris Olympics, reflects on her performance at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics – which she withdrew from to … Read more
Now that 2024 is half over, I’ve started collecting candidates for my list of the year’s best films — and that, of course, includes documentaries. I’ve written about many great nonfiction films already this year (including some favorites like “Songs of Earth,” “Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus” and “Art Talent Show”). Yet plenty fly under the radar, … Read more
He didn’t want to light those 16 candles again. The Hulu documentary “Brats” (now streaming) about the famous Brat Pack has some big omissions. It covers the famous group of ’80s stars, including Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy and Andrew McCarthy — but notably, Anthony Michal Hall and Molly Ringwald don’t appear, … Read more
Céline Dion, 56, insisted on showing footage of herself suffering a seizure in her new documentary, “I Am: Celine Dion.” The “My Heart Will Go On” singer, who suffers from a rare neurological disorder called stiff person syndrome that has interfered with her ability to sing, is shown having a physical therapy session in 2022. … Read more
So long, Scooter Braun. Taylor Swift’s team addressed the pop star’s drama with the newly-retired music manager in the new Discovery+ docuseries “Taylor Swift vs. Scooter Braun: Bad Blood.” The doc, which is now streaming on Max, examines Swift and Braun’s beef that’s gone on for years, though neither star participated in the project. Scooter … Read more
movie review I AM: CELINE DION Running time: 102 minutes. Rated PG (thematic material and brief smoking images). On Prime Video June 25. One of the rawest moments I’ve ever seen in a documentary about a living superstar comes near the end of “I Am: Celine Dion.” The “My Heart Will Go On” singer, who … Read more
James Gandolfini went through dark times playing Tony Soprano. A new documentary about “The Sopranos,” titled “Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos,” premiered at Tribeca Film Festival on June 13 and revealed how the late Gandolfini battled demons while playing a mob boss on the iconic HBO series. His TV wife, Edie Falco, said in the … Read more
The brats are striking back. In the new Brat Pack documentary on Hulu, Andrew McCarthy, 61, confronted writer David Blum, 68, about how he coined the now-iconic group title in a notorious New York Magazine cover story from 1985. At the time, Blum was doing a piece on Emilio Estevez and joined him on a … Read more
Don’t call them brats. Over the years, the members of the “Brat Pack” — a collection of popular young actors in the 1980s — have made it clear that they weren’t, and in some cases still aren’t, fans of the group nickname. The phenomenon started with the 1985 New York magazine cover by David Blum. … Read more