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Welcome to paradise, Green Day fans. The punk icons are producing a comedy movie inspired by their time living in a tour van during their early days as a rock trio.

The film is called “New Years Rev,” it’s a comedy written and directed by Lee Kirk (“Ordinary World”), and it is already in production in Oklahoma. Let’s hope this movie about the early days of a musical icon is more successful than the scrapped one based on Pharrell Williams’ childhood.

Here’s the official synopsis: “New Years Rev” is a coming-of-age story about three friends — played by Mason Thames, Kylr Coffman, and Ryan Foust — who journey to Los Angeles, mistakenly believing that their band is opening for Green Day on New Years Eve. Their roadtrip is a rowdy and mischievous jaunt across the country filled with adventures, based on the exploits of Green Day and their years...

When we think of Hollywood celebrities, we often picture lives of glamour and endless energy. However, behind the scenes, many of these stars battle chronic health conditions affecting their daily lives. One such condition is fibromyalgia, a complex chronic pain disorder that has impacted numerous personalities in the entertainment industry.

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From legendary actor Morgan Freeman to pop sensation Lady Gaga, these celebrities have not only faced the challenges of fibromyalgia but have also helped raise awareness about this often-misunderstood condition. Their stories offer insight into living with chronic pain while maintaining successful careers in the spotlight.

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If you’ve ever woken up feeling like your entire body has run a marathon while you were sleeping, you...

Exclusive: Paramount+ on Wednesday announced The Honey Trap: A True Story of Love, Lies and The FBI, a new feature documentary from Emmy-nominated filmmaker Chris Moukarbel (Gaga: Five Foot Two) that will premiere on the Paramount+ with Showtime plan on Friday, December 6th, debuting on-air at 10 p.m. Et/Pt.

Check out a trailer for the film above.

The Honey Trap is a a dramatic tale of espionage, propaganda, and romance, following the infamous Berlin rapper Denis Cuspert (aka Deso Dogg) and his journey from artist to Mma fighter to Isis recruiter. When the FBI assigns translator Daniela Greene to monitor Cuspert, her quest to get close to him takes over her life. Through their complex relationship, the film reveals the powers that shape our world and what happens to those who step into the crossfire.

Commented Moukarbel, “When people hear the story of Daniella and Denis they often ask if it’s fiction.

At least one in ten people experience some form of chronic pain. But not all of them have fibromyalgia. Figures like Lady Gaga, Sinead O’Connor and Morgan Freeman have used their fame to bring much-needed visibility to this condition. Yet, despite increased eyeballs and attention, fibromyalgia still remains largely misunderstood.

While chronic pain can take many-a-form, fibromyalgia is deceptively different. Characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, and cognitive difficulties, it tends to affect nearly every aspect of day to day life.

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More than seven years ago, Lady Gaga’s Netflix documentary Gaga: Five Foot Two intrigued her fans (and also ones afflicted by the condition) on multiple levels. While the film provided insight into the singer’s personal life, career, and struggles, it also shed light on her battle with fibromyalgia.

What is Fibromyalgia and what causes it?

Fibromyalgia is not just musculoskeletal pain.

Before tuning into Cypher for the first time under the impression it's simply a documentary about a rapper's rise to fame, perhaps take the following statement from the director to heart: "It plays more like horror." The man behind Me at the Zoo and Netflix's Gaga: Five Foot Two, Chris Moukarbel wrote and directed the chilling new hybrid documentary Cypher, about another famed musician, Grammy-nominated rapper Tierra Whack. Dating back to 2011, Whack has been all over the music scene and finally has her own studio album dropping next year, six years after her first LP, the 15-minute Whack World.

In the meantime, her acclaimed new film Cypher should be embraced by music and conspiracy-lovers everywhere. We recently caught up with Moukarbel to learn more about how he got Whack to sign on to such an alternative, mind-blogging feature. Don't miss it, and check out more from our exclusive interview below.

"Fame is whack," reads the tagline of Cypher, a groundbreaking new film about Grammy-nominated rapper Tierra Whack from writer-director Chris Moukarbel. The adjective "whack" here is appropriate for a number of reasons, as you'll learn upon watching the new Hulu offering in its entirety. If you believe the 1969 moon-landing was fake, that JFK was assassinated by his own family, and that Paul McCartney actually died all those years ago, you might find the outrageous theories woven into Cypher at least a tad intriguing.

Eminem's throwback classic song gave rise to the term "Stan," often used in contemporary times to describe obsessed fans of certain musicians. Cypher centers on a couple of different Stans who involve themselves in Tierra Whack's life as she navigates fame, success, and more in the music biz. Much of the narrative story elements here may be fiction at the end of the day, but...

Netflix has added Sahara Bushue to its unscripted team, TheWrap can confirm.

Bushue had been consulting for the streaming giant since March. She will now join the company on a permanent basis on unscripted VP Brandon Riegg’s team. Her official title will be director of unscripted series.

Previously, Bushue worked as the senior vice president and head of unscripted for Westbrook Studios, the entertainment venture company founded by Will and Jada Pinkett Smith. She was there for a little over two years when the company produced projects such as “Red Table Talk,” “Welcome to Earth,” “Amend: The Fight for America” and “Women of the Movement.”

Before that, Bushue was the senior vice president for alternative programming and development at NBC. Altogether, she was at the network for 13 years. Throughout her time at NBC, she’s worked on “America’s Got Talent,” “Ellen’s Game of Games,” “World of Dance,” “Little Big Shots” and “Hollywood Game Night.

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Celebrity documentaries run the gamut. There are hagiographies, which all but deify their subjects.

When you see a documentary about a game-changing pop star, you assume you’re going to get the story of the music, and also a good look at the life, and that there’ll be enough (on both counts) to go around. I was eager to see “Let the Canary Sing,” a documentary portrait of Cyndi Lauper, because it’s directed by Alison Ellwood, who made “The Go-Go’s” a few years back, and that movie had everything: the drama, the trauma, the saga of a total pop-music reset, as we watched the Go-Go’s bust down doors that had been too tightly shut for too long. Cyndi Lauper was no less revolutionary a figure, arriving in the early ’80s, along with Madonna, to announce that we were in the midst of a seismic new definition of what it meant to be a female pop star. The definition was: a star...

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An unpredictable lightning storm forced Lady Gaga to stop a concert on her Chromatica Ball tour on Sept. 17, ending her show with six songs still to go. "I'm sorry that we can't finish, but I don't want to put your life in danger and I don't want to put our life in danger," she said to fans at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium. "So thank you, get home safely, god bless you, and thank you for coming to the show. Please go home."

After the show, Gaga shared an emotional Instagram video addressing the situation. "We really tried to finish the show in Miami tonight but we couldn't because even when the rain sort of stopped, there was lightning that was striking right down to the ground, so close to us," she said through tears. She added that it had taken a long time for her...

Exclusive: Anonymous Content is aggressively bolstering its unscripted television slate with a slew of new projects including music, sports, cooking, dating and documentary series.

The company has unveiled an unscripted and non-fiction development slate featuring seven projects. It comes after the hire of former NBCUniversal exec Jessica Grimshaw as SVP of Unscripted Films, Television and Podcasts last April.

Projects include The Balloon World Cup, based on a real-life contest organized by Barcelona legend Gerard Piqué, medical scam series Death Brokers, Deepfake Dating, an adaptation of food book Gastro Obscura, Lance Bangs’ music series I Don’t Belong Here, Billie Jd Porter’s It’s Different for Girls and a project about Factitious Disease Disorder (full details below).

Dawn Olmstead, David Levine and Grimshaw will executive produce the projects for Anonymous Content.

“We’re working with a world class group of directors, producers and journalists to develop unscripted projects around compelling characters,...

“I’m going to say this kindly for the last time,” began the 22-Grammy winner Kanye West in an Instagram rant today, “I must get final edit and approval on this doc before it releases on Netflix.”

West was referring to the three-part documentary Jeen-Yuhs which is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 23 at 6Pm Mtn time.

“Open the edit room immediately so I can be in charge of my own image. Thank you in advance.”

Jeen-Yuhs is directed by Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah. Producers are Simmons, Chike Ozah and Leah Natasha Thomas and covers West in three acts, taking us behind the iconic music with never-before-seen footage from 21 years of the performing artist’s life. The docu covers West rise from hip hop artist to being a worldwide franchise, with a snapshot of his failed 2020 presidential bid as well as the death of his mother Donda West.

In the last few years, I’ve happily watched and reviewed documentaries about Lady Gaga and Billie Eilish, both of which were presented on major streaming services and made with the full cooperation of the artists in question. So it wouldn’t have been shocking if either of those films turned out to be a glorified promotional tool. On the other hand, “Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free,” which premiered today at SXSW, is built around a trove of 16mm footage discovered in 2020 in the Tom Petty archive. The film was shot by Petty’s filmographer Martyn Atkins while Petty was recording his second solo album, “Wildflowers” (1994), and performing on the concert tour that followed its release.

In 2021, just saying the phrase “16mm” can give you a tingle. It sounds so raw and private, so home-movie analog. But here’s an irony for you. Both the Lady Gaga and Billie Eilish docs are,...

System of a Down is a renowned, Grammy-winning hard rock band, but the new Garin Hovannisian-directed documentary Truth To Power at Oscilloscope Laboratories shows a different side of them — specifically putting the spotlight on the band’s frontman, Serj Tankian.

Opening in virtual theaters today, Truth to Power brings audiences into the world of Tankian. Through exclusive interviews and original footage personally filmed by the international rock star, the docu pulls the curtain back as we see his revolutionary music career, his work in social justice and how he uses his platform for political change. His decades-long campaign for formal U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide was finally approved by Congress in 2019. He’s loved by his fans but has a very divisive relationship with the government.

The film features insight from his bandmates, producer Rick Rubin, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello as well as social...

Just One Film is a series that recommends individual films from festivals around the world—the movies you otherwise might have missed that deserve to be discovered.When American folk singer and guitarist Karen Dalton died in 1993 of an AIDS-related illness at age 55, there were few film recordings or other traces of her as an artist left behind. Her raw, idiosyncratic renditions quickly won admirers like Bob Dylan when she hit New York’s Greenwich Village scene in the ‘60s, but she had a disdain for ingratiating herself to starmakers keen to engineer her image for public consumption that contributed to her existence on the margins of mainstream fame. During her on-off engagement with the business she made only two studio albums, It's So Hard to Tell Who's Going to Love You the Best (1969) and In My Own Time (1971), but her cult influence (inspiring artists such as Nick Cave and Joanna Newsom) has only grown.

What’s it like to be universally beloved? “Shawn Mendes: In Wonder,” from Netflix that documents a year in the life of the 22-year-old Canadian pop sensation, doesn’t know the answer, but sure tries to capture the experience. With more than 17 million record sales, nearly 26 million Twitter followers, and twice that many on Instagram, Mendes has an immeasurable fan base the world over and, at least according to Grant Singer’s new film, he appears to handle his status as contemporary pop’s infallible dreamboat well. He’s such a walking, beaming ray of positivity despite the onus of fandom that it’s almost amazing, and at times exhausting. While “In Wonder” lacks the drama and revelation of other recent pop-music X-rays like “Katy Perry: Part of Me,” “Gaga: Five Foot Two,” and “Taylor Swift: Miss Americana,” it could provide a sweet salve for viewers beaten down by the year from hell.

A music documentary on the life and career of pop star Shawn Mendes is coming to Netflix. Titled “In Wonder,” the film will drop on the streaming service on November 23 ahead of his fourth studio album, Netflix announced Tuesday.

Mendes recently released the title track to his new album “Wonder,” and the album itself is available December 4.

“In Wonder” was directed by veteran music video director Grant Singer, and is a portrait of Mendes’ life, chronicling the past few years of his rise and journey to fame.

The documentary is executive produced by Andrew Gertler, Shawn Mendes, & Ben Winston; produced by Saul Germaine, p.g.a and James Haygood.

“In Wonder” joins Netflix’s growing slate of music-centered documentaries which include “Miss Americana,” “Homecoming: A Film By Beyoncé,” “The Black Godfather,” “Gaga: Five Foot Two,” “Quincy” and most recently “Blackpink: Light Up the Sky.”

Mendes, in partnership with his Shawn...

“In Wonder,” a new documentary about singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes, is coming to Netflix on November 23, just days ahead of his fourth studio album, “Wonder,” which arrives on Dec. 4. Mendes released the album’s title track as an advance single on Oct. 2.

The feature-length documentary, helmed by veteran music video director Grant Singer, is an intimate look at Mendes’ life and journey, filmed over the last few years. “In Wonder” will likely feature footage of Mendes from his 2019 self-titled world tour that took him across the North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. It was a special event selection at the Toronto Film Festival.

Andrew Gertler, Shawn Mendes and Ben Winston serve as the documentary’s executive producers with Saul Germaine, p.g.a and James Haygood credited as producers.

Mendes, in partnership with his Shawn Mendes Foundation (Smf), also recently announced an official new annual TIFF award at the festival,...

Fly-on-the-wall portraits of pop-music stars used to be dominated by, you know, pop music. The life and personality and woe-is-me-i’m-caught-in-the-media-fishbowl spectacle of the star herself was part of the equation, yet all that stuff had a way of dancing around the edges. Now, though, it’s front and center. In “Taylor Swift: Miss Americana,” we catch glimpses of the 30-year-old pop supernova as she struts onstage in fire-engine-red lipstick and outfits that seem to have been carved out of glitter. We see her as she greets weeping fans in Tokyo, and in the studio with the producer Joel Little, where she noodles away at the piano and nails down the hook of a song like “Me!”

Yet in “Miss Americana,” it’s the verité psychodrama of the personal and private Taylor Swift, cuddling up to the piano with her cat, that dominates. The way to make a movie...

Lady Gaga won a bunch of MTV Video Music Awards for “Bad Romance,” so it stands to reason that she’ll win again for another bad romance, right? She’s nominated twice (Song of the Year and Best Collaboration) for “Shallow,” her duet with Bradley Cooper as doomed lovers in “A Star is Born” (watch it above). But “Shallow” isn’t the front-runner in either of its categories. Are we underestimating it?

Altogether Lady Gaga has won 13 Moonmen out of 28 nominations, which makes her one of the most awarded artists in the history of the VMAs. By far her biggest success came in 2010 when she received a record 13 nominations and won 8 of them, including Video of the Year for “Bad Romance.” That video alone won seven prizes, which makes it the second most awarded video of all time, behind Peter Gabriel‘s iconic “Sledgehammer,” which won nine times in 1987.

Sign...

There may never have been “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” if it wasn’t for Wigstock.

The one-day festival in New York’s East Village celebrating all things drag lasted for almost 20 years before ending in 2001. “Wig,” the new HBO documentary about Wigstock, premiered on Saturday at the Tribeca Film Festival.

“With Tribeca comes great respect, strength and inspiration,” said Neil Patrick Harris, who along with husband David Burtka helped produce the film and, last year, partnered with Wigstock creator Lady Bunny to revive the drag gathering in 2018. “Drag is such a mainstream part of the culture right now and I feel like it needs to be re-respected. Some of the queens who are very popular, some of the younger queens, don’t really respect how they got to where they are. We’re not starting from the beginning, but we’re starting from the Lower East Side of New York City,...

Netflix has become a destination for television visionaries like Shonda Rhimes and Ryan Murphy, with deals worth $100 million and $250 million, respectively, and top comedians like Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle. The streaming giant, which just announced it’s added nearly 10 million subscribers in Q1, is honing in on music, too, landing a three-project deal with Beyonce worth a whopping $60 million, sources tell Variety.

The first of the three specials is “Homecoming,” the behind-the-scenes documentary chronicling her 2018 Coachella performance — a massive spectacle of dance, visuals and music that reaffirmed Beyonce’s moniker of Queen Bey — which premiered on April 17. The price tag on this installment, for which Beyonce Knowles-Carter is credited as executive producer, writer and director, hovers around $20 million. Beyonce’s rep did not respond to Variety’s requests for comment; Netflix declined comment for this story, although a source at the company disputed the financial terms of the deal.

Jenny Slate has been set as host of the 23rd annual Webby Awards, which honor the year’s best of the Internet from websites and video to advertising, media and public relations, apps, mobile, voice, social, podcasts and games. The ceremony is May 13 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.

Nominees for this year’s edition will be revealed April 2, which will open voting for the Webby People’s Voice Awards.

Last year’s Webbys, hosted by Late Night with Seth Meyers writer and comedian Amber Ruffin, featured winners including HBO’s Game of Thrones, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Rise Up for public service & activism, and Lady Gaga for her documentary Gaga: Five Foot Two.

Slate, a Saturday Night Live alum, most recently toplined the Sundance pic The Sunlit Night. Her TV credits include Big Mouth, Parks & Recreation, Bob’s Burgers, Married and Kroll Show, as well as films Obvious Child,...

Bobby Beausoleil -- one of Charles Manson's followers who's been in prison for murder for almost 49 years -- is on the verge of getting out, and he might have a Lady Gaga documentary to thank for helping his case. If you don't know, Beausoleil's not considered part of the Manson "family," but he was an associate and was convicted of first-degree murder in 1970. Despite an initial life sentence, he was recommended for parole by...

Lady Gaga came away a winner on Sunday night, but she lost something much more dear.

Shortly after she won the award (in a tie with Glenn Close) for Best Actress at the Critics’ Choice Awards, Gaga shared an Instagram post saying that she was rushing to “say goodbye” to her dying horse, named Arabella.

“She is and was a beautiful horse,” the “A Star is Born” actress wrote. “Our souls and spirits were one. When she was in pain, so was I. I will never forget the moments we shared.”

Along with her brief eulogy, Gaga shared a photo of her riding Arabella during a Vanity Fair photo shoot in Italy.

This is no perfect illusion. Lady Gaga's finally found her happily ever after! The pop music sensation is set to wed Christian Carino, she revealed during an acceptance speech made at Elle's 25th Annual Women in Hollywood Celebration. Gaga and the successful talent agent embark on their engagement after dating for almost two years. Gaga was previously engaged to Chicago Fire star Taylor Kinney, and in her documentary Gaga: Five Foot Two, she addressed moving on from their five-year relationship with a new outlook on love. "I'm just at a different time in my life now, where I just feel like my threshold for bulls--t with men is, just—I don't have...

Last Year’s Winner: “13th”

Still Eligible: No.

Hot Streak: After earning its first nomination in 2014, Netflix is riding a two-year win streak with “What Happened, Miss Simone?” (2016) and “13th” (2017).

Fun Fact: Since the category morphed from Outstanding Informational Special in 1998, HBO has won eight of the 20 trophies and landed multiple nominations 11 times.

In recent years, documentaries with a little extra buzz have done well for themselves in this category. Both “What Happened, Miss Simone?” and “13th” benefitted from earning Oscar nominations. That bodes well for “Icarus,” which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature earlier this year. No other contenders were Film Academy nominees, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t docs or nonfiction specials with lots of buzz.

HBO has a slew of contenders, all of which have caused a stir in and outside the industry. “Andre the Giant” has big-name subjects supporting the doc on the famous wrestler-turned-actor,...

The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences unveiled the winners of the 22nd Annual Webby Awards. Honorees include HBO’s Game of Thrones for, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Rise Up for Public Service & Activism, and Lady Gaga for her documentary Gaga: Five Foot Two.

Other winners include Jay Z, director Steven Soderbergh, actor Jesse Williams, #MeToo trailblazer Susan Fowler, RuPaul, Phoebe Robinson & Jessica Williams’ podcast 2 Dope Queens and more. National Geographic took home the first-ever Webby for Media Company of the Year.

Late Night with Seth Meyers writer and comedian Amber Ruffin is set to host the 22nd annual Webby Awards on Monday, May 14 in New York.

Read the list of winners below.

Webby Person of the Year: Susan Fowler

Webby Lifetime Achievement: Mitchell Baker

Webby Special Achievement: Fka twigs

Webby Best Actress: Laura Linney

Webby Special Achievement: Jesse Williams

Webby Film & Video Person of the Year: Steven Soderbergh

Webby...

Lady Gaga can no longer finish her Joanne World Tour as she continues to struggle with chronic pain disorder fibromyalgia.

The singer, 31, announced on Instagram and Twitter early Saturday that she has chosen to cancel the final ten dates of the European leg of the tour.

“I’m so devastated I don’t know how to describe it. All I know is that if I don’t do this, I am not standing by the words or meaning of my music. My medical team is supporting the decision for me to recover at home,” Gaga said in a statement.

“I...

Damn. it was a good year for music.

It didn’t always feel that way, though. While Kendrick Lamar’s aforementioned fourth studio album -- which hit like a meteor on the Friday before the rapper’s monster set to close out Coachella -- much of 2017 was defined by growers rather than out of the gate jams and much of the summer passed without a bona fide “Song of” said season. (Barely. More on that in a second.)

Really, it's only on looking back at the cavalcade of "Best Of" lists that footnote every year that you realize how full of noteworthy sounds 2017 in particular was. And now, with the nearly ubiquitous acceptance of streaming as the primary method of song consumption, not only is the roster of artists who find both large audiences and critical acclaim more diverse and democratized than ever, but the entire idea of a publication-determined "Best Music of the Year" feels almost silly. After...

Exclusive: Heroes and Villains Entertainment has added Chris Coggins and Gary Ventimiglia to its roster of managers. Ventimiglia comes to Heroes and Villains as a manager from Authentic, after running production companies such as Maverick and Valhalla, where he was responsible for bringing in The Walking Dead graphic novel. His clients include director Chris Moukarbel, who directed the Lady Gaga Netflix documentary Gaga: Five Foot Two; Michael Mayer, whose debut feature Ou…...

Exclusive: Heroes and Villains Entertainment has added Chris Coggins and Gary Ventimiglia to its roster of managers. Ventimiglia comes to Heroes and Villains as a manager from Authentic, after running production companies such as Maverick and Valhalla, where he was responsible for bringing in The Walking Dead graphic novel. His clients include director Chris Moukarbel, who directed the Lady Gaga Netflix documentary Gaga: Five Foot Two; Michael Mayer, whose debut feature Ou…...

Lady Gaga helped out a fan during her Joanna World Tour concert in Connecticut on Saturday.

The pop star, 31, noticed a fan was bleeding and stopped in the middle of her show to make sure the fan, Meredith, was alright.

“I just looked over and I saw,” Gaga said onstage as captured by a fan-recorded video. “Are you all right? Do you need some extra help? Yeah? Okay, so do you need a paramedic? They’re on their way? Okay.”

“Meredith,” the singer continued. “I’m so sorry that you got hit in the face and that you’re bleeding.

Chris Moukarbel spent eight months following Lady Gaga as she recorded her latest album Joanne. In the new Netflix documentary, Gaga: Five Foot Two, Moukarbel opens unique insight into her world.

One hundred seventy features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 90th Academy Awards. That’s 25 more than 2016. Assuming they all book their qualifying runs in New York and Los Angeles, the members of the documentary branch have just a few more weeks to see as many films as possible and file their votes for the shortlist of 15 to be announced in December. They’re each supposed to watch an assigned list of about 20 films, plus as many more as they can.

Read More:2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Documentary Feature

It’s possible for documentaries to also vie for Best Picture, although it is rare. Among this year’s most lauded features are “City of Ghosts,” “Faces Places,” “Jane,” “Kedi” and “One of Us.”

The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:

“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail”

“Aida’s Secrets”

“Al Di Qua”

“All the Rage...

One hundred seventy features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 90th Academy Awards. That’s 25 more than 2016. Assuming they all book their qualifying runs in New York and Los Angeles, the members of the documentary branch have just a few more weeks to see as many films as possible and file their votes for the shortlist of 15 to be announced in December. They’re each supposed to watch an assigned list of about 20 films, plus as many more as they can.

Read More:2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Documentary Feature

It’s possible for documentaries to also vie for Best Picture, although it is rare. Among this year’s most lauded features are “City of Ghosts,” “Faces Places,” “Jane,” “Kedi” and “One of Us.”

The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:

“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail”

“Aida’s Secrets”

“Al Di Qua”

“All the Rage...

170 documentaries have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category. HBO’s Cries From Syria, Netflix’s Chasing Coral and Gaga: Five Foot Two, Kedi are among the entries: The submitted features,...

Who are you and what have you done with Lady Gaga?!

A new wax figure was unveiled in a Lima, Peru, museum that was supposed to be in the likeness of Mother Monster in her infamous 2010 MTV Video Music Awards meat dress.

Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

Regardless of how you feel about the controversial fashion choice, the waxsimile wound up, well... being a less-than-"Perfect Illusion."

Yeah... as many fans pointed out, the 31-year-old artist was Not "Born This Way."

More: Lady Gaga Shares Photo of Herself in Boyfriend Christian Carino’s Arms While Wearing Pink Frilly Bikini

Some were angry.

Some suspected foul play.

Some questioned the credentials of the artist.

But it's safe to say most were just dumbfounded.

More: Taylor Swift Shares Her Favorite Songs Playlist: Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga & More!

Alright, enough waxing comedic!

Even though better interpretations have been out there, one thing for certain is that no Gaga imitation...

Lady Gaga goes "baptism chic!"

The "Million Reasons" singer attended her best friend's baby's baptism on Saturday, sharing an adorable pic of the christening on social media.

"Baptism Chic thank you bestie @brandonmaxwell for lending me this pink chic knitwear separates and ‘B’ belt I love!," Gaga captioned a post.

Related: Lady Gaga Shares Rare Photo With Boyfriend Christian Carino As She Pays Tribute to Late Friend

Dressed in a head-to-toe hot pink Brandon Maxwell ensemble, Gaga also shared a pic of her friend's family at the church followed by a snap of herself on the way to another secret location.

"Stopped off to see my best girlfriends first baby get christened, where are we off to next? Any guesses?," she wrote on Instagram.

Related: Beyonce Sends Lady Gaga a Get Well Present

The day before, the Grammy winner showed off her "High fashun high kicks" while taking a yoga class.

Gaga's documentary, Lady Gaga: Five Foot Two...

Lady Gaga is trying to get back into her workout routine as she continues to struggle with chronic pain disorder fibromyalgia.

The singer, 31, shared a series of Pilates and yoga exercises on Instagram Thursday after a brief hiatus of not sharing her fitness regime on social media.

“#Athletic fashun can happen anywhere,” Gaga captioned a mirror selfie of herself wearing head-to-toe Bjorn Borg. “High fashun high kicks?” she wrote along with a Boomerang clip.

In September, the star revealed she suffers from chronic pain disorder fibromyalgia and was forced to postpone the European leg of her Joanne world tour due to her illness.

Lady Gaga has “A Million Reasons” to be grateful, including returning to the studio.

The singer, 31, shared a photo of herself back in the studio on Instagram Thursday, writing, “Nothing like studio therapy. … Had so much fun in the studio. Made me feel like a star like the ones in the sky, you know..the real kind.”

In addition to feeling like a star, the A Star Is Born actress sparkled in a pair of Juicy Couture track shorts and sequined Polly Plume boots.

Gaga accessorized her look with a powder blue Saks Potts coat and Joanne-esque pink fedora.

“Slowly coming back to life,...

Lady Gaga is rocking pink for a good cause.

On Saturday, the 31-year-old singer shared a selfie alongside with boyfriend, Christian Carino, but it was no ordinary photo. Mother Monster can be seen in the Instagram post rocking a sparkly pink Oscar de la Renta gown as Carino -- who she referred to as "a very special someone" -- leans on her shoulder.

The sweet photo also comes with a bit of sadness, as the singer was paying tribute to her friend, Sonja Durham. Gaga's friend lost her battle with breast cancer in May, and Saturday would have been her birthday.

"After rollin around on the couch feeling sad with the help of some of my #grigiogirls and a very special someone I managed to dress up and feel better in a beautiful pink sequined dress generously gifted to me from @oscardelarenta," she captioned the pic with Carino.

"Sonja would want us to celebrate her Birthday. So we...

'Gaga: Five Foot Two' director Chris Moukarbel discusses the strong ties between Lady Gaga and Amy Winehouse, and how the late singer's 'spirit' was felt throughout the recording of 'Joanne.'...

'Gaga: Five Foot Two' director Chris Moukarbel discusses the strong ties between Lady Gaga and Amy Winehouse, and how the late singer's 'spirit' was felt throughout the recording of 'Joanne.'...

Lady Gaga is focusing on her health — and has a positive update for fans.

The 31-year-old singer, who postponed the European leg of her world tour citing “severe physical pain,” tweeted on Friday to share an article from Noisey titled “Lady Gaga Pioneered Online Fandom Culture As We Know It.”

“What a killer article,” she wrote. “Gettin’ stronger everyday for my #LittleMonsters can’t wait to get back on stage & be w u at JoanneWorldTour #PawsUp.”

The mid-September announcement that Gaga would have to reschedule numerous tour dates came just days after the singer canceled a performance in Brazil and...

The fall TV and film season is officially here, and so is a fresh collection of documentaries to satisfy your non-fiction cravings.

2017 Fall Preview: Et's Complete Coverage of New Films, Music, TV and More!

From intimate looks into Lady Gaga and Demi Lovato's personal struggles and lives off stage to an Oprah Winfrey-produced look into the prison system and powerful explorations of racial injustice, there's no shortage of captivating deep dives this season.

These are the new and upcoming documentaries you need to watch.

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Design prodigy Zac Posen's unprecedented rise to the top of the fashion world at age 21 (and falling out of favor just a few years later) becomes the focus of the documentary, which reveals an honest portrait of a designer and his “darker times” fighting to rebuild his company and his reputation. “I think it takes a level of real maturity to reflect on oneself...

This month, Netflix released a new documentary that offers a look inside the life of one of the world's most prolific pop stars. The film, called Gaga: Five Foot Two, captures a tumultuous year in the life of Mother Monster. We learn that Gaga suffers from fibromyalgia and endures chronic pain that stems from an old hip injury. We got a behind-the-scenes look at her incredible Super Bowl Halftime Show performance. We got a glimpse of her work on American Horror Story. And, most shocking of all, we find out she still feels a bit raw about her feud with Madonna. In order to add proper context to the deeply personal moment, we decided to do little research and recount the entire history of their rivalry. Strap in.

Beyoncé showed why she is the Queen, showering Lady Gaga in gifts to let her fellow singer know she’s loved amid her fibromyalgia battle.

The “Sorry” singer, 36, gifted Gaga, 31, an Ivy Park sweatshirt and a flowers, which the latter shared in two separate posts on Instagram.

“Not having a good pain day,” Gaga wrote in the caption. “Thank you honey B for sending me this comfy sweatshirt. Keeps me warm outside in a hammock so I can be w the trees, and the sky, and the sun and take deep breaths. Feel so lucky to have so much love.

A post shared by xoxo, Gaga (@ladygaga) on Sep 26, 2017 at 9:00am Pdt On Tuesday, Lady Gaga revealed in a heartbreaking Instagram post that she was "not having a good pain day." Luckily, one incredibly famous friend brightened her day with a gift. "Thank you honey [honey emoji] B for sending me this comfy sweatshirt," Gaga wrote, showing off her Ivy Park hoodie. "Keeps me warm outside in a hammock so I can be w the trees, and the sky, and the sun and take deep breaths. Feel so lucky to have so much love." The pop star only just revealed her personal struggle with fibromyalgia in her new documentary Gaga: Five Foot Two, which dropped on Netflix Sept. 22. The same week, she canceled the European leg of her world tour, citing her chronic pain as a clear sign that she needs to rest. Thank you so much honey B. Miss you.

by Glenn Dunks

Lady Gaga can be a great musician, it’s true. But the new documentary about her, Gaga: Five Foot Two, would make anybody unfamiliar with her question why. The film follows a year with the singer as she records her latest album, Joanne (admission: I’m not a fan), and prepares for the big stage of the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Yet something about this film lingers as ever so slightly off.

Part of the problem with Chris Moukarbel’s film is that it’s never quite verite. The camera is never just a fly on the wall to Gaga’s world, but instead a witness to events that lack authenticity...