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David Beckham has shared new details about his wife Victoria Beckham’s upcoming Netflix documentary, revealing that convincing her to take part wasn’t easy.

Speaking at Mip London, Beckham explained that despite the success of his own Netflix series Beckham, Victoria was hesitant about stepping into the spotlight for her own docuseries.

“It took a minute to try and get her to agree with it,” he admitted. “It wasn’t something that was easy. I think I’m the only one who could convince her, and I did, eventually.”

The documentary, which is being produced by Beckham’s Studio 99 and directed by Becoming filmmaker Nadia Hallgren, will take fans behind the scenes of Victoria’s journey from her days as a Spice Girl to her rise as a fashion designer. Beckham emphasized how hard his wife has worked to build her brand over the past two decades.

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David Beckham previewed Victoria Beckham’s upcoming Netflix docuseries at Mip London on Tuesday, telling the streamer’s chief content officer Bela Bajaria that “it’s really special” — but getting the former Spice Girl to participate, even after the success of his “Beckham” doc, took some convincing.

“It took a minute to try and get her to agree with it,” the former soccer star and Emmy-winning producer said. “It wasn’t something that was easy. I think I’m the only one who could convince her and I did, eventually.”

Beckham said that viewers will see Victoria “in a different light” in the upcoming doc, which hails from his Studio 99 banner is being helmed by “Becoming” director Nadia Hallgren. The as-yet-untitled series started production in August and will follow Beckham’s journey from Spice Girls superstardom in the ‘90s to modern fashion maven with her eponymous brand.

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The Producers Guild of America has announced its 2025 award winners in the children’s and sports categories.

Sesame Street won the statuette for Best Children’s Program, its 13th PGA win overall. The landmark PBS program competed this year against Avatar: The Last Airbender, Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and SpongeBob SquarePants.

And the Best Sports Program winner was Simone Biles Rising, the Netflix show chronicling the superstar’s withdrawal from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to her mental health. The other nominees were Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants, Messi’s World Cup: The Rise of a Legend, and Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics.

These two winners were revealed at the guild’s East Coast celebration on Monday. Winners of the Short Form Award, the PGA Innovation Award, and the Vance Van Petten Entrepreneurial Spirit...

Nostalgia baiting has become so common, it’s erupted into nano-genres all its own. Take documentary filmmaking. Where once there were arguments over what was left out, what was put in, and what constituted unbiased storytelling, now the landscape is dominated by celebrity self-profiles where viewers can consider themselves lucky if the subject of the (puff) piece isn’t also a producer with final cut. What do “Beckham,” “The Greatest Love Story Never Told,” and “Sly” have to do with nostalgia? Typically, to get famous enough to merit your own “documentary,” you need a body of work that people already love — hence, even series like “The Last Dance” or films like “Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces” traffic in nostalgia, tempting viewers to revisit the glory days of such-and-such or so-and-so via interviews with the talking heads of today.

Enter: “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night,” a four-part documentary series produced by Peacock,...

David Beckham’s personal brand saw a surge after Netflix released the four-part British documentary based on his life, Beckham. It was reported that Drjb Holdings, of which Beckham owns a 45% stake, saw an improvement in sales since the documentary. The reports also claimed that Beckham netted a total of $35.8 million in dividends from his sports and fashion empire.

David Beckham in his documentary Beckham | Credits: Netflix

Beckham had earlier sold his majority stake in Drjb Holdings to the licensing group Authentic Brands. The collaboration proved profitable for the former Manchester United winger. The Netflix documentary, which also detailed his personal life with his wife Victoria Beckham, was released in October 2023.

David Beckham added a huge amount to his net worth, thanks to Netflix’s Beckham David Beckham in archival footage from the documentary Beckham | Credits: Netflix

According to The Times, David Beckham received a huge amount in dividends from...

Thanks to the PGA Awards, we’re going to get that SpongeBob vs. Snuffleupagus showdown we’ve been waiting for.

The Producers Guild of America on Thursday announced nominations in the categories of Best Children’s Program, Best Short Form Program, and Best Sports Program.

The children’s lineup for the 36th Producers Guild Awards will pit the aforementioned pineapple-dwelling star of “SpongeBob SquarePants” against the Muppets of “Sesame Street.” The rest of the category includes “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” “Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock,” and “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” At last year’s gala, “Sesame Street” claimed this trophy against an entirely different crop of co-nominees.

The short-form category features behind-the-scenes looks at some of your favorite scripted shows, including “The Crown,” “Hacks,” “The Penguin,” “Real Time With Bill Maher,” and “Shōgun.” Two of those programs — “Hacks” and “Shōgun” — just won major Emmy Awards for comedy and drama,...

Former soccer star David Beckham and Netflix’s chief content officer Bela Bajaria will join forces for a fireside chat at the inaugural Mip London content and networking market in February.

Collaborators on the Emmy award-winning documentary series Beckham and with the Brit’s Studio 99 now in production on the doc following his wife, Victoria Beckham, the pair will share the main stage at London’s Savoy Hotel to exchange their respective insights.

Beckham founded the content studio in 2019. Studio 99 operates both editorial and commercial production, specializing in developing and producing doc features, series and formats for global platforms and networks, including Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon’s Prime Video.

Bajaria, who joined Netflix in 2016 and was named chief content officer in January 2023, oversees the teams responsible for all Netflix content from around the world including series Stranger Things, Squid Game, Wednesday, Bridgerton, Heeramandi, Lupin and films including Leave the World Behind,...

Soccer star turned TV producer David Beckham and Netflix content chief Bela Bajaria are set to headline U.K. confab Mip London.

Beckham, who starred in last year’s hit docuseries “Beckham,” is co-founder of content studio Studio 99. His next project is another Netflix docuseries about wife Victoria Beckham.

Beckham and Bajaria will speak onstage as part of an “in conversation” event on Feb. 25 at the inaugural market, which comes to the Savoy Hotel in London, U.K. for the first time after years in Cannes.

Mip London is set to run from Feb. 23 to 27, 2025.

“We promised the TV industry to deliver big moments and future-facing conversations at Mip London next February,” said Lucy Smith, director of Mip London. “Bela and David are hugely impactful figures culturally and globally each with great influence and unique perspectives on creating content and connecting with audiences and both with significant international platforms.

The debut Mip London has just attracted its first bit of star power.

Soccer star-turned TV powerhouse David Beckham will headline the first ever event in the English capital alongside Netflix content supremo Bela Bajaria. They will address the market on February 25.

Both are huge gets and will capture the attention of the market. Beckham is one of the most famous sports stars of all time who in recent years has turned attention to his indie Studio 99 and hit Netflix documentary series Beckham. His wife Victoria is currently subject of a similar tell-all doc.

As Netflix Chief Content Officer, Bajaria controls a multibillion dollar film and TV budget. Recent hits include A Man on the Inside, The Piano Lesson, Baby Reindeer and Bridgerton. She also worked with Beckham on his doc.

“We promised the TV industry to deliver big moments and future-facing conversations at Mip London next February,” said Lucy Smith,...

Victoria Beckham’s upcoming Netflix documentary series is finally able to name its director.

Nadia Hallgren, who directed the Michelle Obama doc “Becoming,” is helming the show, Variety can reveal.

The as-yet-untitled series, which started production in August, will follow Beckham’s journey from Spice Girls superstardom in the ‘90s to modern fashion maven. As per the logline, “Her Posh Spice days may be behind her, but today Beckham is on a journey to build a fashion empire — and now, fans will be able to see the story behind it all.”

The project follows hot on the designer heels of David Beckham’s Fisher Stevens-directed Netflix docseries “Beckham,” which launched last year to critical acclaim and landed five Emmy nominations, winning outstanding documentary or nonfiction series. It also comes from David’s own Studio 99 production house (which was behind “Beckham”), which produces alongside Dorothy St. Pictures. The show is...

Exclusive: Academy Award-winning producer Dan Janvey (Nomadland) has joined Ventureland, the studio behind the Emmy and PGA Award-winning docuseries Beckham and the Oscar and BAFTA-nominated Bobi Wine: The People’s President, as Head of Film.

Based in New York City, Janvey joins from the Brooklyn-based Present Company, where he was a producer. His appointment follows news over the summer that Jesse Uram joined as vice president of strategic partnerships, where he is focused on expanding the company’s relationships with partners across the financial, creative, brand and distribution communities. Kerstin Emhoff, John Battsek, Ali Brown launched the studio, specializing in the development of original entertainment across all media platforms, alongside Paul Hunter in 2018.

Producing credits for Janvey include the Best Picture Oscar-winning Nomadland, as well as the Oscar-nominated Time and Beasts of the Southern Wild. Additionally, he has produced Janet Planet, A Love Song, Heart of a Dog, and Patti Cake...

Exclusive: Danny Ramirez, the fast-rising star soon to be seen in Captain America: Brave New World, will make his feature directorial debut with Baton, a sports drama that he’ll star in and also wrote.

Baton follows a soccer player, relentlessly pursuing his dream of playing professionally, who threatens his relationship with his sister after he is kicked off the team and exiled back to Miami. As they battle over their mother’s legacy, he will stop at nothing to get another chance at soccer glory, even if it means losing the only family he has left.

Victoria Alonso, former President of Physical and Post-Production, Visual Effects, and Animation at Marvel Studios, will produce in her first outing since departing the studio, in association with soccer superstar David Beckham’s Studio 99. Also producing are Ramirez and Tom Culliver for Pinstripes and Sergio Lira for Luz Films. CAA Media Finance reps rights to the film.

“Beckham” director Fisher Stevens is set to helm climate drama “The Montreal Protocol,” about a true story of underdog scientists who set out to repair the hole in the ozone layer and avoided a global environmental catastrophe.

Jess Kimball Leslie (“Kings of America”) is adapting the story, which is in development at Stevens’ production company Highly Flammable along with Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way as well as New State Pictures and Curiosity Rights. RandomGood Films (“Beyond Utopia”) is financing the development.

RandomGood, Highly Flammable, and Appian collaborated most recently on “We Are Guardians.”

The movement to repair the hole in the ozone layer – which began in the early 1970s and continued for over 20 years – is considered one of the most successful environmental initiatives ever.

It was the research of atmospheric scientist Dr. Susan Solomon, who discovered what was causing the rip in the protective layer above earth’s surface, that...

When Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum stepped foot on the sidewalk in front of Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre for the world premiere of Netflix’s Starting 5, an announcer’s voice cut through the music to announce the arrival of a “world champion” over the loud speakers. Yes, there was an announcer and a deejay at the high-energy Sept. 23 premiere, which featured a hardcourt in place of a traditional red carpet and rows of basketballs to set the scene.

“It’s a hell of a feeling, man,” Tatum told The Hollywood Reporter minutes later of being introduced to the crowd in that way, thanks to his Boston Celtics winning the NBA championship last season, a victory followed by a gold medal at the Paris Olympics. “We accomplished something that’s almost impossible to do, something we worked very hard to do. I’m glad we made it happen.”

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Netflix UK’s profits leapt by three-quarters last year with the streamer registering a post-tax figure of £46.5m, according to its latest financial accounts.

The figure was up 74% from 2022’s £26.7m post-tax operating profit. The company also saw pre-tax figures rising 70% from £31.6m to £53.7m.

Netflix’s profit was able to weather its tax bill, which almost doubled from the £7.5m paid in 2022 to the £14.2m shelled out in 2023.

In a Companies House filing from its main UK entity, Netflix Services UK, the SVoD major reported an 8% revenue increase in 2023, reaching £1.7bn compared with £1.5bn in 2022. The increase was less...

Netflix saw profits shoot up in the UK last year while its tax bill doubled.

The streamer, which for just the third year was publishing revenue from UK subscribers via its Netflix Services UK subsidiary, saw operating profit rise by 70%, or £22M ($28M), to £53.7M ($70M). Of equally good news for the SVoD, Netflix’s “member base” aka subscribers rose by 7%, double the increase on the previous year, while there was a rise in the “average number of paid memberships and an increase in average monthly revenue per paying membership,” according to the Companies House filing.

The filing doesn’t give away subs numbers but ratings body Barb’s latest report from Q2 reported that Netflix was in 17.1 million UK homes, up by about 400,000 from Q1.

The results pertain to a year in which Netflix released big UK hits including the final seasons of The Crown and Top Boy, and the Beckham documentary.

David Beckham is opening up about his wife’s upcoming docuseries for Netflix!

The 49-year-old retired soccer star’s famous wife Victoria Beckham is set to make her own series, centered around her fashion and beauty brands and produced by his production company Studio 99.

“The series will tell the story of Victoria’s reinvention as a Creative Director of her own brand,” Netflix said in a tweet announcing the deal last month.

While attending the 2024 Royal Television Society’s (Rts) London Convention on Tuesday (September 17), David teased her upcoming series and how she was hesitant to do it.

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“I can’t lie, it worried me, it made me nervous, it made Victoria nervous,” he said of his own Netflix series, Beckham, via THR. “As much as people think they know everything about us, they don’t really. We don’t open the doors...

David Beckham and Paramount+ have formed a marketing partnership bringing alternative telecast Beckham & Friends to CBS Sports’ UEFA Champions League coverage.

The deal will give additional exposure to the “ManningCast”-esque show and increase options for UEFA Champions League viewing on Paramount+. The show will stream during both UEFA Champions League Semifinal Leg 2 matches and the UEFA Champions League Final. Beckham made the announcement Tuesday during a guest appearance on CBS Sports’ UEFA Champions League Today studio show.

“Like you guys, I love watching the game,” Beckham told the studio hosts. (Watch a clip below.) “I like watching the game a certain way” with family and friends, he added. “So, it’s going to be that kind of thing, where I’m sat there watching the games, commenting on the games with friends, talking about the games and not sometimes talking about the games.”

This deal includes exclusive “altcasts” on...

David Beckham and his pals will provide commentary on UEFA Champions League play on Paramount+ under a two-year deal for an alternate telecast on the streamer.

Under the partnership, the “Beckham & Friends” altcast for CBS Sports’ UEFA Champions League coverage will be available as a new viewing option to Paramount+ subscribers. The Beckham-led versions will stream during UEFA Champions League Semifinal Leg 2 matches and the UEFA Champions League Final. The deal includes exclusive altcasts on Paramount+ in 2025 and ’26, where Beckham will be “joined by his friends from the worlds of sports, media and entertainment,” according to Paramount.

Beckham, the now-retired English football superstar, made the announcement Tuesday during a guest appearance on CBS Sports’ “UEFA Champions League Today” studio show. The 2024-25 season kicks off Sept. 17 with the traditional group stage phase replaced by a league system with 36 teams.

Beckham said the “watch party”-style altcast will likely feature a different celebrity friend each time.

When Imagine Documentaries president Sara Bernstein pitched New York Post gossip columnist Cindy Adams on making a film about her career, even the veteran journalist didn’t understand why Bernstein was interested. “What do you want to make a doc about me for?” Adams asked the “Jim Henson: Idea Man” producer. “Everybody has a documentary. My dentist has a documentary!”

Good line — and she must have a great dentist.

An incomplete list of this year’s celebrity docs includes Simone Biles, Celine Dion, Steve Martin, Roger Federer, Stevie van Zandt, Brian Eno, Frida Kahlo, Devo, Christopher Reeve, Sue Bird, Andrea Bocelli, Elton John, Martha Stewart, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Paul Anka, Pharrell Williams, and Bruce Springsteen.

The appetite seems nearly endless, but producers say it’s increasingly difficult to find famous people whose lives haven’t flashed before our eyes. Said Bernstein, “The challenge today is, who hasn’t had a documentary?...

David Beckham has opened up about the process of embarking on his Emmy award-winning documentary “Beckham,” saying the idea of it made him “nervous.”

“It worried me and it made me nervous and it made Victoria nervous,” Beckham said of the four-part doc, which dropped on the streamer last year and quickly became a hit. “I hated almost every moment of making it…it was very difficult.”

“It took me a long time to come to terms with the fact that I was going to make it but there was a few reasons why we wanted to make it,” he continued. “When I retired I wasn’t ready to talk about my career and what had happened. Through the pandemic, it’s when documentaries really exploded and it was coming up to the 10-year anniversary of my retirement from football.”

“As much as people think they know everything about us...

Former soccer star and style icon David Beckham graced a London industry conference stage to discuss how nervous he was to film his Emmy-winning documentary Beckham and gush over his wife.

He began by gifting Jane Featherstone, founder and co-cco of production company Sister Pictures, a pot of marmalade. “I made this for our 25th wedding anniversary, this label,” Beckham said, referencing his partner, ex-Spice Girl Victoria, “so this one is called ‘Sticky Vicky’.”

“I had to feel uncomfortable to make the documentary that we made,” he began on the doc, which took audiences through his career as a frenzied life in the spotlight as a footballer for Manchester United and a highly publicized relationship with Victoria. Beckham was met with critical acclaim when it dropped on Netflix.

“It was quite emotional” watching it at the premiere, Beckham said. “It was one of those things I knew if I was gonna make it,...

Night one on the 2024 Creative Art Emmys has come to a close, and some very big stars came out with wins.

On Saturday (September 7), the first of two night’s worth of awards were handed out before the 2024 Emmy Awards next week.

In the first night of the ceremony, Angela Basset won her very first Emmy. Maya Rudolph also collected a win, and Dick Van Dyke tied tied a record as the oldest winner at the age of 98.

We pulled together a winner’s list and a roundup of photos of the stars who were there!

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Ariana DeBose

Fyi: Ariana is wearing Kenneth Cole.

Maya Rudolph

Fyi: Maya is wearing Chloé FW24 Rtw.

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Shark Tank cast members Robert Herjavec, Lori Greiner, Kevin O’Leary, Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban,...

The pairing of famous directors with famous subjects proved an unbeatable combo in the documentary categories at the Creative Arts Emmys.

Ron Howard’s Jim Henson Idea Man, about the late Muppets creator, won Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special, one of the marquee doc categories. And the winning didn’t stop there for the Disney+ film. It claimed a total of four trophies on the night, including Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program, Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (original dramatic score), and Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program.

L-r Actors Jude Law, Daniel Brühl, Ana de Armas, Sydney Sweeney, Vanessa Kirby and director Ron Howard of “Eden” at the Deadline Studio held at the Bisha Hotel during the Toronto International Film Festival 2024 on September 7, 2024 in Toronto, Canada.

It’s been a major weekend for Oscar winner Howard, who unveiled his latest narrative...

And we’re back! Just a few months after the 2023 Emmy Awards were held after a strike-related delay comes the 2024 Emmy Awards and a full weekend dedicated to the Creative Arts Emmys on September 7 and September 8 at the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live. An edited version of both ceremonies will air on Fxx at 11 p.m. Et on September 14 and stream on Hulu from September 15 through October 9.

Presenters over both nights included Olympian B-Boy Victor Montalvo, Mike Birbiglia, Nikki Glaser, Lucy Liu, Jane Lynch, Tig Notaro, Fisher Stevens, and Hannah Waddingham.

Nominated shows include perpetual heavy-hitters “Only Murders in the Building,” “The Morning Show,” and “The Crown,” although based on the technical categories, it’s “The Bear” and Shōgun that have the momentum — the FX series have hauled in 21 wins between them.

During the September 7 ceremony, “Beckham” won Outstanding Documentary Series and “Blue Eye Samurai” scored an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program,...

Jamie Lee Curtis, Devery Jacobs, Nestor Carbonell and Brie Larson are among the presenters announced Thursday for the second night of the 76th Creative Arts Emmy Awards this Sunday, September 8. The awards will be held over two consecutive nights (9/7 and 9/8) at the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live. An edited presentation of the ceremonies will air Saturday, September 14, at 8:00 Pm Pdt on Fxx, the night before the Primetime Emmys.

Presenters for this Sunday include:

Patrick Brammall (“Colin From Accounts”), Nestor Carbonell (“Shōgun”), Michael Cyril Creighton (“Only Murders in the Building”), Jamie Lee Curtis (“The Bear”), Harriet Dyer (“Colin From Accounts”), Alex Edelman (“Alex Edelman: Just For Us”), Devery Jacobs (“Reservation Dogs”), Brie Larson (“Lessons in Chemistry”), Aria Mia Loberti (“All the Light We Cannot See”), Desi Lydic (“Desi Lydic Foxsplains”; “The Daily Show”), Courtney McBroom (“Lessons in Chemistry”), Wendi McLendon-Covey (“St. Denis Medical”), Adam Pally (“Mr. Throwback”), Parker Posey...

Hannah Waddingham, Jane Lynch and Phil Keoghan and a collection of “Shark Tank” and other game show hosts and comedians are among the presenters announced Tuesday for the first night of the 76th Creative Arts Emmy Awards this Saturday, September 7. The awards will be held over two consecutive nights (9/7 and 9/8) at the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live. An edited presentation of the ceremonies will air Saturday, September 14, at 8:00 Pm Pdt on Fxx, the night before the Primetime Emmys.

Presenters for this Saturday include:

B-Boy Victor Montalvo (Team USA Olympian and Bronze medal winner in Breaking), Garcelle Beauvais (“Tempted by Love”), Jonathan Bennett (“Finding Mr. Christmas”), Mike Birbiglia (“The Old Man and The Pool”), Dani Bowman (“Love on the Spectrum”), LeVar Burton (“Trivial Pursuit”), Maksim Chmerkovskiy (“So You Think You Can Dance”), Barbara Corcoran (“Shark Tank”), Mark Cuban (“Shark Tank”), comedian Matt Friend, Nikki Glaser (“Nikki Glaser: Someday You...

David Beckham unpacked the details of what was going on behind the scenes that led up to telling his wife, Victoria Beckham, to be upfront about her family’s background during the filming of their Netflix documentary “Beckham.” He added that the incident infuriated director Fisher Stevens.

“He was angry. He was angry with me. Fisher, I love Fisher. He apparently wanted me out the house, and that particular day was Victoria’s first day of filming,” Beckham explained during his interview with Sean Evans for “Hot Ones.”

“When she was sat there, the door was closed, and I was about to leave for the office, but I made a coffee, and then I saw a spare set of headphones so I put the headphones on and I heard Fisher talking about the whole, our parents and our upbringing,” Beckham continued.

“Then, all of a sudden, I heard her say,...

Netflix has announced its newest sports series, Starting 5, which will premiere on October 9, 2024. The 10-part series provides an intense, behind-the-scenes look at the 2023-24 NBA season through the eyes of five of the league’s biggest players – Jimmy Butler (Miami Heat), Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves), LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers), Domantas Sabonis (Sacramento Kings), and Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics).

The series captures their battles on and off the court as they chase greatness, push through injuries, and balance the demands of family and legacy. James pushes himself harder than ever to stay healthy – and dominant – in his 21st season, while Edwards electrifies with his rapid rise.

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Butler’s relentless drive propels the Heat, Sabonis anchors the Kings with his versatile play, and Tatum leads the Celtics in their quest for a record 18th championship. Starting 5 delivers an unfiltered view of life at the pinnacle of professional basketball.

Victoria Beckham is getting her own Netflix docuseries following the success of Beckham. After receiving much acclaim from both critics and audiences alike, as well as going viral thanks to some particularly hilarious moments she shared with husband David Beckham in last year's limited series, Variety reports the former Spice Girl is set to lead her own project. The British fashion and beauty mogul will unpack her meteoric rise to fame, 25-year marriage to David Beckham, motherhood, and various entrepreneurial endeavors. You can check out the logline for the docuseries below:

"The as-yet-untitled docuseries will follow Victorias journey from Spice Girls superstardom in the 90s to modern fashion maven."

The Beckham documentary series aired last October and was a huge hit for the streamer, drawing in 3.8 million viewers in its first week. Beckham details the athlete's journey from humble beginnings to global football stardom, with Victoria Beckham appearing extensively in the Netflix series.

We will update this article throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2024 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting takes place from June 13 to June 24, with the official Emmy nominations announced Wednesday, July 17. Afterwards, final voting commences on August 15 and ends the night of August 26. The 76th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are set to take place on Sunday, September 15, and air live on ABC at 8:00 p.m. Et/ 5:00 p.m. Pt.

Click on for more of our previous thoughts on what to expect at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards.

The State of the Race

For those paying close attention to some of the categories down the line, the nominations for the Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series came as quite a surprise. Not only did no Hulu project make it in, despite being the reigning...

Netflix is announcing a Victoria Beckham docuseries!

The streaming giant announced the docuseries at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Wednesday (August 21).

The documentary series will be about her fashion and beauty brands. Studio 99, her husband David Beckham’s production company, and Dorothy Street Pictures are producing.

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“The series will tell the story of Victoria’s reinvention as a Creative Director of her own brand,” Netflix said in a tweet announcing the deal.

She previously starred in the reality TV special Victoria Beckham: Coming to America, which documented the couple’s move from England to California in 2007 for NBC.

The latest reality venture will follow the successful docuseries Beckham, which premiered last year. Find out the biggest bombshells from that series!

The Beckhams are returning to Netflix, but this time around, Victoria will be the star of the show. On Aug. 21, Netflix announced that production has begun on a documentary series chronicling the life and career of Victoria Beckham. From her time as a world-famous pop star in the record-breaking girl group Spice Girls to her current life as a mother and businesswoman, we'll see it all!

News of the as-yet-untitled docuseries centered on the second half of the Beckham powercouple comes almost one year after the release of footballer David Beckham's documentary series Beckham in October 2023. The four-part series was a viewership hit and landed an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. Victoria appeared in the series alongside her husband and provided one of the most hilariously endearing viral moments of the series.

In the most Posh news ever, a Victoria Beckham documentary series is now in production!

Victoria Beckham, whose dad drove a Rolls Royce while she was growing up, is getting her own Netflix docuseries.

Beckham co-starred in her husband David Beckham’s documentary series on Netflix, simply titled “Beckham.” Now it’s Posh Spice’s turn to be No. 1 on the call sheet, as revealed by the streamer Wednesday at the 2024 Edinburgh TV Festival. It’s the kind of news the UK definitely gets to announce while the rest of us are still sleeping.

Netflix will soon begin production on the untitled documentary series, which will follow Victoria Beckham’s fashion and beauty business. It boasts “an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Victoria’s business, access to Victoria, her family, those closest to her and her fashion journey and including never-before-seen archive.”

Victoria, “Posh” of the mega-hit ’90s girl group the Spice Girls, is the creative director of her own brand.

Nicola Howson, who also did “Beckham,...

Victoria Beckham has landed her own Netflix docuseries after her scene-stealing appearance in her husband’s last year.

The as yet untitled docuseries will follow Victoria’s journey from Spice Girls superstardom in the ‘90s to modern fashion maven.

“Her Posh Spice days may be behind her, but today Beckham is on a journey to build a fashion empire — and now, fans will be able to see the story behind it all,” reads the logline.

The doc promises appearances from Victoria and her family, friends and colleagues. It will be produced by husband David Beckham’s production company Studio 99 (who also produced his documentary “Beckham”) in association with Dorothy St Pictures.

A director has not yet been confirmed.

Victoria was the breakout star of “Beckham,” particularly a scene in which David pushes her to admit she was not working class and was in fact dropped off at school in a Rolls-Royce,...

Variety & Rolling Stone’s Truth Seekers Summit, presented by Paramount+, is dedicated to honoring those who prioritize the discovery of truth. Curated by the editors of Variety and Rolling Stone, the collection of panelists at this year’s annual summit showcased a remarkable lineup of documentary filmmakers, political journalists and overall advocates for justice. The event featured thought-provoking discussions and insights from renowned figures such as acclaimed documentary maker Alex Gibney, comedian and host Amber Ruffin, the tireless crusaders behind the “Unsolved Mysteries” series and many more.

Key moments included a panel of political correspondents and anchors comprised of Abby Phillip, Yamiche Alcindor, Katy Tur, Tony Dokoupil, and Geoff Bennett, who discussed the realities and hypocrisies of covering former President Donald Trump. CBS News President Susan Zirinsky also joined the conference to discuss the documentary “We Will Dance Again.” The event concluded with the presentation of the Truth Seekers Award to journalist E. Jean Carroll.

Nine years after “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst” won the Emmy for Best Documentary Series, its previously unplanned second season is up for the same award. Unlike last time when it stood out as the only crime series in its lineup, it is now joined in that regard by both “Telemarketers” and “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.”

Unlike most Primetime Emmys, Best Documentary Series is a non-competitive area award that is bestowed upon any nominee that earns the approval of 90% of the members of the TV academy’s documentary peer group. This means that the five programs in the 2024 lineup are not vying for a single trophy and could all potentially prevail. However, if no nominees hit said 90% threshold, only the highest-rated one will win.

In order to determine which of this year’s nominees has the best shot at being approved for victory,...

“We spent many, many hours interviewing David, and many hours interviewing Victoria. They’re actually deeply authentic people, and they spoke absolutely from the heart,” reveals “Beckham” producer John Battsek. For our recent webchat he adds, “There’s nothing more disarming than that, as nothing dispels preconceptions that are based on nothing more than the person truthfully telling you who they are, how it felt, an experience they had and the impact that it had on them,” adding that “it’s exciting to be nominated five times and kind of gratifying, given how much care and effort and skill and everything everyone put into making the series. So it’s very nice to be recognized that way,” as “a huge amount of very skillful people put a vast amount of blood and sweat into making this series.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.

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Emmy-winning editor Michael Harte (“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”) refuses all credit for the most iconic edit in Fisher Stevens’ docuseries “Beckham.” That would be David Beckham calmly forcing his wife, Victoria, to admit that her father drove her to school in a Rolls Royce, a sequence that was immediately memefied.

“You gotta give massive credit to Fisher,” Harte told IndieWire. “That scene is, if anything, a representation of how good he was at getting people to relax in front of the camera. And also Tim Cragg, our cinematographer, who had the wisdom to keep the camera going back and forth. The person that deserves the least amount of credit is me, because it’s probably the least amount of editing in the whole series!”

Harte, who scored an Emmy nomination for his work on the four-part Netflix docuseries, still deserves plenty of credit. In addition to scaling...

Netflix is back on top. The streamer slightly increased its Emmy nomination tally in 2024, leading all outlets with 107 — up four from last year’s 103, and taking over the top slot held by HBO/Max last year (which dropped from 127 to 91). And Netflix chief content officer Bela Bajaria was in a celebratory mood when Variety spoke with her on Wednesday morning.

Although Netflix has had bigger Emmy nomination years (its 160 in 2020 is still an all-time record), Bajaria said she was happy to see this year’s tally spread out across 35 different titles, including “The Crown” (with 18 noms), “Ripley” (13), “Baby Reindeer” (11), “3 Body Problem” (6) and “Beckham” (5).

“I’m feeling really proud of so much of the work our creative partners have done,” she said. “Today is really an acknowledgement and celebration of them and all of these incredible talented people and creators we work with. To me, the takeaway is also looking...

Some of the entertainment industry’s top filmmakers will go up against each other at the 76th Emmy Awards.

Oscar winner Ron Howard’s Jim Henson Idea Man earned eight Emmy nominations this morning, more than any other nonfiction contender in the race. The Disney+ film about the Muppets creator is nominated for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special, and Howard scored a nomination for directing the film. See the full list of Emmy documentary nominees below.

Howard is far from the only prominent name to earn recognition in the documentary categories. Rob Reiner earned a nomination for directing Albert Brooks: Defending My Life, and his HBO documentary will go up against Jim Henson Idea Man in the Nonfiction Special category. Reiner and Brooks have been friends for over 50 years.

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The people over at FX have a lot to be psyched about today.

In a TV awards cycle increasingly dominated by the HBO-Netflix horse race — which, for HBO, technically includes steamer Max — it was the other premium cable network and its Hulu offerings that came out tops among individual programs during Wednesday’s Primetime Emmy Awards nominations.

Driven by the year’s two most nominated projects, the drama Shogun and reigning comedy The Bear, FX narrowly beat HBO for No. 2 status among all nominated platforms. It marks the first time FX has ever come so close to topping total Emmy nominations, with Netflix walking away with an easy win this year on the backs of its sprawling slate. FX’s No. 2 status among prestige outlets is all the more compelling when you look at the breakdown of actual programs. Its 93 nominations, which topped HBO and Max’s collective haul by just two,...

Outstanding Comedy Series

And the Emmy Goes to: Hacks

The Bear

Abbott Elementary

Only Murders in the Building

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Palm Royale

What We Do in the Shadows

Reservation Dogs

Outstanding Drama Series

And the Emmy Goes to: Shogun

Slow Horses

3 Body Problem

The Crown

Fallout

The Gilded Age

The Morning Show

Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

And the Emmy Goes to: Anna Sawai - Shogun

Jennifer Aniston - The Morning Show

Imelda Staunton - The Crown

Maya Erskine - Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Carrie Coon – The Gilded Age

Reese Witherspoon - The Morning Show

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

And the Emmy Goes to: Hiroyuki Sanada - Shogun

Gary Oldman - Slow Horses

Dominic West - The Crown

Donald Glover - Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Walt Goggins – Fallout

Idris Elba – Hijack

Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series

And the Emmy Goes to: Baby Reindeer

Ripley

True Detective: Night Country

Lessons in Chemistry

Fargo

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

And the Emmy Goes to: Jodie Foster - True Detective: Night Country

Brie Larson - Lessons in Chemistry

Juno Temple – Fargo

Sofía Vergara - Griselda

Naomi Watts – Feud: Capote vs. the Swans

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

And the Emmy Goes to: Richard Gadd - Baby Reindeer

Matt Bomer - Fellow Travelers

Andrew Scott - Ripley

Tom Hollander - Feud: Capote vs. the Swans

Jon Hamm - Fargo

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

And the Emmy Goes to: Lamorne Morris - Fargo

John Hawkes - True Detective: Night Country

Lewis Pullman - Lessons in Chemistry

Treat Williams – Feud: Capote vs. the Swans

Tom Goodman-Hill - Baby Reindeer

Robert Downey Jr. - The Sympathizer

Jonathan Bailey - Fellow Travelers

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

And the Emmy Goes to: Jessica Gunning - Baby Reindeer

Dakota Fanning - Ripley

Kali Reis - True Detective: Night Country

Aja Naomi King - Lessons in Chemistry

Nava Mau – Baby Reindeer

Diane Lane – Feud: Capote vs. the Swans

Lily Gladstone – Under the Bridge

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

And the Emmy Goes to: Jean Smart - Hacks

Ayo Edebiri - The Bear

Quinta Brunson - Abbott Elementary

Kristen Wiig - Palm Royale

Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building

Maya Rudolph – Loot

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

And the Emmy Goes to: Elizabeth Debicki - The Crown

Lesley Manville - The Crown

Greta Lee - The Morning Show

Nicole Beharie – The Morning Show

Christine Baranski – The Gilded Age

Karen Pitman - The Morning Show

Holland Taylor – The Morning Show

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

And the Emmy Goes to: Liza Colon-Zayas - The Bear

Meryl Streep - Only Murders in the Building

Hannah Einbinder - Hacks

Sheryl Lee Ralph - Abbott Elementary

Janelle James - Abbott Elementary

Carol Burnett - Palm Royale

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

And the Emmy Goes to: Jeremy Allen White - The Bear

Larry David - Curb Your Enthusiasm

Steve Martin - Only Murders in the Building

Martin Short - Only Murders in the Building

Matt Berry – What We Do in the Shadows

D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai – Reservation Dogs

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

And the Emmy Goes to: Billy Crudup - The Morning Show

Tadanobu Asano - Shogun

Jon Hamm - The Morning Show

Jack Lowden - Slow Horses

Jonathan Pryce – The Crown

Mark Duplass – The Morning Show

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

And the Emmy Goes to: Ebon Moss-Bachrach - The Bear

Tyler James Williams - Abbott Elementary

Paul Rudd - Only Murders in the Building

Bowen Yang – Saturday Night Live

Paul W. Downs – Hacks

Lionel Boyce – The Bear

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

And the Emmy Goes to: Richard Gadd - Baby Reindeer

Matt Bomer - Fellow Travelers

Andrew Scott - Ripley

Tom Hollander - Feud: Capote vs. the Swans

Jon Hamm - Fargo

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

And the Emmy Goes to: Jon Bernthal - The Bear

Ryan Gosling - Saturday Night Live

Matthew Broderick - Only Murders in the Building

Will Poulter – The Bear

Bob Odenkirk – The Bear

Christopher Lloyd - Hacks

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

And the Emmy Goes to: Nestor Carbonell - Shogun

John Turturro - Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Paul Dano - Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Jonathan Pryce – Slow Horses

Tracy Letts - Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

And the Emmy Goes to: Jamie Lee Curtis - The Bear

Olivia Colman - The Bear

Kaitlin Olson - Hacks

Maya Rudolph – Saturday Night Live

Kristen Wiig– Saturday Night Live

Da'Vine Joy Randolph - Only Murders in the Building

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Marcia Gay Harden - The Morning Show

Michaela Coel - Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Sarah Paulson - Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Parker Posey - Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Claire Foy – The Crown

Outstanding Television Movie

And the Emmy Goes to: Quiz Lady

Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie

Scoop

Red, White and Royal Blue

Unfrosted

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special

And the Emmy Goes to: Girls State

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

The Greatest Night in Pop

Jim Henson: Idea Man

Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series

And the Emmy Goes to: Beckham

The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst – The Jinx, Part Two

Quiet On Set: The Dark Side Of Kids TV

STAX: Soulsville U.S.A.

Telemarketers

Outstanding Animated Program

And the Emmy Goes to: Blue Eye Samurai – The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride

The Simpsons – Night of the Living Wage

X-Men '97 – Remember It

Scavengers Reign – The Signal

Bob’s Burgers – The Amazing Rudy

Best Directing for a Drama Series

And the Emmy Goes to: Frederick E.O. Toye - Shogun

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

And the Emmy Goes to: Christopher Storer – The Bear

Outstanding Writing in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

And the Emmy Goes to: Richard Gadd - Baby Reindeer

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

And the Emmy Goes to: Will Smith - Slow Horses

Outstanding Talk Series

And the Emmy Goes to: The Daily Show

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Late Night With Seth Meyers

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

Best Directing for a Limited Series or Anthology Series or Movie

And the Emmy Goes to:Steven Zaillian - Ripley

Writing for a Variety Special

And the Emmy Goes to: Alex Edelman – Just For Us

Outstanding Scripted Variety Series

And the Emmy Goes to: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Outstanding Reality Competition Program

And the Emmy Goes to: The Traitors

RuPauls Drag Race

The Voice

The Amazing Race

Top Chef...

Some of the biggest names in reality TV came together Saturday for the 6th Critics Choice Real TV Awards.

Hosted at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, the awards show honored John Walsh with the Career Achievement Award and Tom Bergeron with the inaugural Sam Rubin Award, in honor of the late entertainment reported who died at age 64 last month.

Alfonso Ribeiro was on hand to present the award to his America’s Funniest Videos predecessor. He was joined by wife Angela Unkrich for the event.

Meanwhile, The Traitors host Alan Cumming won Male Star of the Year, and Vanderpump Rules‘ Ariana Madix took home Female Star of the Year.

Peacock’s The Traitors topped the list of winners with four awards, including Best Competition Series, Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series snd Best Show Host.

Other winners included We’re Here (Best Structured Series), Top Chef (Best Culinary Show...

While television had been a part of each past IndieWire Honors celebration, the medium took center stage on the evening of Thursday, June 6, with an event that celebrated the creators and stars of such well-regarded shows as “Abbott Elementary,” “Expats,” “Fellow Travelers,” “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” and “True Detective: Night Country.”

Even before the awards ceremony began, as talent started filing into the Citizen News venue in the heart of Hollywood, it was a marvel to see “Palm Royale” star and Vanguard Award recipient Carol Burnett hold court as fellow honorees like “Under the Bridge” producer/star Riley Keough, recipient of the Maverick Award, and “Abbott Elementary” creator/star Quinta Brunson, recipient of the Visionary Award (and whom Burnett presented an Emmy to in January), came to greet the comedy legend.

Serving as host was comedian Alex Edelman, of HBO special “Just For Us,” who teased that among the “13 incredible...

The first ever TV-only version of IndieWire Honors took place Thursday, June 6.

“This will be another extraordinary IndieWire Honors, the awards evening that isn’t like any other,” Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire’s senior VP and Editor in Chief said when announcing the event. “It’s our first one dedicated to the best of TV and we’re proud to have an opportunity to celebrate these artists.”

Alex Edelman hosted the event, which handed out awards to 13 stars of the TV season picked by IndieWire’s staff. At the awards ceremony at Citizen News in Hollywood, there was a cocktail party vibe that allowed guests to mingle, celebrate each other’s work, and even sneak a glance at honoree and all-around icon Carol Burnett, who accepted the Vanguard Award for her performance on Apple TV+’s “Palm Royale.”

Dakota Fanning received the Performance Award for her stellar work in Netflix’s “Ripley.

On June 6, the 2024 IndieWire Honors ceremony celebrated 13 creators and stars responsible for some of the most stellar work of the TV season. Curated and selected by IndieWire’s editorial team, the event was a new edition of previous IndieWire Honors ceremonies, this time focused entirely on television. We showcased their work with new interviews leading up to the Los Angeles celebration.

“Is your desk very messy or is it very clean?”

This was the question host Alex Edelman asked renaissance man, actor, filmmaker, and documentarian Fisher Stevens before welcoming him to the stage to accept the Magnify Award at the 2024 IndieWire Honors. It’s a fair ask, as Stevens remains one of the busiest men in Hollywood and abroad. He’s a jack-of-all-trades, starring in films from Wes Anderson, as well as being a part of the hit series “Succession,” producing movies like “Swimfan” and “Uptown Girls,” and taking on...

On June 6, the 2024 IndieWire Honors ceremony will celebrate thirteen creators and stars responsible for some of the most stellar work of the TVseason. Curated and selected by IndieWire’s editorial team, this event is a new edition of its IndieWire Honorsevent focused entirely on television. In the days leading up to the event, IndieWire is showcasing their work with new interviews and tributes from their peers.

Ahead, “Beckham” producer and recent Oscar nominee John Battsek tells IndieWire about the unique joy of working with his second time collaborator and longtime friend, Magnify Award winner Fisher Stevens.

As told to Marcus Jones. The following has been edited and condensed for clarity.

Fisher Stevens has had a pretty profound impact on the documentary business over the course of the past 20 years now. The first doc he ever did, we did together which was “Once in a Lifetime.” Since then, he has produced...

On June 6, the 2024 IndieWire Honors ceremony will celebrate 13 creators and stars responsible for some of the most stellar work of the TV season. Curated and selected by IndieWire’s editorial team, the event is a new edition of previous IndieWire Honors ceremonies, this time focused entirely on television. We’re showcasing their work with new interviews leading up to the Los Angeles celebration.

“What are you doing a fucking series on David Beckham for?”

It’s a question director Fisher Stevens said he fielded multiple times as he told friends and colleagues he had been courted to make what has become Netflix’s most-watched documentary of the past year. In discussion with IndieWire over Zoom, the multi-talented filmmaker revealed that he, too, was surprised at first to be approached with the idea for “Beckham,” and even a bit resistant to taking it on.

“I love sports documentaries, but most of...