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Showtime has acquired the rights to the weekly “Vice” docuseries and ordered a new 13-episode season, the network announced Tuesday. It will premiere in the spring of 2020.

“As so much of television news has moved in a direction of partisan coverage and talking heads, the team behind Vice continues to delve deep into the global issues, conflicts and newsmakers affecting our everyday lives,” said Vinnie Malhotra, Executive Vice President of Showtime’s nonfiction programming. “They also do it with an incredibly diverse cadre of journalists – both in front of and behind the camera. Their dogged pursuit of award-winning journalism, is matched by stellar filmmaking and craft in this weekly documentary series. We’re honored and excited to partner with them moving forward.”

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HBO did not renew the weekly “Vice” after its sixth season in 2018, then cancelled the daily “Vice News Tonight” earlier this year.

NFL Network has suspended analysts Marshall Faulk, Heath Evans, and Ike Taylor while it investigates accusations of sexual harassment made in a lawsuit filed by a former network stylist. “Marshall Faulk, Ike Taylor, and Heath Evans have been suspended from their duties at NFL Network pending an investigation into these allegations,” Alex Riethmiller, NFL Media Vice President of Communications, said in a statement provided to TheWrap. Also Read: 'SNL': James Franco and Kenan Thompson Get Fired for Sexual Harassment (Video) In a lawsuit filed against NFL Enterprises in L.A. Superior Court on Dec. 6 and obtained by TheWrap,...

Winners of the 2017 Whistler Film Festival were announced at the Awards Celebration this morning on the final day of the 17th annual Festival. Ian Lagarde’s first feature All You Can Eat Buddha and Jason and Carlos Sanchez’s A Worthy Companion tied for the $15,000 cash prize presented by the Directors Guild of Canada, British Columbia and the $15,000 post-production prize sponsored by Encore Vancouver in the 14th edition of the coveted Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature Film. The jury states “each in their own way convey unique visions and creative storytelling the jury believes have made and will make powerful contributions to the world of cinema.”A Worthy Companion

A Worthy Companion takes a fresh and new perspective that explores the complexity and humanity within the predator, victim relationship. This film questions how we perpetuate manipulative power dynamics between adult and child through the inner struggle of our female protagonists.

A senior Vice Media employee, Jason Mojica, has been suspended as the company launches an internal investigation surrounding his involvement in a recent accusation of misconduct, TheWrap has learned. An individual familiar with the matter said that Mojica, who serves as an executive producer at the company’s documentary arm, Vice Documentary Films, was suspended on Thursday while the investigation is ongoing. Mojica was named in an explosive article in the Daily Beast earlier this week which described an allegation of sexual harassment against former L.A. bureau chief Kaj Larsen. Also Read: Vice Launches Investigation After Former Employee Accuses...

Vice Media says it is conducting an investigation after a former Vice employee went on-the-record in a Daily Beast article detailing a culture of inappropriate conduct at the company’s Los Angeles offices, including sexual harassment by former L.A. bureau chief Kaj Larsen. Former Vice associate producer Phoebe Barghouty told Daily Beast that the pattern of inappropriate behavior began in the summer of 2015, right after she was hired, when Larsen made sexually charged comments to her at the first workplace social function she attended. She said he later asked her to come to his home where he met her shirtless and.

The National Committee on American Foreign Policy 2017 Dinner Gala was held on Monday, October 30th 2017 at the Metropolitan Club in New York City.

2017 National Committee on American Foreign Policy honorees David M. Rubenstein and Joe Biden

The annual event was hosted by Charlie Rose, Co-Anchor of “CBS This Morning,” Correspondent for “60 Minutes” & Anchor of “Charlie Rose.”

The Ncafp honored:

· Joseph R. Biden, Jr. – 47th Vice President of the United States. Recipient of the Morgenthau Award.

· David M. Rubenstein – Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, The Carlyle Group. Recipient of the Global Business Leadership Award.

VIP attendees included: Charlie Rose, Co-Anchor of CBS This Morning, Correspondent for 60 Minutes & Anchor of Charlie Rose, Host/Emcee of the Gala; Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 47th Vice President of the United States. 2017 Honoree; David M. Rubenstein, Co-founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, The Carlyle Group, 2017 Honoree; Paul A. Volcker, Former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,...

Only one foreign rock band has ever performed in North Korea. Any guesses? Here’s a hint: Instead of thinking about the musicians who Kim Jong-un would invite to his tetchy hermit kingdom, try thinking about the musicians who might actually take him up on the offer. U2? No. Kid Rock? It’s a toss-up. The Slovenian art band Laibach, who emerged from the ashes of communist Yugoslavia and like to parody fascist regimes by adopting all of their favorite party tricks (sometimes with such a straight face that they’re accused of being Nazis themselves)? Absolutely.

And so, in August 2015, the current members of the Laibach collective flew to Pyongyang International Airport and prepared to play a concert in honor of the 70th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese rule. Arranged by director Morten Traavik, a Fincher-like force of nature who’d orchestrated a number of trips to Pyongyang in the past,...

Vice President Mike Pence is facing backlash over an apparent political stunt that Democratic lawmakers say “was not an inexpensive thing to do.”

Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii, Rep. Adam Schiff of California and other Democrats are questioning how many taxpayer dollars were spent on the vice president’s staged walkout during an NFL game after around 20 San Francisco 49ers players kneeled in protest during the national anthem.

“I left today’s Colts game because @Potus and I will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag, or our National Anthem,” the vice president tweeted Sunday after leaving...

Exclusive: The Practice alumna LisaGay Hamilton has landed the role of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in Annapurna’s Adam McKay-helmed Dick Cheney biopic, which has Christian Bale and Amy Adams attached to star. The film details the career of Dick Cheney, from Halliburton CEO to the most power Vice President in history. Rice served the 20th National Security Advisor in President George W. Bush's first term and the 66th U.S. Secretary of State during Bush's…...

Netflix acquired Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton. The documentary film chronicles Jim Carrey's immersive role as experimental comedian/performance artist Andy Kaufman in 1999 biopic, Man on the Moon. 

Oscar-winning filmmaker Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Where the Wild Things Are, Her) produced the project alongside Vice's Danny Gabai and Brendan Fitzgerald. Director Chris Smith utilized roughly 100 hours of footage filmed on the set of Milos Forman's acclaimed movie across a four-month span.

During the shoot, Carrey transformed into Kaufman.

After a number of articles called into question the new Amazon comedy’s intentions, co-star and voice dubber Joseph Gordon-Levitt wrote the following op-ed on the various interpretations of “Comrade Detective’s” politics.

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by Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I got a text from my mom today. “The rightwing media love ‘Comrade Detective’ for making fun of communism & the left…” She linked to an article on a site called Newsbusters whose motto is Exposing & Combating Liberal Media Bias. The headline is “What? Amazon’s New Anti-Communist Satire Mocks Lefties.”

“Comrade Detective” (Streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime! Step right up and get your membership today!) is a new comedy series posing as a Cold War era cop show from behind the Iron Curtain. The production really went to Romania and shot six great...

Vice is shifting its priorities, and it appears that some of its category-specific verticals will be affected by the shakeup. As reported by Variety, the media company will lay off approximately 2% of its 3,000 employees (that’s 60 employees, in case you need help with the math.) One of the people who has lost his job is Vice Sports editor-in-chief Jorge Arangure, who wrote on Twitter that the athletically-inclined hub “will cease to exist as a site.”

Variety’s report surmises that Vice is opting for its layoffs in order to devote more resources to international development and video production. That assertion is backed up by the statement Vice CEO Shane Smith offered when his company announced a $450 million funding round last month. “This will allow us to build up the largest millennial video library in the world – enabling Vice to widen our offering to include news, food, music, fashion, art, travel,...

A dreary day for Vice Media: The millennial-focused company confirmed that it has begun to lay off about 60 people — 2% of its work force — across multiple departments, although it still plans to grow. The change partly reflects a shift in priorities toward video, and away from sports and online coverage. The cuts come a little more than a month after Vice snagged a $450 million investment from asset firm Tpg. It values the company at up to $5.7 billion, CEO Shane Smith…...

Director Matt Harlock (American The Bill Hicks Story) and comic artist Krent Able, whose previous short, Ink, C**ks & Rock’n’Roll is live on Vice, have launched a new supernatural horror, entitled Deep Clean, on Kickstarter. In his latest podcast/interview, host Stuart Wright talks to Matt about the film, the Kickstarter campaign, collaborating with comic artist Krent Able and their first film together…

The campaign is Live Now, runs until July 13th. Deep Clean is a supernatural comedy horror, in the vein of films like Trollhunter, Shaun of the Dead and Attack the Block. Official synopsis:

What if the council road crews you see causing traffic jams every day were not what you thought? 16-year-old Alex on a boring work placement with his loser Uncle. What he doesn’t know is that Deep Clean is a secret council unit whose job…is blocking up demon portals.

Halflife Films...

Like any best-of list, choosing the best podcasts of the year is a fundamentally foolish task. With a neverending collection of new shows and fresh perspectives popping up every day, singling out a couple dozen seems like trying to stab a tidal wave with a dinner fork.

With all of those listening options sprouting up quicker than anyone can listen to them all, there are going to be wonders that lie just beyond any top charts or list of featured shows. We’ve tried to cover as many shows in our regular review of the month’s best episodes.

Full List: Our Complete Picks of the 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2017 (So Far)

Journalists are constantly upending the expectations of sports talk radio on shows like “Hang Up and Listen.” Scripted shows like “The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel” are bridging the gap between the average podcast listener and younger audiences.

Last Week’S Podcast: Vice’s Shane Smith on Trying to Avoid the ‘Crack Cocaine’ of Donald Trump — IndieWire’s Turn It On Podcast

There aren’t many actors as busy as Michael Kenneth Williams. Probably still best known as Omar on HBO’s classic “The Wire,” these days he’s all over the place: Playing Leonard Pine, opposite James Purefoy, in SundanceTV’s “Hap and Leonard”; as Ken Jones in the ABC limited series “When We Rise,” about the gay rights movement; or as Freddy Knight in HBO’s “The Night Of,” playing a Rikers inmate who befriends Naz (Riz Ahmed).

All of those roles are Emmy-eligible. But possibly the most personal work Williams has done recently wasn’t an acting gig at all. On Viceland’s “Black Market,” the actor served as a real-world journalist – entering the dangerous world of illicit trade, such as gambling underworld in New York,...

HBO will premiere Vice Special Report: A World in Disarray, a documentary that examines the past, present and future of American foreign policy, at 10 Pm Friday, July 21. In the exclusive HBO presentation, Vice founder Suroosh Alvi and other Vice correspondents examine the foreign policies that have shaped the modern world and meet people living through today's major conflicts. It features interviews with Condoleezza Rice, Tony Blair, Samantha Power, Ash Carter and…...

The Television Critics Association’s TCA Awards nominations are out, and it looks a lot like the Emmy race.

That wasn’t always the case, as TV critics and Television Academy voters were traditionally on very different pages. But that has changed in recent years, as Emmy nominations began to recognize more critics faves, such as “The Americans” and “Orphan Black” star Tatiana Maslany (who even won last year).

On this week’s “Screen Talk Emmy Edition,” we look at the TCA Award nominees, plus go through IndieWire’s list of 10 shows that Emmy voters ought to take a second look at before filling out their ballots. And later in the episode, we examine the best comedy series odds.

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Just like last year, IndieWire’s Screen Talk podcast will continue its weekly Emmy edition over the next few months to highlight the most interesting storylines and races. IndieWire editor-at-large Anne Thompson and executive editor Michael Schneider will banter each week, and also bring on the occasional guest. Here’s Episode 3.

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Shane Smith is a year into his multi-prong TV extension of the Vice brand and he remains bullish — as he should be. Vice Media just landed a $450 million investment from asset firm Tpg, which puts its valuation up to $5.7 billion. Not bad for a company that started as an edgy street magazine in Canada.

Now Vice Media’s assets include the TV network Viceland, the nightly HBO news program “Vice News Tonight” and the HBO documentary series “Vice,” several digital channels, and a film unit, among many other things. Viceland is on tap to expand into 80 territories. And in a world where Facebook and Google dominate, Smith is growing Vice’s library to be what he calls the largest collection of millennial intellectual property out there.

IndieWire’s Turn It On sat down with Smith to discuss the status of Vice’s expansion, plus running a company that prides itself on reporting the truth despite living in a time of a president who spreads lies and is stirring up hatred against the media. Listen below!

Smith has ambitious plans for Viceland over the next year and a half, as he looks to the future and realizes that only the strongest networks will be included in “skinny bundle” offerings.

“Online and TV, it’s all going to merge,” he said. “If you look at skinny bundles, it will be skinny bundles for cable but also Ott [over-the-top] providers. Unless you’re in on the skinny bundle on both sides, you’re going to be screwed. We want to get into the top 30 [of networks], that’s our goal for the next 18 months.”

How might Viceland reach that goal? “Having the largest library of millennial IP is important for us,” he said. Smith is also watching as other networks – such as Pivot and Esquire – fade away. “People are looking at us and mimicking what we’ve done,” Smith said of using a linear platform to build up that video library.

As for operating multiple operations with multiple partners (A+E, HBO), Smith admits that there is a bit of confusion out there. But he lays it out this way: News goes to Vice News via the HBO properties, and lifestyle goes to Viceland via A+E. “The good news for me as a megalomaniac is that I vote the board, 95% of the parent. I can Napoleon or Stalin it between the networks.”

While we live in an age of outrage, Vice built its brand on usurping tradition and occasionally courting controversy. “If you are trying to manage out of fear of what will happen, you’re not going to do anything new or innovative,” he said.

But Smith said Vice has gotten more careful: “In this day and age of opposition research, we have to be buttoned up and squeaky clean. At some point there has to be a backlash. Everyone goes after everybody. It becomes mud slinging.”

As for his partners, “I think they’d like us to be a little more controversial because controversy brings in ratings. They would like to see more Kim Jong-un [who appeared on the first episode of “Vice” on HBO] in the mix.”

How does Vice navigate the current Trump administration? “Early on we said we can’t fall prey to the crack cocaine that is Trump because if you get addicted to it you have to ween yourself off,” Smith said. “What we did say to differentiate ourselves was we were going to follow policy. Trump can tweet and do all these things but, what does it mean to have [Scott] Pruitt running the Epa who tried to shut down the Epa? What does it mean to have [Rick] Perry running the Department of Energy when he campaigned to undo the Department of Energy?

“What does it mean that the entirety of Trump’s cabinet are climate change deniers? Thats being lost in the headlines. We are literally marching backwards as fast as we can. Not just for the environment but social justice, Lgbtq rights, and were obsessed with lunatic fringe tweets. It’s the greatest reality show ever but the symptoms are dire.”

With Vice reporters risking their lives in hotspots around the globe, Smith is particularly sensitive to Trump’s attacks on the press.

“He calls the press the opposition, but that’s the press’ job,” Smith said. “Without free press there is no democracy, it’s just propaganda.”

Does Smith think he could get anything out of interviewing Trump? “Anyone who gets an interview with him is going to get something. He’s not like Putin, who’s sort of strategic and well thought out. He’s got buttons that you can push.”

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2016 was a year of considerable expansion for the Vice brand. Now, thanks to a new injection of capital, the millennial-skewing media company will be able to continue its growth. It has announced a $450 million investment from Tpg that values it at approximately $5.7 billion.

The investment will give Vice Media an expanded war chest, which it will use to beef up its presence in the worlds of online video, TV, film, and over-the-top programming. Much of the fresh funding will be devoted to original programming, and its safe to expect that a significant number of those shows will be distributed through Viceland, the TV channel Vice launched last year. The media company has also consistently committed itself to its network of online video destinations. In recent months, it has launched verticals based around topics like gaming, money, and activism, and at its most recent Newfronts presentation, it teased new shows for several of those digital hubs.

Vice Media has raised $450 million in funding from private-equity firm Tpg, and will look to spend the infusion on scripted shows, over-the-top content and a direct-to-consumer subscription service. The funding swells Vice’s valuation to $5.7 billion. It also gives the millennial media darling the ability to develop more shows for its Viceland cable channel, launched last year. “This will allow us to: build up the largest millennial video library in the world — enabling Vice to widen our offering to include; news, food, music, fashion, art, travel, gaming, lifestyle, scripted and feature films,” said Vice co-founder and CEO Shane Smith in a.

Vice Media’s valuation is now up to $5.7 billion, CEO Shane Smith told CNBC, after his company snagged a $450 million investment from asset firm Tpg. The cash will give the company resources to “build up the largest millennial video library in the world – enabling Vice to widen our offering to include news, food, music, fashion, art, travel, gaming, lifestyle, scripted and feature films,” Smith says. “Building out this wide ranging and rich library of gold standard…...

Matthew McConaughey to star in comedy.

Neon and Vice have pre-bought Us rights to Harmony Korine’s The Beach Bum to star Matthew McConaughey.

Production is scheduled to begin in autumn on Korine’s follow-up to Spring Breakers in time for a 2018 theatrical release.

Rocket Science handles international sales and introduced the project at the Efm in Berlin.

The Beach Bum is an irreverent comedy about the misadventures of Moondog, a rebellious and lovable rogue who lives large.

Korine will direct from his screenplay. LeGrisbi Productions’ John Lesher, Anonymous Content’s Steve Golin, Iconoclast’s Charles-Marie Anthonioz, Mourad Belkeddar and Nicolas Lhermitte will produce.

Neon’s Tom Quinn and Tim League serve as executive producers with Shane Smith, Eddy Moretti, and Danny Gabai for Vice.

“We’ve been huge fans of the singularly talented Harmony Korine for a very long time now,” Neon said. “Together with our good friends at Vice we’re tickled to death to launch...

Neon and Vice have prebought U.S. rights to Harmony Korine’s “The Beach Bum.” The movie marks Korine’s first feature since 2012’s “Spring Breakers,” which took in more than $31 million at the worldwide box office.

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“The Beach Bum” is a comedy that follows the misadventures of Moondog (Matthew McConaughey), a “rebellious and lovable rogue who lives life large.” Korine will write and direct the movie, which begins shooting this fall for a 2018 theatrical release.

“We’ve been huge fans of the singularly talented Harmony Korine for a very long time now,” Neon said in a statement, adding that “The Beach Bum” will be a “wild, crazy and intoxicating piece of cinema.” The film is executive produced by Neon co-founders Tom Quinn and Tim League and Vice’s Shane Smith, Eddy Moretti, and Danny Gabai.

Social news video company NowThis is bringing on former CNN and Vice correspondent — and Navy Seal — Kaj Larsen to helm its development and production of both short-form and longer-form news and documentary series, TheWrap has exclusively learned. Larsen will join NowThis as a senior correspondent and producer and will host the news and docu-series he will help develop. His first series will explore the intersection between sports and politics, with episodes covering topics that include activist athletes finding their voices and how Harvard students are using — and being tracked by — biometric devices. Larsen, who spent five years on active duty.

The Cmt Music Awards are right around the corner!

With preparations for the Nashville-based celebration in full swing, Et is helping to announce the first batch of nominees. Together with Nashville newcomer Rachel Bilson, Bachelorette alum and radio DJ Wells Adams and Nashville Mayor Megan Barry, we present the nominations for Group Video of the Year, Collaboration Video of the Year and Cmt Performance of the Year.

In addition to country music staples like Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Florida Georgia Line, Keith Urban and Jason Aldean, there's also quite a bit of genre crossover represented here -- notably, Pink's collaboration with Kenny Chesney, Alicia Keys' duet with Maren Morris and Nick Jonas' session with Thomas Rhett.

Pics: 2016 Cmt Awards Red Carpet Arrivals

Group Video Of The Year

· Eli Young Band – “Saltwater Gospel”

· Lady Antebellum – “You Look Good”

· Little Big Town – “Better Man”

· Midland – “Drinkin’ Problem”

· Old Dominion – “Song for Another Time”

Collaboration Video Of The...

"The movie about movie posters" is finally hitting home release! The beautifully shot documentary 24x36 is now available on VOD, Blu-ray, and DVD. Also: release details for Herschell Gordon Lewis' Bloodmania and 7 Witches.

24x36 VOD, Blu-ray, and DVD Release: 24x36 is now available on VOD and on Blu-ray and DVD.

"24x36: A Movie About Movie Posters" is a documentary that explores the world of illustrated movie poster art; the artists who create it, companies and studios that commission it, galleries that display it and collectors and fans who hang it.

Through interviews with a number of key art personalities from the '70s and '80s, as well as many modern, alternative poster artists – "24x36" aims to answer the question – What happened to the illustrated movie poster? Where did it disappear to and why?

In the mid-2000s, filling the void left behind by Hollywood’s abandonment of illustrated movie posters,...

Vice has built an entire media brand around the concept of reporting stories that otherwise wouldn’t receive much coverage, if any. Now, with its latest initiative, Vice is giving its audience more context for the coverage it provides in hopes of inspiring those readers and viewers toward action. The media company’s newest vertical, as shared by The Hollywood Reporter, is Vice Impact, which presents articles and videos related to important issues.

Impact, which has been talked about publicly since at least last September, is Vice’s attempt to link the important social and political topics it discusses to link them to advocacy groups, protests, and other methods for walking the walk. “Our audience often says, ‘Well great, you've shown me the issues here, but what can I do about it?’” said Vice co-founder Suroosh Alvi in a video introducing Impact. “That question doesn't have easy answers. We were...

Country’s biggest acts were honored Sunday night at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena for the 52nd annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley co-host the show for a second year as artists including Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, Carrie Underwood, and Keith Urban battle for a slew of prizes.

Winners will be added as they’re announced; check out the nominees below.

Check out People’s full 2017 ACMs coverage.

Entertainer of the Year

Winner: Jason Aldean

Luke Bryan

Florida Georgia Line

Carrie Underwood

Keith Urban

Female Vocalist of the Year

Kelsea Ballerini

Winner: Miranda Lambert

Maren Morris...

Who won big at the 2017 Academy of Country Music Awards?

Singers Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley hosted the annual awards show Sunday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, with country's biggest superstars including Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Sam Hunt and more in attendance.

Check out all the big winners below!

Pics: 2017 Academy of Country Music Awards -- See the Stars on the Red Carpet!

Entertainer Of The Year

• Jason Aldean *Winner*

• Luke Bryan

• Florida Georgia Line

• Carrie Underwood

• Keith Urban

Male Vocalist Of The Year

• Jason Aldean

• Dierks Bentley

• Thomas Rhett *Winner*

• Chris Stapleton

• Keith Urban

Female Vocalist Of The Year

• Kelsea Ballerini

• Miranda Lambert *Winner*

• Maren Morris

• Kacey Musgraves

• Carrie Underwood

Vocal Duo Of The Year

• Big & Rich

• Brothers Osborne *Winner*

• Dan + Shay

• Florida Georgia Line

• Maddie & Tae

Vocal Group Of The Year

• Eli Young Band

• Little Big Town *Winner*

• Old Dominion

• Rascal Flatts

• Lady Antebellum

New Male Vocalist Of The Year:

• Kane...

Cue the handmaids.

The Tribeca Film Festival announced its second annual Tribeca TV program on Thursday and it includes a range of world premieres, popular show returns and a slate of independent pilots. One of the most highly anticipated debuts will be Hulu’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel, “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

Tribeca 2017 Lineup: New Fillms From Alex Gibney, Azazel Jacobs and Laurie Simmons Lead the Eclectic Mix

The series has been in the news lately, and not only because it will premiere soon. The dystopian story about a government forcing fertile women to become breeders for their high-ranking officials has struck a nerve among progressive women who are wary of having their health and reproductive rights controlled. Recently, protestors dressed in the handmaids’ red robes and white bonnets made an appearance in the Texas Senate gallery as its members were passing abortion legislation.

The TV lineup...

From covering extreme sports for Espn, NBC and Red Bull to traveling around South Africa with his jazz singer father during the 2010 World Cup, Sal Masekela has seen aspects of the world that most viewers don’t even know exist. He now brings that unique perspective to Viceland as the host and executive producer of “Vice World of Sports,” which airs its Season 2 premiere Wednesday night, and boasts the raw, no-boundaries reporting that viewers have learned to expect from Vice. Masekela sat down with TheWrap’s Debbie Emery to explain why this was the natural evolution for Shane Smith’s...

The American Country Music Awards have released its nominations and it’s a mix of veterans and the up-and-coming.

Keith Urban leads the nominations with a total of seven nominations in five categories, including his seventh nomination for entertainer of the year and his tenth for male vocalist of the year.

The ladies have tied, with Miranda Lambert and Maren Morris both earning six nominations each. Lambert, 33, has won seven times for female vocalist of the year, and is up again for the honor. She received her fifth nomination in the album of the year category for The Weight of These Wings.

Congratulations are in order!

With the 2017 Academy of Country Music Awards right around the corner, Et's Nancy O'Dell and Kevin Frazier had the honor of revealing the nominees in several key categories, including Album of the Year, Vocal Event of the Year, and Single Record of the Year, on Thursday. Among the A-list artists up for some new hardware this year are Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, Dierks Bentley, Tim McGraw and so many more. See the list below!

The 52nd annual Acm Awards air live on CBS from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 2, at 8 p.m. Et/Pt.

News: Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley Will Once Again Co-Host Acm Awards

New Male Vocalist Of The Year Presented By T-mobile

• Kane Brown

• Chris Janson

• Chris Lane

• Jon Pardi

• Brett Young

New Female Vocalist Of The Year Presented By T-mobile

• Lauren Alaina

• Cam

• Brandy Clark

• Maren Morris

New Vocal Duo Or Group Of The Year Presented...

Veteran TV producer and showrunner Troy Vanderheyden (Don’t Be Tardy, Bad Girls Club) has signed a development deal with Wilshire Studios, the unscripted sister studio of Universal Cable Productions. "Troy is a gifted producer with extensive experience as a driving force behind some of television's most groundbreaking and successful reality series," said B.J. Levin, Senior Vice President, Development at Wilshire Studios. "We're thrilled to benefit from his tremendous…...

Exclusive: After six years with Slate PR, Alex Schack has been promoted to Vice President. She has worked extensively with a client roster that includes Bryce Dallas Howard, Nicola Peltz, Joey King, Isla Fisher, Nicolas Cage, Deepika Padukone and Phoebe Tonkin among others. Schack began her career at ID PR. “Alex has proven herself to be an extraordinarily talented publicist,” Slate PR partner and founder Stephen Huvane said. “Her impeccable taste, attention to detail…...

Robin Thicke is paying tribute to his late father, Alan Thicke.

Et has learned that the "Blurred Lines" singer will honor his beloved dad -- who died after suffering a heart attack while playing hockey last month -- at the National Hockey League's All-Star event, The NHL100, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles next Friday.

Watch: Robin Thicke Remembers Late Father Alan Thicke As 'The Greatest Man I Ever Met'

The 90-minute event will feature the 2017 NHL All-Star Celebrity Shootout, a hockey game pitting NHL legends against A-list celebrities. Both teams will be wearing jerseys with a patch dedicated to Alan, who was a passionate fan of the sport.

John Legend, Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Bobby Orr are just a few of the celebrities confirmed to take part in the game. Select All-Star Celebrity Shootout game-worn jerseys will be available for auction following the match, which benefits Echoes of Hope, a nonprofit...

In Vice's continued quest for media domination, the alternative news company has launched a feature documentary division.

Vice Documentary Films is a division of Vice's film division, which is the production arm of Vice Media. It will focus on the production of nonfiction storytelling from both established and up-and-coming filmmakers.

The new venture will be headed by the founding Vice News Editor-in-Chief Jason Mojica and Brendan Fitzgerald, the head of development who helped launch the Viceland cable channel.

Vice is no stranger to documentary filmmaking, having produced several doc features since 2007, including Heavy Metal in Baghdad and the Snoop Dogg-centric...

Continuing their strides to create and tell compelling real-life stories, Vice Media has announced the launch of Vice Documentary Films, a new division of Vice Films that will produce feature-length documentaries from both established and up-and-coming directors around the world.

Expanding on the adventurous storytelling that the company is known for, the new projects will focus on character-driven stories about rebels, radicals and people on the margins of society. The new division will be led by Jason Mojica, who previously served as Editor-in-Chief and Executive Producer of Vice News, and Brendan Fitzgerald, who helped launch the Viceland cable channel as its Head of Development.

“You hear a lot of people saying that there’s never been a better time for documentaries, and it turns out that’s true,” said Mojica, Executive Producer of Vice Documentary Films. “Audiences are more interested than ever in non-fiction storytelling and there are more and more platforms serving it up.

Vice Media and the Guardian have formed a content partnership that will provide the former access to investigative news reporting from a unit of Guardian journalists, and in turn, give the UK publication access to Vice’s video production skills, distribution platform and a young engaged audience. The partnership will include co-branded special reports that will air across Vice’s news offerings, including “Vice News Tonight,” “Vice on HBO” and “Vice Specials,” the hour-long documentary series for HBO. “When I was a young man studying political science, my International Politics professor told me to get a Guardian subscription because it was ‘the best.

Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.

This Past Weekend:

It wasn’t a bad Thanksgiving weekend, especially for the Weekend Warrior who pretty much nailed two of his predictions for the weekend! Disney Animation’s Moana indeed at opened at #1 with $55.5 million for the three-day weekend (exactly my prediction), although it ended up with more--$81.1 million--in its first five days. The Brad Pitt-Marion Cotillard spy thriller, Allied (Paramount), directed by Robert Zemeckis, also opened with $18 million, right on track with my prediction. I guess I could take some comfort on being spot on with two of the Thanksgiving releases—like I said last week, that holiday weekend is a bear to predict—but I way overestimated the other two movies as sequelitis indeed hit Billy Bob Thornton...

As the Us president prepares to leave office on 20 January, Netflix has delved into his past for a biopic based around his life as a student at Columbia University. The Australian actor Devon Terrell plays the 20-year-old Obama in the film, which is directed by Vice on HBO host and documentarian Vikram Gandhi. Barry depicts Obama navigating questions of race and identity in America in the early 1980s.

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A young President Barack Obama battles racial profiling in the gripping first trailer for upcoming Netflix biopic Barry. The scene begins in 1981, when Obama is a junior at Columbia University. He gets targeted by a police officer on the streets of New York City. "You got some ID?" the cop asks, prompting the college student to stand up for himself: "I don't see you IDing them," he responds. "So what's so special about me, huh?"

The clip, set to Anthony Hamilton's surging "Soul's On Fire," portrays Obama as a frustrated student,...

Love it or hate it, we do have a new President-Elect. And with that comes a sad moment for Americans everywhere as they say good-bye to President Barack Obama. As Obama's presidency draws to a close, experience the inspired story of where it all began with the debut of the Netflix original film Barry on December 16, 2016. We have the full-length trailer, which debuted today.

Debuting at the 2016 Toronto Film Festival to critical acclaim, Barry is a nuanced, artistic exploration of a pivotal year in the life of the 44th President of the United States. A young Barack Obama, known to his friends as "Barry," arrives in New York City in the fall of 1981 to begin his junior year at Columbia University. His experiences over that pivotal school year lay the foundation for his views on race, government, and what it means to be an American.

Director Vikram Gandhi (Kumar&#233, HBO's Vice), a Columbia University alumni,...

Boom! Studios, DC, and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products are excited to bring together two celebrated pop culture properties in a historic comics crossover event when the talking simians of the Planet of the Apes meet the Emerald Crusaders of the Green Lantern Corps. Written by Robbie Thompson (Silk) and Justin Jordan (Green Lantern), and illustrated by Barnaby Bagenda (The Omega Men), Planet of the Apes/Green Lantern debuts February 1, 2017 as a six-issue monthly limited series. Here's what Boom! Studios Editor-in-Chief Matt Gagnon had to say about the crossover in a statement.

"We've been having endless amounts of fun collaborating with our friends at DC Entertainment and this new crossover only ups the ante. Both Planet of the Apes and Green Lantern boast decades of entertaining stories and dozens of fan-favorite characters. The result of crossing over these two incredible franchises is an ambitious, epic story that's brimming with one...

HBO will premiere Vice Special Report: A House Divided, a post-election look at the political climate that gave rise to Donald Trump, at 10 Pm Friday, December 9. In the documentary, President Obama speaks to Vice founder Shane Smith about the fierce partisan fighting that dominated his presidency and divided the country. Featuring interviews with Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, former House Speaker John Boehner, members of the president's inner circle and key…...

The Academy will announce its list of Oscar-eligible documentaries this week, a field that counted just 82 entries in 2005; last year, there were 124. And along with this growth comes a new attribute for the much-admired/often ignored genre: Power.

Under Sheila Nevins, HBO led the way in showing how documentaries could draw audiences with nonfiction programming that’s skillful, dynamic, and relevant. Under Lisa Nishimura, Netflix upped the ante with deep-pocketed algorithms that not only proved audiences craved this content (after all, documentaries are the original reality TV), but also guided exactly where those viewers could be found, and what they wanted to see. And while social justice has always been the bailiwick of documentary filmmakers, Diane Weyermann at Participant has given that niche the financing and clout it deserves.

While their business models differ, they’re all producing documentaries that might not otherwise exist, making them better and getting them seen.

The Academy will announce its list of Oscar-eligible documentaries this week, a field that counted just 82 entries in 2005; last year, there were 124. And along with this growth comes a new attribute for the much-admired/often ignored genre: Power.

Under Sheila Nevins, HBO led the way in showing how documentaries could draw audiences with nonfiction programming that’s skillful, dynamic, and relevant. Under Lisa Nishimura, Netflix upped the ante with deep-pocketed algorithms that not only proved audiences craved this content (after all, documentaries are the original reality TV), but also guided exactly where those viewers could be found, and what they wanted to see. And while social justice has always been the balliwick of documentary filmmakers, Diane Weyermann at Participant has given that niche the financing and clout it deserves.

While their business models differ, they’re all producing documentaries that might not otherwise exist, making them better and getting them seen.

Earlier this year, Richard Tanne’s “Southside with You” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to general acclaim. The film followed a young Barack Obama and a young Michelle Robinson in 1989 on their very first date. Now, the second film about Barack Obama’s younger life will soon be upon us: “Barry,” which follows Obama in his junior year at Columbia University in 1981, a pivotal year in the life of the future president when he developed his opinions about race, government and America. The film stars Devon Terrell as Obama in his debut acting performance. It co-stars Ashley Judd (“Double Jeopardy”), Jenna Elfman (“Friends With Benefits”, Anya Taylor-Joy (“The Witch”), Jason Mitchell (“Straight Outta Compton”), Ellar Coltrane (“Boyhood”) and more. Watch a teaser trailer for the film below.

Read More: ‘Barry’ Review: The Best Obama Biopic Yet, But Not the Whole Story — Toronto Review

The film is written by Adam Mansbach...

The company will finance with Insurgent Media, 20th Century Fox and Chimney Pot the sensational story of Norwegian black metal band Mayhem.

Jonas Åkerlund, the Swedish music video director and former drummer with heavy metal band Bathory, will direct the film from a screenplay he co-wrote.

Rory Culkin (pictured) will play Euronymous aka Øystein Aarseth, the leader of the band that popularised the True Norwegian Black Metal movement who was stabbed to death by fellow band member Varg Vikernes in 1993.

The murder was the final act of in a history of notorious antics that saw the band linked to a church burning in 1992 that sparked a wave of arson attacks on churches across Norway.

Emory Cohen will portray Vikernes, while Jack Kilmer plays ‘Dead,’ Valter Skarsgård ‘Faust’ and Sky Ferreira ‘Ann-Marit’.

Fox has come on board to handle North America, the UK, Scandinavia and Brazil. Protagonist handles international sales. Fox and Vice Media launched the joint venture...