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Heidi Fleiss to Star in Sheila Nevins-Produced Docuseries (Exclusive)
“People will see and hear the truth,” says the so-called Hollywood Madam of the project, which will explore her life and crimes. “Some if it is humiliating.”
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Real ‘Megalopolis’ Architect Is Billionaire Bill Ackman’s Wife
Acclaimed designer Neri Oxman, who helped Francis Ford Coppola dream up the eponymous urban development, has been at the center of multiple recent controversies.
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In Diddy and Britney Spears’ Legal Sagas, One Management Firm Appears
Tri Star Sports & Entertainment Group, which was scrutinized for its role in the pop singer's conservatorship, had its accountant referenced in a civil lawsuit against Sean Combs alleging cash payments to sex workers.
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‘We Will Dance Again’ Producer Susan Zirinsky Says Oct. 7 Doc Too Intense for Broadcast TV
The material is more graphic “than anything that I’ve seen put on television in my entire career," says the former CBS News president and longtime '48 Hours' executive of the documentary now streaming on Paramount+.
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‘We Will Dance Again’ Director on Debates Around Oct. 7 Doc: “This Film Is a Never-Ending Story”
Yariv Mozer speaks with The Hollywood Reporter about what they kept — and what they cut — from the immersive, harrowing and graphically violent Nova festival massacre documentary on Paramount+: "Would we lose audiences on streaming platforms?"
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Diddy’s Defender: How His Legal Team Will Fight Sex Trafficking, Racketeering Charges
Marc Agnifilo, who faced the feds in a similar RICO case involving NXIVM leader Keith Raniere, has a long history of representing high-profile figures including Martin Shkreli, Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Roger Ng. He spent nearly two decades working for ex-Harvey Weinstein lawyer Ben Brafman.
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Anderson .Paak’s New Speakeasy, Andy’s, Is “Like My Home Studio … But With Bomb-A** Food”
With a secret entrance behind a newsstand, the musician and newly minted director’s hot new live-music venue takes over the West Hollywood site of Britney and Justin’s legendary dance-off.
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Film Financier Productivity Media Suspends CEO Amid Money Probe (Exclusive)
The backer of indie films, including the buzzy 'Day of the Fight,' has brought in PricewaterhouseCoopers to look at its books amid concerns about the management of various loans in its fund.
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How ‘Tiger King’ Led to ‘Chimp Crazy’ — and That Penultimate Episode Betrayal
Documentarian Eric Goode explains the origins of his latest hit docuseries (this time for HBO) and unpacks the revelation in the third week with exotic animal broker Tonia Haddix.
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Matthew Perry’s “Street Dealer” Managed High-End Rehab Where Client Died
Erik Fleming was a program director at Bel-Air treatment center the Red Door. His friend Brooke Mueller, who cooperated with investigators in the Perry case, was dating William Cooney when he died there. Cooney's family is now asking why authorities have yet to investigate.
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‘Rust’ Ricochet: Film’s Ammo Provider Questions New Bullet Evidence That Derailed Trial (Exclusive)
Seth Kenney, who provided rounds to the production and was a key witness for the failed prosecution, was potentially implicated by new evidence that got the case against Alec Baldwin tossed. But he says the deadly bullet didn’t come from him and alleges foul play.
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Matthew Perry’s Alleged Ketamine Dealer Once Directed a Kids’ Movie and Produced ‘Surreal Life’
Erik Fleming, who faces up to 25 years in his federal case, helmed the 1999 children’s fantasy comedy 'My Brother the Pig' that starred a young Scarlett Johansson and Eva Mendes. He also once ran a production company bankrolled by Sumner Redstone.
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