The trailer for “Menudo: Forever Young,” the HBO Max docuseries about the titular Latin American boy band, has been released.
Directed by filmmakers Angel Manuel Soto and Kristofer Ríos, the four-part docuseries follows the rise of Menudo, a Puerto Rican musical group formed in 1977 by producer Edgardo Díaz that became one of the most popular boy bands in history, selling 20 million records worldwide during the 1980s. The series chronicles the group’s meteoric rise in the ’80s, and the fall it suffered during the ’90s, after sexual abuse allegations against Díaz surfaced. Over a dozen former members of the band were interviewed for the docuseries to discuss the exploitation they experienced while performing for the group.
“Menudo: Forever Young” is executive produced by Soto, Cristina Costantini and Jeff Plunkett of Muck Media, Alex Fumero of Trojan Horse, Bryn Mooser and Justin Lacob of Xtr. Rios co-executive produces with Maura Anderson.
Directed by filmmakers Angel Manuel Soto and Kristofer Ríos, the four-part docuseries follows the rise of Menudo, a Puerto Rican musical group formed in 1977 by producer Edgardo Díaz that became one of the most popular boy bands in history, selling 20 million records worldwide during the 1980s. The series chronicles the group’s meteoric rise in the ’80s, and the fall it suffered during the ’90s, after sexual abuse allegations against Díaz surfaced. Over a dozen former members of the band were interviewed for the docuseries to discuss the exploitation they experienced while performing for the group.
“Menudo: Forever Young” is executive produced by Soto, Cristina Costantini and Jeff Plunkett of Muck Media, Alex Fumero of Trojan Horse, Bryn Mooser and Justin Lacob of Xtr. Rios co-executive produces with Maura Anderson.
- 6/9/2022
- by Carson Burton, Wilson Chapman and Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
HBO Max will release Menudo: Forever Young, a new documentary about the Latin American boy band from filmmakers Angel Manuel Soto (Charm City Kings) and Kristofer Ríos (Havana Skate Days), on June 23. The premiere will follow the project’s debut at the 2022 Tribeca Festival on June 11.
Menudo was formed by producer Edgardo Diaz in 1977 with 5 original members: Ricky Melendez, brothers Carlos and Oscar Meléndez, and the Sallaberry brothers, Fernando and Nefty. The group changed members often mostly after the pre-teen and early teenage boys aged out around age 15 or 16. Two of its most famous members include Ricky Martin and Draco Rosa (as Robbi Rosa).
Diaz, who served as the band’s manager, was accused of sexual abuse by multiple members beginning in 1991. He denied the allegations that same year on El Show De Cristina, a popular talk show at the time hosted by Cristina Saralegui.
Menudo disbanded in 2009 though reunion...
Menudo was formed by producer Edgardo Diaz in 1977 with 5 original members: Ricky Melendez, brothers Carlos and Oscar Meléndez, and the Sallaberry brothers, Fernando and Nefty. The group changed members often mostly after the pre-teen and early teenage boys aged out around age 15 or 16. Two of its most famous members include Ricky Martin and Draco Rosa (as Robbi Rosa).
Diaz, who served as the band’s manager, was accused of sexual abuse by multiple members beginning in 1991. He denied the allegations that same year on El Show De Cristina, a popular talk show at the time hosted by Cristina Saralegui.
Menudo disbanded in 2009 though reunion...
- 4/21/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
National Geographic is expanding its unscripted slate with greenlights for three new series — Life Below Zero: First Alaskans, a spinoff of the Emmy-winning Life Below Zero franchise, Appetite for Adventure with BBQ pitmaster Big Moe Cason, and The 7 Toughest Days on Earth with adventurer and explorer Dwayne Fields from One Strange Rock producers Nutopia. Additionally, Nat Geo has given an early Season 3 renewal to Emmy-nominated docuseries Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller. Courteney Monroe, president, National Geographic Content, announced the news during Nat Geo’s TCA session Tuesday.
“These new series are exciting additions to our stable of popular, returnable, scalable series led by charismatic personalities,” said Monroe. “The talent at the center of each of these series have unique voices and perspectives that will undoubtedly inspire the explorer in all of us.”
The three new series will also have a second window on Disney+.
Life Below Zero: First Alaskans expands...
“These new series are exciting additions to our stable of popular, returnable, scalable series led by charismatic personalities,” said Monroe. “The talent at the center of each of these series have unique voices and perspectives that will undoubtedly inspire the explorer in all of us.”
The three new series will also have a second window on Disney+.
Life Below Zero: First Alaskans expands...
- 8/18/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
National Geographic has renewed “Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller” for a third season ahead of its second season premiere, which comes Dec. 1 at 9 p.m. Additionally, the network ordered three new unscripted series: “Life Below Zero: First Alaskans,” “The 7 Toughest Days on Earth” and “Appetite for Adventures.”
The second season of “Trafficked” was produced amid the Covid-19 pandemic and consists of 10 new episodes; the third season will begin production this fall. Each episode of the series will continue to follow the titular Peabody and duPont Award-winning journalist as she works her way inside a black market or trafficking network to expose the business, the players and the inner workings of the shadow economy. In Season 2, those businesses include romance scams, a meth superhighway, California’s marijuana black market, a stolen car smuggling route, outlaw motorcycle gangs, black market plastic surgery, supremacy, and more.
“Filming a whole season of ‘Trafficked’ during...
The second season of “Trafficked” was produced amid the Covid-19 pandemic and consists of 10 new episodes; the third season will begin production this fall. Each episode of the series will continue to follow the titular Peabody and duPont Award-winning journalist as she works her way inside a black market or trafficking network to expose the business, the players and the inner workings of the shadow economy. In Season 2, those businesses include romance scams, a meth superhighway, California’s marijuana black market, a stolen car smuggling route, outlaw motorcycle gangs, black market plastic surgery, supremacy, and more.
“Filming a whole season of ‘Trafficked’ during...
- 8/18/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
National Geographic will bring back a number of franchise titles for the 2021-2022 season. During its upfront presentation on Tuesday, National Geographic revealed that has handed renewals to its Life Below Zero and Wicked Tuna franchises. Also set to return for new seasons are adventure shows Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted, Running Wild with Bear Grylls, and Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller.
The documentary network has also set the return for its annual Sharkfest special, marking its 10th anniversary on Nat Geo. It was also revealed that Good Morning America co-anchors Robin Roberts and Michael Strahan will join National Geographic for Explorer, a special produced in partnership with ABC News.
See National Geographic’s complete renewal slate below.
Returning Series
Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted
Renewed for Season Four (Studio Ramsay)
Gordon Ramsay laces his boots, grabs his knives and buckles up as he hits the road to embark on more exhilarating adventures, exploring...
The documentary network has also set the return for its annual Sharkfest special, marking its 10th anniversary on Nat Geo. It was also revealed that Good Morning America co-anchors Robin Roberts and Michael Strahan will join National Geographic for Explorer, a special produced in partnership with ABC News.
See National Geographic’s complete renewal slate below.
Returning Series
Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted
Renewed for Season Four (Studio Ramsay)
Gordon Ramsay laces his boots, grabs his knives and buckles up as he hits the road to embark on more exhilarating adventures, exploring...
- 5/18/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
On Wednesday, October 3, in Beverly Hills, Gold Derby’s 2018 fall awards kickoff party welcomed more than 200 performers, executives, publicists and industry insiders to The Farmhouse restaurant to celebrate the launch of a new awards season. The celebs included Robert Forster (“What They Had”), David Kajganich (“Suspiria”), Adina Porter (“American Horror Story”), Vincent Rodriguez III (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”), and Diane Warren (“Rbg”). Click through our photo gallery above to see many of the famous folk who let loose at Gold Derby’s private shindig, which included an open bar and passed hors d’oeuvres.
See‘American Horror Story: Apocalypse’ Season 8 Cast and Characters
Here’s the who’s-who list of of the various films and TV programs that were represented at our 2018 awards party (complete photo gallery above):
“American Horror Story” (Adina Porter)
“BlacKkKlansman” (Terence Blanchard)
“Blindspotting” (Rafael Casal)
“Blindspotting” (Janina Gavankar)
“Castle Rock” (Gina Welch)
“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” (Tati Gabrielle...
See‘American Horror Story: Apocalypse’ Season 8 Cast and Characters
Here’s the who’s-who list of of the various films and TV programs that were represented at our 2018 awards party (complete photo gallery above):
“American Horror Story” (Adina Porter)
“BlacKkKlansman” (Terence Blanchard)
“Blindspotting” (Rafael Casal)
“Blindspotting” (Janina Gavankar)
“Castle Rock” (Gina Welch)
“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” (Tati Gabrielle...
- 10/4/2018
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
On Wednesday, October 3, in Beverly Hills, Gold Derby’s 2018 fall awards party welcomed more than 200 performers, executives, publicists and industry insiders to The Farmhouse restaurant to celebrate the launch of a new awards season. The celebs included Robert Forster (“What They Had”), David Kajganich (“Suspiria”), Adina Porter (“American Horror Story”), Vincent Rodriguez III (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”), and Diane Warren (“Rbg”). Click through our photo gallery above to see many of the famous folk who let loose at Gold Derby’s private shindig, which included an open bar and passed hors d’oeuvres.
Here’s the who’s-who list of of the various films and TV programs that were represented at our 2018 awards party (complete photo gallery above):
“American Horror Story” (Adina Porter)
“BlacKkKlansman” (Terence Blanchard)
“Blindspotting” (Rafael Casal)
“Blindspotting” (Janina Gavankar)
“Castle Rock” (Gina Welch)
“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” (Tati Gabrielle)
“Claws” (Jimmy Jean-Louis)
“Corporate” (Matt Ingebretson)
“Corporate” (Jake Weisman...
Here’s the who’s-who list of of the various films and TV programs that were represented at our 2018 awards party (complete photo gallery above):
“American Horror Story” (Adina Porter)
“BlacKkKlansman” (Terence Blanchard)
“Blindspotting” (Rafael Casal)
“Blindspotting” (Janina Gavankar)
“Castle Rock” (Gina Welch)
“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” (Tati Gabrielle)
“Claws” (Jimmy Jean-Louis)
“Corporate” (Matt Ingebretson)
“Corporate” (Jake Weisman...
- 10/4/2018
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Enterovirus D68 killed a New Jersey preschool student named Eli, who had seemed fine the night before his untimely death.
Enterovirus D68 Kills Child
Eli, a preschooler from Hamilton Township, died after he was put to sleep the night of Wednesday, Sept. 24. Since then, authorities have been trying to determine the cause of the unexpected death. On Friday, it was determined that it was the particularly deadly strain of enterovirus D68 that was responsible for the tragedy.
"He was asymptomatic and fine, and the next morning he had passed," Jeff Plunkett, the health officer in Hamilton Township, told reporters, according to CNN. "So the onset was very rapid, very sudden. And that's clearly the big difference (between enterovirus D68 and other enterovirus strains)."
“The D68 strain is a very virulent strain of entero that would attack young children, preschoolers, toddlers who have for the most part compromised immune systems,” Plunkett added.
Enterovirus D68 Kills Child
Eli, a preschooler from Hamilton Township, died after he was put to sleep the night of Wednesday, Sept. 24. Since then, authorities have been trying to determine the cause of the unexpected death. On Friday, it was determined that it was the particularly deadly strain of enterovirus D68 that was responsible for the tragedy.
"He was asymptomatic and fine, and the next morning he had passed," Jeff Plunkett, the health officer in Hamilton Township, told reporters, according to CNN. "So the onset was very rapid, very sudden. And that's clearly the big difference (between enterovirus D68 and other enterovirus strains)."
“The D68 strain is a very virulent strain of entero that would attack young children, preschoolers, toddlers who have for the most part compromised immune systems,” Plunkett added.
- 10/6/2014
- Uinterview
The New York Knicks are one of basketball’s most storied franchises but they haven’t won an NBA title since 1973. Celebrity fans like Spike Lee, Woody Allen, and screenwriter William Goldman worshipped the star-studded — but team-first — Knicks teams of that championship era, and a generation of aging sportswriters refuse to let those hardwood legends die. Actor Michael Rapaport was only three years old when the Knicks won their last title, but he’s turned his yearning for those glory years into a documentary, When the Garden was Eden.
Rapaport’s movie, which is also part of Espn’s “30 for 30″ series,...
Rapaport’s movie, which is also part of Espn’s “30 for 30″ series,...
- 3/13/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
The world premiere of the 30 For 30 documentary When The Garden Was Eden marking actor Michael Rapaport’s feature directorial debut will kick off the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival on April 17.
The line-up includes Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield taking part in an on-stage conversation as part of the Tribeca Talks series, as well as the world premiere of the documentary Maradona ‘86.
Each of the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival films will screen throughout the festival and every one will screen again on April 26.
The Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival sponsored by Mohegan Sun will present a series of free, sports-related games and activities on Sports Day under the umbrella of the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair on April 26.
The Tribeca Film Festival will run from April 16-27.
Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival
Synopses adapted from those provided by the festival.
Gala
When The Garden Was Eden (Us), dir Michael Rapaport.
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The line-up includes Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield taking part in an on-stage conversation as part of the Tribeca Talks series, as well as the world premiere of the documentary Maradona ‘86.
Each of the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival films will screen throughout the festival and every one will screen again on April 26.
The Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival sponsored by Mohegan Sun will present a series of free, sports-related games and activities on Sports Day under the umbrella of the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair on April 26.
The Tribeca Film Festival will run from April 16-27.
Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival
Synopses adapted from those provided by the festival.
Gala
When The Garden Was Eden (Us), dir Michael Rapaport.
Actor [link=nm...
- 3/13/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The world premiere of the 30 For 30 documentary marking actor Michael Rapaport’s feature directorial debut will kick off the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival on April 17.
The line-up includes Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield taking part in an on-stage conversation as part of the Tribeca Talks series, as well as the world premiere of the documentary Maradona ‘86.
Each of the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival films will screen throughout the festival and every one will screen again on April 26.
The Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival sponsored by Mohegan Sun will present a series of free, sports-related games and activities on Sports Day under the umbrella of the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair on April 26.
The Tribeca Film Festival will run from April 16-27.
Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival
Synopses adapted from those provided by the festival.
Gala
When The Garden Was Eden (Us), dir Michael Rapaport.
Actor Michael Rapaport delivers his love letter to the Knicks in a fast-paced...
The line-up includes Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield taking part in an on-stage conversation as part of the Tribeca Talks series, as well as the world premiere of the documentary Maradona ‘86.
Each of the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival films will screen throughout the festival and every one will screen again on April 26.
The Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival sponsored by Mohegan Sun will present a series of free, sports-related games and activities on Sports Day under the umbrella of the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair on April 26.
The Tribeca Film Festival will run from April 16-27.
Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival
Synopses adapted from those provided by the festival.
Gala
When The Garden Was Eden (Us), dir Michael Rapaport.
Actor Michael Rapaport delivers his love letter to the Knicks in a fast-paced...
- 3/13/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Better This World, The Tiniest Place and the other nominations for the 2011 Ida Awards have been announced. The 27th Annual Ida Awards (documentary awards) are presented by the International Documentary Association (Ida) “a non-profit organization promoting documentary film, video and new media, to support the efforts of documentary filmmaking and video production makers around the world and to increase public appreciation and demand for the art of the documentary…the Ida has approximately 2,800 members in 53 countries, providing a forum for supporters and suppliers of documentary film making.”
This years presentation will see “the 2011 Career Achievement Award [awarded] to legendary documentary filmmaker Les Blank. He will be presented his award by Werner Herzog. Director Danfung Dennis (Hell and Back Again) will receive the 2011 Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award.”
The full listing of the 2011 Ida Awards nominations is below.
Best Feature Award
Better This World
Directors/Producers/Writers: Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega...
This years presentation will see “the 2011 Career Achievement Award [awarded] to legendary documentary filmmaker Les Blank. He will be presented his award by Werner Herzog. Director Danfung Dennis (Hell and Back Again) will receive the 2011 Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award.”
The full listing of the 2011 Ida Awards nominations is below.
Best Feature Award
Better This World
Directors/Producers/Writers: Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega...
- 10/28/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Kelly Duane de la Vega, Katie Galloway's Better This World From Pinochet and Reagan to General Butt Naked and Terrorism Paranoia: International Documentary Association Nominations Best Feature Award Better This World Directors/Producers/Writers: Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega Producer: Mike Nicholson Executive Producers: Julie Goldman, John Battsek, Nicole Stott, Chana Ben-Dov, Sally Jo Fifer (Itvs), Simon Kilmurry (American Documentary|Pov) Loteria Films, Bullfrog Films, Cat & Docs How To Die In Oregon Director/Producer: Peter D. Richardson Executive Producers: Melody Korenbrot, Sheila Nevins (HBO) Supervising Producer: Jacqueline Glover (HBO) Associate Producers: Sophie Harris, Jordan Curnes Clearcut Productions in association with HBO Documentary Films Nostalgia For The Light Director/Writer: Patricio Guzmán Producer: Renate Sachse Atacama Productions (France), Blinker Filmproduction GmbH and Wdr (Germany), and Cronomedia Ltda. (Chile), Icarus Films The Redemption Of General Butt Naked Directors/Producers: Eric Strauss & Daniele Anastasion Executive Producers: Gregory Henry, David Shadrack Smith...
- 10/27/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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