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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.

Octavia Spencer

Morgan Marcell

Masi Oka

Nikki Glaser

Derek Hough

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.

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.

See 2024 Emmy nominations: Complete list

“Beckham” follows...

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...

Die Medienaufsichtsbehörde Ofcom hat einen Einblick gegeben, welche TV- und Streaming-Formate 2023 am erfolgreichsten in Großbritannien unterwegs waren. Es gibt auch ein Update der Umsatzzahlen der großen Streamingdienste.

„Hennen rennen“ inzwischen bei Netflix (Credit: Aardman/Netflix)

Die britische Medienaufsichtsbehörde Ofcom hat ihren alljährlichen, 74-seitigen Bericht zu den Entwicklungen im TV- und Streamingmarkt in Großbritannien vorgelegt. Daraus ist auch ersichtlich, was die erfolgreichsten Formate 2023 auf der Insel waren und welche Umsätze die großen Streamingdienste machten.

Beim Blick auf die erfolgreichsten Streaming-Formate fällt die Netflix-Dominanz ins Auge. Acht der zehn größten Formate kommen vom Dienst mit dem roten N. Platz eins holte der britische Stop-Motion-Animationsfilm „Chicken Run: Dawn oft he Nugget“ mit 7,5 Millionen Views. Platz zwei geht an einen weiteren Animationsfilm, nämlich „Elemental“, der aber zumindest auf Disney+ mit 6,5 Millionen Views erfolgreich war.

Zu den weiteren Netflix-Erfolgsgeschichten in Großbritannien gehören die Doku-Serie „Beckham“, „Leave the World Behind“, „Luther: The Falle Sun“ mit dem...

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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Former Love Island USA bombshell Daia McGhee is clearing the air over which Beckham brother she really wanted. When she showed up in Casa Amor, she had her sights set on Kordell Beckham. Yet, in a twist, it came out that she may have actually been there for his NFL pro brother, Odell Beckham Jr. So, which one was she looking to steal her heart? Keep reading for all of the details.

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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...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were once friends with David and Victoria Beckham until they had a major fallout.

It’s been reported that the reason for their rift stems from the duke accusing the soccer’s star wife of leaking stories about Meghan to the press, which infuriated David. It was also claimed in Tom Bower’s book Revenge that Harry asked David to fly 22 hours to Australia to attend an Invictus Games event with him, but had no intention of meeting him. According to Bower, Harry decided to keep his distance because Meghan did not want any competition in the media from David or Victoria.

But even though they don’t speak to each other anymore, it seems there is some competition between Victoria and Meghan. Here’s more on that and how an expert says Victoria may get “revenge.”

Source says the Beckhams photo was a ‘humiliating...

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...

Exclusive: Passion Pictures has snapped up the development exec behind its buzzy Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story feature with a view to discovering the next generation of British female documentary directors.

Emily Jeal takes on the newly-created role of Head of Feature Documentaries. Her hire is partly intended to help free up time for CEO Nick Southgate, Managing Director David Moulton and Creative Director Hamish Fergusson to focus attention on limited and talent-led returnable TV series.

Jeal played a key role in developing Super/Man, the heartwrenching story about Reeves’ life-changing disability that attracted plenty attention at Sundance and was acquired by Warner, while she also worked across Passion’s Kim Kardashian-produced Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar.

Speaking exclusively to Deadline, Moulton said Super/Man was never a “slam dunk project” but Jeal’s “creativity and tenacity” during a lengthy development period was crucial to getting funders on board.

“Our...

Greg Peters, co-ceo of Netflix, paid tribute to the streamer’s U.K. production pipeline at a conference in London on Tuesday morning local time.

Peters cited shows including David Beckham’s docuseries “Beckham” and the controversial series “Baby Reindeer” as well as “One Day,” “Fool Me Once,” “Heartstopper,” “Top Boy” and “The Crown” as some of the U.K. shows that had succeeded on the platform, calling them “tremendously diverse” in terms of their content.

He restated the streamer’s commitment to investing in U.K. content, which has been significant since Netflix’s global launch in 2016. “We’ve continued to invest heavily in our slate,” he said.

“It’s why we continue to invest, continue to grow, even as competitors are going back.”

Peters, who was appointed CEO alongside Ted Sarandos last January and has been with Netflix for 16 years, was the first keynote speaker at the Deloitte...

D.W. Waterson’s cheer drama Backspot, also produced by Elliot Page under Page Boy Productions, aims to tell a more well-rounded and ambitious story about the seemingly glamorous but occupationally hazardous world of competitive cheerleading. The film follows Riley (Devery Jacobs), an ambitious cheerleader hell-bent on perfection, as she, alongside her girlfriend (Kudakwashe Rutendo) and their best friend (Noa Dibertro), land highly competitive spots on a prestigious all-star cheerleading squad led by an overbearing head coach (Evan Rachel Wood) and her presiding assistant coach Thomas Antony Olajide). The film acts as a multi-hyphenate social commentary on queerness, mental health and coming-of-age tale for young women in sports.

Here, Deadline talks to Waterson about executing the perfect shot, casting their star leads and cinematic inspirations.

Deadline: What were some of the films that inspired Backspot?

D. W. Waterson: Bend It Like Beckham had a huge influence on me growing up.

The numbers are in and Beckham and Squid Game: The Challenge have topped the charts in terms of Netflix viewership when it comes to non-scripted titles.

The two series, a docuseries and reality competition, were the seventh and 15th most-watched non-scripted shows to debut in the second half of 2023, respectively.

But as Netflix continues to delve into the docuseries genre and ramp up its reality offerings, how do these shows compare to top shows from its previous data dump, in particular Love Is Blind.

Firstly, it’s complicated.

Beckham, which told the story of the former Manchester United legend’s career, debuted in October and scored 43.9M views. This was as a result of only being four parts.

Squid Game: The Challenge, the reality series based on the dystopian scripted series, secured 271M views across the period after its launch at the end of November. But that series, which was...

Netflix has just released another round of viewership data.

After pulling back the curtain on its data for the first time last year, the streamer quietly dropped the insights for the second half of 2023, publishing the second What We Watched report on Thursday without as much fanfare as the last round. As Netflix pointed out previously, the initiative aims to document the the full picture instead of the existing glimpses of only the top-performing programming.

According to the report, audiences watched 90B hours of Netflix content from July to December 2023, which is on par with the first half of the year.

The top-ranking title in the latest report appears to be the apocalyptic film Leave the World Behind with 121M views.

Related: ‘Young Sheldon’ Enjoys Second Life On Netflix; ‘Suits’ Still A Big Draw

The most-watched series is One Piece with more than half a billion hours viewed, translating to just under 72M total views.

Dystopian thriller “Leave the World Behind” was the most-watched film — and title overall — on Netflix globally in the second half of 2023, while anime-inspired live action series “One Piece” led on the TV side among individual series seasons.

The data comes from Netflix’s second edition of “What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report,” reflecting viewership on the streamer from July-December 2023 covering 99% of all viewing on Netflix. Subscribers across the world watched about 90 billion hours of Netflix in the second half of 2023, compared with 93 billion hours in the first half of the year.

Netflix released its first big data dump, covering the first half of 2023, last December. In the second report, released Thursday, the company has added runtime and views (total hours viewed divided by runtime) and separated films and TV series, syncing it up with its weekly Top 10 and Most Popular lists.

“Leave the World Behind,” Netflix’s No. 5 most popular movie of all time,...

A small group of advertisers were serenaded by Metallica’s Master of Puppets (one of those songs that Stranger Things brought to a new generation) as they walked into Netflix’s first in-person Upfront.

Held at Pier 59 Studios in New York, the event had the feeling of an immersive theater experience with a lot of black t-shirt-clad staff handing out drinks.

It comes as the streamer unveiled a number of new series and films including a new Kevin Williamson drama, a bull riding drama starring Tim McGraw and a slew of sports docs as well as more episodes of 3 Body Problem.

Shonda Rhimes kicked things off, talking up her move from ABC to Netflix, saying that she’s doing things that can’t always be done on broadcast television. “The definition of a Netflix show is one that people like to watch,” she said before introducing a sneak peek of Bridgerton’s third season,...

It was a night of surprises at the BAFTA TV Awards, with “The Crown” and “Black Mirror” failing to pick up any awards while “Succession” walked away with only one for Matthew Macfadyen for best supporting actor.

Macfadyen did not attend the awards at London’s Royal Festival Hall, prompting Helena Bonham Carter, who presented the category, to walk off with the iconic gold BAFTA mask with the promise she would get it to Macfadyen.

The international category also saw upset, with frontrunners “Succession,” “Beef” and “The Bear” all failing to win the award. They were instead beaten by little-known French series “Class Act.” It was a fact acknowledged by the show’s shocked lead actor Laurent Lafitte, who, upon accepting the award, told the audience: “Please watch our show. It’s called ‘Class Act,’ it’s quite good — not just because I’m starring in it.”

In the acting categories,...

“Baby Reindeer” star Richard Gadd and “Jurassic Park” icon Jeff Goldblum are among those set to present a BAFTA TV award on Sunday night.

Also signed up to presenting duties on the night are Gadd’s “Baby Reindeer” co-star Jessica Gunning, Bond actor Lashana Lynch and “The Hobbit’s” Martin Freeman.

The audience will also be studded with British TV icons. Those scheduled to attend include “The Crown’s” Dominic West and Elizabeth Debicki, “Ted Lasso” actor Hannah Waddingham, “Succession” stars Brian Cox and Harriet Walter, former Doctor Who David Tennant, “Harry Potter” alum Helena Bonham Carter, “Bad Sisters” creator Sharon Horgan and some of the cast of “Slow Horses.”

The ceremony, which is set to take place in London on May 12, will be hosted by comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan while Michelle Visage and Tom Allen are hosting the BAFTA red carpet.

As well as the usual slew of awards,...

The Spice Girls recently staged a mini reunion at Victoria Beckham’s birthday party, which was captured on film by her husband David Beckham. The soccer star appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night to discuss his career and Netflix documentary Beckham, but took the opportunity to explain how the iconic British girl group came back together.

“How long had it been since they sang together?” Kimmel asked Beckham after showing his video from inside the party.

“It’s actually been like 12 years since they did the Olympics in the U.