New Study Finds Documentaries As Trustworthy Source For Discourse On Racism And Police Violence

Ukrainian couple confronted armed Russian soldiers after they broke into their home.The clip shows three armed Russian soldiers walking towards the distressed Ukrainian couple's property before the guards attempt to force an entry.In heartbreaking scenes, the Russian soldiers manage to force open the gate and walk into the Ukrainian couple's home with their weapons drawn.Many have commented about the couple's bravery and courage during the tense moment.Barking dogs can be heard shrieking in the background of the video, and then an elderly couple appears to confront the armed men, which leads to high levels of shouting.The US embassy in Kyiv has shared the clip on social media and it has since gone viral.A fourth soldier then enters their property as the couple continues to shout, urging them to leave.The soldiers are eventually seen turning around and leaving the property after the commotion.The couple are then seen walking the guards towards the gate before shutting it behind them. It is understood that incident happened in Mykolayiv Oblast, about 80 miles east of Odessa in southern Ukraine.

J. Kim Murphy The Kyiv-based Molodist International Film Festival has penned an open letter to the film community calling on other festivals to join in a boycott of Russian films as a response to the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces.The festival’s statement cites an ongoing effort by modern Russia to “separate culture from politics” and to “[use] that same culture to distract the West from Russia’s wars, human rights violations, censorship and persecution of political dissidents.”“There are Russian filmmakers and intellectuals who have been truly vocal in their dissent and criticism of Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine throughout these years, and we know some of them personally,” the statement reads.

Hilary Duff is taking a trip down memory lane.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefIn a move that befits the streaming era, Japan’s Tokyo Broadcasting System Television is looking to make itself more of an international force. It will invest in more international shows and strike new coproduction partnerships.The company unveiled its new strategy on Friday at the South By South West (SXSW) festival in the U.S.It followed ten months on from the launch of TBS’s Vision 2030 program which sought to increase content spending, launch a new division and expand into related areas such as licensing.

Two female employees at New York’s Museum of Modern Art are now in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital, after being stabbed multiple times by a museum patron this afternoon, according to AP.

Two family dramas, the feature film Freda and short film You Can Always Come Home, have earned the top prizes at the 39th edition of Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival. Presented in a hybrid format with in-theater and virtual presentations, the 2022 Festival ran from March 4 through tomorrow.

Kourtney Kardashian, 42, and Travis Barker, 46, may not be married yet, but they already adore each other’s children! The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star stepped out for dinner at Lucky’s Malibu with the Blink 182 drummer and her kids and he couldn’t help but hold her youngest son Reign, 7, during the outing. The sweet moment was captured in photos as the family walked outside the steakhouse.

No need to take Gwen Stefani, 52, out to the ballgame; she can get herself there just fine! The singer enjoyed a day out at the diamond on Saturday, Mar. 12, taking her adorable son Apollo, 8, to his older brother Zuma‘s baseball game in Los Angeles. Rocking a letterman jacket and bright red lipstick, Gwen couldn’t hold back cheers as she sweetly spent the day celebrating two of her favorite boys.

Early bird gets the worm! Morning grogginess was no match for Adam Levine, AGE, as he took his adorable daughters Dusty Rose, 5, and Gio Grace, 4, for a morning walk in new photos. The girls, who Adam shares with his wife Behati Prinsloo, adorably held his hands as they also maneuvered two dogs on the sunny stroll.

Actress Jurnee Smollett has called for Cook County to “#FreeJussie” on the heels of her brother Jussie Smollett’s Thursday sentencing to 150 days in jail for staging a fake hate crime back in 2019.

Katy Perry is celebrating her victory in court.

The 2022 BAFTAs show is less than 24 hours away and many of the nominees stepped out to celebrate their nominations at a pre-party!

Let’s go back. Back to the beginning when Hilary Duff was a teen star who was featured on the infamous 2003 cover of Vanity Fair’s Young Hollywood issue.

An iconic image. Hilary Duff looked back at her 2003 Vanity Fair magazine cover, and it wasn’t exactly a fun memory.

Is there another post-pod romance brewing, this time between Love Is Blind cast members Natalie Lee and Salvador Perez?!

J. Kim Murphy Actress Jurnee Smollett has voiced support for her brother, Jussie Smollett, after the former “Empire” actor was sentenced to five months in jail for orchestrating a false hate crime narrative, in which he told law enforcement he was attacked by two men who yelled racist and homophobic slurs.Jurnee Smollett, Jussie’s younger sister, asserted that she believes in her brother’s innocence in an Instagram post that shared on Saturday afternoon.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterChris Nee and her production company Laughing Wild are best known for creating all-inclusive children’s programming such as Doc McStuffins and Vampirina in bringing more representation to Netflix. The Peabody, Emmy, and Humanitas Prize-winning producer and writer has unveiled her first slate of series heading to the streaming giant — all of which are part of her overall deal.“I am so excited to finally get to talk about the work I’m doing at Netflix,” said Nee.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: World of Wonder (WOW), the company behind the Emmy-winning RuPaul’s Drag Race, has launched its own documentary division, WOW Docs with unscripted executive Jim Fraenkel leading the charge. The news was announced after  DOC NYC unveiled their lineup.Fraenkel has been with WOW since 2018.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThose of a certain generation of people who thrive when they hear songs like Boyz II Men’s “Motownphilly” or Tony! Toni! Toné!’s “Feels Good” or Bobby Brown’s “My Prerogative”. There’s an incomparable sense of nostalgia when any song by Guy, Jade, Troop or the iconic Bell Biv DeVoe hits the airwaves.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterAs expected, L.A. Comic-Con has been canceled.

Dino-Ray Ramos, Amanda N'Duka In August, HBO debuted Misha Green’s Lovecraft Country and the world hasn’t been the same since. The series based on the 2016 novel by Matt Ruff combines sci-fi, horror, social injustice, racial identity and family drama to serve up epicness that TV has never seen before — and Jurnee Smollett is at the front of it all.In Lovecraft Country, we are introduced to Smollett’s Letitia and from the jump, she is a woman not to be messed with as she enters a world of magic, monsters and interdimensional travel all set in the very problematic Jim Crow America.