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Prince‘s estate and Netflix have announced a new “mutual agreement” and the cancellation of a long-awaited documentary on the late musical legend.Today (February 7), Prince’s estate took to social media to announce its new partnership with Netflix, which will allow the estate to “develop and produce a new documentary featuring exclusive content from Prince’s archive”.The estate’s statement also confirmed the cancellation of Ezra Edelman’s documentary for Netflix, which had been in development for over four years. No information has been divulged about the new documentary being planned at Netflix.#STAYTUNEDPosted by Prince on Thursday, February 6, 2025Edelman – best known for his work on the O.J.: Made In America documentary – had been working on the film for the past four years after he replaced Ava DuVernay and was given extensive access to Prince’s archives.In July last year, however, it was reported that Edelman’s product had been blocked and “dead in the water” after multiple disputes with Prince’s estate.

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of the April 4th theatrical release of his latest film, The Luckiest Man in America, Samir Oliveros — writer, director, producer, and co-founder of filmmaking collective Plenty Good — has signed with Cinetic Media for management.

Prince documentary has said it is a “joke” that Netflix chose to cancel the project.Last month, the streaming giant announced that a long-awaited nine-part series exploring the life and career of the music icon had been abandoned, in favour of a new “mutual agreement” with the Prince estate. Instead, the new deal would allow Netflix to “develop and produce a new documentary featuring exclusive content from Prince’s archive”.The director of the cancelled project, Ezra Edelman, who is best known for his work on the O.J.: Made In America documentary, has spoken out for the first time about the decision to shelve the series.During an appearance on the Pablo Torre Finds Out podcast, he said: “It’s a joke… I can’t get past this – the short-sightedness of a group of people whose interest is their own bottom line.

Prince documentary has been blocked and is said to be “dead in the water” after multiple disputes.It comes after representatives for the late artist’s estate claimed a first cut of the Netflix film was filled with “dramatic” factual inaccuracies and “sensationalised” renderings of certain events from his life, according to Variety.Ezra Edelman, best known for his work on the O.J.: Made In America documentary, has been working on the film for the past four years after he replaced Ava DuVernay.The director was given extensive access to Prince’s archives and produced a cut of the film that was reportedly screened recently for insiders.Sources are said to have told Variety that the estate felt strongly that certain events had been “sensationalised” and not properly fact-checked, and that those claims were met with opposition by Edelman while other sources reportedly insisted it was more about “control,” and the estate felt the documentary was not sufficiently positive.The deal for the documentary also called for a six-hour series but Edelman reportedly delivered nine hours, which is said to be a violation of the agreement.Despite their differences, a willingness by all parties to compromise has since been suggested.Edelman, Netflix and Prince’s estate are yet to officially comment publicly on the documentary.Meanwhile, a judge recently issued a decision regarding a legal battle over half of Prince’s estate, and ruled in favour of the late music icon’s former business advisors.Prince died of a fentanyl overdose in 2016, and as he had no will, his six heirs were left to inherit equal parts in his estate.

Jay-Z‘s Made In America Festival has been cancelled for the second year in a row, organisers have confirmed.Launched in 2012, the annual two-day event traditionally takes place every Labor Day weekend on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and again last year “due to severe circumstances”.The 2021 edition hosted headline performances by Justin Bieber and Lil Baby, with Bad Bunny and Tyler, The Creator topping the bill the following year.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic In America, doing what Andy Lau does in Hong Kong film industry satire “The Movie Emperor” would likely net him an Oscar nomination. Or at least an MTV Movie Award.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic In America today, no one has a lock on conspiracy theory. It has become the air we breathe, the Kool-Aid we drink, the rabbit-hole ideology that defines too many of us. Yet conspiracy theories come in different shapes and sizes. Many are false, some are true. Many are bat-house crazy, some are more than plausible. All, in one way or another, work as metaphors: for the forces (within government, corporations, whatever) that collude in hiding things from us, for the sinister tantalizing truth that we aren’t allowed to see. “They Cloned Tyrone” is a slow-burn inner-city sci-fi nightmare thriller, one that plays off the spirit of conspiracy theory that has often thrived — with justification — within Black culture. The Tuskegee experiment was a conspiracy that happened; its horrific impact on the hearts and minds of African-Americans is beyond measure. And in the 1970s, the belief that the CIA, linked by the war in Vietnam to the Golden Triangle (the source of most of the world’s heroin), was dumping drugs into America’s inner cities was a notion that gained currency, culminating a decade later in the theory that the CIA was the hidden force behind the crack epidemic.

Matthew Serino, who with business partner Nancy Coyne cofounded one of Broadway’s leading advertising and marketing agencies in Serino Coyne, died June 19. He was 79.

Reality TV icon Kim Kardashian has been hilariously called out by her daughter Chicago this Mother's Day. In America, Mother's Day is celebrated on 14th May, with many celebrities taking to social media to share sweet snippets of their family life. For Kim Kardashian, the 42-year-old mother-of-four, Mother's Day was celebrated with a brunch alongside her mum and grandmother at sister Khloe Kardashian's house.

EXCLUSIVE: Stax Records, the label responsible for hits such as Otis Redding’s (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay and Sam & Dave’s Soul Man, is getting the docuseries treatment.

Mike Wass A cartoon character by design, Oliver Tree’s comical image and mastery of over-the-top gimmickry can be a double-edged sword. Simultaneously a living, breathing meme and a genre-fusing sonic adventurer of the highest caliber, this is an artist who artfully combined alt-rock, pop and electronica on 2020’s “Ugly Is Beautiful” — while going viral for performing on stilts and riding the world’s biggest scooter. Instead of returning to that wacky musical well, the 28-year-old reinvents himself as a country star on his sophomore album, mixing pathos with pristine hooks on “Cowboy Tears” (out today).Tree’s change of direction is a result of spending six months of the pandemic at his grandparents’ ranch in Northern California.

Ashley Judd is back home and doing better.

We may have rid ourselves of the crazy coming out of the White House (almost), but there’s plenty of scary still running loose on the streets — like Tila Tequila, who is apparently attempting to baptize random children against their guardians’ will.

Ranjit Chowdhry, who previously appeared on the American version of The Office, died on Wednesday, April 15, according to reports. He was 64.