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living in a nightmare.  “[Natalia] threatened to stab my sons, drag their bodies outside and bury them under the deck,” Michael Barnett alleges in Investigation Discovery’s new docuseries “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace,” out Monday. “She tried to poison and kill my wife!” he says. “She’s a sociopath.”In the six-part series, Michael details the terror he, Kristine and their biological sons, Jacob, Wesley and Ethan, claim they endured at the hands of Natalia, who was born with a rare form of dwarfism called spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita. “What they’d hoped would be a very happy home life turned into a true-life horror story,” legal analyst Beth Karas, a featured contributor in the doc, told The Post.But was Natalia the perpetrator — or the victim? On April 26, 2010, after retrieving Natalia from the Adoption by Shepherd Care agency in Hollywood, Florida, the Barnetts allegedly made a shocking discovery while bathing their new daughter. “Natalia had full pubic hair,” says Michael. The disturbing find prompted them to believe she was an adult masquerading as a child — despite paperwork showing her date of birth as September 4, 2003. Later, the couple claimed to have discovered she’d been menstruating.“We don’t know who she is.

Dr. Robert Levine, in 1983, where her former “TMTMS” co-star Betty White steals the show.

world lost legendary singer, Tina Turner, at the age of 83.The “What’s Love Got to Do with It” hitmaker died in Switzerland, where she had been living for the past few years. Throughout her career, the iconic Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll received 12 Grammy Awards and sold more than 100 million records worldwide throughout her life.

dawg.“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg, 67, boldly stated Wednesday on the ABC talk show that “American Idol” was the “beginning of the downfall of society.”While the women of the show discussed why Netflix recently “dwelled” on the late Anna Nicole Smith’s last days in a new documentary, Goldberg claimed that viewers will watch this kind of programming because “people like to be judgy.”“You have ‘Basketball Wives,’ you have the ‘Housewives’ of whatever, all the Bravo shows, giving you the impression that you’re doing something wrong because you’re living your life.”“People watch these shows because they make them feel better,” Goldberg continued. “I think that we, as a society, love to watch stuff to judge folks.”“The Color Purple” star then offered up a specific example of when she believes the public became too power-hungry on passing judgment.

died Wednesday at age 83, in the 2021 Max documentary “Tina.”In the doc — which the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer dubbed a bittersweet goodbye to fans — Turner, who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, lamented over the unending media headlines about the torture bore during her 16-year marriage to Ike. (Ike Turner died from a drug overdose at 76 in December 2007). “I wasn’t interested in telling that ridiculously embarrassing story of my life,” said Turner, born Anna Mae Bullock, in the film. “But I felt that’s one way I can get the journalists off my back.”Years prior to releasing the documentary, the Nutbush, Tennessee, native shockingly exposed Ike’s domestic violence in her 1986 memoir, “I, Tina,” and again in the 1993 biopic, “What’s Love Got To Do With It,” starring Oscar-nominee Angela Bassett. “The story was written so I would no longer have to discuss the issue,” Turner said of her torment. “I don’t love that it’s always talked about.

Duggar docuseries say they were “shocked” by the “far-reaching quality” of the infamous family’s controversial church.“Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets” claims to “expose the truth” about how The Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) negatively affected the extensive reality TV family.Guided by parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, the children were raised with IBLP’s strict teachings — such as women should be obedient to their husbands, and everyone should avoid dating, listening to music with drums, and following pop culture.The religious organization that became IBLP was founded by 88-year-old minister Bill Gothard in 1961. He has since been forced out under allegations of abuse — accusations he has denied.Docuseries executive producer Olivia Crist told People that those who worked on this project discovered “how far and wide the IBLP ideology went.”“It went into our police system.

two testified against ex-boyfriend Michael Slager in her 2018 murder trial. Clinging to life on a hospital bed with burns covering 95% of her body, an amputated arm that had been scorched to the bone and bolts of pain surging through her frame, Malinowski, then 33, told the courts via video that Slager had doused her in gasoline and set her on fire during an argument on August 2, 2015. “Evil. Just completely evil,” says Malinowski of Slager in her pre-trial deposition.

HBO Max documentary “Bama Rush” aims to expose some secrets behind the glamorous, expensive life of a wannabe sorority sister. University of Alabama’s sororities received widespread fame among Gen-Z a few years ago when #RushTok took over For You pages on TikTok. However, dangerous hazing practices have sparked lawsuits and accusations of racism and bullying behind the glamorous doors of the houses.Former members have come forward to express how the exclusive Greek life can lead to discrimination.

“Love to Love You, Donna Summer,” premiering Saturday on HBO. “It’s not pain I could have spoken about, but it’s something that I have to always incorporate into my reality.”The childhood trauma left her “feeling guilty” — even as she was feeling love from fans around the world at the peak of her musical powers.

in an ultrastrict religious group, the Institute in Basic Life Principles.The limited docuseries, “Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets,” will be “exposing the truth” behind the family and the IBLP, an organization established in 1961 by minister Bill Gothard, since forced out under allegations of abuse.“World domination was the goal,” one man in the trailer alleged.Another woman even claimed that the institute “raises little predators.”The series will feature two members of the Duggar family, Jim Bob and Michelle’s second eldest daughter, 32-year-old Jill Dillard, and her cousin, Amy King, 36. Both Jill and Amy have previously spoken out about their upbringings in the organization.“As details of the family and their scandals unfold, we realize they’re part of an insidious, much larger threat already in motion, with democracy itself in peril,” the new series’ logline reads.“The biggest feature of Bill Gothard’s teachings is authority,” one woman said in the trailer.

told the Hollywood Reporter he would “absolutely” like to collaborate with “Yellowstone” showrunner Taylor Sheridan, just as Stallone is with “Tulsa King.”“I think he’s very talented,” Schwarzenegger said of Sheridan. “And the cast on [Yellowstone] is phenomenal. Today, I see much more of other people’s performances than I did in the ’80s, when I was only seeing myself.

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me,” out Tuesday. “She told me that her father had tried to have sex with her,” a tearful Byrum reveals in the doc. “I was really sad to see that.

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me” — that the two were in a “secret relationship” and got married “in the backyard by the pool” in 1993 after Smith proposed to her.Byrum and Smith met at a strip club in Houston where they both worked in the late ’90s when they became best friends and eventually fell in love, she said.Their relationship started in 1992, a year before Smith proposed.“She gave me a set of rings and we got married in the backyard by the pool with champagne … She wanted me to have a baby with her,” Byrum told People. “But I always knew it wasn’t ever going to work out because she was never, ever going to settle down with one person.”“She needed more love than any one human being could give her,” Byrum added, saying that their relationship ultimately ended over Smith’s addiction to painkillers.Smith died of an accidental overdose in 2007 at the age of 39, and the doc aims to share the tragic life of the late Playboy.She famously married billionaire J.

according to TMZ.TMZ is producing a Spears doc that will air Monday, and multiple sources alleged to the outlet that the couple’s marriage is in “deep trouble” — and that the 41-year-old singer has reportedly gotten “physical” with her husband.Sources claimed that Spears and Asghari, 29, often get into screaming arguments — and their fights have even gotten so explosive that security has had to intervene.Asghari allegedly does not stay at their home much anymore, according to TMZ, which is cause for concern, considering Spears has relied on him post-conservatorship.But he recently went on his Instagram stories to slam the TMZ doc and defend his “princess of pop” wife.“I found it absolutely disgusting that people that were in her life at the time, when she didn’t have a voice, they went and told her story like it was theirs. It was absolutely disgusting,” Asghari said in the video.

TMZ is producing a Spears doc that will air Monday, and sources with “direct knowledge” claimed to the outlet that the 41-year-old singer guzzles caffeine by the gallon — consuming so much that sometimes she stays awake for three consecutive days.Spears reportedly drinks Red Bull, Celsius, coffee and dandelion tea “almost nonstop.”Experts — including media personality and addiction medicine specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky — told TMZ that those who suffer from mental illness often crave the high they get from caffeine, though it’s not healthy or great for them.“TMZ Investigates: Britney Spears: The Price of Freedom” takes a look at the “Baby One More Time” singer’s life since her conservatorship ended a year and a half ago.After her public meltdown in 2007, Spears was first put into conservatorship in 2008 by her now-estranged father Jamie Spears, which lasted until it was lifted in November 2021.The TV special touches on her relationships with her family and kids, her marriage to Sam Ashgari, a failed intervention and concerns that those closest to her have observed.Spears married Kevin Federline, 44, in 2004, and had a son, Sean Preston, now 17, then another, Jayden James, now 16.

an explosive trailer was released for an upcoming TV special that will investigate Britney Spears’ life just 1½ years after her conservatorship was lifted. The special, titled “TMZ Investigates: Britney Spears: The Price of Freedom,” reportedly will give viewers an inside look into the 41-year-old pop star’s marriage to Sam Ashgari, a failed intervention, her family and more.“Britney Spears has had a year and a half of freedom since the conservatorship ended, but there are big problems,” narrator and TMZ Executive Producer Harvey Levin is heard saying at the beginning of the trailer.The clips in the 30-second trailer are revealing, with TMZ’s managing editor Fabian Garcia claiming that Spears “got physical with Sam,” while Levin claims her marriage is in “deep trouble.”In addition, the special will investigate how Spears spends each day, and “reveal concern among those closest to her that she’s a danger to herself and others,” according to a press release.

Michael J. Fox has admitted he doesn't expect to reach his 80th birthday due to his ongoing battle with Parkinson's disease. The Back To The Future star, 61, discussed his health in a candid interview which included the topic of his death.

Paramount+, several ex-girlfriends and former staffers spill new secrets about the royal family, ahead of the May 6 coronation. Allan Peters, a former royal protection officer who worked with the family for nine years, appears in the documentary to share his perspective on Charles and Diana’s marriage, which lasted from 1981 until the famously unhappy pair separated in 1992 and divorced in 1996. “I can categorically say that the first person who strayed in the marriage was the Princess of Wales,” Peters revealed.“[Charles] didn’t, until after he knew she had strayed. I’m speaking now about all this because I’ve said nothing for 40 years, and I’ve just listened to lies, silly stories, and it’s quite frustrating.

their daughter, 16-year-old Dannielynn Birkhead, refused to work on Netflix’s upcoming bombshell doc on the former Playmate.Birkhead confirmed their non-participation in a statement to The Post, in which he said they are planning their “own special project” for future release.“We aren’t involved in the Anna Nicole Netflix documentary,” Larry told The Post via email, adding that their own venture would be one with which they “can make sure that the people involved are truly connected with Anna and that we have a certain level of control over the way the story is told.”The revelation comes after the streaming giant debuted a trailer for the upcoming documentary, titled “Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me,” which is poised to share the tragic life of the late model, who died of an accidental overdose in 2007 at just 39 years old.Larry added that although they do “love Netflix,” he revealed that “it gets tiring” to see projects like this one pop up from time to time.“I just decided to pass on this and do our own project using Anna’s archives that she left behind,” he told The Post. “You can’t get any more definitive than Anna in her own words! So, it was important for me to let Anna tell her own story.”Larry claimed that they “passed” on the Netflix program “after discussions with production over who would and wouldn’t be included.“I had to make that decision after seeing production after production following the same format and using the same people saying they were ‘friends’ with Anna,” he continued.

controversial career and her years as the “It” girl of the ’80s — including the allegation that she was raped by a Hollywood executive 30 years ago.“She really wanted an outside perspective on her life, and nothing was off limits,” director Lana Wilson 39, told The Post. “She only voiced one concern, and that was basically, ‘I hope that I am a multi-dimensional person in this film.’ She had this experience of being reduced to only one thing.”Wilson said she started the process by diving into an “insane treasure trove” of archive material given to her by Shields, 57. “It was stuff her mom had collected for over 40 years — thousands of photographs and video clips,” she said. “At the same time, I was getting to better-know Brooke while interviewing her and people close to her. What I saw was this journey she went on from being an object and a person who didn’t voice her opinions, to a human being who had opinions — and agency and control over her own life.

attack.“There is a good chance that somebody was plotting to try to use our airplane as a weapon of mass destruction,” pilot Tom Mannello says in “TMZ Investigates: 9/11: The Fifth Plane,” premiering Monday at 9 p.m. ET on Fox.TMZ said it spent six months investigating the “suspicious and alarming activities” aboard Flight 23, a Boeing 767 that was due to leave JFK Airport for LA at 9 a.m.Among the claims: Mannello said he learned two box cutters had been found in the first class seat pockets of the plane parked next to Flight 23 — which had a tail number one digit off.“If somebody was on the ground cooperating with them, they just simply made a mistake and put the box cutters on the wrong airplane,” Mannello said, claiming it “wouldn’t be the hardest thing in the world” to plant them at the time.In the hourlong special, flight attendants aboard the plane that day share their suspicions about four people in first class — two men, a child and a person who was dressed in a hijab, with the crew believing it was a man pretending to be a woman — and a man profusely sweating in business class.“It was odd because it was 8 o’clock in the morning, and airplanes are cold anyway, but it was a cool morning,” flight attendant Sandy Thorngren said of the man’s supposed perspiration.The flight crew reported struggling to get fruit plates for their first class flyers, who didn’t eat meat, igniting an argument between the passengers and the first class attendant, a woman identified in the documentary as “Deborah.”“I could hear them say, ‘We do not want to eat, we don’t need food.