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trailer released Wednesday for HBO’s documentary “David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived” introduces Holmes as a teen gymnast who had “no concept of fear,” according to his parents, and landed the “best job in the world” as Radcliffe’s adventurous stand-in.Radcliffe added that Holmes “seemed like a cool older brother” while filming the movies throughout his adolescence. But that all changed when Holmes was involved in a stunt gone wrong that resulted in him instantly breaking his neck and spending six months in the hospital.

first place for two weekends in a row. The supernatural horror film, based on the video game franchise, raked in $39.46 million on its opening night, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.It is slated to enjoy a $78 million opening weekend, according to the Hollywood Reporter.“Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” which held the top honor at the box office since its opening two weeks ago, fell to second, with earnings of $4.8 million.

Find below The Post’s guide to the best murder mystery and serial killer true crime documentaries.This 2017 Netflix documentary is sure to send shivers down your spine and will most likely keep you up at night wanting to know what happens next. Based on the unsolved murder of beloved nun Cathy Cesnik, “The Keepers” follows filmmakers as they attempt to solve the mysterious murder of the Baltimore native who disappeared in November 1979 only to be found dead two months later.

Fab Morvan recalls one of the last times he saw his “Girl You Know It’s True” partner Rob Pilatus before his death from an accidental overdose in 1998.It was outside the Viper Room rock club in Hollywood, California, where the fallen pop star — disgraced after the lip-syncing scandal that forced the duo to return the Best New Artist Grammy it won in 1990 — was now far from the green-eyed heartthrob he once was when they were MTV sensations.“I see a dude stumbling across the way,” says Morvan, 57, in the doc. “As he was falling, his body turned, and I looked into his eyes, and I was like, ‘Oh my God, this is not true.’ I’m looking at Rob Pilatus.”Then Morvan took Pilatus home — to what appeared to be a crack house.Nine years after Milli Vanilli had a string of chart-topping hits in 1989 — “Girl You Know It’s True” was followed by consecutive No.

Erroll Morris reveals that John le Carré had a life as intriguing as his acclaimed spy novels. The film, which premieres today on Apple TV+ and captures the English-born le Carré, who died in December 2020 at the age of 89, reflecting on his personal and professional life.

accused of preselecting then-Miss Texas R’Bonney Gabriel — who went on to win Miss Universe — as the 2022 winner. The allegations would eventually cause Miss Universe — which owns Miss USA — to kick Stewart out of her role.After the parent organization cut ties with Stewart and her pageant training company Miss Brand, it announced it would conduct a third-party investigation through the Holland & Knight law firm.

Australian outback town, where there’s no cellphone service or police station — but there is a local crocodile, a bar and just under a dozen eccentric residents including Fran Hodgetts, known for her prickly attitude and her pies. The documentary dives into the town’s history, the sharp-tongued residents’ various squabbles and the missing persons cold case of Paddy Moriarty, 70, who vanished in December 2017 along with his dog, prompting a police investigation.“Early on, I showed [footage] I had to an Australian person.

It seemed too good to be true — and it was.In scenes akin to the ‘Fyre’ Netflix documentary, which follows a charming man conning partygoers into a fantasy luxury festival on a posh island, David Prince-Popovich flew a group of new friends on a private jet to enjoy the best weekend of their lives.But little did they know, he fraudulently booked the eye-watering $18,963 flight — and he was not who he made out to be.Court documents obtained by news.com.au reveal 23-year-old Prince-Popovich, from Waterloo in Sydney, Australia has been found guilty of a string of financial crimes in New South Wales, Australia — adding to his “extensive criminal history” for similar offenses in Queensland.While the multistate fraudster worked a mundane job as an administrative officer at recycling company Sell and Parker, he posed as a high-flying recipient of a lucrative family inheritance.That’s according to police facts tendered to Downing Centre Local Court, which state it all started when Prince-Popovich was a guest at the Vibe Hotel in Darling Harbour in November 2020 and “formed a relationship” with a staff member there named Daniel.Prince-Popovich told Daniel he “had a lot of money due to family inheritance” and offered to take Daniel and his mates on a trip as “he was in town alone and didn’t have anyone else to hang out with.”Meanwhile, Prince-Popovich contacted the sales and marketing manager of Navair Jet Services to book a return private charter flight from Bankstown in southwest Sydney to the New South Wales coastal town of Ballina.Going by the name of David Matahi, he purported to be the personal assistant of his company’s director, Morgan Parker, and said he was booking the flight on Ms.

a clip from the documentary obtained by EW, scenes from the episode show a shirtless McConaughey mowing the lawn before meeting a fatal end in his garage. “Matthew McConaughey had to do a fairly robust death scene,” a producer said in the clip. “He was working in his garage and he was shot by a man who pulled up with a shotgun.

friends called me and they said, ‘Let’s go steal.’I got my things and I remember taking Xanax and I left. It really sounds psychotic, but I still felt that FOMO,” she recalls in the Max documentary “The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring,” airing and streaming Sunday.It’s the first time Lee, now 33, has ever publicly spoken about being the ringleader of the notorious Bling Ring: a band of LA teens who went on a Hollywood crime spree between October 2008 and August 2009, robbing celebrities including Lohan, Paris Hilton, Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green, and Orlando Bloom of more than $3 million in luxury goods — Louis Vuitton luggage, Rolexes — as well as handguns.In the documentary, Lee recalls her last adrenaline-filled heist, in which the group made off with $130,000 worth of clothing, jewelry, and personal items from Lohan’s Hollywood Hills home.

Carlos Santana was the O.G. hippie in the ’60s, think again.In fact, the 76-year-old guitar hero was once an anti-weed warrior as his namesake band was huffing — and puffing — to succeed in the San Francisco scene alongside groups such as the Grateful Dead.“I’d been around marijuana all my life since I was a child, but I never toked,” reveals Santana in the new documentary “Carlos,” which opens in theaters on Friday.Indeed, the “Smooth” operator was that guy who was a downer to the doobies — in part, to protect his own good name and reputation.“You’re building a band around me, and I noticed that they smoke weed.

ABC News, the Los Angeles Times, CBS News and on National Public Radio. Robert Powell, the nanotechnology engineer whose investigation helped document the large UFO via Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) radar data, appears in the doc.

eponymous Netflix documentary.One special visit was to the Harlem public school 123 Mahalia Jackson — a stopover that caused the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s aides to scramble and also provide a “gag order” for the educational institution.Their Archwell team had to rush to make sure that the couple had a comfortable visit, including bringing cushions and a new carpet to the school, according to emails obtained by the Daily Mail. The availability of an outdoor space was also requested.

Sky’s docseries “House of Kardashian,” which is set to be released on Oct. 8.A trailer for the tell-all series teases an interview with Jenner, 73, claiming that her former stepdaughter Kim Kardashian “calculated” famefrom early on.“Kimberly calculated from the beginning, ‘How do I become famous?’” Jenner states.She also utters an evil laugh when asked what it was like working with Kris, who managed Caitlyn’s career after the Olympic decathlon in 1976.“I was happy to participate in the interview process to share my side which points to the strength, influence, and prowess my family has in captivating the world’s attention and keeping it over the years,” Caitlyn said in a statement on her decision to participate in “House of Kardashian.”“I am incredibly proud of all my children and stepchildren,” she added.Caitlyn is stepdad to Kim, Khloe, Kourtney and Robert Kardashian.

walking out the front door. Alt-rock group Nickelback discussed how they dealt with nearly two decades of mockery in their tell-all documentary “Hate to Love: Nickelback,” which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival this weekend, reports Entertainment Weekly.“Nobody picks up a guitar to be the most hated band in the world,” said vocalist Ryan Peake, 50, in the new film.

Secrets of Penthouse,” which premieres on A&E on Sept. 4. The now-retired adult actress, who worked for Penthouse for 12 years, was fascinated with the men’s magazine from an early age.

the release of the new A&E documentary series “Secrets of Prince Andrew.”The Duke of York’s checkered past and friendship with dead financier Jeffrey Epstein was explored in the recent bombshell doc.Andrew, 63, has retreated to the royal’s summer residence with his family as the dust settles from the show’s explosive claims coming to light, according to a report.Royal expert Pelham Turner revealed to Fox News that the disgraced prince accepted the invite to stay in Scotland from his brother King Charles.“The royal clans are descending on Balmoral,” Turner divulged.“It will be interesting to see how many olive branches grow on royal trees,” he added.The Post has reached out to reps at Buckingham Palace for comment.This summer will be the first time the royals visit Balmoral following the death of Queen Elizabeth last September.The Duke will soon be joined by other members of the fam, including his daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, as well as Prince William, Kate Middleton, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie.Turner went on to note that King Charles, 74, could be going easy on Andrew due to his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson’s breast cancer battle.Ferguson, 63, was diagnosed with the illness earlier this year and underwent a mastectomy.“To Di For Daily” podcast host Kinsey Schofield echoed Turner’s thoughts, saying: “This could be King Charles’ soft heart on display — giving Prince Andrew and Fergie a bit of peace while she recovers from a breast cancer scare.”The radio personality continued: “[Andrew] is lucky to have Fergie and his girls. He continues to be a liability to the royal family.

abuelas. So, in 1998, when a rash of killings seemed to be targeting Mexico City’s elderly women, many of whom were grannies, residents were up in arms. The mysterious murderer was a shadowy figure who came to be known as the Old Lady Killer.

engineering student Arthur Medici was boogie-boarding in the waters off Wellfleet, Massachusetts — one of the most sought-after addresses on Cape Cod — when he was attacked by a great white shark.The stealth-wealth seasonal retreat has yet to recover from the traumatic event, according to locals interviewed in a new HBO documentary “After the Bite,” premiering Wednesday, July 26 (10 p.m.). “I saw the blood … I went in [to the water]. A wave came up over Arthur’s face, I got underneath and pulled him up on top of me,” town resident Mitzi Riley told interviewers.

George Michael came out to the world after he was arrested by an undercover policeman for engaging in a lewd act in a public bathroom.But, long before that scandalous outing occurred at Will Rogers Memorial Park in Beverly Hills, the late ’80s pop heartthrob revealed his sexuality to his Wham! mate Andrew Ridgeley. It was July 1983 — a year before the chart-topping duo first went No. 1 with “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go.”They had just wrapped filming the video for their post-disco single “Club Tropicana” in Ibiza, Spain.“About six months before … I’d actually had something go on that made my attraction to men fairly clear,” Michael reveals in “Wham! The Documentary,” which premieres on Netflix July 5.

the Menendez brothers, who were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing their parents in 1989.After watching the Peacock documentary “Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed,” the 61-year-old television personality said she believes both Lyle and Erik Menendez are “innocent” of the murders of their parents José and Mary Louise.Both Erik and Lyle claimed during their first trial in 1993 that they were sexually molested by their father and their mother enabled the abuse. They were 18 and 21 at the time.