NATGO to Air Documentary on Italian Cruise Ship Disaster

Tapping into the nation’s growing fascination with “disaster porn,” National Geographic Channel (NGC) announced this week that it will air the first U.S. documentary detailing the Italian cruise ship disaster in a moment-by-moment — still raw — account, told primarily through the eyes of those who experienced it. Premiering Sunday, February 12, at 7 p.m. [...]

DOC Channel to Salute Female Filmmakers

Documentary Channel (DOC) will salute female filmmakers in March with a fresh new documentary series titled “Her Take.” A remarkable blend of unforgettable stories told by some of the most exceptional women in documentary film, every night of “Her Take” promises to enlighten, inform and inspire. The special line-up begins with the US television premiere [...]

Watchmen prequel in works without author’s approval

DC Entertainment is soon expected to announce that DC Comics will publish a new mini-series based on characters introduced in Watchmen, a celebrated 1980s comicbook series, without its original creators, writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons. Published from 1986 to 1987, and and later collected as a graphic novel, Watchmen chronicles a band of [...]

Don Cornelius found dead of head wound

“Soul Train” creator Don Cornelius (age 75) was found dead at his Sherman Oaks on home Wednesday morning. Law enforcement sources said police arrived at Cornelius’ home around 4 a.m. He apparently died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. There were no apparent signs of foul [...]

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