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Beach season is upon us — and whether you’re headed to Malibu, Montauk or elsewhere, packing for a day on the shore might not always seem like a breeze. The best beach gear can turn your basic umbrella-and-towel spot into a well-prepared relaxation station on the sand. But bring the wrong items and you’ll find yourself dragging an overpacked beach wagon or buckling under the weight of flimsy folding chairs and shades.

Ahead, we’ve rounded up some of the best beach accessories that are as stylish as they are functional — think umbrellas that actually stand a chance against the wind, super-absorbent towels, reef-safe sunscreens, sand-friendly tote bags, sunglasses, wireless outdoor speakers and more. (Don’t forget your sun...

The end of the year brings a cavalcade of seasonal specials, — and whether you like yours with a side of righteous feminist outrage or glorious drag eleganza, you’re all covered. There’s also a spike in curiosity-piquing nonfiction set for the next few weeks, covering everything from Marilyn Monroe’s legacy to the Sandra Bland death investigation to the spiritual transcendentalism of surfing. All this, plus the return of Starz’s double-your-pleasure sci-fi/espionage thriller and a new Pete Holmes stand-up set on HBO. Here’s what you’ll...

Eleven World Premieres plus $146,500 in cash and prizes to be awarded.

‘Mary Queen of Scots’ and ‘Momentum Generation’ to bookend festival.

Canadian Premieres include ‘On the Basis of Sex’, ‘Stockholm’, and ‘Untogether’. Western Canadian Premieres include ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’, ‘Roma’ and ‘At Eternity’s Gate’

The 18th annual Whistler Film Festival (Wff), November 28 to December 2, selected its opening night film and full program lineup from over 1,000 submissions. Festival goers can look forward to 85 fresh films including 50 features and 35 shorts representing 12 countries. Selections for this year’s festival include leading award season fare, quality Canadian content (69% of the lineup) and more female-directed films than ever before (46% of the lineup).

‘Canada’s coolest film fest’ remains true to its mandate of discovering new talent, with the inclusion of 16 first time feature films, 21 feature films directed by women, and with 64% of its program premiering Canadian features, more than any other international Canadian film festival this year.

“We were a brotherhood…Surfing was my saviour”

Inspired by the 1992 film Momentum by Taylor Steele, brothers Jeff and Michael Zimbalist have written and directed their new feature documentary Momentum Generation. It sees a group of young teenage boys come together through their passion of surfing. Each member has their own story to tell and has given their life to becoming some of the biggest influential and best surfers in the world. “The ocean is chaotic, but I felt calm out there”.

Taylor Steele’s Momentum was ground-breaking and inspired surfers and non-surfers alike to grab a board and jump straight in. With the help of his filmmaking skills as well as the handy friendships he made with the young boys, we can have a deeper understanding of the lives of the Momentum Generation. Packed with raw footage from the 1970s and 80s, as well as interviews taken in the present day,...

In today’s film news roundup, surfing documentary “Momentum Generation” heads to HBO, Fox sets up “Spy School” and Jack Whitehall is hosting the Britannia Awards.

Acquisition

HBO has acquired the U.S. and Canada television rights to Jeff and Michael Zimbalist’s surfing documentary film “Momentum Generation,” which Robert Redford executive produced.

The film made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York earlier this year where it won an Audience Award. Justine Chiara, Lizzie Friedman, Tina Elmo, and Colby Gottert produced. The Zimbalists also wrote and produced via their company All Rise Films.

Redford exec produced through Sundance Productions with Laura Michalchyshyn alongside Karen Lauder and Greg Little of Priority Pictures. Priority Pictures also financed the project. The documentary will debut on Dec. 11 on HBO.

“Momentum Generation” will also be available on HBO Now, HBO Go, HBO On Demand and partners’ streaming platforms. Universal Pictures...

HBO has acquired U.S. and Canada TV rights to Momentum Generation, the feature-length surfing documentary from Jeff and Michael Zimbalist that won an audience award after its premiere this spring at the Tribeca Film Festival. It will air on HBO on December 11 after Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Content Group’s international digital release set for November 5.

Momentum Generation features new archival footage and raw interviews of surfing’s most legendary crew including Shane Dorian, Taylor Knox, Rob Machado, Pat O’Connell, Kalani Robb, Kelly Slater, Taylor Steele, Benji Weatherley and Ross Williams. The surfing icons over multiple years reflect on the complexity of their brotherhood and competition.

The Zimbalists (The Two Escobars) wrote and produced via their All Rise Films, and Justine Chiara, Lizzie Friedman, Tina Elmo and Colby Gottert produced. Sundance Productions’ Robert Redford and Laura Michalchyshyn are executive producers alongside Karen Lauder and Greg Little of Priority Pictures,...

HBO has acquired television rights for the U.S. and Canada to surf documentary Momentum Generation.

Jeff and Michael Zimbalist are behind the feature, filmed over multiple years, that follows the world's biggest surfers — Shane Dorian, Taylor Knox, Rob Machado, Pat O'Connell, Kalani Robb, Kelly Slater, Taylor Steele, Benji Weatherley and Ross Williams — as they reflect on the complexity of their brotherhood and competition that has shaped their journeys.

Justine Chiara, Lizzie Friedman, Tina Elmo, and Colby Gottert produced Momentum Generation, which made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. The Zimbalists produced via their company All ...

HBO has acquired television rights for the U.S. and Canada to surf documentary Momentum Generation.

Jeff and Michael Zimbalist are behind the feature, filmed over multiple years, that follows the world's biggest surfers — Shane Dorian, Taylor Knox, Rob Machado, Pat O'Connell, Kalani Robb, Kelly Slater, Taylor Steele, Benji Weatherley and Ross Williams — as they reflect on the complexity of their brotherhood and competition that has shaped their journeys.

Justine Chiara, Lizzie Friedman, Tina Elmo, and Colby Gottert produced Momentum Generation, which made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. The Zimbalists produced via their company All ...

The 17th Tribeca Film Festival has revealed two of its Audience Awards, tapping the Shawn Snyder-written and directed To Dust for its Narrative award, and the Dyana Winkler/Tina Brown directed United Skates for the Documentary award. Each award carries a cash prize of $10,000

Throughout the festival, which started on April 18, audience members voted by using the official Tribeca Film Festival app on their mobile devices and rated the film they had just viewed from 1-5 stars. Films in the Us Narrative Competition, International Narrative Competition, Documentary Competition, Viewpoints, Spotlight, Special Screenings, and Midnight sections were eligible.

“Great stories bring people together from all walks of life where the unexpected is discovered and new voices are introduced,” said Paula Weinstein, Evp of Tribeca Enterprises. “This year’s Audience Award winners are a testament to that. From a Hasidic Jewish community in To Dust to the off-the-radar African-American roller-rink community in United Skates,...

A crew of surfers who helped change the sport tumble into each other's company in a new clip from Momentum Generation, a documentary executive-produced by Robert Redford (among others), that's set to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.

The film tracks the rise of athletes who eventually "win world titles and forever reshape worldwide culture in the 1990s and beyond," according to a statement from the directors, Jeff and Michael Zimbalist. 

In the Momentum Generation teaser, the surfers come together as a group for the first time. "We all knew...

Tribeca Film Festival may not rival the bidding wars of Sundance or studio tentpoles at SXSW. But it has cornered the market on cast reunions and Q&A sessions. This year is no exception, as the festival has lined up the makers of “Schindler’s List” (including Steven Spielberg), “Scarface” (Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer) and conversations from Bradley Cooper and John Legend. And then there are the movies playing throughout Manhattan, from April 18 through 29. Here are nine titles that could break out on the indie scene.

“Mapplethorpe”

“The Crown” star Matt Smith trades Buckingham Palace for the world of Bdsm with a turn as Robert Mapplethorpe, the famous photography who drew acclaim and provoked controversy for his graphic depictions of underground sex. The film covers Mapplethorpe’s rise from the outer edges of New York’s arts scene to the center of high culture, ending with his tragic death...

Chicago – In our latest documentary edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: DVD, we have 5 DVDs up for grabs for the home entertainment release of “White Wash”!

The film is narrated by the legendary Grammy Award winner Ben Harper (“Fistful of Mercy,” “Relentless 7,” “Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals”) along with Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter of the Grammy Award-winning hip-hop group The Roots, which originally scored the film. The “White Wash” DVD will be released on Oct. 4, 2011 by Virgil Films & Entertainment.

The film also features Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, Sal Masekela, Sam George, Rick Blocker, Rusty White, Charles Ross, Mark Chapman, John Hoberman, Lee Pitts, Audwin Andersen, Doug Flamming and Andrea Kabwasa from writer and director Ted Woods.

To win your free “White Wash” DVD courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question in this Web-based submission form. That’s it! Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and win can...

To celebrate its 10th Anniversary as the Official Charity of the Nike U.S. Open of Surfing, Life Rolls On Foundation is hosting an exclusive charity auction on CharityBuzz.com.

Bidding is currently open for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to surf alongside the pros at the world’s biggest surfing contest. The winner of this unique experience will be able to show off their surfing skills in Life Rolls On’s They Will Surf Again Expression Session during the 2011 Nike U.S. Open of Surfing.

The They Will Surf Again Expression Session is an opportunity for surfers to showcase their most creative moves while highlighting a special exhibition of Life Rolls On’s adaptive surfing program, They Will Surf Again, which empowers paraplegics and quadriplegics with the opportunity to surf. Led by world-famous adaptive surfer and Life Rolls On Founder Jesse Billauer, who has been featured in the surf epic, Step Into Liquid,...

Actress Hayden Panettiere and pro-surfer/activist Rob Machado co-hosted the launch of the exclusive ‘Surfrider Collection’ for Bloomingdale’s in Santa Monica April 13 to benefit the Surfrider Foundation.

For a limited time only, the men’s department at 13 Bloomingdale’s stores nationwide will host to temporary pop-up shops-within-a-shop. Each shop will feature surf-inspired, beach loving apparel and accessories from designers exclusive to Bloomingdale’s in support of the Surfrider Foundation. The collection features designs by Polo Ralph Lauren Rlx, Engineered Garments, Paul Smith, Gitman Bros., Altru, Sea Bags, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Industry of All Nations and more.

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Soul Brother: Livestrong president and CEO Doug Ulman has a strong bond with Armstrong: Both are cancer survivors. | Photograph by Peter Yang

The world's most famous cancer survivor has been his foundation's biggest asset, even as it grew into an innovative force in health care. Now his legal troubles may make him a risk.

Photograph by Peter Yang

On a Sunday night in late July, a trio of bouncers stand outside a chic club near the Champs-Élysées, in Paris, checking guests for a special bracelet with a black plastic charm of a No. 28 cycling jersey. Inside, a red and white logo-festooned racing bike is on display like a sculpture. The absence of a rider is appropriate: This is the post-race celebration for Lance Armstrong's last Tour de France.

He's just finished a humbling 23rd in a race he's won seven times. But the mood at...

Just this morning, I brought you the trailer and DVD art for the upcoming documentary, The Drifter. And, wouldn’t you know, now I have two tickets to give away to our La readers (or, anyone who promises to be in La-la Land by 8Pm this Thursday). The Drifter will be showing at the Montalban Theater, starting at 8Pm, this Thursday, November 5. If you win our nifty two-ticket set, you’ll get into the screening, the VIP lounge for drinks and food, get to take in a special acoustic performance by Rob Machado and Jon Swift, and be there for a live Q&A with Rob, Jon, and director Taylor Steele.

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There's a pretty interesting DVD coming your way November 3rd, and it's one that is probably going to be flying way under the radar for most people. It looks quite interesting, and I'm really hoping it can get a broader audience than what we might expect from something that might look very niche at first glance. The movie is The Drifter, and I think it's worth exploring a bit. Be sure to check the trailer in the box. In the summer of 2008, iconic surfer and former Pipe Master, Rob Machado, flew to Indonesia to experience a different kind of surf trip. The journey ultimately took him way beyond his comfort zone, where he was finally alone with his thoughts, desires and the empty perfection of an unnamed Indian Ocean reef. What he discovered was beautifully captured in the autobiographical film, The Drifter. Be apart of his life changing adventure when...

The 10th Annual Malibu Film Festival is opening with the story of a gifted young surfer devastated by an accident, but who ended up becoming an inspiration. "Jesse's Story" features music from Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Jason Mraz, G. Love and others.

"Jesse's Story" chronicles the life of 17 year-old Jesse Billauer as he began to rise into an up-and-coming professional surfer until he severed his spinal cord, making him a quadriplegic. As word spread throughout the surfing community, many of Jesses' would-be competitors stepped up to help him. Jesse longed to get back into the water and with the help of nine-time World Champion Kelly Slater and Hurley team member Rob Machado, he was able to do that.

Veteran film director Mark Jacobs spent over eight years working on the film, calling his "true labor of love." "Within the first five minutes of meeting Jesse, I forgot he was in...

The 10th Annual Malibu Film Festival is opening with the story of a gifted young surfer devastated by an accident, but who ended up becoming an inspiration. "Jesse's Story" features music from Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Jason Mraz, G. Love and others.

"Jesse's Story" chronicles the life of 17 year-old Jesse Billauer as he began to rise into an up-and-coming professional surfer until he severed his spinal cord, making him a quadriplegic. As word spread throughout the surfing community, many of Jesses' would-be competitors stepped up to help him. Jesse longed to get back into the water and with the help of nine-time World Champion Kelly Slater and Hurley team member Rob Machado, he was able to do that.

Veteran film director Mark Jacobs spent over eight years working on the film, calling his "true labor of love." "Within the first five minutes of meeting Jesse, I forgot he was in...

Mark Jacobs' "Jesse's Story" -- a documentary about surfer Jesse Billauer, who suffered a paralyzing spinal chord injury but continued surfing -- will be the opening night film at the 10th annual Malibu Film Festival. The fest runs from Thursday through Saturday at the Malibu Cinemas and the Ocean Avenue Screening Room in Santa Monica.

The documentary also features Christopher Reeve, Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Bob Hurley, Rob Machado, Kelly Slater and Shane Dorian with music by Johnson, Harper, Jason Mraz and G. Love.

Domestix, the Beverly Hills-based domestic sales company, is handling the film.