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In a sign of just how difficult the documentary film business has become, Alex Gibney – one of the most prolific and well-known documentarians – has sold a majority stake in his company Jigsaw Productions to make sure it’s “around for the long haul.”

Wendy Schmidt, a longtime philanthropist and wife of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, has acquired a majority stake in Jigsaw, which has produced a number of documentary films and TV series like the Scientology doc “Going Clear,” the Elizabeth Holmes doc “The Inventor” and 2005’s “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.”

Gibney will continue to run the company, but told the New York Times — which broke the news — that the challenging market for documentaries spurred the partnership.

“We’ve been managing to make films on important social issues for a long time, but finding and getting those stories to audiences has been a challenge, in part...

More than a year ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg aren’t yet fighting for the soul of the party, but they are squabbling this week over top Hollywood donors.

The poll-topping former Vice President and the South Bend’s Mayor Pete are in town today and Thursday to press the flesh and collect checks in thopes of sealing the Atm deal with the well-heeled likes of Jeffrey Katzenberg, Gwyneth Paltrow, J.J. Abrams and Ryan Murphy.

“Now Biden’s officially in, we want see up close if he’s got what it really takes to take down Trump,” a longtime and deep-pocked Tinseltown Dems donor said. “At the same time, we know Joe, warts and all, whereas Mayor Pete is still and unknown quality for the most part.”

Buttigieg, the gay, religious Afghanistan war veteran and Rhodes scholar, will be swooping through SoCal...

Discovery series Cooper’s Treasure continues to ramp up tonight with more fascinating underwater finds — as the drama also rises on deck. The episode also includes an unexpected tragedy, which will send treasure-hunter Darrell Miklos and his entire recovery crew reeling after being sent off course. The second season of Cooper’s Treasure has already been action-packed, yielding historic artifacts right from the get-go. In Monsters and Critics’ exclusive clip, Miklos’ crew — marine archaeologist Jim Sinclair, magnetometry specialist Mike Perna, and recovery expert Eric Schmidt — are working with him to find treasure amidst the wreckage of an early 1900s […]

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