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Hey there, fellow documentary lovers! There’s something utterly captivating about getting an insider’s peek into the lives of our beloved celebrities.

The world of celebrity lifestyle documentaries has a way of unraveling the glamor and revealing the human stories behind the fame.

From heartwarming triumphs to unguarded moments, these documentaries offer a front-row seat to the real people behind the glitzy façade.

7 Documentaries That Unveil the Human Experience

Join me as we dive into a curated list of the ten most intriguing celebrity lifestyle documentaries that have kept us glued to our screens, offering insights, inspiration, and a healthy dose of fascination.

1. ‘Framing Britney Spears’ (2021)

The impact of “Framing Britney Spears” cannot be overstated. This documentary shines a light on the life and legal battles of Britney Spears, exploring the conservatorship that has sparked a global movement.

As someone who grew up with Britney’s music and witnessed...

The 45th Annual NAACP Image Awards went off without a hitch earlier this evening (February 22) with "12 Years a Slave" continuing to make waves snagging the biggest prize of the night.

Before her film won Outstanding Motion Picture, the gorgeous Lupita Nyong'o added another piece of hardware to her already impressive collection taking home a trophy for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, while Kerry Washington snagged up her second Image Award with a win for Best Actress in a Dramatic Series. Kerry's show "Scandal" also won Outstanding Drama Series.

In addition, the hilarious Kevin Hart took home Entertainer of the Year, while Oprah Winfrey paid tribute to the late Nelson Mandela with a touching speech and musical dedication.

"He was everything we have all have heard and more. He was humble and he was unscathed by any kind of bitterness after all that we know he's been through," Winfrey said.

The 45th NAACP Image Awards were presented Saturday night (Feb. 22), with names like Kevin Hart, Kerry Washington, "12 Years a Slave" director Steve McQueen and Lupita Nyong'o being honored.

The Image Awards pay tribute to the best in film, TV, writing, music and literature. Take a look at the full list of winners below.

Winners are in bold.

Entertainer of the Year

Kevin Hart

Film

Outstanding Motion Picture

"12 Years A Slave" "Fruitvale Station""Lee Daniels' The Butler""Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom""The Best Man Holiday" 

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

Forest Whitaker - "Lee Daniels' The Butler"Chadwick Boseman - "42"Chiwetel Ejiofor - "12 Years A Slave"Idris Elba - "Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom"Michael B. Jordan - "Fruitvale Station"

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

Angela Bassett - "Black Nativity"Halle Berry - "The Call"Jennifer Hudson - "Winnie Mandela"Kerry Washington - "Tyler Perry Presents Peeples"Nicole Beharie...

Adding their picks to the awards season deluge, the 45th Annual NAACP Image Awards unveiled the official list of nominees.

Not surprisingly, “The Butler” will compete in categories including Outstanding Motion Picture, Outstanding Actor, Outstanding Supporting Actor & Actress and Writing.

Meanwhile, Kerry Washington’s “Scandal” is up for Outstanding Drama Series, and Ms. Washington herself received a nod for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series.

NAACP Chairman Roslyn M. Brock gushed, “This has been an incredible year from the artistic community, with phenomenal contributions across the board from the music, television, motion picture, and literature genres that have the power and impact to drive social change.”

The 45th Annual NAACP Image Awards will go live on Friday, February 21st.

And the nominees are:

Television

Outstanding Comedy Series

"House of Lies" (Showtime)

"Modern Family" (ABC)

"Real Husbands of Hollywood" (Bet)

"The Game" (Bet)

"The Soul Man" (TV Land)

Outstanding Actor in...

Decemeber 10th new Blu-ray releases include Fast & Furious 6 (Extended Edition), Despicable Me 2, Adore, Battle of the Year, Jayne Mansfield's Car, and Man of Tai Chi. Anniversary releases include Mary Poppins: 50th Anniversary Edition, Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special: The Day of the Doctor, and Big: 25th Anniversary Edition. Other releases this week include The Big Gundown and Beyoncé: Life Is But a Dream. Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson and Michelle Rodriguez lead a cast of returning all-stars as the global blockbuster franchise built on speed delivers the biggest adrenaline rush yet. Hobbs (Johnson) has been tracking an organization of lethally skilled drivers, whose mastermind (Luke Evans) is aided by the love Dom (Diesel) thought was...

We've got to give the big TV people a slap on the back this week, because there's some awesome shows making their way onto our boxes - we're talking major hitters like Doctor Who and The Voice, beloved comedies like New Girl and 90 minutes of Beyoncé brilliance in Life Is But a Dream.

There's so much good stuff about that we'd be remiss if we didn't also quickly mention the premiere of Jj Abrams's Revolution (Friday, March 29 at 9pm on Sky1) and ITV2's Plebs (Monday, March 25 at 10pm), which is basically The Inbetweeners in Ancient Rome with ultimate laaaad Danny Dyer as a gladiator. It has to be seen to be believed...

New Girl: Tuesday (March 26) at 9pm on E4

Prep yourself for more impromptu singalongs and douchebag jar moments, as Zooey Deschanel's New Girl (and that so-irritatingly-chirpy-it's-kind-of-amazing theme tune) makes its long-awaited return to the UK this week.

Beyoncé and David Bowie are to be the subjects of two upcoming Imagine documentaries.

BBC One's flagship arts programme will broadcast the two specials about the music icons in the coming weeks.

Imagine - Beyoncé: Life Is But a Dream will be a "confessional film" including her own video diary footage, and behind-the-scenes access to her daily life and concerts.

The documentary will give a rare glimpse at the 'Halo' singer's work as a performer, businesswoman, wife and mother. It will air on Thursday, March 28 at 10.35pm.

Directed and executive produced by the singer, Life Is But a Dream got its first Us airing on HBO last month.

Meanwhile, a second special will mark Bowie's recent comeback album The Next Day and the V&A Museum' s new exhibition.

Alan Yentob will revisit his 1975 documentary Imagine… David Bowie: Cracked Actor, which follows the rock legend during his Diamond Dogs...

According to ScreenAfrica, Beyoncé's feature-length documentary, Beyoncé: Life Is But A Dream, which was broadcast on HBO for audiences in the USA, will get a theatrical run in South Africa. The doc will be released at select Nu Metro cinemas around the country from Friday March 1 to March 7, 2013 - as you can see in the poster above. As we mentioned earlier this week, the self-directed documentary special ended up being a huge draw for HBO, attracting 1.8 million viewers during its initial 9pm broadcast, knocking out Spike Lee's 2006 mini-series When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, which pulled in 1.7...

Looks like Beyonce has another hit on her hands. The HBO documentary "Beyonce: Life Is But a Dream" -- which starred, and was directed and produced by, the "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It") singer -- drew 1.8 million total viewers with its premiere Saturday night. Depending on how you look at it, that's a record number for HBO documentaries -- according to the premium cable outlet, it's the highest rating for a documentary in almost 10 years, and ratings were...

Beyoncé Knowles' self-directed HBO documentary special, Beyoncé: Life Is But A Dream, aired on Saturday, February 16, 2013, and it ended up being a huge draw for the network, attracting 1.8 million viewers during its initial 9pm broadcast. The network says via press release that it's the largest audience for an HBO documentary since 2004, when Nielsen changed the way it measures viewership for HBO. And what feature documentary did it kick out of the number 1 spot? Spike Lee's 2006 mini-series When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, which pulled in 1.7 million viewers. I still haven't watched Beyoncé: Life Is But A Dream, and, as I...

Beyonce proved a huge draw for HBO on Saturday night. The intimate documentary about the singer, Beyonce: Life is But a Dream, pulled 1.8 million viewers during its inaugural outing at 9 p.m. Et. It's the largest audience for a HBO doc since Nielsen revised its method of measuring viewership in 2004. Photos: Beyonce Performs at the Super Bowl The only other documentary to approach Beyonce's haul was previous record-setter When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. The Spike Lee miniseries about the devastation caused to New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina earned 1.7 million

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Multi-hyphenate Beyoncé Knowles' self-directed HBO documentary special, Beyoncé: Life Is But A Dream, aired on Saturday, February 16, 2013. I've been busy with the New Voices In Black Cinema Festival (which I'm the co-curator of) here in Brooklyn, NY, since Friday, so I haven't watched much TV in the last 3 days. I certainly didn't watch Ms Knowles' film on Saturday night, and, to be frank, it's not exactly high on my to-see list. Maybe I'll watch it some time down the road. Maybe not. But if you did watch it, what did you think? Not only does she obviously *star* in it, she also directed it, and was the film's executive...

The Oprah Beyonce interview is scheduled on Own for Saturday, Feb. 16 at 8pm Et, just an hour before the debut of her highly-anticipated, incredibly personal documentary Beyoncé: Life Is But A Dream on HBO. Part of Oprah’s Next Chapter series, which recently set ratings records for Own with her Lance Armstrong interview, Oprah sits down with the global superstar for an intimate conversation where Beyoncé discusses what Jay Z is like as a father and husband, daughter Blue Ivy, letting her father (music executive Matthew Knowles) go as her business manager, her heartbreaking miscarriage and what her future career [...]...

London, Feb. 1: Beyonce, who lost her first baby with husband Jay-z in a miscarriage two years back, has now discussed the sad event herself in a new documentary.

In 'Life Is But A Dream,' the 31-year-old singer said that she thought the pregnancy was going well thanks to a healthy check up, the Mirror reported.

She said in the HBO documentary that during the pregnancy she felt the heartbeat of her baby, which was the most beautiful music that she had ever heard in her life.

The singer asserted that she had already started planning motherhood and had been dreaming about what it would be like.

She said that she picked out names and envisioned what her child would look like. She added that she was feeling very.

Beyonce spoke to the media at a Super Bowl press conference Thursday afternoon, just days before she'll take perhaps the nation's biggest stage during the game's halftime show. But she started the show her way: By singing the national anthem, live.

"Any questions?" she asked after completing the impressive performance.

"I am a perfectionist," she explained when asked about the inaugural performance, explaining that she chose to use "a backing track" due to a lack of sound check and the high stakes surrounding the event. "I'm very proud of my performance," she added.

She'll be ready come Sunday, though. "I will absolutely be singing live," she said of the Super Bowl performance. "I am well-rehearsed. This is what I was born to do."

The press conference came with a heavy fog of anticipation, stemming in large part from the singer's performance of the national anthem at Barack Obama's second inauguration on Jan.

Beyonce attended a press conference on Jan. 31, where she addressed her lip-synching scandal by showing that she Can sing the National Anthem live! What did you think of Beyonce’s performance? Watch the video here!

Beyonce appeared at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on Thursday, Jan. 31, taking part in a press conference to promote her half-time Super Bowl Xlvii performance. While the pop star probably preferred the attention to be placed on her upcoming performance on Feb. 3, Beyonce addressed her presidential inauguration performance on Jan. 21, where she was chastised for lip-syncing the National Anthem. Beyonce sang the National Anthem live this time, a capella, and ended it the Same way she did on Jan. 21. At the close of the song, Beyonce said, “Any questions?” She killed it!

Beyonce Admits Lip Syncing At The Presidential Inauguration

Beyonce, 31, said, “Well, I am a perfectionist. And one thing about it is that...

Beyonce has kept her personal life notoriously private, but in her upcoming HBO documentary, "Life Is But A Dream," the superstar opens up about her painful miscarriage.

"About two years ago, I was pregnant for the first time," Beyonce says in the doc airingFebruary 16, via Us Weekly. "And I heard the heartbeat, which was the most beautiful music I ever heard in my life."

"I picked out names," she adds. "I envisioned what my child would look like . . . I was feeling very maternal."

Photos: Beyonce's Family Album

Tragically, the "Halo" singer was ...

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Beyoncé's February cover interview in GQ was ostensibly about "her big post-baby comeback" -- but some of her most revealing comments about life after pregnancy have only just been published.

In outtakes from the interview published on GQ.com, the singer (whose performance of the national anthem -- lip-synced or not -- wowed the world on Monday) elaborates on the emotional impact of giving birth to now 1-year-old Blue Ivy.

The star says giving birth was "the first time [she] truly let go and surrendered," going on to discuss the "sensuality" and increased self-confidence she's found in new motherhood:

"Giving birth made me realize the power of being a woman. I have so much more substance in my life. And expressing that excitement and that sensuality and the connection I have with my husband -- I'm a lot more comfortable with that now. I actually feel like my child introduced me to myself.

Having premiered "Crossfire Hurricane," Brett Morgen's documentary on the Rolling Stones, earlier this month, HBO announced today that it's producing another authorized musical doc in the new year, this time about Beyoncé, by Beyoncé. The multiple Grammy-winner will make her feature directorial debut with the apparently yet-untitled autobiographical project, which is slated to debut on February 16th, 2013. The film will be a mix of performance and private footage that will offer, in the words of the network's president of programming Michael Lombardo, a look at "Beyoncé the person... a vibrant, vulnerable, unforgettable woman." Beyoncé said that "Some of my favorite shows are on HBO, so I am excited that my film will be part of its bold programming. This film was so personal to me, it had to have the right home." In addition to home movie footage of the actress and...

Beyoncé is the subject of a new HBO documentary that she's also directing, the cable network announced Monday. The film will premiere Feb. 16, and combines footage of her onstage performances with private behind-the-scenes moments shot by Beyoncé herself.  "HBO has a history of pushing every boundary with class and authenticity," said the 16-time Grammy winner (and mother of Blue Ivy Carter, who turns 1 in January) in a statement. "Some of my favorite shows are on HBO, so I am excited that my film will be part of its bold programming. This film was so

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