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Prime Video looks to settle the debate over which reality TV star is the greatest of all time with the new competition series The Goat, premiering the first three episodes Thursday, May 9; new episodes will stream weekly through Thursday, June 27.

As the above trailer posits, 14 reality stars from popular franchises such as The Bachelor, Survivor and RuPaul’s Drag Race, will “move into Goat Manor under the watchful eye of host Daniel Tosh to compete in over 20 challenges, earning and breaking one another’s trust along the way,” per the official synopsis. “New sides of longtime favorites will be on display...

A meeting where high-level strategists for Florida Governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis were supposed to discuss strategy against his rival Nikki Haley almost descended into a melee, according to a report from NBC News.

Sources who spoke to NBC revealed that the near-brawl, which took place last Tuesday, reflected growing tensions within the board of Desantis’ main Pac, Never Back Down. According to one source who was in the room, Jeff Roe, a consultant for Never Back Down, nearly came to blows with Desantis’ advisor and Pac board member Scott Wagner.

ESPN Films is working on a docuseries about the legendary Gracie family, Variety has learned exclusively.

Titled “Gracie,” the series will delve deep into the family’s history and dissect how they became the founders of Brazilian jiu jitsu, which serves as a major cornerstone of modern mixed martial arts (Mma).

The official description of the series states: “Featuring larger-than-life personalities, triumphs and tragedies, deep loyalties, passionate loves and deadly feuds, ‘Gracie’ will explore the essence of family, honor, legacy, and humanity’s innate desire to fight. Told through the eyes of key Gracie family members, the series will dive deep into an epic family saga that takes audiences from Scotland and Japan, to Brazil and America.”

The series is directed by Chris Fuller (“Loren Cass”) and is executive produced by ESPN Films. The project is being produced by Solaris Entertainment. Gregory O’Connor, Nanette Burstein, Guy Ritchie and Ivan Atkinson...

The search for the greatest reality contestant of all time is on.

Former contestants from The Bachelor franchise, Vanderpump Rules, Love Is Blind, RuPaul’s Drag Race, The Real Housewives of New York City, Survivor, FBoy Island, Dancing With the Stars, The Real World, 90 Day Fiancé, The Challenge and more will compete on The Goat, a new competition series on Freevee.

Tayshia Adams, Joe Amabile, Kristen Doute, Reza Farahan, Cj Franco, Wendell Holland, Teck Holmes, Justin Johnson/Alyssa Edwards, Paola Mayfield, Da’Vonne Rogers, Joey Sasso, Jason Smith, Lauren Speed-Hamilton and Jill Zarin have taken up residence in Goat Manor for production, which began in April.

Comedian Daniel Tosh is set to host the reality series, which will see the 14 competitors face mental, physical and social challenges for a cash prize and America’s respect as the Goat of reality TV.

Some of the buzziest names from the last two decades...

Exclusive: Legendary astronomer and astrophysicist Carl Sagan, who expanded scientific understanding of the universe and helped millions appreciate the wonders of the cosmos, will be the subject of an upcoming documentary feature from National Geographic Documentary Films.

The Untitled Carl Sagan Film will be produced by Fuzzy Door’s Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins, Emmy and Peabody winner Ann Druyan – Sagan’s life partner – and Academy Award nominee Nanette Burstein, with Burstein directing. Also producing is production company Hungry Man.

Dr. Carl Sagan during an interview with ‘The Tonight Show’ host Johnny Carson on September 16, 1976.

Sagan’s contributions to planetary science were equaled only by his capacity to spread an infectious joy of the marvel and immensity of space. His 1980 book Cosmos became the best-selling science book ever published in English, and he appeared frequently on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (amusing the host and the viewing public with...

The International Documentary Association has announced the nominees for its 36th Annual IDA Documentary Awards, and a certain streaming service dominates. Netflix scored a leading 18 noms for the 2020 IDAs, more than three times its nearest rival.

The New York Times garnered seven noms, including four for its Op-Docs, to run second. PBS is third with five, followed by HBO’s four.

The IDA also announced today that its 2020 ceremony is going virtual on January 21.

“The nominees present an inspiring and urgent range of stories from around the globe,” said Simon Kilmurry, executive director of the IDA. “The broad range of subjects and approaches to storytelling underscores that documentary is our most exciting form of cultural expression, a vital art form and a crucial element of democratic dialogue.”

Ten films are up for the marquee Best Feature award: Collective, Crip Camp (Netflix), Gunda (Neon), MLK/FBI (IFC Films...

“I provoke strong opinions,” states Hillary Clinton in the opening moments of the new trailer for the Hulu docuseries, aptly titled “Hillary.” And that is clearly an understatement.

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Hillary Clinton called for Americans to come to grips with “basic facts” of reality in an appearance at the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Friday.

“We’ve got to somehow understand that you can’t make good decisions in a democracy if we can’t even agree on basic facts, if we cant have some understanding of what the evidence is on which we base our decisions,” Clinton said. “And even though the media has a great role in transporting us and challenging us and taking us out of our everyday reality, there does need to be a kind of base reality that people can tune into and feel they can rely on.”

Clinton appeared at the press tour in support of the Hulu four-part documentary series “Hillary,” which details the former U.S. Senator and Secretary of State’s time on the 2016 Presidential campaign trail through never-before-seen footage.

Hulu dropped the trailer for its new Hillary Clinton-focused docuseries “Hillary” on Thursday, during the Television Critics Association press tour. The four-part show follows the woman, the myth, the legend, herself, all throughout her political career, including her 2016 presidential campaign. But it also goes way back to before she was interested in pursuing that path.

In the trailer, which you can view above, the former U.S. secretary of state and her husband Bill Clinton tell the story of their meet-cute back in law school, when the future Flotus and Potus say they couldn’t stop looking at each other in class.

“I said, ‘If you’re gonna keep looking at me and I’m gonna keep looking back, we oughta know each other’s names. I’m Hillary Rodham, who are you?'” Hillary says.

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Bill adds: “She was...

Agnieszka Holland’s Charlatan and the Johnny Depp starrer Minamata have been added to the Berlinale Special Gala section. The world premieres of Andrew Levitas’ Minamata, with Johnny Depp as war photographer William Eugene Smith, as well as Charlatan by Agnieszka Holland, back after showing Mr. Jones in the main competition only last year and this time inspired by the true story of healer Jan Mikolasek, will take place as part of the newly redesigned Berlinale Special Gala section – now incorporating non-competing films. Unspooling as an integral part of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival (20 February-1 March), they will be joined by the documentary series Hillary by Nanette Burstein, fresh from Sundance, Last and First Men by late Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, to be narrated by Tilda Swinton, and another documentary, this time hailing from China: Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue, directed by Jia Zhang-ke, showing prominent...

Apple TV+ will be the newest streamer to hawk its wares at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour 2020, which kicks off the year’s upcoming TV season at The Langham in Pasadena Tuesday morning. The Apple TV+ announcements will close out the 12-day event at the start of a year that will be defined by unprecedented competition in the streaming television market.

Amazon Prime Video and Hulu will join Apple TV+ as the leading streamers promoting new projects during the Winter TCA, which Netflix is still conspicuously declining to attend. While the former two platforms have become TCA mainstays, the tour marks one of the first times Apple will promote its streaming service at a major press event that the company isn’t directly running.

Per company tradition, Apple hasn’t shared details about the projects it plans to promote during its TCA day, but its streaming service has...