Natalia Grace Barnett appears to be entering her influencer era.
22.12.2023 - 15:23 / nypost.com
now-resolved writers and actors strikes, 2023 boasted an embarrassment of riches for unscripted TV. And, it wasn’t your mother’s classy Ken Burns documentaries. This year’s documentaries covered conspiracy theories, people who believed they were deities, murders, oddball subcultures and news stories so strange that it’s hard to believe they’re true.And yes, there’s always an endless supply of cults.
Here are the wildest documentaries and docuseries of 2023. This unnerving and bizarre docuseries was a news story in the genre of “Truth is stranger than fiction.” It covered the story of Indiana couple Michael and Kristine Barnett, who adopted 6-year-old Natalia Grace from Ukraine and later claimed that she was a sociopathic adult “masquerading” as a child (due to her dwarfism). “[Natalia] threatened to stab my sons, drag their bodies outside and bury them under the deck,” Michael alleged in the docuseries, which aired in May.
In the six-part series, Michael described the alleged abuse that he, Kristine and their biological sons, Jacob, Wesley and Ethan claim they faced at the hands of Natalia.After believing that she was an adult posing as a child, Michael said, “We don’t know who she is. We don’t know where she’s really from. Who the f – – k is this person?”Grace will tell her side of the story in a six-part series titled “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: Natalia Speaks” (premiering January 1 at 9 p.m.
Natalia Grace Barnett appears to be entering her influencer era.
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Tom Sandoval is in a celebratory mood right now after the closure of a bakery in Los Angeles. …Wait, what?!
Natalia Grace Barnett’s former adoptive mom is speaking out!
Sandra Bullock fulfilled a promise she made to Bryan Randall this Sunday by releasing his ashes in a Wyoming river on what would have been his 58th birthday. The photographer passed away on August 5 after a three-year private battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting nerve cells that control muscle movements.Sandra’s sister, Gesine Bullock-Prado, shared a touching video on Sunday, December 31, on Instagram along the Jackson Hole’s Snake River.
“The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: Natalia Speaks.”In a lengthy Facebook post on Thursday, Barnett denied that she nor her ex-husband Michael Barnett ever abused Grace, whom they adopted from Ukraine in 2010.“Natalia was a very much loved and cared for member of my family,” Kristine wrote Thursday. “She was not abused by anyone in my family.
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No one saw this plot twist coming! For anyone who hasn’t seen all six episodes of The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: Natalia Speaks, spoiler warning! But for everyone who just needs to hang on ever twist and turn, dive right in…
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The list of feature documentaries still in contention for the Oscars has been cut to 15 finalists, a brutal culling from a contingent of 167 qualifiers. The annual shortlist announcement leaves a handful of filmmakers celebrating, many more disappointed, and documentary watchers with much to debate.
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William Earl administrator The first trailer for Hulu‘s upcoming reality show “Vanderpump Villa” promises plenty of “Vanderpump Rules“-esque drama. After an inter-cast affair turned “Vanderpump Rules” into a viral sensation in 2023, “Villa” focuses on the servers at another one of “Real Housewives” alum Lisa Vanderpump‘s restaurants. The show is described, per a press release, as: “Decadence and debauchery collide in ‘Vanderpump Villa,’ a new unscripted docu-drama following Lisa Vanderpump’s hand-selected staff as they work, live and play at an exclusive French estate: Chateau Rosabelle.” Prior to the start of filming the 10-episode reality show, producers put out a casting call for restaurant professionals who wanted a role.
Jaden Thompson Barack Obama has revealed his favorite movies of the year, an annual tradition from the former President of the United States. The first three films on the list — “Rustin,” “Leave the World Behind” and “American Symphony” — were produced by his company Higher Ground, which he founded alongside his wife Michelle.
Princess Catherine is over wasting her energy on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle!
However, public sentiment soon turned against him after his Netflix special, “Natural Selection,” premiered on Nov. 15 and got slammed on social media for his jokes about domestic violence. “Not Matt Rife building his platform on catering to his female audience and then opening his Netflix special with a domestic violence joke,” one fan commented.
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