Netflix is collaborating with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for “Redeem Team”, an upcoming documentary about the 2008 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team’s quest for gold at the Beijing Summer Olympic Games.
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original Woodstock founder Michael Lang and his partners attempted to re-create the magic. Instead, Woodstock ’99 devolved into a catastrophe of arson, riots and sexual assault as over 200,000people descended on Rome, NY over the course of three days.
Attendees torched audio towers and gas-filled trucks and cars; someone drove a van into the crowd at a packed rave hall; and garbage and debris were pelted at the main stage. New York state troopers and other law enforcement were eventually called in to quell the riot with force.In the end, three people died — the same number, it should be noted, as at the original — dozens were arrested and more than 1,000 people required medical services.
There were also numerous accounts of sexual assaults. Now, a new three-part Netflix docuseries, “Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99,” premiering Aug.
3, attempts to uncover how it all went so horribly wrong, through the eyes of attendees, workers, talent and Lang himself, a Brooklyn native who died in January at the age of 77.Woodstock ’99 was “the Fyre Festival predecessor that really happened,” producer Cassie Thornton told The Post.“It was just a perfect storm,” she said, noting the “blazing hot” temps that neared 100 degrees and “insane budget cuts” that resulted in lax security. “It was a confluence of events that was almost like an avalanche rolling down the mountain.” Nobody was expecting things to go off without a hitch: Michael Lang and his partners certainly knew how to throw a concert to remember, but one of the most famous things about the original Woodstock was the logistical nightmare it became.
Much more recently, the press had a field day with Lang’s botched efforts with Woodstock ’94 in Saugerties, NY. Broken fences and poor
.Netflix is collaborating with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for “Redeem Team”, an upcoming documentary about the 2008 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team’s quest for gold at the Beijing Summer Olympic Games.
EXCLUSIVE: The Woodstock Film Festival will give honorary awards to Ethan Hawke, Awkwafina, Leave No Trace director Debra Granik and IFC Films president Arianna Bocco this fall.
Netflix has set its latest collaboration with London-based Pitch Productions titled The Figo Affair (El Caso Figo), a feature-length documentary centred around the story of Ballon d’Or winning Portuguese footballer Luís Figo’s transfer from FC Barcelona to Real Madrid.
Naman Ramachandran London-based Pitch Productions’ latest documentary, “El Caso Figo” (“The Figo Affair”) has found a home at Netflix. The film revolves around Luis Figo, one of Portugal’s all-time great soccer players, winner of the 2000 Ballon d’Or and 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year, and his contentious transfer in 2000 from Barcelona to bitter rivals Real Madrid at a record fee of €62 million ($63 million).
Three people died at the event while at least four women came forward to say they’d been raped. Daly was hosting the most popular show on MTV, TRL Live, from the side of the mainstage which hosted bands such as Limp Bizkit and Korn and has now revealed his nightmare experience. Speaking to his fans on Instagram, he said: ‘All I can say is I thought I was going to die.
Netflix documentary series Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99, which was released earlier this month.The 1999 festival, held to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the original Woodstock, descended into violence and riots during performances by Limp Bizkit and Red Hot Chili Peppers.Taking to Instagram, Daly, who was at Woodstock ’99 to present MTV’s TRL show, discussed his experiences of the event.Revealing that he has been asked about his time at Woodstock a lot recently due to the Netflix show, Daly wrote: “All I can say is I thought I was going to die. It started off great, TRL live from the side of main stage interviewing all the bands (like Jay from Jamiroquai) & then started getting pelted with bottles, rocks, lighters, all of it.
Indian Matchmaking host Sima Taparia doesn’t believe the Netflix series lives up to the reality of the system, as she returns to matchmake clients around the world for series two. ‘Aunty Sima from Mumbai’ is back and this time around, she’s reuniting with a few old faces like Pradhyuman Maloo and Nadia Jagessar as well as new ones as she matches biodatas and sets up some dates. Along the way, there’s dating fails, meeting-the-families on a first date, and wish-lists that cover everything under the sun from Taco Bell lovers to man-buns.
The stars of “The Tinder Swindler” and “Bad Vegan” are hitting out at Netflix for the way that the shows portrayed abuse and manipulation.
Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival’s kicked off Friday night with documentary film Descendant, from Netflix and Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions, and the former President and First Lady were the opening night’s surprise guests.
Shania Twain has had quite the eventful few weeks, and it was capped off in the best way possible when it was announced that she was among the class of musicians being inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.MORE: Shania Twain gets candid about divorce from ex-husband Mutt Lange in new documentaryThe singer shared a photograph of some of the inductees on her Instagram Stories, which included a beautiful black and white shot of hers as well.VIDEO: Trailer for Shania Twain's new Netflix documentaryShe reacted to the big honor with a message of gratitude, saying: "It feels really, really good to be among so many of my songwriting idols and for my own songwriting to be celebrated."Shania even added a hint as to what was to come with new music of her own, saying: "Ironically I was at home in Switzerland writing when this was announced!"MORE: Shania Twain shares revealing insight into rarely seen son EjaThe Canadian star also touched on how big of an honor it was that she had been inducted as a woman, alongside prolific songwriter Hillary Lindsey, given that it had been a few years since that had happened."It's been a while since a woman has been inducted into this," she wrote.
This story contains discussion and descriptions of sexual assaultFatboy Slim has recalled the “terrifying” moment a van drove into the audience during his set at Woodstock 1999.The DJ and producer looked back on the incident during an interview for the three-part Netflix documentary series Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99, which was released yesterday (August 3).“Woodstock 1969 promised peace and music, but its ’99 revival delivered days of rage, riots and real harm. Why did it go so horribly wrong?” an official listing reads.As Mixmag notes, the 30th anniversary edition of the event, which had an estimated attendance of 400,000, failed to provide basic facilities such as water, food, toilets or on-site security.Fatboy Slim (aka Norman Cook) was booked to headline the ‘rave hangar’ on the Saturday night but was unaware of the out-of-control crowd that was heading towards the venue.“I’d been closeted in my dressing room all afternoon with people just going, ‘Oh it’s a bit chaotic out there’,” Cook remembered.
Brad Pitt is back on the market! According to a source, Pitt is “living his best life” and is dating around, although he is not looking for a serious relationship.Brad Pitt believes he suffers from prosopagnosiaAngelina Jolie and Brad Pitt reportedly reunite in Rome for their twins’ birthdayA source spoke to People and shared that Pitt was enjoying his life despite the legal disputes that are going on between himself and Angelina Jolie. The source explained that he still spends time with his kids, even though they’re older and things have changed. “Brad has dinner with his younger kids when they are all in L.A.