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EXCLUSIVE: Alejandro Loayza Grisi and Santiago Loayza Grisi, the brother filmmakers behind Sundance prize winner Utama, have signed with Cinetic Media for management.

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Smith, the four-time Emmy nominee who directed and exec produced Netflix’s true-crime docuseries Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives., has signed with Cinetic Media for management, bringing his Library Films production shingle with him.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterDocuseries “Bad Vegan” debuted on Netflix’s Top 10 list of English-language TV series at No. 5, with 27 million hours of the show viewed in the first five days after its March 16 launch. On the film side, “The Adam Project” maintained its hold as the No.

is out now on Netflix.Veganism was not quite as en vogue in the early aughts, but it was an emerging culinary trend—not least among America's hottest stars. Savvy financier , a herself, noticed the untapped market and opened Pure Food and Wine, one of the most popular celebrity spots in the city, frequented by the likes of Alec Baldwin and NFL star .

Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives is the latest fascinating to take over the streaming service.

Netflix‘s Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives is the latest addition to the growing list of true crime docu-series on the streaming platform.

Netflix’s new true crime documentary Bad Vegan follows the story of Sarma Melngailis - the former owner and co-founder of vegan raw food restaurants Pure Food and Wine and One Lucky Duck.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticNetflix has once again found a criminal case whose oddity, extremity, and seeming delusion make for an interesting story. “Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud.

Addie Morfoot Contributor“Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives” is the latest documentary from Chris Smith, the director of “Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened” and “100 Foot Wave,” and an executive producer of “Tiger King.” The four-part Netflix docuseries, which Smith executive produced and directed, explores how New York City celebrity restaurateur Sarma Melngailis went from being the queen of vegan cuisine to fugitive on the run.

couple arrested Feb. 8 for allegedly trying to launder $3.6 billion in stolen cryptocurrency — is holed up in a $1.5 million FiDi two-bedroom.

The team behind Netflix’s Fyre Festival documentary and HBO’s Elizabeth Holmes doc have teamed up to produce a docuseries about a pair of alleged bitcoin money launderers.

Wilson Chapman editorNetflix has ordered a docuseries about the recently arrested Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, who are accused of running a large cryptocurrency laundering scheme, the streamer announced this Friday.As reported by the New York Times, Lichtenstein and Morgan were arrested on Feb. 8 for charges relating to a 2016 hack of the Bitcoin virtual currency exchange.

A pensioner who died following a horror crash in Aberdeenshire has been named.

A pensioner has died at the scene of a horror crash between a car and a lorry on a Scots road.

GRID Legends, namely some gameplay and a release date, will arrive during a stream tomorrow.Starting at 4PM GMT (8AM PT/11AM ET) on YouTube, the stream promises to bring with it plenty of information.“Join creative director Chris Smith, along with Chris Groves from the social & community team, as they walk you through brand new locations, cars, event types, and more coming to GRID Legends,” reads the Youtube description.“Also, find out how the game delivers its action-packed brand of motorsport,

An 81-year-old woman has died in hospital following a two-car crash on an Aberdeenshire road.

Sainsbury's store. 40-year-old Chris Smith reports that he was suddenly struck down with the asthma attack after he had completed his shopping in the superstore on the afternoon of August 13 and that he was sat outside for 20 minutes before Teejay Withington and Hollie Hughes stopped to help him.Mr Smith stated: "I was struggling to get any oxygen into my body.

Chris Smith is on a tear in the non-fiction realm, having directed “Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond,” “Fyre,” and “Operation Variety Blues: The College Admissions Scandal” in the past four years, while also serving as an executive producer of last year’s pandemic docuseries sensation “Tiger King.” His latest effort, HBO’s “100 Foot Wave,” follows surfing pioneer Garrett McNamara on his quest to conquer a mighty swell in Portugal; another project revolving around Robert Downey Jr.

The family of an army veteran dad-of-three who was found dead in a Manchester park have paid tribute.

EXCLUSIVE: WWE has named sports media veteran Jamie Horowitz EVP, Development & Digital, effective immediately, overseeing much original content including scripted and unscripted programs for digital and social media.

NEW YORK -- Chris Smith didn’t initially think the 2019 college bribery scandal made for a good documentary subject. He was editing “Fyre,” the hit Netflix documentary about the music-festival fiasco, when his longtime collaborator, Jon Karmen, suggested another real tale of fraud and spectacle be their next film.“I didn’t see it at all,” said Smith in a recent interview.

A dutiful crime documentary that raises few hackles, “Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal,” doesn’t waste breath on moralistic huffing and puffing about what a certain group of rich parents did to get their children into exclusive colleges. It also, delightfully, expends precious little screen time on the celebrities like Felicity Huffman and Lori Laughlin, whose faces and names featured in nearly all news stories about this story when it broke in early 2019.

From Fyre and Tiger King to Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (about Jim Carrey and his Andy Kaufman portrayal in Man on the Moon), director and producer Chris Smith has a knack for finding the most watchably weird projects. Smith's latest, Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal, blends narrative- and documentary-style filmmaking.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIn criminal cases, wiretapped phone conversations are commanding pieces of evidence (juries love them), and in documentaries about crime they tend to be some of the most gripping. We hear people as they really are.

bad weather in Perthshire, an inquest heard.Dad-of-two Chris Smith, 43, from Sussex, died of hypothermia and exposure, at Invervar, near Aberfeldy, while running through the remote area in October last year.Mr Smith, who represented Team GB in international mountain running events, was “doing everything he could to run back to his family”, the hearing at Crawley coroner’s court, Sussex, was told.His body was found at Meall Garbh after almost 48 hours of searching.

Everyone probably knows about the college admissions scandal that made headlines over the past couple of years. Mainly, people know that actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman were both found guilty of crimes stemming from the illegal methods they used to put their kids in colleges that they wouldn’t have been accepted in normally.

A new trailer for Netflix’s new documentary Operation Varsity Blues has been released!

Nearly two years after Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin were among the 50 people indicted in the nationwide college admissions scandal, Netflix is taking a closer look at the headline-making scam — and the alleged mastermind, Rick Singer.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaA new Netflix documentary will pull back the curtain on the notorious college admissions bribery scandal that ensnared Hollywood celebrities, financiers and other members of the monied elite.“Operation Varsity Blues,” directed by Chris Smith, will debut on the streaming service on March 17, 2021. The film promises to provide a deep dive into the methods used by Rick Singer to get the children of his wealthy clients into top schools.

Netflix has announced that Chris Smith, the director behind the popular Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened film, is turning his attentions to the college admissions scandal for his latest documentary.