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Martha Stewart’s American Dream
Let’s play a game: What do you think of when you think of Martha Stewart? Her unlikely friendship with Snoop Dogg? A pre-#tradwife trad wife? A daytime television personality who served jail time? Something else entirely?
R.J. Cutler Reveals Martha Stewart’s Strengths and Weaknesses and Elton John’s Vulnerability in Two Docs
Documentary filmmaker R.J. Cutler (“Billie Eilish: The World is a Little Blurry”) is enjoying a busy fall with two documentaries releasing back to back. Netflix is now streaming “Martha,” his searing and fascinating portrait of the lifestyle icon, and Disney+ will air his moving tribute “Elton John: Never Too Late” after its November 15 theatrical release.
In Netflix doc, Martha Stewart looks back at her triumphant highs, humiliating lows
Tracing her arc from model to stockbroker to author to TV personality to inmate, film comes close to achieving the level of perfection famously demanded by the lifestyle maven.
We Had Martha Stewart Wrong All Along
Long before Instagram and TikTok existed as places for us to stoke our insecurities, there was Martha Stewart.
Apple TV+ Sets Docuseries on 2024 World Series
Apple TV+ is stepping up to the plate for a three-part docuseries on the 2024 World Series, Variety has learned exclusively.
“Elton John: Never Too Late” review – a rollicking look at the life of a music legend
It was in Los Angeles that Elton John first found stardom in 1970 and it was there, 52 years later in November 2022 that he said goodbye to touring, playing at Dodger Stadium for the final time, his iconic 'ELTON' baseball outfit traded in for a more age-appropriate robe (still bedazzled with glitter, naturally).
Elton John: Never Too Late review — an intimate and consequential portrait
Elton John’s epic retirement party gets another poignant chapter in a documentary that focuses largely on the Seventies, when he made most of his best music — and took most of his drugs.
Netflix’s ‘Martha’ Trailer: R.J. Cutler Doc Chronicles Martha Stewart’s Rise And Fall — “I Was A Trophy For These Idiots”
Martha Stewart is sharing her story in Netflix‘s new documentary Martha, directed by R.J. Cutler.
Next Big Picture: “ELTON JOHN: NEVER TOO LATE”
Elton John’s songs have soundtracked the lives of almost everyone in the English-speaking world at this point.
Elton John Looks Back at Career in New Trailer for ‘Never Too Late’ Documentary
Elton John: Never Too Late, a documentary about the music icon looking back on his career ahead of his final U.S. concert, will head to Disney+ this December following its premiere earlier this month at the Toronto International Film Festival.
45th News & Documentary Emmy Winners
We have the winners forthe 45th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The News categories were in the spotlight Wednesday at the Palladium Times Square in New York City, which also hosted the Documentary ceremony on Thursday night.
'Elton John: Never Too Late' Review: An Exquisite Documentary on an Iconic Artist | TIFF 2024
Few artists have had as lasting a legacy in popular music as the man born Reginald Kenneth Dwight.
Live at TIFF with R.J. Cutler
Anne Thompson sits down with Director/Producer RJ Cutler live at the Toronto International Film Festival to discuss his new documentary 'Elton John: Never Too Late'. Anne is also joined by fill in co-host Kate Erbland.
Elton John’s friendship with John Lennon explored in new Toronto doc
In a new documentary, “Elton John: Never Too Late,” that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday night, the 77-year-old “Tiny Dancer” singer says he may have been “the catalyst” for John Lennon and Yoko Ono getting back together and having their son.
EGOT-Winner Elton John – At 77, ‘E Got Much More Than Fame: New Doc Shows It’s “Never Too Late” To Find Contentment – Toronto Studio
If you want to make a documentary about someone famous, it helps to have a person on the inside – a spouse, say, who knows exactly where a treasure trove of archive is just waiting to be explored. Such is the case with the film Elton John: Never Too Late, the film about the British superstar singer-songwriter, which just premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. It is co-directed by David Furnish – Elton John’s husband – and R.J. Cutler, the renowned documentarian.
‘Elton John: Never Too Late’ Review: The Original King of Pop Gets the Satisfying Documentary He Deserves
There’s a moment in “Elton John: Never Too Late,” a robustly satisfying and emotional documentary about the life and career of Elton John, that captures him, in a most revealing way, in his ’70s heyday.
Elton John Talks Fame, Family and Coming Out: “I Was Being Honest”
Elton John opened up about fame and family on Saturday night after the world premiere of Elton John: Never Too Late at the Toronto Film Festival. “Fame is a dangerous thing if you don’t have something else, and that something else is honesty, and if you don’t have honesty to go with fame, then you’re going to be in real, real trouble, like I was before I got sober in 1990. It’s been 34 years now,” John said during a post-screening Q&A for the film directed by R.J. Cutler and David Furnish, his husband.
‘Martha’ Review: R.J. Cutler Lifts the Lid on All the Good (and Bad) Things About Martha Stewart
For the iconic homemaker and entrepreneur, everything is black and white. Except, as the documentarian finds in his latest celebrity-centric doc, herself.
TIFF-Bound ‘Elton John: Never Too Late’ Gets Disney+ Streaming Date; Documentary Called “Emotionally Charged, Intimate”
Elton John: Never Too Late, the documentary about the British-born music legend’s incredible career, will debut on Disney+ on Friday, December 13, the streaming platform announced today.
Elton John Doc on Overcoming “Adversity, Abuse, Addiction” Set for BFI London Film Festival
A documentary on the celebrated British singer Elton John will get its European premiere at the 68th BFI London Film Festival. Elton John: Never Too Late will air on Oct. 10 at London’s Royal Festival Hall, with the singer and doc directors R.J. Cutler and David Furnish, who is also John’s husband, set to be in attendance.