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Kim Kardashian named Personality of the Year for Factual Entertainment Awards
PEOPLE NEWS / TVThe star of Keeping Up with the Kardashians will be inducted into the realscreen Factual Entertainment Awards Hall of Fame during the ceremony in Santa Monica on May 30.
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Hot Docs 2012: The complete festival wrap
FILM / TVWith the 19th annual Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival having drawn to a close last night (May 6), realscreen offers a comprehensive review of the past 11 days’ highlights, detailing all the key news, views and talking points.
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Hot Docs 2012: Grenier shows “Faith” in non-fiction
FILM / TVWhile best-known for his acting roles, Entourage star Adrian Grenier (pictured) is becoming increasingly involved in the world of documentaries. Here he talks to realscreen about exec producing My Name Is Faith, which premiered at Hot Docs in Toronto this week, and his interest in the non-fiction realm.
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Thom Beers to enter Factual Entertainment Awards Hall of Fame
PEOPLE NEWS / TVThe executive producer of such massive hits as Storage Wars, Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers will be honored at the Factual Entertainment Awards ceremony in Santa Monica on May 30, during the Realscreen West conference.
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Hollywood aims to (re)make a difference
FILM / TVWith Oscar-winner Undefeated set for the Hollywood treatment, ro*co productions partnering with The Help‘s producers, and Scott Rudin buying remake rights for Indie Game and Brooklyn Castle (pictured), the fiction realm is increasingly turning to docs for inspiration.
Paul Butler to lead ‘Magic’ Johnson’s ASPiRE network
PEOPLE NEWS / TVGMC TV executive Paul Butler has been named as general manager of ASPiRE, the new African-American-targeting network from Earvin “Magic” Johnson, which is set to launch in June.
ESPN brings back ’30 for 30′
FILM / TVESPN Films is lining up a second season of its Peabody-winning ’30 for 30′ film series, to kick off in October, accompanied this time by an additional 30 short films.
PBS picks up “The Light in Her Eyes”
FILM / TVU.S. public broadcaster PBS has picked up Laura Nix and Julia Meltzer’s The Light in Her Eyes (pictured), a documentary following a female teacher in Syria, to air on the network’s ‘POV’ strand.
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky to be honored at Silverdocs
FILM / PEOPLE NEWSThe directors of the Paradise Lost documentary trilogy will be honored at the Charles Guggenheim Symposium during this year’s edition of the fest, taking place from June 18-24 in Silver Spring, Maryland. (Pictured L-R: Sinofsky, Damien Echols of the “West Memphis Three,” Berlinger)
Spike TV to premiere “Diamond Divers” in June
TVU.S. net Spike TV is to debut Diamond Divers, a six-episode seafaring reality series produced by Studio Lambert and American Chainsaws Entertainment, on June 20.
Bravo turns cameras on dating experts in “Miss Advised”
TVDating experts Julia Allison, Amy Laurent and Emily Morse (pictured) will attempt to practice what they preach in Miss Advised, a reality series produced for Bravo by RelativityREAL and actress Ashley Tisdale’s Blondie Girl Productions.
C4 tackles mental health taboos with ’4 Goes Mad’
TVThe British pubcaster will examine stigmas around mental health in the workplace with four hours of summer programming, including documentaries presented by comedians Ruby Wax and Jon Richardson.
“Swamp People” cast member Mitchell Guist dies
PEOPLE NEWS / TVMitchell Guist (pictured, right), star of the History reality series Swamp People, was pronounced dead in a Louisiana hospital yesterday after falling on his boat.
Upfronts 2012: NBC axes “Minute to Win It,” “Fear Factor,” “Sing-Off”
TVThe Peacock network also moves The Voice to the fall, renews four more factual shows including Fashion Star (pictured), and confirms four new ones: Howie Mandel’s White Elephant, dating show Ready For Love, Surprise with Jenny McCarthy and Stars Earn Stripes.
ITV Studios GE names director of acquisitions and copros
PEOPLE NEWS / TVITV Studios Global Entertainment has hired Shine International’s senior VP and head of EMEA Ruth Clarke to be its new director of acquisitions and coproductions.
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Factual Entertainment Forum 2011 - Sophie Tweed-Simmons at the Realscreen Factual Entertainment Forum in Santa Monica.