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Deadline’s all-day awards-season event spotlights the year’s best in documentary, reality and late-night programs, with today’s panels featuring everyone from Gypsy Rose Blanchard to Ken Jeong, Ron Howard to Roger Ross Williams, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels to Morgan Neville, and Alan Cumming to JoJo Siwa. Click above for full coverage and follow along at #DeadlineContenders.

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JoJo Siwa Says “We’re All Different Human Beings In One Way Or Another” After ‘Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test’ Experience – Contenders TV: Doc + Unscripted

Before Jojo Siwa decided to join Season 2 of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test on Fox, the pop star considered herself a “very sheltered” celebrity whose small-screen career involved dancing, not jumping out of helicopters or rappelling down mountains. “I made a joke that I was wrapped in bubble…

‘Queens’ Team On Expanding The Nature Documentary Space To Show A Kingdom Where Females Rule – Contenders TV: Doc + Unscripted

National Geographic’s Queens isn’t your typical nature documentary series. From the first episode, it flips the script on what one might expect out, instead diving deep into the love, loss and resilience of the matriarchal societies in the animal kingdom. And it all started with that very first…

Tom Holland Knows His Weekend Plans – Zendaya’s New Film, Of Course

Zendaya’s latest movie Challengers is on boyfriend Tom Holland’s weekend agenda, he said in an Instagram post. Today, the Marvel star shared the movie's poster on Instagram, which features a close-up of Zendaya as tennis star Tashi Duncan. Her on-screen love interests, Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor…

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‘The Traitors’ Host Alan Cumming Reveals There Will Be Some “Good Twists” In Season 3 – Contenders TV: Doc + Unscripted

The second season of The Traitors saw the surprise return of one of its stars from Season 1 as well as a number of updates to its Scottish castle. Expect a few more twists and turns in Season 3 of the Peacock series. Speaking at Deadline's Contenders TV: Documentary + Unscripted event, host…

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‘Kings From Queens: The Story Of Run DMC’ Shows How Hip Hop Pioneers “Changed Pop, Changed Fashion, Changed Music” – Contenders TV: Doc + Unscripted

It's been over 40 years since the pioneering hip hop group Run-DMC formed in Hollis, Queens, but Darryl "DMC" McDaniels insists, "I remember everything like it was yesterday." He appeared at Deadline's Contenders Television: Documentary & Unscripted virtual event to discuss the Peacock docuseries King…

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Los Angeles Is No. 1 In Bad Air Quality, New Report Claims

Hold your breath for some bad news if you’re a local. A new report shows residents living in the Los Angeles and Long Beach area are breathing the unhealthiest air in the country. The American Lung Association’s latest State of the Air report details the top five U.S. cities polluted by…

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“There Was Little Evidence Anybody Was Ever Going To Care”: How Steve Martin Overcame Doubters To Reach Comedy Heights – Contenders TV: Doc + Unscripted

The success of the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building has exposed a new generation of viewers to the comedic brilliance and appeal of Steve Martin. But the actor-writer has been appearing onscreen since the late 1960s – and performing even before that, to smaller audiences, as a kid magician at the…

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‘The Super Models’ Explores Power And Impact Of Campbell, Crawford, Turlington And Evangelista: “They Were The First Influencers” – Contenders TV: Doc + Unscripted

The Apple TV+ docuseries The Super Models hearkens to the 1990s when four extraordinary beauties ruled the covers of fashion magazines and popular culture: Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford and Linda Evangelista. "It was a time when music and art and fashion were all coming together…

Gov. Kristi Noem Reveals She Shot And Killed “Untrainable” Family Dog And A “Nasty” Goat In Her New Memoir

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem admitted to killing her dog in a new memoir. By confessing, she may also have killed her chance at national office. Backlash has been fierce to the revelations in her new book, No Going Back: The Truth on What's Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward…

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‘The Dynasty: New England Patriots’ Director On Getting Answers From A Team Not Known For Saying Much Off The Field – Contenders TV: Doc + Unscripted

Ahead of preparing for his latest documentary The Dynasty: New England Patriots, director and executive producer Matthew Hamachek didn’t know much about the NFL team other then its ability to win Super Bowls. However, he quickly found a focus once the interview process revved up. “Whenever I have…

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Amanda McBaine & Jesse Moss Spotlight “A Better Politics” With ‘Girls State’ – Contenders TV: Doc + Unscripted

When filmmakers Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss first spoke with friends about the focus of their Apple TV+ documentary Girls State — a companion piece to their Emmy- and Sundance-winning 2020 documentary Boys State — they were surprised to hear about the expectations it conjured in their…

Rapper Toomaj Salehi Given Death Sentence By Iranian Court

A lawyer for Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi said his client has been given a death sentence for his involvement in the protests that swept Iran in 2022. "An order for the execution of Toomaj Salehi has been issued," Salehi's lawyer Amir Raesian tweeted Wednesday. The 32-year-old rapper has been…