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David Oyelowo Comedy ‘Government Cheese’ Gets Apple Premiere Date; First-Look Photos

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Apple TV+ has dropped some of the first images for Government Cheese, its upcoming comedy series starring and executive produced by David Oyelowo. You can see them above and below. The streamer also announced the 10-episode series will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on Wednesday, April 16 with the first four episodes, followed by one episode weekly every Wednesday through May 28.

Government Cheese is produced by Apple Studios and Macro Television Studios. The series is written, executive produced and co-showrun by Hunter, who also directs, and Aeysha Carr. Oyelowo executive produces under his Yoruba Saxon banner. Charles D. King and Marta Fernandez executive produce for Macro Television Studios. Ali Brown executive produces for Ventureland.

Oscar-Winning Producer Dan Janvey Joins Creative Studio Ventureland As Head Of Film 

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Academy Award-winning producer Dan Janvey (Nomadland) has joined Ventureland, the studio behind the Emmy and PGA Award-winning docuseries Beckham and the Oscar and BAFTA-nominated Bobi Wine: The People’s President, as Head of Film. 

Based in New York City, Janvey joins from the Brooklyn-based Present Company, where he was a producer. His appointment follows news over the summer that Jesse Uram joined as vice president of strategic partnerships, where he is focused on expanding the company’s relationships with partners across the financial, creative, brand, and distribution communities. Kerstin Emhoff, John Battsek, Ali Brown launched the studio, specializing in the development of original entertainment across all media platforms, alongside Paul Hunter in 2018.

’99’ Earns Broadcast Sport Award Nomination for Sports Doc of the Year (Series)

Broadcast Sport Awards

‘Beckham’ wins Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series

Television Academy

On Saturday night, ‘Beckham’ won the Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. The four-part docuseries, directed by Fisher Stevens and produced by Ventureland and Studio 99, was nominated for five Emmys in total, including Outstanding Directing For A Documentary/Nonfiction Program.

‘Beckham’ is streaming on Netflix.

Jesse Uram Joins Ventureland as VP of Strategic Partnerships (EXCLUSIVE)

Variety

Jesse Uram has joined Ventureland, the creative studio behind “Bobi Wine: The People’s President” and “Beckham,” as vice president of strategic partnerships. He will be based in the company’s Los Angeles office, where he will work closely with CEO Kerstin Emhoff and managing director John Battsek on expanding the company’s relationships with partners across the financial, creative, and distribution communities.

‘Dear Cousin’ is #3 on Audible’s Top 100 List of Biographies & Memoirs

Audible

‘Bobi Wine’, ‘Beckham’, ‘The Deepest Breath’ Shortlisted for Grierson Trust Awards

Grierson Trust Awards

‘Beckham’ Scores Five Emmy Award Nominations

The Hollywood Reporter

Now Streaming – ‘Dear Cousin: The Stalking of Susan Fensten’ Podcast

Audible

‘The Deepest Breath’ Wins Sports Emmy for Outstanding Long Documentary

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Beckham hopes 1999 Treble documentary inspires Man Utd

BBC

‘Bobi Wine: The People’s President’ Wins Peabody Award for Documentary

Peabody Awards

‘Bobi Wine: The People’s President’ earns Peabody Award nomination

Peabody Awards

The Peabody Award nominees for Documentary, News, Public Service, and Radio/Podcast, listed by category and in alphabetical order (network/platform in parentheses) include: Bobi Wine: The People’s President.

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has partnered with Hotels.com to help fans travel in style

Sports Illustrated

One incredibly discerning guest. Ten conversation starters. An endlessly fascinating look into the world of hotels. This is Perfect 10 by Hotels.com NBA center Nikola Jokić has strong feelings about hotels from the best beach getaway to how every minibar should be stocked.

‘The Deepest Breath’ Earns Sports Emmy Nomination

The Emmys

Brian McGinn Directs Four-Part Series for Expedia, “Where To”

Expedia

Oscar nomination gives Bobi Wine new hope of toppling Uganda’s regime

The Guardian

Bobi Wine: The Amazing Race

Air Mail

From House Arrest to the Oscars Circuit

The New Yorker

Bobi Wine and Barbie Kyagulanyi talk Oscar-nominated documentary

Good Morning America

For the Most Groundbreaking Oscar Race This Year, Try Documentaries

The New York Times

‘Bobi Wine’ Scores Academy Award Nomination for Documentary Feature

Oscars

‘Bobi Wine’ and ‘Wham!’ Score BAFTA Nominations

BFI

BAFTA-Longlisted ‘The Deepest Breath’ Director on Bringing the Beauty — and Danger — of Freediving to Screen

Variety

Ugandan pop star turned politician Bobi Wine on how his music landed him in ‘good trouble’

CNN

‘The Deepest Breath,’ ‘Bobi Wine,’ ‘Wham!’ Make The BAFTA Longlist

BAFTA

‘Bobi Wine’ Named One of Variety’s “Best Documentaries of 2023”

Variety

‘Bobi Wine: The People’s President’ makes the Oscar shortlist for Documentary Feature

Variety

‘Beckham’ Among 2024 PGA Sports, Children’s and Short Form Nominees

The Hollywood Reporter

‘Bobi Wine: The People’s President’ Wins Best Feature at IDA Documentary Awards

Variety

Union Editorial Braids Latine Beauty Entrepreneurs For SEPHORA, Digitas, NBCUniversal, and Ventureland

Shoot

IDA Doc Awards Announces Nominees, Bobi Wine Listed Among Best Doc Feature

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Bobi Wine, The Deepest Breath Score Cinema Eye Honors Nominations

Variety

‘The Deepest Breath’ Wins Big at Critics Choice Doc Awards

IndieWire

Ventureland, Campside Media and Tenderfoot TV Team on “Cop City” Documentary, Podcast (Exclusive)

The Hollywood Reporter

Realscreen Awards 2024 nominees unveiled: American Manhunt included

Realscreen

15 documentaries to watch this awards season: Bobi Wine, The Deepest Breath

Screen Daily

Bobi Wine: The People’s President Shortlisted at IDA Documentary Awards

The Hollywood Reporter

The Deepest Breath, Bobi Wine Longlisted for 2024 Cinema Eye Honors: Audience Choice Award

IndieWire

Bobi Wine: The People’s President Selected for DOC NYC Shortlist

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Bobi Wine: The People’s President Director Christopher Sharp Longlisted for BIFA

Variety

The Deepest Breath, Bobi Wine: The People’s President score six Critics Choice Doc Award nominations

Critics Choice

‘The Deepest Breath’ Review: Exhilarating Underwater Footage Distinguishes a Free-Diving Doc With a Tragic Undertow

Variety

‘The Deepest Breath’ Review: A Heart-Stopping Plunge Into a Fathomless Obsession

The Hollywood Reporter

Netflix’s Beckham series is the best sports doco since The Last Dance

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jack Kerouac Documentary From ‘The Capote Tapes’ Director Ebs Burnough in the Works at Universal (EXCLUSIVE)

Variety

Universal Pictures Content Group has boarded “The Beat of a Nation: Kerouac’s Road,” a feature documentary directed by Ebs Burnough (“The Capote Tapes”) about Jack Kerouac’s seminal novel “On the Road.” Produced by London-based banner Ventureland, the documentary starts filming this week and sees Burnough using the prism of “On the Road” to depict the turmoils of today’s political and cultural landscape in the U.S.

The Best Documentaries of 2023

Vogue

As a documentary subject, free diving has the death-defying lunacy of big-wave surfing and the cosmopolitan appeal of Formula 1. And in the Italian free-diving champion Alessia Zecchini, The Deepest Breath has a vibrant heroine who is beautiful and tragically monomaniacal. This gripping movie tells her story and follows her blossoming love affair with the Irish safety diver Stephen Keenan, who runs a free-dive training facility in Dahab, Egypt, where Zecchini goes to train. Their affair gives poignant momentum to The Deepest Breath, which is fascinated with athletic obsession. Tragedy, when it comes, is all but inevitable.

David and Victoria Beckham discuss marriage ‘difficulties’ in new documentary

The Independent UK

FIFA Uncovered Shortlisted for a Broadcast Sports Award

Broadcast Sport

‘Beckham’ Trailer: First Look At Netflix Docuseries Chronicling One Of World Soccer’s Biggest Names

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