Investigation Discovery is continuing to dive into early 2000s scandals following controversial docuseries “Quiet on Set.”
ID announced the four-part docuseries “Fallen Idols” about brothers Nick and Aaron Carter, focusing on the sexual assault allegations against Nick. Per the official synopsis, the docuseries will chart the Carters’ fame in the late 1990s and early 2000s to their headline-making struggles in recent years, including Aaron’s death in 2022.
In 2017, Nick was accused of sexual assault by singer and actress Melissa Schuman, former member of popular girl group Dream while Nick and Backstreet Boys were at the height of their fame. In the years following Schuman’s decision to come forward, additional accusers, Ashley Repp and Shay Ruth, spoke out with similar accusations.
Schuman accused Nick of assault in a 2017 blog post, claiming he raped her in 2003. Ruth filed a sexual battery lawsuit against Nick in 2022 alleging that he raped her in...
ID announced the four-part docuseries “Fallen Idols” about brothers Nick and Aaron Carter, focusing on the sexual assault allegations against Nick. Per the official synopsis, the docuseries will chart the Carters’ fame in the late 1990s and early 2000s to their headline-making struggles in recent years, including Aaron’s death in 2022.
In 2017, Nick was accused of sexual assault by singer and actress Melissa Schuman, former member of popular girl group Dream while Nick and Backstreet Boys were at the height of their fame. In the years following Schuman’s decision to come forward, additional accusers, Ashley Repp and Shay Ruth, spoke out with similar accusations.
Schuman accused Nick of assault in a 2017 blog post, claiming he raped her in 2003. Ruth filed a sexual battery lawsuit against Nick in 2022 alleging that he raped her in...
- 4/24/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter and his late brother Aaron Carter — and the controversies and accusations swirling around both of them — will be the subject of the latest high-profile documentary series on Investigation Discovery. Coming off the tremendous success of the recent “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” ID and its sister streamer Max will jointly run the four-part docuseries “Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter” over two nights, on Monday, May 27, and Tuesday, May 28, at 9 p.m. Et.
In particular, the series will investigate the accusations of sexual assault against Nick Carter by three women, and will also dive into younger brother Aaron Carter’s struggles with mental health and substance abuse, leading to his death in 2022. “Fallen Idols” will additionally look at the relationship between the brothers, which took a turn when Aaron Carter began criticizing Nick Carter for those allegations and supporting his accusers.
In particular, the series will investigate the accusations of sexual assault against Nick Carter by three women, and will also dive into younger brother Aaron Carter’s struggles with mental health and substance abuse, leading to his death in 2022. “Fallen Idols” will additionally look at the relationship between the brothers, which took a turn when Aaron Carter began criticizing Nick Carter for those allegations and supporting his accusers.
- 4/24/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
"Hackers are a wonderful resource." HBO has unveiled the official trailer for a documentary titled Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections, which is as frightening as it sounds. This 91-minute feature documentary will be debuting streaming on HBO later this month. From directors Simon Ardizzone, Russell Michaels and Sarah Teale, the team behind HBO's documentary Hacking Democracy, Kill Chain again follows Finnish hacker and cyber security expert Harri Hursti as he travels across the U.S. and around the world to show how our election systems remain entirely unprotected, with very little accountability or transparency. Hursti's eye-opening journey is supplemented by candid interviews with key figures in the election security community, as well as cyber experts and U.S. senators from both parties who are fighting to secure the integrity of the vote before November 2020. Let's hope this film actually makes a difference and forces real change, because...
- 3/6/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The vulnerabilities of the United States’ election system are highlighted in the unnerving new trailer for the documentary, Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America’s Elections, debuting March 26th on HBO.
The clip starts by taking on one of the major misconceptions about American voting machines — that concerns about hacking are unwarranted because voting machines don’t connect to the internet. In fact, many machines do connect to the internet — very easily — and hacking them is really just one of several ways outside actors can tamper with the election process,...
The clip starts by taking on one of the major misconceptions about American voting machines — that concerns about hacking are unwarranted because voting machines don’t connect to the internet. In fact, many machines do connect to the internet — very easily — and hacking them is really just one of several ways outside actors can tamper with the election process,...
- 3/5/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
In today’s TV News Roundup, the CW revealed this year’s musical episode of “Riverdale” will feature numbers from “Hedwig & the Angry Inch,” and Amazon announced the premiere date for “Agatha Christie’s The Pale Horse.”
Dates
This Season 4 musical episode of “Riverdale” will air on Apr. 8 at 8:00 pm on the CW, and this year the Riverdale High School students will be rallying against their principal and performing numbers from “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” “Riverdale” stars Kj Apa as Archie Andrews, Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper, Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge, Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones, Madelaine Petsch as Cheryl Blossom, Marisol Nichols as Hermione Lodge, Mӓdchen Amick as Alice Cooper, Casey Cott as Kevin Keller, Mark Consuelos as Hiram Lodge, Skeet Ulrich as Fp Jones, Charles Melton as Reggie Mantle and Vanessa Morgan as Toni Topaz. You can see who will be play which “Hedwig” character in the poster art below.
Dates
This Season 4 musical episode of “Riverdale” will air on Apr. 8 at 8:00 pm on the CW, and this year the Riverdale High School students will be rallying against their principal and performing numbers from “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” “Riverdale” stars Kj Apa as Archie Andrews, Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper, Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge, Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones, Madelaine Petsch as Cheryl Blossom, Marisol Nichols as Hermione Lodge, Mӓdchen Amick as Alice Cooper, Casey Cott as Kevin Keller, Mark Consuelos as Hiram Lodge, Skeet Ulrich as Fp Jones, Charles Melton as Reggie Mantle and Vanessa Morgan as Toni Topaz. You can see who will be play which “Hedwig” character in the poster art below.
- 1/28/2020
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
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