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It’s a strange day when Gypsy Rose Blanchard misses her mom.

Early this summer, news of Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s pregnancy caused mixed reactions among her supporters.

Some fear that she is making a mistake — or several mistakes. And others are just happy that she’s finally getting to make her own choices after losing her entire life to an abusive mother and then to an unjust legal system.

Ms. Rose Blanchard has other things on her mind. Including sorrow that, of all people, her dead mother won’t be around.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard attends “An Evening with Lifetime: Conversations On Controversies” FYC event at The Grove on May 01, 2024. (Photo Credit: Phillip Faraone/Getty Images) Why does Gypsy Rose Blanchard miss her mom?

On Wednesday, October 16, Ms. Rose Blanchard spoke to Nick Viall on his The Viall Viles podcast.

The 33-year-old is currently pregnant, expecting a daughter with boyfriend Ken Urker.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is sharing her story of life after prison in a new docuseries.

Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup premieres June 3 on Lifetime. The eight-part series follows the 32-year-old Gypsy as she navigates the world beyond prison walls. After spending seven years behind bars for conspiring with her then-boyfriend to kill her abusive mother, she’s ready for a fresh start. But as Gypsy rebuilds her life as a free woman, she’ll also have to deal with the glare of the spotlight, complicated family relationships, and the lingering effects of her traumatic childhood.

The Lifetime show is just the latest look at Gypsy’s unusual story, which has also inspired an Emmy-winning miniseries and multiple documentaries. Here’s where to stream other shows and documentaries about Gypsy Rose Blanchard.

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Get ready for a compelling journey into the depths of a harrowing true story with the premiere of Season 1 of “The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard,” airing on Lifetime on Monday, May 27th, 2024, at 5:00 Pm. In this highly anticipated episode titled “Gypsy Speaks: Born a Prisoner,” viewers will be taken on an emotional rollercoaster as Gypsy Rose Blanchard reveals shocking revelations from her troubled past.

As the eve of Gypsy’s parole hearing approaches, she opens up about her earliest childhood memories, shedding light on the twisted web of deception and manipulation spun by her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard. Gypsy recounts the years spent confined to a wheelchair and subjected to unnecessary medical treatments for fabricated illnesses, painting a chilling picture of her life as a prisoner in her own home.

Amidst allegations of sexual abuse and unfounded medical conditions, Gypsy shares her journey of survival and resilience,...

Deadline on Monday launched its streaming site for Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted, showing off the full panels of all 20 shows that participated in Saturday’s all-day showcase of the year’s best in nonfiction, unscripted and late-night programming as Emmy season ramps up.

Click here for the streaming site.

This year’s panel lineup featured a load of shows that have been generating zeitgeist-y buzz, including Gypsy Rose Blanchard joining the conversation with the EPs for The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the filmmakers behind Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, the producers behind this year’s Oscars, and the creatives behind late-night staples Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Daily Show.

The documentary field was also well-repped, featuring filmmakers Ron Howard (Jim Henson Idea Man) Roger Ross Williams (The Super Models), Morgan Neville (Steve! (Martin) A Documentary in 2 Pieces) Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss (Girls State...

Gypsy Rose Blanchard has opened up about her hit Lifetime docuseries The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, saying it was “the way that my story should have been told all along.” Blanchard was released from prison in December after serving seven years of her 10-year sentence for her part in the murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard. For years, Dee Dee convinced people her daughter was terminally ill with the mind of a 7-year-old and suffered from various ailments and illnesses, including muscular dystrophy and leukemia. The Lifetime docuseries premiered on January 5 and featured unprecedented access to Blanchard before her release. Throughout the series, Blanchard shared her story of horrific abuse, being the victim of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, her mother’s murder, and her life behind bars. “I’m happy with the way that it came across,” Gypsy said during Deadline‘s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event.

The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard became a massive hit for Lifetime from the moment the first episode of the docuseries debuted in January.

“It definitely surpassed even our wildest expectations,” executive producer Nicole Vogel said during a panel discussion of the series as part of Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event. “It’s been our number one most downloaded property ever across all of A&e networks. It’s been the highest social-performing property and buzz for us across A&e networks. So, it really has been a hit.”

Vogel said Lifetime expected big things when they green lighted the series. They had every reason to be confident because Blanchard’s shocking story has captivated the nation since it first came to light almost a decade ago. It’s a tale of Munchausen by Proxy and murder: Gypsy’s mother Dee Dee subjected her daughter to needless medical...

This year’s Emmy race features some of the most explosive nonfiction content in recent years: docuseries on the fate of a beloved talk show host, a vulnerable young woman victimized in a case of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, the scandal involving Nickelodeon kids shows, and a revealing look inside one of professional sports’ greatest dynasties.

Deadline’s Contenders TV: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event — your indispensable guide to TV awards season — goes in depth on all of it Saturday in a showcase that kicks off at 9 a.m. Pt.

Click here to register and watch the livestream.

Among the panelists joining today are key talent behind Lifetime’s Where Is Wendy Williams?, Investigation Discovery’s Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, and The Dynasty: New England Patriots from Apple TV+. Gypsy Rose Blanchard herself joins us to talk about telling her shocking story in Lifetime’s The Prison...

The strikes are behind us, Emmy season is upon us, and it’s time to hear from the creatives and talent behind some of the TV season’s most talked-about nonfiction programs. Deadline’s daylong Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event will offer just that this weekend, giving awards-watchers a chance to kick back at home and take in the tales.

You can RSVP for Saturday’s livestream here.

Starting at 9 a.m. Pt Saturday, the fourth annual event features 20 panels with cast and creatives from series, specials and telefilms.

Here is what and who you can expect to see.

From ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live!.

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All eyes have been on Gypsy Rose Blanchard, whose intriguing story has been told through a Hulu TV series, an HBO documentary and countless news stories. Fresh off the success of Lifetime’s special, The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the cable network will continue chronicling her life in a new unscripted series.

Premiering on June 3, the new Lifetime show comes after the 32-year-old’s exclusive two-hour interview on 20/20. Missed catching Blanchard’s six-episode docuseries when it aired live in January? Keep reading to find out how to watch The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard online.

How to Watch The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard Online

There are several ways to stream The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard online: by buying or renting it online or by using a cable TV provider to stream the series on demand on Lifetime’s website or app or when it broadcasts live.

Lifetime will continue chronicling the life of Gypsy Rose Blanchard.

On the heels of its January documentary The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the cable network has greenlit a new unscripted show that will chronicle her life following her release from prison. The untitled series comes from Prison Confessions producer Category 6 Media, which is part of A+E Factual Studios.

“Millions have followed Gypsy’s story and are invested in seeing what is in store for her next,” said Elaine Frontain Bryant, executive vp and head of programming for A&e, Lifetime and Lmn. “After a lifetime of trauma and serving her time, we are all rooting for Gypsy to embrace all that life has to offer and become the woman she always wanted to be.”

The docuseries will follow Blanchard starting days before her Dec. 28, 2023, release from prison, where she served 8 1/2 years of a 10-year sentence for persuading a boyfriend to kill her mother,...

Investigation Discovery’s The Curious Case of Natalia Grace and Lifetime’s The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard both opened with stellar ratings, highlighting the continued success of true-crime on television.

In fact, it’s the “Barbenheimer of true-crime,” according to Warner Bros Discovery exec Jason Sarlanis.

Sarlanis, President, TBS, TNT, truTV, ID & Hln for Linear & Streaming at Wbd, said, “What [Lifetime] was able to do with Gypsy Rose and we had with Natalia Grace was like our own little Barbenheimer of true-crime happening. That only really happens if you’re willing to find the good things and find the optimism in every single meeting.”

Sarlanis was speaking Monday at Realscreen in New Orleans on a panel alongside Lifetime’s SVP Original Programming Brie Miranda Bryant; Scout Production co-founder David Collins; WME partner and agent Ryan McNeily; and Susie Jones, head of factual at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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[This story contains spoilers from The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard.]

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, whose story has been told numerous times including in Hulu’s The Act, shared her own account of her past in a series of candid interviews over the course of 18 months for the Lifetime documentary The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard.

Gypsy was released from prison last month on parole after serving eight and a half years of a 10-year prison sentence. She pleaded guilty to persuading Nicholas Godejohn, a boyfriend she met online, to kill her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, who had forced Gypsy to pretend for years that she was suffering from serious illnesses, including leukemia and muscular dystrophy.

In the docuseries, Gypsy shares several big revelations, some of which she hadn’t previously shared with anyone, including her own family.

“I think the biggest reason why I held back all this time and am kind of coming forward now,...

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If you’ve missed broadcast television as much as we have, then you’re in for a treat this week as shows finally return!

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Saturday, January 6

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Christmas is officially Over at Hallmark! Let’s see what’s in store this Saturday.

A professional golfer suffers a series of setbacks and returns home to Budapest to reevaluate her future in the sport.

While there, a golf pro helps her rediscover herself and find love. Starring Ashley Newbrough and Marcus Rosner.

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It’s part three of the true-crime docu-series, and where we get to that fated day and everything that happened that landed Blanchard in prison.

Only this time, we get Gypsy Rose’s perspective of it all.

The three C’s of current TV documentary programming are celebrity, crime and cults, and the new Lifetime docuseries The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard checks off the first two with ruthless, pinpoint efficiency. The subject, a young woman who arranged for the murder of her deranged, abusive mother in 2015, has become a media sensation, the subject of a previous dramatic miniseries (Hulu’s The Act, from 2019) and now a TikTok sensation about to release her own memoir. Let there be no underestimating the public appetite for such material,...

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who pled guilty to the second-degree murder of her mother and was recently released on parole, will be the focus of a new six-hour special airing on Lifetime. The ‘Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard’ gives a unique look with Blanchard promising to give “unprecedented access” to her life and story. The special will air Friday, Jan. 5 at 8:00 p.m. Et and will be available to stream the following day. You can watch Lifetime and The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard with a 7-Day Free Trial of Philo. You can also watch with Directv Stream, Sling TV, or Hulu Live TV.

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Gypsy Rose Blanchard is sharing painful new details about her past.

The 32-year-old victim of Munchausen by proxy, who was released from prison last week, opened up about which one of the surgeries her mother made her get under the false belief she had various illnesses.

Keep reading to find out more…

The newly freed woman, who served eight years for her role in the 2015 murder of her mother Dee Dee, said the most painful ordeal was “to remove two salivary glands behind my neck,” via People.

She said she “didn’t respond very well to the anesthesia,” making the recovery process “really, really hard.”

“To this day, it has left me with the side effects of having to clear my throat all the time. So I’m always, if you hear me, that is a constant thing that I’ve had ever since. And it annoys people to no end,...

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, whose story was the basis for Hulu’s The Act, was released from prison Thursday, TMZ reports.

In 2016, Blanchard received a 10-year sentence after pleading guilty to her mother’s murder. She was granted parole and scheduled an early release in September 2023.

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In addition to The Act, an eight-episode Hulu true crime series that premiered in March 2019 and starred Joey King, Blanchard’s story also was the subject...

Exclusive: Lifetime is approaching its 40th anniversary and it’s launching a number of unscripted series to celebrate.

The A+E Networks-owned cabler has ordered Prison Brides and I Wasn’t Expecting a Baby! as part of its new non-scripted slate.

The series, which will launch in the first quarter of 2024, join long running series such as Married at First Sight as well as previously announced shows such as The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Casey Anthony’s Parents: The Lie Detector Test and Theresa Caputo: Raising Spirits.

Prison Brides follows women who find love in locked up places and I Wasn’t Expecting a Baby! recounts the stories of women who only discovered they were pregnant as they are about to give birth.

Prison Brides follows seven women from around the world who believe they have found their soulmates in the most unexpected of places, American prisons. While...

Sports films are a bit of a rarity in South Korean cinema, which is surprising, because whenever they do release, they tend to do well at the box office. Ladies Football (or soccer) films are even rarer, and not just in Korea. Director Bae Hyo-ming joins the two for his debut “The Shooting Girls”.

Synopsis

A movie about the Wanju Samrae Girls’ Junior High soccer team and their outstanding performance at the National Soccer Competition.

The film stars Jung Woong-in (“The Prison”) as Kim Soo-cheol, the coach of the team, along with newcomer actresses Lee Bi-ah, Jung Ye-jin, Jeong Ji-hye and Yoon Joo-hee. It releases in South Korean cinemas on May 6th, 2020.

It’s not often that you see biographical films on religious personalities and even lesser so focused on their childhood. Director Choi Jong-tae’s new film “Beyond That Mountain” attempts just that by looking at the childhood of the beloved late Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan.

Synopsis

Biographical film about the childhood of the late Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, who was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the former Archbishop of Seoul, South Korea and an iconic figure in South Korea’s bloody and tumultuous transition from military rule to democracy.

The film stars Lee Hang-na (“Golden Slumber“), child actor Lee Kyung-hoon as the young Kim Sou-hwan, Ahn Nae-sang (“Killed My Wife”), and Kang Shin-il (“The Prison”). It releases in South Korea on April 30th, 2020.

The last time Kim Rae-won was seen in a romantic film was way back in 2003 with “My Little Bride”. For Gong Hyo-jin, though she reigns supreme on the genre on television, her last romantic outing in a film was in 2013 with “You are More than Beautiful”, having concentrated on building a completely opposite image of herself on-screen than the one she is loved for in television dramas. The project that finally makes the two stars return to the genre is director Kim Han-gyul’s debut film “The Most Ordinary Romance”.

Synopsis

A story about a man who is still in love with his ex-girlfriend and the ex-girlfriend who is currently is in the middle of a rough parting with her current boyfriend. The three of them are wounded by love.

Though this is the first time the two will be seen in a film together, both Kim Rae-won and Gong...

Though Indian cinema drew a blank at the Cannes official selections and sidebars, the country has a sizable presence at the Market, with more than 40 films in various stages of progress represented, and many more via the India Pavilion.

Saurav Rai, whose short “Gudh” (Nest) was a selection at the Cinefondation section in 2016, returns to Cannes with his debut feature “Nimtoh” (Invitation). Part of the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum Goes to Cannes program, the film follows a boy and his grandmother who are excited about an upcoming wedding in their remote mountain village.

Fresh off its world premiere at Tribeca, Bhaskar Hazarika’s tale of forbidden passions “Aamis” (Ravening) is represented at the Market by German sales outfit Media Luna.

The Maharashtra Film, Stage and Cultural Development Corp. is a regular presence at the Market and this year it is showcasing three films: veteran Sumitra Bhave’s “Dithee” (Seeing...

Actor Cho Seung-woo likes to be quite selective with his projects. Last seen on the big screen in 2015’s brilliant political crime-thriller “Inside Men“, he is back again this year in the period film “Feng Shui”.

Synopsis

Not many plot details are known at the moment, but “Feng Shui” tells a story of those who struggle to become king and fight over grave sites and a young man who lost his parents attempting to take revenge on the king.

Directed by Park Hee-gon, “Feng Shui” reunites Cho Seung-woo with his “Inside Men” co-star Baek Yoon-shik. The film also stars Ji Sung, Kim Sung-kyun and Moon Chae-won and is slated for a September 19th, 2018 release in South Korea.

Veteran screenwriter Na Hyun’s acclaimed directorial debut, the Korean crime thriller The Prison, will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray from September 12 from Well Go USA Entertainment. The film, released in March 2017 to commercial and critical success, sees TV heartthrob Kim Rae-won (Gangnam Blues, Doctor Crush) go head-to-head with old-timer Han Suk-kyu (The Berlin File, Green Fish).

The Prison features Kim in the role of Song Yoo-gun, a troubled former police inspector jailed after a hit-and-run incident. Once inside the prison he had helped fill, he finds that it is being run by a vicious crime syndicate led by Han’s Jung Ik-ho, a vicious mob-boss known as The King by other inmates. The warden and the guards are helping run the syndicate carry out intricate heists under the alibi provided by the inmates’ sentences. Looking for revenge against the system that put him inside, Song Yoo-gun joins Jung Ik-ho’s gang.

Veteran screenwriter Na Hyun’s acclaimed directorial debut, the Korean crime thriller The Prison, will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray from September 12 from Well Go USA Entertainment. The film, released in March 2017 to commercial and critical success, sees TV heartthrob Kim Rae-won (Gangnam Blues, drama Doctor Crush) go head-to-head with old-timer Han Suk-kyu (The Berlin File, Green Fish).

The Prison (2017) (Source: Well Go USA)

The Prison features Kim in the role of Song Yoo-gun, a troubled former police inspector jailed after a hit-and-run incident. Once inside the prison he had helped fill, he finds that it is being run by a vicious crime syndicate led by Han’s Jung Ik-ho, a vicious mob-boss known as The King by other inmates. The warden and the guards are helping run the syndicate carry out intricate heists under the alibi provided by the inmates’ sentences. Looking for revenge against the system that put him inside,...

Veteran actor Han Suk Kyu teamed up with charming TV actor Kim Rae Won for the first time as unlikely allies in the action thriller movie, “The Prison”. Directed by experienced screenwriter Na Hyun (“Spin Kick”, “Heartbreak Library”), the movie depicts Han as a merciless prison gang boss while Kim plays a troublemaker, quick-tempered ex-cop. The two characters meet in prison and start working together as Han took Kim under his wing.

There’s a first time for everything.

While Han Suk Kyu is no stranger when it comes to playing villains in the past, he is well-known for his mild image and deep, soothing voice. Same goes for Kim Rae Won whose claim to fame was rom-com television dramas such as “Attic Cat” and “Doctors”. The two actors both raised the acting bar by taking on evil, vicious, and ruthless characters this time. Of course, it was a piece...

The run of corruption thrillers that have proven so popular at the Korean box office of late shows no signs of abating with The Prison, which takes the same themes that have populated works such as Inside Men and Veteran, and applies them to the more intimate setting of a jail, which serves as a stand-in for society at large.In this debut work by new director Na Hyun, a former cop winds up on the wrong side of the law and is handed a jail sentence. In prison, he soon finds his way into the entourage of a criminal mastermind who controls everyone within the walls, even the guards and the warden, routinely sending convicts outside on missions.Convicts stepping out for brief missions is hardly...

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South Korea's Showbox has inked multiple deals for crime actioner The Prison, which will get a North America release at the end of the month via Well Go USA.

The film, which debuted at the American Film Market, has since sold to key territories including Australia and New Zealand (Jbg Pictures); China (Lemon Tree); France, Switzerland and Africa (Swift Productions); Japan (The Klockworx); the Philippines (Viva Communications); Taiwan (MovieCloud); and the United Kingdom (Jbg Pictures). Rights for in-flight distribution went to Emphasis.

The film directed by Na Hyun will open in South Korean theaters March 23 before hitting select U.S....

Na Hyun’s crime drama sells to Japan, France, Switzerland and Africa.

South Korean distributor Showbox has sold crime action film The Prison to Japan (The Klockworx), as well as to France, Switzerland and Africa (Swift Productions) and worldwide in-flight (Emphasis).

Directed by Na Hyun, the film stars Kim Rae-won (Gangnam Blues) as a former police inspector who’s sent to prison for a hit-and-run accident and finds the whole place, including the warden and guards, is run as a crime syndicate by an inmate played by veteran actor Han Seok-kyu (The Berlin File).

Showbox has the film set for local release on March 23. WellGo USA has a March 31 release planned for North America.

In addition to their deal to North America, Showbox did pre-sales on The Prison to Australia and New Zealand (Jbg Pictures), China (Lemon Tree), Philippines (Viva Communications) and Taiwan (MovieCloud).