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‘FYRE’s Andy King, The Guy Who Offered Blowjob For Water, May Get His Own TV Show
King’s story sparked hundreds of memes as well as offers for him to become the spokesperson for a number of major water campaigns.
Chanel Iman says she was also 'in the dark' about Fyre Festival
Model Chanel Iman, who appeared in the infamous promotional video for Fyre Festival, says she was also kept "in the dark" about what was going on with the 2017 failed...
Two Dueling Anna Delvey Series Are Poised to Be the Next Fyre Festival Doc Battle
Tis the season for TV adaptations of Millennial grifters.
Keith the Pilot Is the Real MVP of Netflix's 'Fyre'
A moment of appreciation for the only man at Fyre Fest who understood that people need bathrooms.
Fyre Festival exposes insidious problem in tech culture
Silicon Valley has built itself on positive vibes and optimism. But its "don’t worry, be happy" attitude is breeding a dangerous culture — and Fyre Festival is a burning tribute...
Internet raises over $139K for Fyre Festival restaurateur
Maryann Rolle candidly recalls on camera in the Netflix film that her personal savings were drained after she fed stranded fans who descended on the island for the fraught Fyre...
Stream It Or Skip It: 'Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened', Netflix's More Sympathetic Documentary About The Fyre Festival
While Netflix's Fyre Festival documentary pulls more punches than its Hulu counterpart, it's still a pretty unsparing look at the failed 2017 event.
'Fyre' Documentary Director Chris Smith On The Disasters That Didn't Even Make It Into The Movie
"The challenge for us was that there were another 20 things that went wrong in the lead-up to the festival."
A Fyre Fest Event Producer Was Told to Offer Oral Sex in Exchange for Water
As director Chris Smith recalled, "I'd never been doing an interview where I couldn't believe what I was hearing."
Which Fyre Festival Documentary Is Right For You: Hulu's or Netflix's?
Do you want the one with empathy, or the one that shows Billy McFarland with food in his teeth?
The drama behind Netflix and Hulu's dueling Fyre Festival documentaries
The failed Fyre music festival, which left thousands of millennials stranded in the Bahamas and its creator sentenced to jail for six years for fraud, is back in the news...
Stream It Or Skip It: 'Fyre Fraud', Hulu's Surprise Documentary On The Disastrous Music Festival
Hulu's surprise release not only beats Netflix's film on the failed Fyre Festival by four days, but has an interview with the festival's founder, as well.
Netflix to release documentary on disastrous Fyre Festival
The disastrous 2017 festival collapsed before it even started and landed its organizer, Billy McFarland, a six-year prison sentence.
Fyre Festival organizer Billy McFarland sentenced to six years in prison
Billy McFarland — who pleaded guilty in two cases since his 2017 music festival fell apart – faced up to 20 years at his sentencing.
Prosecutors want Fyre Festival scammer to get max sentence
Manhattan federal prosecutors on Wednesday called McFarland “a profoundly greedy, self-absorbed man focused exclusively on himself.”
Fyre Festival promoter scammed millions because of 'mental illness': lawyers
“The evidence suggests that Billy has a good heart that has been led astray by poor judgment and by untreated mental illness,” sentencing papers said.
Fyre Festival scammer pleads guilty to bogus ticket scheme
McFarland pleaded guilty to three counts for a fake ticket-selling scheme he admitted to carrying out while he was on bail for the first fraud.
Fyre Festival founder settles fraud charges with SEC
Disgraced Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland settled civil charges on Tuesday that he defrauded more than 100 investors out of $27.4 million to fund a lavish lifestyle of private planes...
Wannabe socialite swindler may have bilked Fyre Festival fraudster
New York's most beloved swindlers went head-to-head in 2013 when Anna Sorokin moved into the Wooster Street headquarters of McFarland's dubious credit-card company Magnises for four months.
Feds think Fyre Festival organizer might be too rich for taxpayer-funded lawyer
Manhattan federal prosecutors are demanding Billy McFarland come clean about his finances before being appointed a taxpayer-funded lawyer over suspicions of a second alleged fraud.