Month: April 2021

Netflix reported 208 million global subscribers as of the end of the first quarter, missing its own prediction for 210 million. The streaming giant did beat financial targets, though with earnings per share of $3.75 a dollar ahead of Wall Street analysts’ expectations. Revenue of $7.16 billion also topped the Street. The subscriber shortfall, which
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Hallmark‘s Keepsake Ornaments have gotten a whole lot cooler in recent years than they used to be, with horror properties often brought into the mix. In the wake of Jaws, Frankenstein, and “The Walking Dead” ornaments in recent years, we’re getting “Stranger Things,” Mortal Kombat, and Ghostbusters: Afterlife ornaments this year, and we’ve got your
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Freeform vet Olivia Holt highlights the network’s latest teen drama, Cruel Summer, and an intriguing group of stars surrounds her. The new series, developed by Bert V. Royal, will take viewers back in time for a ’90s-set mystery involving two teenage girls. Jessica Biel (The Sinner) serves as an executive producer, whereas Shondaland’s Tia Napolitano acts
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Ron DeSantis apparently has a problem with the constitutionally enshrined right to assemble. By Bess Levin April 19, 2021 As racial-justice protests swelled around the country during his last year in office, Donald Trump made it abundantly clear that he had little regard for the constitutionally enshrined right to assemble. Regularly conflating peaceful protesters with
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It’s been evident for awhile now that nearly every immediate Brown family member wants to cancel its plural marriage. Meri is outwardly unhappy and unloved… Christine just spent hours on air complaining about her situation… and even Kody has said he no longer believes in polygamy. It’s all sort of depressing to watch unfold, if
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BAFTA Names TV Awards HostsRichard Ayoade is returning to host the BAFTA Television Awards for the second year, while actor, writer, and director Gbemisola Ikumelo (Famalam) has been named as the host of the British Television Craft Awards. The main TV awards have been scheduled for June 6 on BBC One, while the craft ceremony
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Australia is in the midst of a sexual assault crisis. Former parliamentary staffer Brittany Higgins spoke out earlier this year, saying she was raped by a former colleague inside of the Parliament House. Days later, accusation of rape from 1988 surfaced against Attorney General Christian Porter (which he has denied). The New York Times writes
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(Interactive chart with estimates below) This week, Neon released its COVID-inspired horror film In The Earth, directed by Ben Wheatley (Down Terrace, Kill List). Written across 15 days last August, the movie follows a scientist and a park scout in the midst of a pandemic. Their journey into a forest becomes imperiled as they find
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There are addictiveTV shows and then there is Kate Winslet playing a downtrodden detective in Mare of Easttown. It’s an acting masterclass as Kate’s Mare battles personal trauma whilst trying to solve the murder of a young single mother from her close knit community in Philadelphia. It’s more addictive than Line of Duty, and I
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It’s tough to think of a topic for hit songs more successful than that of the classic break-up anthem; maybe love songs, but the two go hand in hand and wholly rely on each other to maintain their cornered market, so the idea of one being more successful than the other is irrelevant. For every
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On Saturday, American Idol‘s Cecil Ray Baker was arrested in Rockdale, Texas, according to a report from ABC affiliate KXXV ABC 25. The recently-booted Season 19 contestant was charged with ‘burglary of habitation’—which constitutes a second-degree felony—after allegedly breaking into the home of his ex-girlfriend, Mariah Lopez, when she wouldn’t let him enter to see a
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With Glenn Close poised to tie Peter O’Toole as the actor who’s lost the most times without ever winning once, let’s look at the players and directors who are always a nominee, but never an Oscar-winner. By Colin Groundwater April 19, 2021 Amy Adams congratulates Anne Hathaway for her Best Supporting Actress win in 2013
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Thrash Metal Icons DESTRUCTION Sign Worldwide Record Deal With Napalm Records! More Exciting News to be Announced Soon! German steamroller DESTRUCTION to enter a new chapter of explosive thrash metal! Napalm Records is beyond proud to join forces with Germany’s hottest and most explosive thrash metal engine, DESTRUCTION! The band has signed a worldwide record deal
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