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09Nov/17

Apple orders Witherspoon, Aniston drama in TV push

November 9, 2017TelevisionActors, Amazing Stories, Apple Inc., Berkshire Hathaway, Business/Finance, California, Company: Apple, Entertainment/Culture, Genealogy, HBO, Human Interest, ITunes Store, Jennifer Aniston, Los Angeles, Nationality, Netflix, Reese, Reese Witherspoon, Rita Cooper Lee, Steven Spielberg, Technology/Internet, Television in the United States, United Statessmbale

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (REUTERS) – Apple Inc has ordered two seasons of a drama series that stars Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston and looks at the lives of people working on a morning television show, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday (November 08). Continue reading →

30Oct/17

‘House of Cards’ to end amid Spacey allegation

October 30, 2017TelevisionActors, Anthony Rapp, Company: Netflix, Entertainers, Entertainment, Entertainment/Culture, House of Cards, Kevin Spacey, Los Angeles, Netflix, NETFLIX INC., Rapp, Software, Spacey, Theatre, United Statessmbale

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (REUTERS) – Netflix Inc’s groundbreaking political drama “House of Cards” will end after its upcoming sixth season, the company said on Monday (October 30), one day after a sexual misconduct allegation emerged against star Kevin Spacey. Continue reading →

30Oct/17

Kevin Spacey apologizes to actor Anthony Rapp, says he lives life as a gay man

October 30, 2017CelebrityActing, Actors, American Beauty, Anthony Rapp, BuzzFeed, English-language films, Entertainers, Entertainment, Entertainment/Culture, Harvey Weinstein, House of Cards, Human Interest, Inci, Kevin Spacey, LGBT people, London, Netflix, Rapp, Rent, Spacey, The Old Vic, Theatre, Twitter, United Statessmbale

INTERNET (OCTOBER 29, 2017) (SOCIAL MEDIA) – Kevin Spacey apologized on Sunday (October 29) to fellow actor Anthony Rapp for a 1986 incident in which Rapp said Spacey made a sexual advance to him when Rapp was only 14. Continue reading →

28Sep/17

Roku shares surge on debut

September 28, 2017FinanceAmazon, Apple TV, Blue Apron, Business/Finance, Companies, Company: Apple, Company: Blue Apron Hldg, Company: Google, Company: Netflix, Company: Roku, Company: Snap, Company: SNAPCHAT, e-commerce, Economy, Economy of New York City, Finance, Fred Katayama, Google, Hulu, Initial public offering, Internet radio, Internet television, Investment, Linux-based devices, NASDAQ, Netflix, Operating systems, Phoenix Financial Services, Roku, Snap, Snap Inc., Snapchat, Stock market, Technology/Internet, Wayne Kaufman, Wayne Kaufman Wayne Kaufmansmbale

Shares of the streaming box maker rose about 30 percent minutes after they debuted on the Nasdaq Stock Market Thursday. Fred Katayama reports. Continue reading →

14Aug/17

‘Grey’s Anatomy’ creator Shonda Rhimes leaves ABC for Netflix

August 14, 2017TelevisionAmerican Broadcasting Company, American television series, Betsy Beers, Company: Disney, Company: Netflix, Company: Walt Disney, Disney Media Networks, Entertainment/Culture, Grey's Anatomy, How to Get Away With Murder, Los Angeles, Netflix, NETFLIX INC., Rhimes, Scandal, Seattle Grace: Message of Hope, Serial drama television series, Shonda Rhimes, ShondaLand, Showrunners, Technology/Internet, Television, Television programs, Television series, The Catch, The Walt Disney Company, United States, Walt Disney Cosmbale

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 10, 2014) (REUTERS) – “Grey’s Anatomy” creator Shonda Rhimes is taking her Shondaland production house away from Walt Disney Co’s ABC network to Netflix Inc to produce new content, the video streaming company said on Sunday (August 13). Continue reading →

22Jul/17

Will Smith revels in racism with ‘Bright’

July 22, 2017FilmsBright, Company: Netflix, David Ayer, Elves, Elves in fiction, Entertainment/Culture, Fantasy, Fantasy tropes, Fiction, Films, Half-orc, Joel Edgerton, Netflix, Orcs, Orcs: First Blood, Parallel universe, San Diego, Social Issues, Species, Suicide Squad, United States, Will Smithsmbale

Actor Will Smith discusses upcoming release ‘Bright’, which is based in a parallel universe where orcs live alongside humans. Continue reading →

16May/17

Cannes boss says cinemas right to object to Netflix’ web-only movies

May 16, 2017FilmsBen Stiller, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Company: Netflix, Creative works, Dustin Hoffman, Eco-terrorism in fiction, Entertainment/Culture, Films, France, Jake Gyllenhaal, Movie theater, Netflix, Okja, Palme d'Or, Software, The Meyerowitz Stories, Tilda Swinton, United Statessmbale

CANNES, FRANCE (MAY 16, 2017) (REUTERS) – French cinemas were right to object to Netflix’ appearance at Cannes, the film festival’s director said on Tuesday (May 16), ahead of the movie fortnight that this year has been marked by a fight between theatres and the U.S. online giant. Continue reading →

08May/17

Diversity and inclusion take center stage at MTV Movie and TV Awards

May 8, 2017TelevisionAshton Sanders, Asia Kate Dillon, Beauty and the Beast, Bill Condon, Caleb McLaughlin, Company: Netflix, Company: Viacom, Creative works, Dafne Keen, Daniel Kaluuya, Disney, Donald Trump, Emma Watson, Emmanuel Macron, Entertainment/Culture, Films, Hugh Jackman, Human Interest, Jharrel Jerome, Logan, Los Angeles, Mass media, Matt Duffer, Maxine Waters, Millie Bobby Brown, MTV, MTV Movie & TV Awards, MTV Movie Awards, NBC, Netflix, Ross Duffer, Stranger Things, Taraji P. Henson, Television, The Best Kiss award, The Duffer Brothers, The MTV Generation Award, the MTV Movie and TV awards, Tracee Ellis Ross, Trevor Noah, United States, Viacom Media Networks, Vin Dieselsmbale

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (MAY 7, 2017) (MTV) – Diversity and inclusion took center stage at the MTV Movie and TV awards on Sunday (May 7), with non-gendered acting categories, speeches about social and political issues and the Best Kiss prize going to an on-screen smooch between two teenaged boys.
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06Feb/17

Mobile ads power Facebook’s growth

February 6, 2017FinanceAdvertising, Blog hosting services, Business/Finance, Club Penguin, Company: Facebook, Company: Netflix, Company: YouTube Inc, Computing, Criticism of Facebook, Entertainment/Culture, Facebook, Fred Katayama, Katayama, Mark Zuckerberg, Netflix, Social information processing, social media, Social networking service, Social networking services, Social networks, Software, Technology, Technology/Internet, The Social Network, World Wide Websmbale

The social networking company’s profit more than doubled on surprisingly fast growth of its mobile ad business. Fred Katayama reports. Continue reading →

30Jan/17

Silicon Valley puts money and muscle into fighting Trump immigrant curbs

January 30, 2017ImmigrationAlbert Wenger, American people of German descent, Apple Inc., Business, Businesspeople, Climate change skepticism and denial, Company: Union Sqr Ventrs, Country: United States, Dave McClure, Donald John Trump, Donald Trump, Economy of the United States, Ellis, Elon Musk, Ford, Fred Wilson, Google, Harrison Metal, Immigration policy of Donald Trump, Iran–United States relations, JASPER LAWLER, John Zimmer, Logan Green, Lyft, Michael Dearing, Microsoft Corp, Mountain View, Netflix, Political positions of Donald Trump, Politics of the United States, Reactions to Executive Order 13769, Sam Altman, San Jose, Silicon Valley, Stewart Butterfield, Tesla, The Apprentice, Travis Kalanick, Uber, Union Square Ventures, United States, WWE Hall of Fame, Y Combinatorsmbale

Silicon Valley took the lead over the weekend in corporate resistance to President Donald Trump’s clampdown on immigration, financing legal opposition, criticizing the plan, as well as helping employees ensnared by his executive order.

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