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The Netflix logo is displayed on the company's website on Feb. 2, 2023, in New York. Netflix on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, outlined how it intends to crack down on the rampant sharing of account passwords in the U.S., its latest bid to reel in more subscribers to its video streaming service amid a slowdown in growth. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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Netflix to charge an additional $8 month for viewers living outside U.S. subscribers’ households

The additional subscription fee is an attempt to reel in more subscribers to its video streaming service amid a slowdown in growth.

2 years ago

Chef Lidia Bastianich (right) speaks with WHYY Fresh Air host Terry Gross during a ceremony where Bastianich received WHYY’s Lifelong Learning Award on Thursday, May 18, 2023
Arts & Entertainment

’Food is love’: Chef Lidia Bastianich receives WHYY’s Lifelong Learning Award

In her new show, the celebrity chef digs into her experience as an immigrant while exploring the foods of others who immigrated to the U.S.

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Jacklyn Zeman arrives at the 40th Anniversary of Soap Opera Digest in Los Angeles
Arts & Entertainment

Jacklyn Zeman, longtime ‘General Hospital’ cast member who played nurse Bobbie Spencer, dies at 70

Her family confirmed the news Wednesday and says she died after a short battle with cancer.

2 years ago

Former President Donald Trump speaks at the National Rifle Association Convention in Indianapolis
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump continues lies about election and lashes out after N.Y. verdict in town hall

Trump was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation. But Trump, to be expected, dismissed all that in a CNN town hall and continued his conspiracy about the 2020 election h

2 years ago

Members of the Writers Guild of America union protest outside the Netflix headquarters near Union Square, Wednesday, May 3, 2023, in New York. 
(AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
Arts & Entertainment

Why Hollywood writers are striking and the immediate impact

Writers of films and TV shows are now on strike. The central issue in negotiations is writers' share of pay for shows that stream on Netflix and similar outlets.

2 years ago

Striking writers walk the picket line outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on Dec. 13, 2007. Television and movie writers on Monday, May 1, 2023, declared that they will launch an industrywide strike for the first time since 2007, as Hollywood girded for a shutdown in a dispute over fair pay in the streaming era.  
(AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
Arts & Entertainment

Hollywood writers begin strike, late-night shows to go dark

Television and movie writers soured by Hollywood’s low pay in the streaming era went on strike for the first time in 15 years on Tuesday.

2 years ago

Members of the Writers Guild of America walk the picket line in 2007
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Writers Guild of America goes on strike

Members of the Writers Guild of America are asking for a larger piece of the streaming platforms' pie.

2 years ago

Talk show host Jerry Springer is shown in New York
Arts & Entertainment

Jerry Springer, politician-turned-TV ringmaster, dies at 79

A family spokesperson said he died Thursday at home in suburban Chicago.

2 years ago

The Walt Disney Co. logo appears on a screen above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
Community

ESPN announces layoffs as part of cost cutting by Disney

Disney CEO Bob Iger announced in February that the company would reduce 7,000 jobs either through not filling positions or layoffs.

2 years ago

Bam Margera
Arts & Entertainment

‘Jackass’ star Bam Margera charged with punching brother

Margera is charged with simple assault, harassment, and four counts of terroristic threats. Margera then fled on foot, according to court documents.

2 years ago

Don Lemon
Arts & Entertainment

Don Lemon, longtime CNN host, out at cable news network

CNN host Don Lemon is out at the cable news network just two months after apologizing to viewers for on-air comments about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley.

2 years ago

Tucker Carlson
Arts & Entertainment

Tucker Carlson out at FOX News

The network announced it has agreed to part ways with the prime-time host less than a week after settling a lawsuit over the network’s 2020 election reporting.

2 years ago

Quinta Brunson in her classroom on the show 'Abbott Elementary.'
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

How ‘Abbott Elementary’ helps teachers process the absurd realities of their job

'Abbott Elementary' draws inspiration from the very real conditions in Philadelphia's public schools.

2 years ago

Former Fox producer Abby Grossberg is alleging the network's attorneys pressured her to portray the network in a favorable light in testimony about what happened after the 2020 election. Here, a display outside the Fox News headquarters in New York in July 2020.
NPR
Courts & Law

Fired Fox News producer says she’d testify against the network in $1.6 billion suit

A producer for Tucker Carlson and Maria Bartiromo alleges Fox News attorneys coerced her to lie under oath in a defamation case against the network. Fox fired her on Friday.

2 years ago

Jason Sudeikis (fourth from left) who plays the title character in the Apple TV+ series ''Ted Lasso,'' speaks as he joins White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre (third from left) and fellow cast members (from left) Toheeb Jimoh, Brett Goldstein, Hannah Waddingham, and Brendan Hunt, during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington
Arts & Entertainment

‘Ted Lasso’ visits White House, promotes mental health care

Biden has called on lawmakers in both parties to expand resources to fight the “mental health crisis” in the nation as part of a bipartisan “unity agenda.”

2 years ago

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