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Netflix Continues Live Programming With Weekly Series Featuring Celebrity Medium Tyler Henry
Netflix is going live with Tyler Henry. The streamer has set a new weekly series — Live From the Other Side with Tyler Henry — that is scheduled to kick off Sept. 17, with new episodes streaming live every Tuesday at 3 p.m. PST. The deal calls for eight episodes at 45 minutes apiece. The official description […]
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‘Supacell’ Renewed for Second Season at Netflix
Netflix is powering up a second season of Supacell. The streamer has renewed the series about five Black people in South London who unexpectedly develop superpowers. Supacell, created by Rapman, premiered on June 27 and has been a fixture in Netflix’s internal top 10 list of English-language series since its debut. Netflix announced the renewal […]
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‘3 Body Problem’ Creators Played a Fake Script Prank on Eiza González Using ChatGPT
David Benioff and Dan Weiss reveal a prank involving ChatGPT, a swimming pool and Pi that they played on the actress
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Netflix Opening ‘Squid Game’ Live Experience in New York Ahead of Season 2
Are New Yorkers ready to play some red light, green light? Netflix says that it will open “Squid Game: The Experience” in New York City in October, letting people experience the thrill and stress of the popular series firsthand. The live experience will be based at the Manhattan Mall, and feature “Front Man” having participants […]
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‘Umbrella Academy’ Cast Explain Series Finale and Saying Goodbye to Final Timeline
[This story contains major spoilers from Umbrella Academy season four.] Faced with one last existential threat to the universe, Netflix’s Umbrella Academy went out with a bang. Standing together for one last time, the beloved group of superheroes set aside their sibling rivalry and agreed on one thing: In order to save the world, they […]
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Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. Considering Sale of Australian Pay TV Company Foxtel
News Corp. is weighing a sale of Australian pay TV and streaming operator Foxtel, the Murdoch family-controlled company said Thursday in its full-year earnings release. News Corp chief executive, Robert Thomson, said that potential buyers had emerged for Foxtel during a review of the company’s assets. “That review has coincided recently with third-party interest in a potential […]
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‘Umbrella Academy’ Showrunner on Ending the World One More Time — and Potential Spinoffs
[This story contains spoilers from the fourth and final season of The Umbrella Academy.] On Thursday, The Umbrella Academy revealed its final timeline to audiences. One in which the Hargreeve siblings finally, actually, save the day. For those who have been with the show the last five years — and the various crew and creative […]
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Joey King Fights Against a Dystopian Society’s Pretty Standards in Trailer for Netflix’s ‘Uglies’
“All my life I wanted to be pretty. I thought it would change everything.” However, becoming “pretty” can lead to sinister things, or so it’s teased in the just-released trailer for the Netflix film, Uglies. The film, adapted from the 2005 sci-fi novel of the same name by Scott Westerfeld, is set in a futuristic world […]
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The War for Laughs: Why Streamers Are Battling for Stand-Up Comics
At the tail end of June, Bill Burr took the stage at Seattle’s Moore Theatre, where he filmed his eighth stand-up special. His last few specials had been with Netflix, where he’d been part of an illustrious roster that includes Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Ali Wong and Jerry Seinfeld. But those who know Burr say […]
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Netflix Partners With Japan’s Toho to Reboot Sci-Fi Classic ‘The Human Vapor’
Japanese sci-fi classic The Human Vapor — directed by Godzilla creator Ishirō Honda and released in 1960 — is set to receive a contemporary reimagining as a live-action series courtesy of Netflix and Toho Studios. The remake project marks the first time the global streamer and Japanese studio giant are collaborating. The series is being co-helmed […]
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Adam Sandler Spreads the Love in Trailer for Netflix Comedy Special From Director Josh Safdie
Adam Sandler is in a loving mood with the trailer for his first stand-up comedy special in six years. The star is featured in the promo released Wednesday for his forthcoming Netflix special Adam Sandler: Love You. Launching on the streamer Aug. 27, the project is directed by Josh Safdie, who co-directed Sandler with brother […]
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‘A Different World’ Sequel in the Works at Netflix
Netflix is eyeing a return to Hillman College. The streamer is in the early stages of development on a sequel series to A Different World, the 1987-93 NBC sitcom that was set at a historically Black university. The new project would center on the youngest daughter of Whitley (Jasmine Guy) and Dwayne Wayne (Kadeem Hardison), […]
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