NEWSWORTHY
Six months after Frances McDormand introduced the world to the concept of an inclusion rider in her Oscars speech, Warner Bros. and its sister companies are announcing a company-wide commitment to diversity and inclusion, becoming the first major entertainment company to do so. WarnerMedia says ...
When filmmaker Marina Zenovich sought to make a documentary about Robin Williams, she found that she could do it largely in the late comedian's own voice. "Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind," uses a wealth of archival footage to put viewers inside his thought process ...
Netflix shares tank after subscriber growth falls short, India foray faces rivals
Netflix Inc.'s subscriber growth fell short of Wall Street expectations on Monday, sending shares of the normally high-flying stock down 14 percent on fears that the company's expansion is slowing. The company added 5.2 million customers from April through June, 1 million fewer than forecasts ...
'Westworld' slays fans with re-creation of Edo in Shogun World
With its story of life-like robots in a Wild West-themed amusement park becoming sentient, and the complications that arise as a result, the television show “Westworld” has attracted a dedicated following over the past couple of years.
AT&T says it's ready to litigate, won't sell Trump-targeted CNN as demanded by U.S. authorities
AT&T's chairman and chief executive, Randall Stephenson, said Thursday his firm is prepared for a court fight with U.S. authorities over its merger plan with media-entertainment giant Time Warner, while ruling out a sale of CNN or other content providers. Stephenson, speaking at the New ...
Netflix sinks deeper into debt to fuel subscriber growth, and so far it's working
Netflix is sinking deeper into debt in its relentless pursuit of more viewers, leaving the company little margin for error as it tries to build the world's biggest video subscription service. The big burden that Netflix is shouldering hasn't been a major concern on Wall ...
HBO says data hacked; media say unaired 'Game of Thrones' segment targeted
U.S. cable channel HBO said on Monday that hackers had stolen upcoming programming, and Entertainment Weekly reported that the theft included a script for an unaired episode of the hit fantasy show "Game of Thrones." HBO, a unit of Time-Warner Inc, declined comment on the ...
'Girls' just wanna have fun in Japan
"Girls," an Emmy award-winning HBO series, focuses on a quartet of women in their early 20s who are trying to — surprise, surprise — figure out what they want to do with their lives. Like its outspoken creator — the intellectual "It Girl" Lena ...
Lena Dunham brings 'Girls' to Tokyo for a fifth season episode
In the fourth season finale of HBO's hit TV show "Girls," a comedy that follows the exploits of a group of 20-somethings navigating New York, Shoshanna (played by Zosia Mamet) surprises her roommate, Jessa, by declaring "I'm moving to Japan," while leafing through a ...
Apple Watch to launch in April in Japan, China and six other countries
Apple Inc. on Monday unveiled more details about its entry into the newly emerging wearable technology category, by announcing its Apple Watch will go on sale on April 24 in eight countries, including Japan and China. The device, which can track physical activity and answer ...
