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Former first lady Michelle Obama revealed in a Wednesday interview that she is “moving toward retirement,” saying she and husband and former President Barack Obama are “building the foundation for somebody else to continue the work.” Obama made the remarks while speaking to People about

Screenwriter-director Aaron Sorkin used his Golden Globes win on Sunday as an opportunity to get on his political soapbox, quoting radical leftist Abbie Hoffman to condemn the Capitol Hill riots of January 6.

As far as I know, Brian Regan is the only standup comedian who can attract thousands of fans to his live shows even though he’s not a household name and has never starred in a sitcom. This large and faithful following comes from three decades on the road, countless television appearances, a seemingly endless supply of new material, and the fact that you know you’re going to laugh hard. Real hard.

The streaming giant Netflix says that it needs more Latin programming after launching an internal diversity audit conducted last year by the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, an entertainment industry diversity think tank, according to a report by CNN Business.

Sacha Baron Cohen said that he wanted to release his Borat sequel before the presidential election to highlight then-President Donald Trump’s “misogyny, corruption and dangerous slide into authoritarianism.” He said he also had political motive to star in The Trial of the Chicago 7, to show the “importance of standing up to racism, immorality, and police brutality.”

Over the decades, I’ve sat through a lot of bad true crime shows. Netflix’s dreadful Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel takes the cake.

The major Hollywood studios and streamers have signed on to a diversity initiative spearheaded by Selma filmmaker Ava DuVernay that will promote women and ethnic minority crew members for jobs on TV and movie productions.

Colin Kaepernick’s Netflix film was plunged into turmoil over fears that anti-Black Lives Matter activists were planning a protest.

Former first lady Michelle Obama is launching a new Netflix kids show titled Waffles and Mochi that will promote healthy eating and diverse foods from different cultures.

Vivek Murthy, President Biden’s pick for surgeon general, cashed in last year as the Chinese coronavirus pandemic gripped the nation, making more than two million dollars off pandemic “consulting.”

Barack and Michelle Obama promised that their production deal with Netflix would allow them to produce content “touching on issues of race and class, democracy and civil rights, and much more.” Now, the former first couple is turning the migration and refugee-themed novel Exit West into a movie for Netflix as part of their recently announced slate of new projects for the streaming giant.

NEW YORK — David Fincher’s “Mank” has topped Golden Globe nominations with 6 nods, while Netflix dominated Wednesday’s announcement thanks to both its films and television series.

Fake news propaganda of dying walruses allegedly ‘killed by climate change’ reduced the Davos elite to tears.

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy, which was released this week on Netflix, is a documentary version of click-whoring.

The streaming entertainment giant Netflix said it is teaming up with “anti-racism” professor Ibram X. Kendi to create a slate of new programming that will include an animated series based on Kendi’s Antiracist Baby, his recent book for toddlers.

In his four-part Netflix documentary Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer, which premiered this week, director Tiller Russell does his best to recreate the terror and horror of that terrible summer without getting too lurid.

Some “27% of U.S. cable TV subscribers plan to end their subscriptions by the end of 2021, which is nearly double from 2020.”

Disney’s hit “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian” has taken the top spot as the most pirated TV show of 2020, according to reports.

A Chinese Netflix producer and chairman of the Shanghai-based entertainment company Yoozoo Group has died after a suspected poisoning attempt.

Midnight Sky is no classic. It is, though, a very good movie and well worth your two hours.  

‘Manhunt: Deadly Games’ is not only terrific entertainment, it took legitimate moral courage to produce, and we bubbas should be grateful.

Streaming giant Netflix removed actor Shia LaBeouf’s name and photo from its For Your Consideration website promoting the upcoming drama “Pieces Of A Woman” after allegations of abuse were made against the actor.

The Associated Press has put anti-Trump Tik Tok video star Sarah Cooper on its “breakthrough entertainer” of the year list for her stream of mocking lip-syncing videos of President Donald Trump.

Get ready to hear – and see  – more from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2021 after the couple confirmed Tuesday they have agreed a new deal with Spotify to produce original audio programming that will help “heal the world.”

Critics are blasting actor James Corden’s portrayal of a gay character in the Netflix movie “The Prom,” calling the actor’s flamboyant performance “offensive,” “the worst gay-face,” and “horrifically bad.”

As small businesses around California struggle to stay afloat amid the latest round of stay-at-home orders, Hollywood studios are able to keep the cameras rolling thanks to the work of highly paid lobbyists whom the studios reportedly hired to sway state politicians, including Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).

Former National Security Advisor Susan Rice will formally leave her post on the Netflix board next month to join Joe Biden’s administration, with Netflix chairman and co-CEO Reed Hastings thanking her for her “service.”

LONDON (AP) — Netflix has “no plans” to add a disclaimer to “The Crown” stating that its lavish drama about Britain’s royal family is a work of fiction.

Director David Fincher’s Mank (available to stream on Netflix), a look at the life of Oscar-winning screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, is shallow, smug, dishonest, tedious, and artificial. Not even the great Gary Oldman can save it.

The UK culture secretary wants the creators behind the TV series ‘The Crown,’ based on the lives of the Royal Family, to include a warning for viewers up front indicating the show is fiction and not a factual documentary.

NEW YORK (AP) — “No New ‘Movies’ Till Influenza Ends” blared a New York Times headline on Oct. 10, 1918, while the deadly second wave of the Spanish Flu was unfolding. A century later, during another pandemic, movies — quotes no longer necessary — are again facing a critical juncture. But it’s not because new films haven’t been coming out. By streaming service, video-on-demand, virtual theater or actual theater, a steady diet of films have been released under COVID-19 every week. The Times has reviewed more than 460 new movies since mid-March.

This Thanksgiving, the biggest turkey seems to be Netflix’s “Hillbilly Elegy,” the recipient of nearly universal bad reviews. Critics have gutted the Ron Howard-directed movie, which began streaming today, for its lack of subtlety, formulaic screenplay, transparent awards grubbing, and oversimplification of the original bestselling memoir.

Netflix is releasing an animated movie called Cops and Robbers, which it’s directors say was made for all of the black people who’ve been “victims of police violence and other injustices just for being themselves.”

Actress and Joe Biden surrogate Alyssa Milano has made an immigration-themed Christmas movie in which a young girl finds herself parentless and homeless after her mother, who is an illegal immigrant, is kicked out of the country. At one point, a character rails at the injustice of it all, calling the U.S.-Mexico border “an imaginary line.”

Barack and Michelle Obama are officially moving forward on their planned comedy series for Netflix that is based on Michael Lewis’ anti-Trump book The Fifth Risk, which attempts to portray the early days of the Trump presidency as chaotic and disorganized.

Veteran Hollywood actor Kurt Russell believes that celebrities shouldn’t weigh in publicly on politics, saying that actors should step away from anything that prevents audiences from seeing them as a character.