According to the research firm SNL, for the first time ever the number of Americans who pay for bundled cable and satellite fell by a net total of 251,000 subscribers. Previously the industry has faced bad quarters and an alarming
Netflix’s latest original series will unite two veteran actresses and a theme you might expect from an HBO production. Grace and Frankie features Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as two rivals forced to get to know each other better when
1. Zombies Vs. Boy Scouts According to The Hollywood Reporter “Scouts vs. Zombies” is a real thing that will involve boy scouts and will begin production in a couple of months. What’s the line in Vegas for the number of
NEW YORK (AP) — In the past year, Netflix, with its online, all-at-once D.C. thriller “House of Cards,” has jolted the medium we used to know as “television.” Now TV could be rocked by another game changer. Say hello to
The US Justice Department said Thursday it has launched an antitrust probe of the mega merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable. The $45.2 billion tie-up would unite the largest US cable companies, which also are among the largest broadband
Another *Yawn* Alec Baldwin Meltdown Just when you think being rich, handsome, enormously talented, married to a beautiful young woman and the father of a new baby might help Alec Baldwin find some inner-peace and stop him from baring his
Netflix has reached an agreement with cable and internet giant Comcast so that the US video-streaming service’s programming can be viewed more smoothly, the two announced Sunday. The companies “have established a more direct connection between Netflix and Comcast, similar
It seems like nothing can stop the cultural juggernaut known as Netflix’s House of Cards series. Nothing, perhaps, besides a fight over tax credits. Hollywood once more is scrambling for every tax credit it can grab. This time, the battle
Amazon Streaming Box Set for March Release This might not seem like big news. After all, Roku and Apple TV already offer a similar product that allows you to stream the Internet on your TV. What makes the news big,
House of Cards star Kate Mara toyed with David Letterman this week on the subject of her red-hot Netflix drama. The series, which co-stars Mara as a dogged reporter, offered up a big shock in the first episode of season
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said he could only laugh at what could be Hollywood’s “caricature” of him in season two of Netflix’s House of Cards. Appearing on The Michael Berry Show on Wednesday, Cruz said that he has watched season
Netflix’s “House of Cards” star Kevin Spacey talks politics on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” with host Jon Stewart…
Streaming Wars: Broadband/Cable Providers Make Netflix ‘Unwatchable’ The Wall Street Journal reports that Internet/cable providers are attempting to extort more money from Netflix and/or kill off their customer growth by making it increasingly difficult for Netflix consumers to stream: Netflix
98% of Faith-Driven Consumer Not Satisfied with ‘Noah’ Variety reports more trouble for director Darren Ornofsky’s “Noah,” the $125 million Paramount tent-pole scheduled to be released next month. A religious organization called Faith Driven Consumers found that 98% of its
In his opening monologue for Fox News Channel’s “The Five” on Monday, co-host Greg Gutfeld criticized Netflix’s “House of Cards” and ABC’s “Nashville” for its portrayal of social conservative and suggests that this misrepresentation is a result of these show
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” host George Stephanopoulos asked actor Kevin Spacey about his Netflix’s drama series “House of Cards” mirroring the reality of Washington D.C…
Paul Bond of The Hollywood Reporter reports that “Partisans Agree: Comcast-TWC Merger Is Terrible Plan” and quotes everyone from Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) to Breitbart News in support of that. Franken is concerned that the merger will only further monopolize
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (UPI) —U.S. President Barack Obama is urging viewers of the second season of Netflix’s Washington series “House of Cards” to avoid putting plot spoilers online. Obama’s Twitter account noted Thursday he series second season was about to
Today is Valentine’s Day, or as it’s known for those with Netflix memberships, House of Cards Season 2 Day. The second season of Netflix’s political potboiler is now available, meaning fans can stream the first new episode or all 13
Ralph Waite Dead at 85: One Magnificent Actor For as long as I have been alive (and that’s a long time) Ralph Waite has enjoyed a fruitful big-and-small screen acting career. His first feature film was the 1967 masterpiece Cool
No One Shows Up for Shia LaBeouf’s Public Performance Art The Hollywood Reporter found no one waiting to see Shia Le-what’s-his-name’s performance-art exhibit, that apparently was meant to apologize for his shocking and well-documented acts of plagiarism: The #IAmSorry show,
Comcast has made an official bid to purchase Time Warner Cable for $159 per share, or $45 billion. THR reports that the merger would mean that this one company would now “command three-quarters of the market” and that the motive
“Disguised in a black robe, Michelangelo hid behind that pillar as his sculpture was unveiled,” the tour guide said. “When he heard one of the Cardinals say that no one would ever believe The Pieta had been sculpted by someone
In the Netflix show “House of Cards,” Kevin Spacey plays a powerful member of Congress who stacks the deck in order dispense favors and to help those who help him. The show may be fiction, but a real life, bigger
‘Monument’ Trouble: Clooney Is No Cary Grant But He Could Have Been Greg Bautzer For nearly fifty years, until his death in 1987, Greg Bautzer was one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. The self-made mover and shaker was
Netflix Shares Cross $400 As They Hit All-Time High Be afraid, bundled cable. Be very afraid. I’m old enough to remember when people laughed at the idea of renting DVDs via mail and the Netflix Streaming service was started and
Hollywood routinely uses its content to influence hearts and minds, hoping the right heart-tugging storyline will make a difference on issues like fracking or gun control. At the same time, actors, screenwriters and directors alike say they cannot be held
Mitt Romney is going the full Bob Dole. You never go the full Bob Dole. Back in 1996, the media fed a portrayal of GOP presidential hopeful Dole as a dour, humorless opponent to President Bill Clinton. Dole lost. Then,
In response to Obama’s Imperial Presidency: Just what America really needed: a fusion of Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon. You know, I hate to sound cynical, but I don’t see how even a Supreme Court smackdown over NLRB appointments is
On Friday’s “Late Show with David Letterman” on CBS, Letterman introduced a different twist for the recently debuted documentary “Mitt” about former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential bid…
On Friday’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney “slow jammed” the news with Tuesday’s State of the Union address and the 2016 presidential race as two of the themes. Romney also participated in an interview
1. Hollywood Develops Mother Teresa Biopic If done right, great. But let’s not kid ourselves into believing that without Mother Teresa’s well-publicized (and poignantly God-affirming) crisis of faith, Hollywood probably wouldn’t find Teresa worthy of a biopic: The narrative, he
1. Netflix Streaming’s World Domination Marches On There is no way for me to prove this because all the old sites I used to write for have been pulled off the web, but before there was a Netflix Streaming I
Mark Duplass may not be a household name, but in indie film circles he’s practically a legend. The prolific actor/director/screenwriter is connected to some of the buzzier films in independent cinema, including The Puffy Chair, Humpday and Baghead, and he
1. Streaming Catching Up with Pay Channels The entertainment multi-nationals that make an obscene fortune forcing hundreds of millions of Americans to pay for dozens of cable channels they will never watch are as terrified of online streaming as the
Netflix and fellow streaming-based services enjoyed a subscriber boost over an 18-month span, while premium cable channels suffered a combined 6 percent drop. Coincidence? Trend? Or are the two unrelated? Variety posts those numbers while asking if the figures tell
Both liberals and conservatives agreed on one thing during the 2012 presidential campaign. Mitt Romney cleaned President Barack Obama’s clock in the first of three critical debates. The new documentary Mitt, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend
(AP) LOS ANGELESU.S. home video spending rose nearly 1 percent to $18.2 billion in 2013, the second straight year of growth as higher spending on video streaming subscriptions and digital purchases offset the decline in DVDs. The figures were released by
(AP) Netflix tests new price tiers for video serviceBy The Associated PressNetflix is testing new price plans for streaming video as it tries to lure more viewers. Among the plans being tested are a $6.99-a-month plan that allows only one
Netflix’s first political documentary appears to avoid partisan battle lines with its official trailer. That alone could set it apart from HBO and Showtime, two pay cable giants whose content leans reliably to the left. Mitt, a new documentary following
