From 'The Last Dance' to 'Umbrella Academy': Breaking Down Netflix's Summer Highlights

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticA Lone Star state grand jury has indicted Netflix over the controversial Cuties film.According to the September 23 indictment out of Tyler County, Texas, the Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos-run streamer “knowingly promote visual material which depicts the lewd exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of a clothed or partially clothed child who was younger than 18 years of age at the time the visual material was created, which appeals to the prurient

Kim Kardashian, 39, has a heart-to-heart with David Letterman, 73, that leads to tears in the Season 3 trailer for My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman. The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star was one of the four guest stars featured in the teaser that dropped on Oct. 6, which also included Lizzo, Robert Downey Jr. and Dave Chappelle. The trailer took an emotional turn when it was Kim’s time to sit across David for her interview.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched the first four episodes of “The Third Day.”If all had gone according to plan, audiences would have seen Naomie Harris’ version of the iconic Eve Moneypenny in the latest James Bond film, “No Time To Die,” in the spring of 2020, ahead of seeing her as Helen, a wife and mother who travels to a mysterious island to find out what happened to her husband in HBO’s “The Third Day.”Instead, the release

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVComedian, actor and author Michelle Buteau is busier than ever. She not only stars in BET Plus’ “First Wives Club,” hosts Netflix’s “The Circle” and will lead and executive produce “No Pulling Out Now” for Quibi, but she also recently shot an hourlong stand-up special (also for Netflix) and wrote her first book.

Netflix responded Friday evening to five Republican senators whosent a letter to the streamer service'schief content officer and co-CEO Ted Sarandos on Wednesday over its plan to have the executive producers of Game of Thrones adapt Chinese author Liu Cixin's sci-fi trilogy The Three-Body Problem.

published an open letter to Netflix’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos asking him to “seriously reconsider” adapting Cixin’s series.

Dr. Will Kirby made a surprise appearance in the Thursday, September 24, episode of Big Brother: All Stars as part of a new twist.The celebrity dermatologist and Chief Medical Officer of LaserAway popped up at the end of the episode as the houseguests’ new “neighbor” to tell them about the upcoming competitions, which will proceed the unprecedented triple eviction .“For the next HOH competition and Veto competition, you’re going to have an important decision to make, go for power or go for

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorAfter U.S. politicians called out Disney over the filming of Mulan in the Xinjiang region of China, it’s now Netflix’s turn in the crosshairs.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterFive Republican senators have sent a letter to Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos, challenging the streamer’s decision to adapt “The Three-Body Problem,” a Chinese sci-fi trilogy.The senators, led by Sen.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Ratched” or Season 2 of “Criminal: U.K.,” streaming now on Netflix.Tony Award winner Sophie Okonedo has spent her whole career appearing on stage and notes she does a play every year. In that medium she has ample rehearsal time to study the script and utilize secondary sources to get into character.

The Last Dance, ESPN's documentary series about Michael Jordan's final year with the Chicago Bulls, won the Emmy for outstanding documentary or nonfiction series at Saturday's Creative Arts awards. The normally staid category had a higher profile than most years, as it was filled with breakout series.

Peter White Television EditorHe’s won six NBA championships and is widely considered the greatest basketball player of all time and tonight Michael Jordan helped the team behind ESPN’s The Last Dance win an Emmy.The Last Dance beat Netflix’s Tiger King, Hulu’s Hillary, PBS’ American Masters and HBO’s McMillion$ to win Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series.The category was one of the most competitive at this year’s Creative Arts Emmys and Jordan, a man who knows how to win, helped the team

Janelle Monae is looking back about all the times she spent with friend Chadwick Boseman, just a month after his untimely death due to colon cancer.

Weeks after Chadwick Boseman'sdeath in August at 43, those who knew and worked with the beloved actor have continued to share their favorite memories of the man and the artist. That includes singer and Antebellum actress Janelle Monáe, who during her appearance Tuesday night on The Late Show With Stephen Colbertrevealed a full-circle moment between the two and the final dance the artists shared that she'll never forget.

Dave McNary Film ReporterNetflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has been elected chairman of the board of trustees of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.The trustees made the announcement on Tuesday, a month after Ron Meyer stepped down from the post in the wake of his resignation from NBCUniversal.

Also Read: Ron Meyer Resigns as Film Academy Museum Board of Trustees Chair“It is a privilege to work with such an esteemed board of trustees, whose vision, expertise, and wealth of experience is helping to shape the Academy Museum into the premier film destination in the world.