Here’s where Netflix is cutting prices to boost subscriptions

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent The blockbuster French cast of Amazon Prime Video’s third season of “LOL: Qui rit, qui sort” speaks volumes about the Japanese variety format’s tremendous popularity in France. The Amazon Original series, adapted from the format “LOL: Last One Laughing,” scored its biggest launch to date on Prime Video in France since bowing on March 10. The show is one of the streamer’s first unscripted originals in France and has been a major coup as a brand exercise that’s succeeded with limited resources — certainly in comparison to scripted comedy. Adaptations of “LOL” have also thrived in Italy and Germany where they have ranked as the most watched local titles on the service, respectively. Local versions are also available in Spain, Canada, Mexico and Australia (hosted by Rebel Wilson).

Angela Bassett fans are supporting the actress after her reaction to losing the Oscar to Jamie Lee Curtis for Best Supporting Actress.

Fit for a queen! Angela Bassett blew Us away in Moschino at the 2023 Oscars. 

New Girl is getting a new streaming home. The comedy series will be leaving Netflix and moving to Hulu and Peacock next month as part of a shared agreement between the two streamers.

Oscar nom afterglow for this year’s Best Pictures was largely felt in the home than it was at the box office with a majority of titles already available to be viewed on the couch, except for 20th Century Studios/Disney’s 3D title Avatar: The Water.

The Glory.Written by Kim Eun-sook, the thriller series follows Moon, a former victim of school violence, who seeks revenge against her bullies later in life.The show has been divided into two separate instalments, with the first eight episodes landing on Netflix in December last year.The second batch of eight episodes will drop on Friday March 10 at 12pm PT in the US.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The upcoming Shondaland mystery series “The Residence” at Netflix has added four recurring cast members, Variety has learned exclusively. E.L. Losada (“Loot,” “Los Frikis”), Matt Oberg (“Veep,” “Superstore”), Ryan Farrell (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “The Deuce”), and Alexandra Siegel (“Bosch,” “American Auto”) are the latest additions to the cast. They join series lead Uzo Aduba in the show along with cast members: Andre Braugher, Edwina Findley, Molly Griggs, Jason Lee, Ken Marino, Al Mitchell, Dan Perrault, Bronson Pinchot, Susan Kelechi Watson, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Mary Wiseman, and Randall Park. The official logline for the show states, “132 rooms. 157 suspects. One dead body. One wildly eccentric detective (Aduba). One disastrous State Dinner. The Residence is a screwball whodunnit set in the upstairs, downstairs, and backstairs of the White House, among the eclectic staff of the world’s most famous mansion.”

‘Riceboy Sleeps’ Scoops Top Canadian Film AwardAnthony Shim’s Riceboy Sleeps has won Canada’s biggest film award, the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award. The prize, decided by the Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA), comes with a CAN$100,000 ($72,000) cash prize. Riceboy Sleeps beat nominees Clement Virgo’s Brother and David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future. The semi-autobiographical film explores the challenges of living between two cultures through the tale of a Korean immigrant single mother raising her son in Canada. Shot in the Greater Vancouver area and Korea, the feature world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2022, winning its Platform Prize, and then played in Busan and a raft of other festivals. The win comes as Toronto-based distributor Game Theory Films gears up for the title’s Canadian release on March 17. The feature will also be released in Korea, Singapore and the US in the coming months.  “The Toronto film community has been so good to us since TIFF where this crazy journey first began and I hope to make more films in the future that will warrant the same type of support,” commented Shim.

You’s fourth season arrive this month.Created by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble, the psychological thriller series moved to London for its fourth season where Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) is masquerading as a university professor.This is the first time Netflix has split a season of You into two parts, with the first five episodes having arrived on the streaming platform on February 9.The remaining five episodes will be released on Netflix on Thursday March 9 at 12am PT in the US. For those in the UK, episodes will be available from 8am GMT. Netflix released a trailer shortly after the first part premiered on the platform – check it out above.The footage confirms Victoria Pedretti, who played Love Quinn in seasons two and three, will reprise her role in the coming episodes.

BreAnna Bell Following its March 4 live debut, Chris Rock’s “Selective Outrage” standup special opened to promising figures as Netflix’s first jump into live content. During the Feb. 27-March 5 viewing window, the special managed to land on the Netflix Top 10 US chart on the English-language TV list at No. 7 despite a small window of availability. (Because the show aired late on Saturday night, only the first day and a few hours of viewing was counted during this week’s window.) Live from Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre, Rock’s first standup show following the infamous Oscar’s slap was one of several live offerings on Saturday as Netflix accompanied it with pre- and post-show coverage featuring appearances from Ronnie Chieng, Leslie Jones, Deon Cole and Arsenio Hall, among others, as well as appearances and commentary from Amy Schumer, Cedric the Entertainer, Ice-T, Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin Hart, Paul McCartney, Sarah Silverman and Wanda Sykes. The special first debuted in the US, and hasn’t been counted on Netflix’s global charts yet.

Reed Hastings just made a bold claim: That Netflix is the “biggest builder of cross-European culture.”

a revival of the original series, which aired from 1989-1993 and followed Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula), a scientist who found himself trapped in time who leapt between various bodies to help people solve a dilemma. Dean Stockwell played his sidekick, Al. This new version is set 30 years after the original series and follows a new team that’s been assembled to restart Beckett’s project.

Julia MacCary editor Will Smith was the surprise guest that set the room abuzz Wednesday night at the 14th annual African American Film Critics Assn. Awards at the Beverly Wilshire hotel. But Smith had tough competition in the emotional-speech department from fellow honorees that included Danielle Deadwyler, Viola Davis, Angela Bassett and Gina Prince-Bythewood. Deadwyler, who won lead actress honors for her tour de force role in “Till,” drew the crowd’s the attention to the world-changing impact of Mamie Till-Mobley, whose provocative decision to show pictures of her son’s brutalized corpse helped ignite the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s and ’60s.

Some things change and some stay the same! Through the years, Angela Bassett has become known for her powerful acting skills and her toned physique.   

If you have ever fantasised about meeting the love of your life through a wall, well then today is your lucky day. The Netflix dating show everyone is raving about is coming to the UK, and they are looking for contestants.

Shutter Island and Pineapple Express are among the films and TV shows facing the chop from Netflix this month.The streaming service removes movies and TV shows from the platform every day, including its original programming like Arrested Development.In March 2023, films like Napoleon Dynamite, Django Unchained and The Expendables will all set to be stripped from the service.Below, you can find a full list of every film and TV series set to be removed from the UK and US versions of Netflix.UK movies and TV showsMarch 1The AssociateBaltoBarb WireBarbie & Her Sisters In A Pony TableBarbie In Rock ‘N RoyalsBeethovenBeethoven’s Big BreakBlue ExorcistThe Blues BrothersThe Boy Next DoorBridget Jones’s BabyThe Brothers GrimmClear And Present DangerConfusion Na WaConnectedCop CarThe DebtDisconnectDoomsdayEscape From AlcatrazThe ExpendablesThe Expendables 2The Expendables 3Gold StatueHalloween H20Hell On The BorderHot RodIn The Shadow Of Iris – Netflix OriginalJoe KiddJohnny English RebornJudwaa 2Kambil: The Whole 30 YardsKrampusLove Beats RhymesMeet Joe BlackMercury RisingMidwayMorning GloryNapoleon DynamitePaulPublic EnemiesSave The Last DanceSchubert In LoveSeventh SonShot CallerShubh AarambhSmokey And The BanditSnow White & The HuntsmanSoldierSomething NewThe StingSwades: We, The PeopleTu Hai Mera SundayUncle BuckVoulez-vous rire avec moi ce soir?ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band From Texas3:10 to Yuma (2007)47 RoninMarch 2Celebrity Ex On The BeachEternal Sunshine Of The Spotless MindGeordie ShoreThe Great RaidMiraculous: Tales Of Ladybug & Cat NoirThe Promised NeverlandSammy & Co.Sword Art Online: Alternative Gun Gale OnlineMarch 3Wrong TurnMarch 4August: Osage CountyMarch 5Alvin And The Chipmunks (2007)Alvin And The Chipmunks:

Sex/Life is released on Netflix this month.Inspired by the novel 44 Chapters About 4 Men by BB Easton, the drama series follows married housewife Billie Connelly (Sarah Shahi) who, during a midlife crisis, reconnects with her ex-boyfriend Brad (Adam Demos) who is trying to win her back.The series is created by Stacy Rukeyser, who previously worked on shows One Tree Hill, The Lying Game and Unreal. While the first season was negatively received by critics, the show was watched by 67 million households within the first four weeks of release.All episodes for season two will arrive on Thursday March 2 at 8am GMT in the UK and 12pm PT/3am ET in the US.A trailer was released by Netflix earlier this month – check it out above.A synopsis for the second season reads: “Billie navigates new challenges – and fresh desires – as she lusts after the life she wants.

Angelique Jackson Tyler Perry has set his latest movie with Netflix, with plans to write, direct and produce “Mea Culpa” for the streamer. Kelly Rowland will star in and produce the film, which centers on a criminal defense attorney who, in the hopes of becoming partner, takes on the case of an artist who may or may not have murdered his girlfriend. The ensemble cast also features Trevante Rhodes (“Moonlight,” “Birdbox,” “Bruiser”) Sean Sagar (“The Gentleman,” “The Covenant,” “Sistas”), Nick Sagar (“The Princess Switch” trilogy, “Run the World”), and RonReaco Lee (“Nappily Ever After,” “Coffee and Kareem”). The new project is set to begin filming this spring.

Netflix is cutting prices in dozens of countries by as much as half.“We’re always exploring ways to improve our members’ experience,” a Netflix spokesperson said in a statement. “We can confirm that we are updating the pricing of our plans in certain countries.”The streamer in recent months cut prices in a host of countries in the Middle East, Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe and parts of Asia.

Formula 1: Drive To Survive is geared up for another season on Netflix.The hit series, which debuted on the streamer in 2018, offers F1 fans a behind-the-scenes look at life in the paddock and away from the track.READ MORE: The best UK streaming platforms – ranked!Season five of the docuseries is set to arrive this week, coinciding with the start of the F1 2023 calendar.This time, the show will cover the 2022 season as Max Verstappen topped the competition to clinch his second world title.The new season arrives on Netflix on Friday, February 24 and will be available to stream from 12am PT/3am ET in the US. For UK viewers, it will be available from 8am GMT.There will be 10 episodes in Formula 1: Drive to Survive season 5.