Netflix Lays Off About 15 In Marketing Division

After a two and a half years, HQ Trivia — the live game-show app that gave away cash prizes to winners — is shutting down.

UPDATED: FabFitFun has laid off around 100 employees, or 18% of the subscription-membership merchandise and media company’s headcount, Variety has learned.

By Nellie Andreeva

On Jan. 26, Ava DuVernay introduced a tribute to the late Nipsey Hussle at the 2020 Grammy Awards that included performances by Meek Mill, DJ Khaled and John Legend — but the Emmy-winning director has much more planned.Sources say DuVernay is working on a Hussle documentary for which Netflix has won the rights.

Margot Robbie’s superheroine spinoff “Birds of Prey” is landing with a somewhat disappointing $34 million opening weekend at 4,236 North American sites, estimates showed Saturday.

The results came some three days later than expected.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – The vibe of Netflix’s “Locke and Key” is best described in Netflix terms.

By Dominic Patten

Things haven't quite been the same for Tony since he arrived back in the village after being held captive in the hands of murderous Breda McQueen.

Michael Stewart has hit out at Florian Kamberi's "hugely disrespectful" comments after the striker's loan move to Rangers.

Netflix has canceled the musical drama “Soundtrack” after one season, Variety has confirmed.

London-bound meat-eaters rejoice: the BAFTAs are not following the all-plant route of the Oscars or Golden Globes.That said, Sunday’s post-ceremony meal at the Royal Albert Hall will feature one solitary meat item on its menu, and it comes sandwiched between a vegan starter (caraway infused carrot salad with celeriac moutabel, kelp pickled turnip, mushroom piccalilli, sweet vinegar reduction) and vegan dessert (early season Yorkshire rhubarb fool, with a pear sphere and preserved raspberry

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Fly-on-the-wall portraits of pop-music stars used to be dominated by, you know, pop music. The life and personality and woe-is-me-I’m-caught-in-the-media-fishbowl spectacle of the star herself was part of the equation, yet all that stuff had a way of dancing around the edges.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may have partially bid goodbye to the royal life, but the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are keeping up with charitable causes in Canada. On Wednesday, Meghan and Harry took to Instagram to support and promote a mental health initiative in their new home. The couple highlighted Bell Let’s Talk, a mental health initiative in Canada, on their Instagram Story and shared a series of photos encouraging conversation around mental health.

Netflix is poised to let go of roughly 15 staffers from its Los Angeles office as the streaming platform shifts its marketing strategy in an effort to promote the whole streaming service, Variety has learned. The company will continue to promote individual shows as part of its greater marketing initiatives.

By Andreas Wiseman

Netflix has finally revealed when Altered Carbon will return for Season 2 — and it's really soon. The sci-fi drama's second season will premiere on Thursday, Feb. 27.