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21.04.2020 - 23:11 / variety.com
By Todd Spangler
NY Digital Editor
Netflix added a net 15.77 million paid streaming customers in the first quarter of 2020 — blowing away prior estimates thanks to the coronavirus pandemic and setting a record for quarterly gains.
The streamer said it had 182.9 million paid subscribers globally as of the end of Q1, up 22.8% from a year earlier. Netflix had previously told investors it expected to add 7.0 million subs in the quarter, but that was before COVID-19 kept millions of people
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By Cynthia Littleton
Netflix's tells the story of Ellie Chu ('s ), a shy, straight-A, friendless Chinese-American high school senior who makes extra cash by writing papers for her fellow classmates in the backwoods of the sleepy Washington town of Squahamish. When she reluctantly agrees to help football jock Paul Munsky () write love letters for his crush, school beauty Aster Flores (), the girl Ellie secretly crushes on, the unlikely trio embark on an unconventional triangle.
Broadway star Nick Cordero has undergone a procedure to get a temporary pacemaker amid his ongoing battle with the novel coronavirus.
Nick Cordero has undergone a procedure to get a temporary pacemaker following what has been a weeks-long battle amid coronavirus complications. Cordero's wife, Amanda Kloots, shared an update with her Instagram followers on Friday afternoon.
By Todd Spangler
Jamie Otis is reminding us that we aren't alone. With everything going on in the world amid the Coronavirus pandemic, it's natural to feel overwhelmed, uneasy and stressed.
People watching more entertainment programming while sheltering at home propelled Netflix to a strong first three months of 2020, the company announced Tuesday The streaming giant added 15.8 million subscribers during the first quarter of the year, a period of record growth that has rocketed its global base to nearly 183 million.
People watching more entertainment programming while sheltering at home propelled Netflix to a strong first three months of 2020, the company announced TuesdayThe streaming giant added 15.8 million subscribers during the first quarter of the year, a period of record growth that has rocketed its global base to nearly 183 million.Netflix had expected to add just 7 million subs during the period, but the company forecast that growth before the full effects of the pandemic had been felt globally.In
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By Cynthia Littleton
Hollywood actor Nick Cordero is fighting for his life in the ICU after having been diagnosed with Coronavirus. After suffering from pneumonia and other problems, the 41-year-old got himself tested twice but the results came back clear.