Netflix Posts Another Mixed Quarter Amid Tough Pandemic Comparisons

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticAbout halfway through the first season of “The Chair,” I found myself profoundly grateful that it wasn’t the show it too easily could have been.Created by Amanda Peet, the Netflix comedy takes place at the fictional Pembroke College, a fittingly idyllic liberal arts school where Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim (Sandra Oh) has just become the English department’s first female chair.

EXCLUSIVE: Small Axe and Top Boy star Michael Ward and Emma actor Bill Nighy have been set to lead The Beautiful Game, a Netflix film about a group of English homeless footballers who compete in the Homeless World Cup.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorNetflix will require actors and those who come in close proximity to them to be vaccinated against COVID-19, in accordance with Hollywood’s new Return-to-Work protocols.The mandate, which is the first broad production vaccination requirement to be announced by a Hollywood studio, will affect the casts and “Zone A” crew — those who come in close contact with actors — for all of the streamer’s U.S.

One Year” podcast about her grandmother, who is famous for campaigning against the gay community on her opinions that they’re child molesters and “human garbage.” “Homosexuals cannot reproduce, so they must recruit,” Bryant argued during her 1970s “Save Our Children” campaign against a local Florida ordinance banning sexual orientation-based discrimination, LGBTQ Nation reported.

expectations of $72.93 million in revenue and $1 per share. That revenue figure is up 36% year-over-year and was a record for a June quarter.Apple hit another new high in revenue from its services segment, with $17.49 billion.

Kate Beckinsale is missing her daughter, Lily Mo Sheen.The 47-year-old actress revealed that due to the coronavirus pandemic she has gone two years without seeing her 22-year-old, whom she shares with ex Michael Sheen.«I haven't seen my daughter for two years because of everything. Also, I went to Canada working and she couldn't come see me,» Beckinsale admitted during her appearance on on Friday.

not mutual admirers -- but the California Democrat scored points with fellow liberals Friday night when he posted screenshots of an awkward text exchange he had with the Fox News host.The exchange began with Carlson asking Swalwell to give him a call, and Swalwell replying in so many words, "no.""Tucker, I’m hesitant to do that. You falsely smeared my wife on Tuesday and she’s getting death threats.

Kate Aurthur editorWith his reputation and his future Austin restaurant on the line — along with, presumably, important elements of his personal life — Gabe Erales, the winner of the recently concluded Season 18 of “Top Chef” has delivered a lengthy apology on Instagram.

Sharing her thoughts. Sister Wives‘ Meri Brown is expressing herself via quotes on social media amid struggles in her relationship with Kody Brown.

Netflix has set the premiere date for and released the first teaser of its “Brand New Cherry Flavor” TV series.Based on Todd Grimson’s 1996 novel of the same name, the series tells the story of filmmaker who heads to Hollywood in the early ‘90s to make her movie but tumbles down a hallucinatory rabbit hole of sex, magic, revenge – and kittens. “Brand New Cherry Flavor” will launch Friday, Aug.