Luke Bryan is challenging Blake Shelton about his choice of crops on his farm.
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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorPeacock President Kelly Campbell is raiding rival streamers in building out her senior team: NBCUniversal announced that it has hired Shannon Willett, previously at Netflix, as chief marketing officer for Peacock, and Hulu’s Brian Henderson as EVP of programming.Both execs will be based in L.A. and join NBCU in the newly established roles at Peacock, reporting to Campbell, the former president of Hulu who joined Peacock in November.As CMO, Willett will oversee global marketing for Peacock leading all functions including brand management, creative, media planning, marketing operations, social, content marketing, subscriber growth and customer care.Willett spent nearly seven years at Netflix, more recently serving as VP of global marketing strategy and operations, leading a team of 250 employees worldwide.
Willett holds a master of arts degree from American University and received a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University. Henderson will lead Peacock’s global content strategy, leveraging data and insights to curate the service’s content offering to drive acquisition, usage, retention and overall business.
Henderson will work with content execs across NBCU, including the NBCUniversal TV & Streaming acquisition team, on deals for licensed, original, international and emerging content.Henderson spent more than six years at Disney’s Hulu, where he worked with Campbell. Most recently Henderson was as SVP, SVOD content, programming and partnerships.
In that role, he was responsible for content acquisition and scheduling in partnership with other Disney content groups. Henderson holds a bachelor’s degree from Duke University and an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.Campbell
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Wilson Chapman editorThe 75th Annual Tony Awards are extending the eligibility period of the season by several days and pushing back the nominations announcement date, the awards body announced Friday.Previously, the announcement of the 2022 Tony nominees was scheduled to take place on May 3. They have now been pushed back to May 9.
Netflix and Skydance Television have set the cast of the untitled Arnold Schwarzenegger spy adventure series, signing nine actors as series regulars to join Schwarzenegger in his first TV series role, and previously announced female lead Monica Barbaro. The list includes Travis Van Winkle (You), Gabriel Luna, reuniting with Schwarzenegger after starring together in Terminator: Dark Fate, Fortune Feimster (The Mindy Project), Jay Baruchel (This Is the End), Milan Carter (Warped!), Fabiana Udenio (Jane the Virgin), Barbara Eve Harris (Station 19), Aparna Brielle (A.P. Bio) and Andy Buckley (The Office).
Breaking Bad co-star and “best friend” Bryan Cranston is his newborn son’s godfather.During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday (April 19), the actor announced he and his wife Lauren recently welcomed their second baby together, a son named Ryden.When asked if Cranston had met his son yet, Paul said: “He has met the baby. I asked Bryan on his birthday if he would be our baby’s godfather.”After joking that Cranston rejected the offer, he added: “No, he’s very excited, very honoured.
If you're still watching Netflix on your ex's roommate's account, that access may not last much longer: Netflix is considering cracking down on password sharing, according to a report from the Associated Press. The streaming platform may also add a new, lower-cost subscription tier supported by ads, similar to its rival Hulu's.
Recently, Netflix has put out several popular documentaries, from fraud stories like Bad Vegan to dark serial killer tales like Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes. Their latest documentary film is about an altogether different subject – a fashion scandal.
A 2015 film based on an American true crime has left Netflix viewers reeling in shock after it was added to the streaming site. Cleveland Abduction tells the story of the Ariel Castro kidnappings which took place in the early 2000s. The film tells how a single mum, Michelle Knight, become the first victim of depraved kidnapper Castro in 2002.
Aaron Paul shared adorable pictures of his newborn son on Tuesday and revealed his Breaking Bad co-star Bryan Cranston will be the baby's godfather. The 42-year-old actor during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon was congratulated by Jimmy, 47, over the new addition to his family. 'Brand new!,' Jimmy exclaimed.
Israeli conman Simon Leviev conned a number of women out of a lot of money on dating app Tinder.
Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterNetflix reported its first-quarter 2022 earnings Tuesday, revealing how the company did in terms of subscriber signups and financial growth in the three-month period that included the debuts of “Bridgerton” Season 2 and “The Adam Project.”The streaming service lost 200,000 subscribers in Q1 and said it expects to lose another 2 million in the current second quarter. In January, Netflix reported it had 221.84 million subscribers at the end of 2021. The new total is 221.64 million subs.Netflix previously forecast 2.5 million paid net adds in Q1 while Wall Street analysts expected Netflix to add 2.8 million new subscribers worldwide in the first quarter vs.
Netflix shares slid 20% in after-hours trading after the company actually lost ground in its subscriber base, falling to 221.64 million, down 200,000 from the tally at the end of the fourth quarter.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Jerry and Marge Go Large,” a comedy starring Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening, as well as new films from directors Lena Waithe and Ray Romano, will premiere at this year’s Tribeca Festival.As previously announced, the 2022 edition of the Tribeca Festival will kick off on Wednesday, June 8, with the world premiere of “Halftime,” a new Netflix documentary centering on Jennifer Lopez.See the full lineup below:OPENING NIGHTHalftime (United States) – World Premiere. A new Netflix documentary film that follows global superstar Jennifer Lopez, as she reflects on her milestones and evolution as an artist, and navigates the second half of her career continuing to entertain, empower, and inspire.
Anatomy of a Scandal, the brand-new drama about class, gender and more, has proved a big hit with Netflix fans since it was released to the platform on Good Friday (15 April).
Kevin Bacon (City on a Hill) and Farrah Mackenzie (United States of Al) have signed on for roles in Sam Esmail’s Netflix film Leave the World Behind, Deadline can confirm. They join a cast that also includes Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke and Myha’la Herrold, as previously announced.
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s Group Effort Initiative has partnered with Netflix on a new initiative that will expand underrepresented communities’ access to below-the-line career opportunities. Participants will secure access to on-set production training, as well as job placements this year on multiple Netflix productions throughout the United States and Canada.