Spotify Says “Nyet!” To Russia In Response To New Media Law, Suspends Streaming Service

report on Wednesday, Nielsen reported a nearly 20% increase in unique programming across streaming platforms in the past three years. As of February, consumers now have over 817,000 unique program titles to choose from — compared to around 646,000 in December 2019. According to Nielsen, consumers say the rapidly increasing number of options “makes it more difficult to find the content they’re looking for.”The uptick in available content also corresponded with a rise in consumption.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorFeeling swamped by the deluge of TV and streaming choices available at the touch of a button? You’re not alone.The sheer tonnage of video programming available to American viewers today is staggering — and it’s only going to keep growing. As of February 2022, there were more than 817,000 unique program titles across traditional TV and streaming services in the U.S., with many of those titles featuring hundreds of individual episodes or chapters, according to Nielsen’s Gracenote entertainment metadata subsidiary.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentHappy Anniversary — well, sort of “happy” — to Sarah Paulson, since it’s exactly 25 years since Variety ran a review of her feature film debut, “Levitation.” In the indie, she plays a pregnant teenager. Critic Leonard Klady on April 14, 1997, said it was a grim saga with “a strong cast” who were “not ably supported by the script.”It’s not the most promising debut and the film was quickly forgotten, but Paulson continued to work.Like many New York actors, she worked on stage and made her TV debut in a 1994 “Law & Order” episode, about a year after her high school graduation.She continued to do theater, including Broadway’s 2005 “The Glass Menagerie” with Jessica Lange, and films, such as the Oscar winner “12 Years a Slave,” where she proved herself a team player by working hard to promote the movie, even though she had a relatively small role.

EXCLUSIVE: Time Studios has entered a shopping agreement with Niki Russ Federman and Josh Russ Tupper, fourth-generation members of the Russ family who now own its iconic New York culinary brand Russ & Daughters, to develop a scripted series examining its history and the family behind it.

making a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith's hair loss during the Oscars. Reports now suggest that Rock didn't know about Jada's alopecia.

EXCLUSIVE: Rich Sommer (The Dropout), Lauren Lindsay Donzis (Punky Brewster), Jayma Mays (United States of Al), Bentley Green (Snowfall), Angel Laketa Moore (Atypical) and Bailey Gavulic (Fear The Walking Dead) are set as series regulars in CBS comedy pilot Rust Belt News. Additionally, Jeff Blitz (American Auto) has been tapped to direct and executive produce the single-camera comedy pilot from The Simpsons writer and The Mindy Project exec producer Matt Warburton.

March Madness to awards shows you'll definitely want to watch live, like the 2022 Academy Awards, you can cut the cable cord and sign up for a streaming service that lets you watch events as they happen. To help you find a live TV streaming service that's right for you, ET has curated a list of the best options below, whether you're a huge sports fan or want as many channels as you can get. If you're looking for a little bit of everything when it comes to live TV, here are the best streaming platforms to consider signing up for: A standard Hulu + Live TV subscription gets you more than 75 channels including ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN, ESPN 2, The CW, A&E, FX, Pop TV, TBS, TNT, USA and more. The streamer's live TV tier grants you access to a wide range of news, live sports and events like the 2022 Academy Awards — all available live or on-demand.

Halyna Hutchins‘ family is in Ukraine. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Halyna’s husband, Matthew Hutchins, took to Twitter to reveal that his late wife’s family is still in her home country.

Late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins' family is in Kyiv preparing "for the worst," according to her husband Matthew Hutchins. Matthew shared the news about Hutchins' parents on his personal Twitter account on Friday. "Halyna's sister, Svetlana, made it safely from Kyiv to Romania with her 3 yr old daughter and will continue onward to Western Europe," he wrote.

Halyna Hutchins' family is in Ukraine. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Halyna's husband, Matthew Hutchins, took to Twitter to reveal that his late wife's family is still in her home country. «Ukrainian refugees need humanitarian corridors,» Matthew tweeted.

Halyna Hutchins was killed on the set of “Rust” in October, says Halyna’s family is now trapped in Kyiv as Russian attacks escalate on Ukraine’s capital.Matthew told TMZ on Friday that the “safe passage” corridors Putin agreed to are being bombed and Halyna’s mother Olga Androsovych and father Anatoly Androsovych have no option but to stay. Olga continues to work as a nurse at the hospital where she has worked for more than 10 years.

Karen Fukuhara, who stars in Amazon Prime Video’s The Boys and David Ayer’s Suicide Squad, says she was struck by an unknown assailant outside a cafe in what the actor describes as an anti-Asian hate crime. “This sh*t needs to stop,” Fukuhara wrote in an Instagram post describing the attack. “Us women, Asians and the elderly need your help.”

Arcade Fire song has emerged on YouTube – watch ‘Rabbit Hole’ below.It’s come from their last-minute Ukraine benefit concert in New Orleans earlier this week (March 14), where the band also performed two other unreleased tracks.Taking place at Toulouse Theatre, all proceeds from the “pay-what-you-can” gig went to benefit the Plus1 Ukraine relief fund, which is supporting Ukrainian people through non-profits providing humanitarian aid as Russia’s invasion of the country continues.The gig was live-streamed via TikTok and Instagram, and snippets from that recording sees the band performing ‘Lightning I, II’, a song they recently revealed would be released this Thursday (March 17).The band also performed a second unreleased track, ‘Age Of Anxiety’. The song borrows elements from ‘Memories Of The Age of Anxiety’, a 45-minute instrumental ambient track they released for a meditation app last year.