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Now more than ever viewers are likely to find themselves overwhelmed by the number of streaming services to choose from, as they struggle to figure out which one is truly worth their hard-earned money. Apple and Disney entered the field in late 2019 with their offerings, and there are at least another three streaming services on the way in 2020, including HBO Max and NBCUniversal's Peacock.

Because she’s been there and done that, literally, former Bachelor contestant/tear fountain Ashley Iaconetti is recapping this season of The Bachelor for Cosmopolitan. With insider insight as well as a clear eye for what’s going down both in front of and behind the cameras, read on for her thoughts.

After Apple and Disney both launched their own streaming services late last year (and with several new options soon on their way), viewers are likely to find themselves wondering which streaming service is truly worth their hard-earned money. In the age of cord cutting, which service offers what people really want to watch? Netflix has a growing library of compelling originals, but Hulu offers a live TV option.

By Pete Hammond

As the owner of the Paramount movie studio, Viacom is often on the lookout for drama. Who knew its newest potboiler would come from one of the units it got paired with as a result of its merger with CBS?

Jennifer Lopez may not have gotten her Oscar nomination for Hustlers, but on Sunday, the “tabletop” pole move she memorably demonstrated in the film was one of the showstoppers at the Super Bowl halftime show. There was J.Lo, suspended horizontally high above the ground, legs wrapped around a pole center stage, only one hand grabbing on for support. 

From the sound of Randy Newman singing “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” to Hildur Guðnadóttir writing the soundtrack to Joker definitely throwing himself away, here’s a last look at the original song and score candidates for the 2020 Oscars — with a few thoughts from the song contenders themselves, as Academy voting opens.

It’s not that the knives were out, exactly. It’s just that the faint whiff of lame duckishness has hung over the Berlin Film Festival since the announcement of longtime director Dieter Kosslick’s 2019 departure, an impression that intensified during the last two editions, which were generally regarded as among the weakest the festival has recently seen.

Deborah Dugan, the exiled president and CEO of the Recording Academy, is right about at least one thing: There is an inherent conflict between the Academy's stated goals of being transparent, diverse and progressive.Starting in 1995, the final nominations in the "Big Four" categories -- album, record and song of the year plus best new artist -- have been decided by a select committee that reviews lists of the top vote-getters by rank-and-file members and selects the ones that it deems most

By Pete Hammond

Two killers who murdered a Glasgow man outside his mum's pub were caught using high-tech analysis of how they walked.

Tencent's investment in Universal Music Group is further proof the music business is back in business. The deal, announced on the last day of 2019, will give Tencent a 10% share of Universal for €3 billion (US$3.36 billion), valuing Universal Music Group at €30 billion (US$33.6 billion).