Ted Sarandos Defends Controversial ‘Cuties’ Movie as "Misunderstood"

Paul Burgess was jailed for seven-and-a-half years in 2016 for shaking 15-week-old Zaiidyn Burke to death.The brute pled guilty to culpable homicide after inflicting fatal brain injuries when he was left in charge of the tot for an hour.Just over four years after he was locked up, Burgess, 29, is living less than 25 miles from Zaiidyn’s mum, Jade Caven.Jade, 30, said: “This feels like a huge kick in the teeth.“Where he’s been placed is just a drive away from my home in Dumfries.

Peter White Television EditorNetflix has seen a number of top content execs including Cindy Holland, Channing Dungey and Jane Wiseman leave over the past few weeks – a move addressed by co-CEO Ted Sarandos on the streamer’s third quarter financial results call Tuesday.Sarandos, who moved up to the co-CEO role, having previously been chief content officer, brought the TV division in line with the film side and the animation division under one boss – former Universal Television head Bela

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNetflix Co-CEOs Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos tackled a range of topical issues as they offered context for their less-than-expected gain in subscribers during the third quarter.During their quarterly earnings interview posted to YouTube, Hastings was asked by moderator and Barclays analyst Kannan Venkateshwar about how the lack of a Stranger Things-type blockbuster affected the subscriber showing.

Reba McEntire’s new romance with boyfriend Rex Linn appears to be off to a strong start — and she already has a sweet pet name for him.The “Consider Me Gone” singer, 65, shared a photo of herself enjoying some quality time with her new beau in Montana. “Fun in MT with my Sugar Tot!!! @rexlinn13,” she captioned the Instagram pic.

Steph Curry has had enough of the internet trolls going after his wife Ayesha after she showed off her super light blonde hair on social media.

Savannah Guthrie moderated a controversial town hall with the President Donald Trump on Thursday, and her “Today” show team is supporting her all the way.

Savannah Guthrie moderated a controversial town hall with the President Donald Trump on Thursday, and her show team is supporting her all the way.The journalist received praise from co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Al Rocker for how she handled her conversation with Trump, where she pressed him on the coronavirus pandemic, wearing face masks, his tax records and retweeting a conspiracy theory from QAnon, among other topics.Kotb tweeted that she was «proud» to be Guthrie's partner following the town hall,

Tommy Lee has hit back at Ted Nugent after the Donald Trump supporter branded him “a convicted felon, domestic violence heroin addict.”In an interview with Blunt Force Truth, Nugent discussed his recent appearance on Sammy Hagar’s AXS TV reality series Rock & Roll Road Trip With Sammy Hagar.“The producers wouldn’t let [Sammy] near me, even though he and I go way back; we’re dear friends.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorThere aren’t enough hours in the day for Ted Sarandos to watch every program on Netflix before it premieres on the streaming behemoth.

Odds are, unless you’re an avid film fan that pays attention to international cinema and early film festivals such as Sundance (basically, people who regularly read this website), you didn’t really know much about “Cuties” before the controversial release of the film last month.

Netflix boss Ted Sarandos has defended Cuties, calling the film “misunderstood”.Following an indictment from a Texas grand jury for the film’s “lewd” depiction of children, Sarandos said Cuties was “very misunderstood” in the US.The film, released last month, focuses on 11-year-old Amy who finds herself caught between the traditional Muslim values of her family and her newfound ambition to join an all-girls dance troupe.Speaking at the virtual Mipcom market, Sarandos said, per Deadline: “It’s a

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterTed Sarandos, co-CEO of chief content officer at Netflix, weighed in Monday on the streaming giant’s growth in global markets during the past five years and the controversy stirred in the U.S.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorNetflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos has voiced shock that a censorship debate has sprung up around the controversial Cuties film after a Texas grand jury indicted the streamer over the feature.In comments at the virtual Mipcom market on Monday, Sarandos said Cuties was misunderstood in America after the indictment claimed it “appeals to the prurient interest in sex, and has no serious, literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.”Defending the Maïmouna

Jake Kanter International TV EditorNetflix’s coronavirus safety protocols may prohibit Ted Sarandos from visiting sets, but the streamer’s co-CEO is looking on the bright side after revealing that the guidelines are actually saving money and cutting shoot times on some productions.Speaking at the virtual Mipcom, where he was accepting the Variety Vanguard Award, Sarandos revealed that Netflix has seen a surprising upside to the layers of pandemic procedure, which many feared could cripple the

Carey Hart is teaching his kids to use firearms responsibly, and photos he shared on social media kicked off a conversation about an always controversial subject.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterAnna Winger’s “Unorthodox,” based on Deborah Feldman’s 2012 memoir about a young woman leaving the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in New York to start life anew in Berlin, was not intrinsically designed to be an international darling.The mandate of Netflix’s German television group, says co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos, is simply to “make great TV” for the subscription streaming service’s German audience.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterTed Sarandos is not much for change, personally.It’s a funny thing to say about the recently minted co-CEO of Netflix, one of the entertainment world’s biggest disruptors, but as he points out, he’s had only “two cars and one job over the past 20 years.”“I am one of those folks who ends up doing things a long time, so I’m not one of these people who flips things easy,” he says with a laugh.His previous car, which lasted 11 years, was an Acura MDX; he drove around a

Sen.Ted Cruz, R-Texas, mocked former Sen. Al Franken after Franken advertised a satirical “I hate Ted Cruz” pint glass in a promotion for his new podcast.