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    What Indians Who've Known Poverty Think Of Netflix's 'The White Tiger' Movie

    Jan 29, 2021
    The movie, based on an award-winning novel, traces the unlikely journey of a poor villager in search of wealth. Does it ring true to those who know what it's like to be poor in India?
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    Asia
    Lin Qi, the chairman and CEO of Yoozoo Games, died on Christmas Day following a weeklong illness that may have stemmed from a poisoned cup of tea.
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    Chinese Video Game Tycoon, Netflix Producer Dead After Alleged Poisoning

    Dec 28, 2020
    Yoozoo Group CEO Lin Qi, 39, was also executive producer for an upcoming Netflix series. Reports suggest he may have been poisoned by a colleague.
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    Pop Culture Happy Hour
    Chadwick Boseman as Levee, Colman Domingo as Cutler, Viola Davis as Ma Rainey, Michael Potts as Slow Drag, and Glynn Turman as Toledeo in <em>Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.</em>
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    Reclaiming Black Culture in 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'

    Dec 18, 2020
    George C. Wolfe's adaptation of the classic August Wilson play features electrifying performances by Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman.
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    Pop Culture Happy Hour
    Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies and Gary Oldman as Herman Mankiewicz in David Fincher's impressive <em>Mank.</em>
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    'Mank' Is A Lushly Rendered Cinematic Landscape

    Dec 04, 2020
    David Fincher's dramatization of Citizen Kane's origin story is an impressive, if occasionally inert, biopic.
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    Pop Culture
    Comedian Dave Chappelle at the 2018 Netflix FYSEE Kick-Off event in Los Angeles.
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    Netflix Removes 'Chappelle's Show' At Dave Chappelle's Request

    Nov 25, 2020
    The comedian said he was snared in an unfair contract years ago, which allows Comedy Central to profit off the show without compensating him.
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    Pop Culture Happy Hour
    Dominique (Odley Jean) is one of several high school students in Netflix's sprawling, ambitious <em>Grand Army.</em>
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    'Grand Army': Breakout Performances In A Depressing High School Tale

    Oct 16, 2020
    Netflix's latest teen melodrama attempts to tackle a lot of social issues and ills at once, to mixed results.
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    Goats and Soda
    Olasupo Shashore, an author and historian and former attorney general in Lagos State, produced and narrated the new Netflix documentary series <em>Journey of an African Colony: The Making of Nigeria.</em> He's shown above in Lagos, Nigeria.
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    A Nigerian Finds Hard Truths — And Hope — In Netflix Series On Nigeria

    Oct 01, 2020
    Ifeanyi Nsofor reviews the documentary series, Journey Of An African Colony, which confronts a painful past — including involvement in the slave trade — and celebrates the nation's independence.
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    Television

    Netflix CEO Embraces 'No Rules,' But Work Is Anything But Chill

    Sep 15, 2020
    In his new book No Rules Rules, Reed Hastings argues that in order for a creative workplace to succeed, it needs as few policies and rules as possible. Others say the culture is demoralizing.
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    Shots - Health News
    Actors Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver in a scene from <em>Marriage Story. </em>The award-winning 2019 film can be watched with audio description that conveys scenes to viewers who are visually impaired. But <em>Parasite, </em>another popular award-wi
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    There's A Better Way To 'Dub' Movie Audio For Visually Impaired Fans

    Aug 19, 2020
    Most non-English films made outside the U.S. are inaccessible to many of the 26.9 million visually impaired Americans. "Dubbing just tells us the dialogue," one disability rights activist explains.
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    Some Netflix users will be able to watch shows at slower and faster speeds. It's a helpful move for blind and deaf users, advocates say.
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    Netflix Is Letting Some People Speed Up Playback. That's A Big Deal For Blind Fans

    Aug 12, 2020
    People who are blind spend a lot of time listening to words. So much that they often prefer to listen at faster speeds, including for TV shows.
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    Is it a match? A potential couple  meet up courtesy of a matchmaker in the Netflix series <em>Indian Matchmaking.</em>
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    Netflix's 'Indian Matchmaking' Is The Talk Of India — And Not In A Good Way

    Jul 26, 2020
    The TV series, which debuted on the streaming service this month, has sparked debates about colorism, classism and caste-ism.
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    <em>Tiger King </em>is one of the streaming service's smash hits during the coronavirus pandemic, which has forced billions globally to remain home.
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    Netflix To Sell $1 Billion In Bonds After Adding 16 Million New Subscribers

    Apr 22, 2020
    Stay-at-home orders have been a boon for Netflix, which has added millions of subscribers and will take on debt to help serve them more content.
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    Law

    Malcolm X Doc Prompts 'Reexamination' Of Iconic Leader's Assassination Investigation

    Feb 11, 2020
    New information revealed in a TV series raises so many questions about two of the men convicted of the murder, that the Manhattan district attorney's office is taking another look at the evidence.
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    Casino Worker Turned Internet Detective And Documentary Star

    Jan 13, 2020

    Deanna Thompson isn’t a homicide detective.

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    Shots - Health News
    Brett Gray (left) as Jamal Turner, and Peggy Blow as Abuela, a lovable, pot-smoking grandma, in the first season of the Netflix teen drama <em>On My Block</em>.
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    Netflix Curbs Tobacco Use Onscreen, But Not Pot. What's Up With That?

    Aug 17, 2019
    TV networks have standards that minimize tobacco use on shows, and Netflix now does, too. But streaming companies lack public policies about smoking cannabis onscreen, and doctors say that hurts kids.
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    Vegas in the Ring

    Aug 09, 2019

    In GLOW Season 3, the wrestling may be fake, but Vegas feels real

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    Movie Interviews
    Carol (Angela Bassett) shows up unannounced in New York City for a surprise visit with her adult son, Matt (Sinqua Walls) in the new Netflix film <em>Otherhood.</em>
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    When The Kids Grow Up, Motherhood Becomes A State Of 'Otherhood'

    Jul 28, 2019
    The new Netflix film stars Angela Bassett, Patricia Arquette and Felicity Huffman as three best friend moms who decide to show up unannounced in New York City to pay their adult sons a surprise visit.
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    Arts & Life

    Netflix Cuts Controversial Suicide Scene From '13 Reasons Why'

    Jul 16, 2019
    The show is centered on the suicide of a teenage girl, and the first season's finale shows her taking her own life. Several organizations raised concerns that it could romanticize suicide.
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    Television
    Netflix said future shows aimed at its younger audiences will not depict smoking or e-cigarette use unless it is "essential." The streaming content giant also says information about smoking will be included as part of its ratings.
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    Netflix Promises To Quit Smoking On (Most) Original Programming

    Jul 04, 2019
    The streaming content giant said it will stop showing smoking or e-cigarette use in future shows unless it is "essential." New research finds tobacco imagery on popular shows has skyrocketed.
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    Television

    'One Day At A Time' Picked Up For Fourth Season Following Netflix Cancellation

    Jun 27, 2019
    Pop TV, a cable channel owned by the CBS Corp., will carry it. The news followed a social media campaign launched by fans to save the beloved Latinx-themed show.
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    National
    Disney CEO Bob Iger speaks onstage at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif., on Wednesday. Iger says Disney may stop filming in the state of Georgia should a new, restrictive abortion law take effect.
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    Media Companies May Stop Productions In Georgia Over New Abortion Law

    May 30, 2019
    The Walt Disney Co., NBCUniversal and Netflix are concerned that the rights of people working on productions in the Southern state could be restricted. The move threatens a booming industry.
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    Mental Health

    Teen Suicide Spiked After Debut Of Netflix's '13 Reasons Why,' Study Says

    Apr 30, 2019
    Boys ages 10-17 killed themselves at a much higher rate in the month after Netflix's show about suicide was released in 2017. Researchers attribute an extra 195 deaths that year to the series.
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    Movies
    A reproduction of an Oscar statuette stands tall at a 2016 media event in Hollywood, Calif.
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    Academy Leaves Door Open To Netflix After Tussle Over Oscars Eligibility Rules

    Apr 24, 2019
    A controversial proposal would have limited the ability of streaming services to compete for Oscars. But after a dust-up that even included the Justice Department, the academy decided against it.
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    Analysis
    Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a campaign rally in June 2016 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, Calif. He launched a second presidential campaign on Tuesday, with a big burst of donations from supporters, but new challenges ahead.
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    Are Democrats Ready To 'Feel The Bern' Or Is Sanders The 'MySpace' Of 2020?

    Feb 23, 2019
    The Vermont independent showed he can still raise boatloads of money, but with so many progressive choices, Sanders may be at a disadvantage.
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    Movies
    <em>The Wandering Earth </em>has rocketed to second place on China's all-time box office list. A poster for the film is seen in the Chinese city of Yichang earlier this month.
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    Netflix Buys Rights To Stream Chinese Sci-Fi Blockbuster 'The Wandering Earth'

    Feb 22, 2019
    The film's release has been a major event in China. Will overseas audiences by charmed its big-budget special effects, too?

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