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☆ The future of Elvis Presley’s Graceland could be decided in court Wednesday
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The future of Graceland, Elvis Presley’s historic Memphis home, could be determined in court Wednesday after a bizarre set of events set the late singer’s granddaughter against a mysterious company that claimed Elvis’ daughter gave it Graceland’s deed. In a signed affidavit, the notary public denied ever notarizing anything that Lisa Marie Presley had signed. An estate in disputeFollowing Lisa Marie Presley’s death, Keogh and her grandmother, Priscilla Presley, fought over the rights to her estate – including Graceland. In 2004, Lisa Marie Presley sold 85% of Elvis Presley Enterprises’ assets in a deal reportedly worth more than $100 million. Lisa Marie Presley annually earned seven figures from it, based on a court filing in her 2022 divorce.

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☆ ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ review: Harvey Keitel stars in a love story set in the darkest of times
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Jumping around in time, this British production captures the horror of that experience while finding notes of grace in its narrator’s survival. That’s in part because this six-part series is at its core a love story, unfolding under the most horrible of circumstances. Harvey Keitel as the older Lali Sokolov in "The Tattooist of Auschwitz." Martin Mlaka/Sky UK“I haven’t got long,” Lali tells her, fueling her commitment to ensure his story gets told. “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” premieres May 2 on Peacock.

Persons: Harvey Keitel, Lale Sokolov, Jonah Hauer, King, Anna Próchniak, “, Gita, Lali, Heather Morris, Melanie Lynskey, Lali Sokolov, Martin Mlaka, haven’t, ”, Barbra Streisand, Sokolov Organizations: CNN Locations: Auschwitz

☆ What it’s like to be a ‘glass child’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Meneses Maples refers to herself as an adult “glass child,” the sibling of a person with a mental or physical disability. How does a glass child disappear? It is important not to assume what the needs of a glass child are, said Missud, the New York psychotherapist. More than a decade after her TEDx presentation, Meneses Maples receives messages from parents of glass children seeking her advice. Meneses Maples said she hopes to inspire research on glass children by spreading the word through presentations and workshops.

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☆ ‘Problemista’ actor Laith Nakli plays an immigration lawyer. In real life he’s fighting his own case
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Khalil, played by Laith Nakli, perks up and races to scribble on his notepad. And as he helps promote the film, he’s speaking out about a side of himself that few people have seen. Laith Nakli, actorThe crime could have led to his deportation. … That pressure is just completely unfair.”Actor Laith Nakli plays an earnest immigration lawyer in "Problemista." The cloud Nakli feels every day wasn’t literally depicted on-screen, but Nakli says he saw it clearly hovering over Alejandro’s every move.

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☆ Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ will start cracking down on password sharing
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Disney is banning password sharing on its streaming services, following in the footsteps of competitor Netflix. Hulu’s user agreement, along with the agreements for Disney+ and ESPN+, explicitly prevent users from impersonating someone else by using their username or password. All three user agreements were last updated on January 25, though it is unclear when the password-sharing language was added to the agreements for Disney+ and ESPN+. The user agreements say that the company may analyze users’ accounts to ensure they comply with password-sharing rules. The move was hinted at by Disney CEO Bob Iger in August, who said the company planned to address the issue of password sharing in 2024.

Persons: Bob Iger, “, ” Iger, Iger Organizations: CNN, Disney, Netflix, ESPN

☆ Tom Hollander mistakenly sent huge ‘Avengers’ bonus meant for fellow British actor Tom Holland
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —British actor Tom Hollander knows all too well the trials and tribulations of being the almost-namesake of an incredibly famous fellow actor. In an error to trump all errors, “The White Lotus” actor said he was once mistakenly sent Tom Holland’s first whopping seven-figure “Avengers” box office bonus. There’s an actor named Tom Holland.”“Oh yeah,” Hollander replied amid an uproar of audience laughter. “‘And what’s your name?’ And they go, ‘Tom Holland?’ ‘Cause they’ve heard Tom Holland,” said Hollander, adding: “You go, ‘no it’s Tom Holland-er’.”“Or I’m introduced to somebody’s very, very excited, then confused, then disappointed children,” he continued. And, it was more money than I’ve ever – it was a seven-figure sum.”He added that Holland was “20 or something.

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☆ ‘Beef’ and ‘The Bear’ have gotten awards season love, and that says lot about us
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Netflix’s “Beef” and FX/Hulu’s “The Bear” are enjoying the kind of awards season hot streak that so many shows wish they could cook up. The way their feud unfolds in the 10 proceeding episodes highlights the inequity that is introduced in that scene. Steven Yeun and Ali Wong star in "Beef." Chuck Hodes/FXBoth shows are critically acclaimed and have have been sweeping award shows this season, most recently winning multiple Emmy Awards, and it’s not hard to see why. In the talented and diverse ensemble casts, the perfect vehicles to further explore the deep issues at the center.

Persons: Ali Wong, Steven Yeun, Wong’s Amy, Danny, ”, Jeremy Allen White, that’s, Allen’s, Edwin Lee Gibson, Lionel Boyce, Marcus, Liza Colón, Zayas, Tina, Ebon Moss, Bachrach, Richard, Richie, Jerimovich, Matty Matheson, Neil Fak, Chuck Hodes Organizations: CNN, Benz, Netflix, ” Locations: Tacoma, Chicagoland

☆ Why Matty Matheson of ‘The Bear’ Starts the Day With Instant Coffee
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Lane Florsheim | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Matty Matheson isn’t the most famous actor on Hulu’s restaurant drama “The Bear,” but he has the distinction of being the cast’s only real-life chef. Matheson, 41, who plays handyman Neil Fak on the show and is an executive producer, has taught his co-stars how to make it look like they’re actually cooking and working in a kitchen. His culinary expertise is extensive. Matheson runs 11 restaurants in his native Canada including Matty’s Patty’s, Prime Seafood Palace and Maker Pizza, a chain with six locations. He also has a YouTube channel, a cookware line, a clothing brand and two published cookbooks, with a third on the way.

Persons: Matty Matheson isn’t, Matheson, Neil Fak, Matty’s Patty’s Locations: Canada

☆ Analysis: November is typically the best month for stocks. So far, it’s looking promising
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The S&P 500 on Thursday climbed 1.9% to log its best one-day gain since April. The S&P 500 has gained an average 6.7% from November to April since 1990, according to CFRA data. “We remain comfortable with our long-standing 3,900 year-end target for the S&P 500,” he wrote in a note on October 29. The S&P 500 closed Thursday at about 4,318. “The acquisition of Comcast’s stake in Hulu at fair market value will further Disney’s streaming objectives,” the company said in a short statement.

Persons: Jerome Powell’s, ”, George Smith, Mike Wilson, Morgan Stanley, Liam Reilly, Oliver Darcy, “, Read, Hanna Ziady, Andrew Bailey Organizations: CNN Business, Bell, New York CNN, Investors, Dow Jones, Dow, Federal, Treasury, LPL, Disney, Hulu Disney, Comcast, Bank of England, of England, ” Bank of England Locations: New York, Hulu, Israel

☆ ‘Black’ Like Each Other
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( James Poniewozik | More About James Poniewozik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Early in Hulu’s “The Other Black Girl,” Nella (Sinclair Daniel), an editorial assistant at the august and very white publishing company Wagner Books, is delighted to meet Hazel (Ashleigh Murray), the new hire to whom the title refers. She’s talking publishing, but she could be talking TV as well. So it’s fitting that “The Other Black Girl” isn’t alone. It’s one of two ambitious new series about young Black culture workers, in different countries and with different goals, dealing with the tension between representing one’s people and representing one’s self. The British import “Dreaming Whilst Black,” on Showtime, follows the aspiring filmmaker Kwabena (Adjani Salmon, who cocreated the series and the web comedy it is adapted from).

Persons: ” Nella, Sinclair Daniel, Wagner, Hazel, Ashleigh Murray, “ It’s, we’re, ”, Kwabena, Adjani Salmon Organizations: Showtime Locations: Hulu’s, one’s

☆ It Only Seems Like Everything on Streaming Gets Canceled Now
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( James Poniewozik | More About James Poniewozik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Streaming TV, which once seemed to be infinitely expanding, is experiencing shrinkage. Disney+ recently precanceled its already-made children’s fantasy adaptation, “The Spiderwick Chronicles.” Hulu’s acclaimed Russian-monarchy comedy “The Great” has been deposed. A string of high-profile Netflix cancellations has become the stuff of protests and memes. With all this has come a new belief: That TV series are now being canceled at an unprecedented rate, and you can’t count on any show sticking around anymore. The streaming era, in truth, has nothing on the blood baths of the regular-old-TV era.

Persons: ’, Max, ”, ” Hulu’s Organizations: Starz, Amazon, Disney, Netflix

☆ Comcast and Disney Agree to Speed Up Hulu Deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Benjamin Mullin | More About Benjamin Mullin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The tug of war over Hulu, one of the world’s most popular streaming services, might be over sooner than expected. Brian Roberts, the chief executive of Comcast, said on Wednesday at an investor conference that his company had agreed to move up negotiations to sell its stake in Hulu to the Walt Disney Company, which owns the majority of the streaming service. Mr. Roberts said Comcast and Disney had agreed to conclude their negotiations over how much Hulu was worth at some point after Sept. 30, when a formal appraisal process for Hulu’s valuation would begin. That process had been expected to conclude at some point after January. “It will take a little time for this to play out, but both companies wanted to get it behind us,” Mr. Roberts said.

Persons: Brian Roberts, Roberts, ” Mr, ” Organizations: Hulu, Comcast, Walt Disney Company, Disney Locations: Hulu

☆ Cable and broadcast TV viewing falls below 50% for the first time
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

In July, linear TV made up less than half of all TV viewing, according to Nielsen. Both broadcast and cable “each represented record low shares” of total viewership, the firm’s report said, making up just 49.6% combined. Meanwhile streaming services, such as Netflix and YouTube, grew last month to a record high of 38.7% of all total TV watching. Broadcast viewership dropped 3.6% in July, making up just 20% of all TV viewership, and cable viewing dropped 2.9%, making up 29.6%. Year-over-year, broadcast viewership slid 5.4% and cable TV dropped 12.5%.

Persons: Nielsen, Meghan Markle, Peacock Organizations: New, New York CNN, Nielsen, Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Disney, Entertainment, CNN, Warner Bros, Paramount Locations: New York

☆ Joey King says being on stage with Taylor Swift feels like getting in ‘an ice bath’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —In July, Taylor Swift had a surprise for fans at her “Eras” tour stop in Kansas City. She premiered a new music video for the song “I Can See You,” and invited Joey King and Taylor Lautner, who star in the video, out on stage with her. While King, star of “The Kissing Booth” and “Bullet Train,” is used to fans, she said this was something entirely different. But it was incredible to just have that experience and feel that energy coming at you.”(from left) Presley Cash, Taylor Swift, Joey King and Taylor Lautner speak onstageat The Eras Tour on July 7 in Kansas City, Missouri. While discussing all things Swift, King was sitting in a break room at a local Los Angeles animal shelter, where she has been volunteering as a pet photographer as part of Hill’s Pet Nutrition for their Clear The Shelters campaign.

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☆ The era of cheap streaming is officially over
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

“The advertising marketplace for streaming is picking up,” Iger told investors on the quarterly earnings call. The announcement puts to an end much of the initial allure that led to the popularity of streaming. That served as the genesis of the streaming era, with legacy entertainment companies such as Disney racing to launch their own direct-to-consumer products at unsustainably low costs. Couple that reality with the introduction of ads into streaming and the end product eerily resembles on-demand cable. It’s an ironic end to the streaming wars.

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☆ ‘Creamerie’ Review: Where the Boys Aren’t
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Mike Hale | More About Mike Hale | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Contains many spoilers for Season 1 of “Creamerie.”The New Zealand post-viral-apocalypse comedy “Creamerie” likes to begin an episode right where the previous one left off. “Creamerie” is in the science fiction subgenre of world-without-men shows; others include the new Netflix anime “Ooku: The Inner Chambers” and FX on Hulu’s “Y: The Last Man” from 2021. “Creamerie” was created by the actresses who play the leads — J.J. Fong, Perlina Lau and Ally Xue — along with the writer and director Roseanne Liang. The four have been collaborators for a decade, making Web series about relatably snarky young women in urban New Zealand. Fong, Lau and Xue play Jamie (determined, sorrowful, sexy), Pip (uptight, repressed, resourceful), and Alex (rebellious, profane, loyal), the proprietors of a dairy farm in rural New Zealand.

Persons: ”, cowering, French, It’s, “, Creamerie ”, — J.J, Fong, Perlina Lau, Ally Xue —, Roseanne Liang, Lau, Xue, Jamie, Pip, Alex Organizations: Hulu, Netflix Locations: Zealand, New Zealand

☆ Murray Hill Is Ready to Share His Personal Life
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Shane O Neill | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Murray Hill’s signature catchphrase is a percussive “Showbiz!” When he began performing as a drag king in New York during the mid-90s on stages he recalls being “the size of a postage stamp,” shouting “Showbiz!” called out the irony of his Vegas showman persona against the gritty and grimy environs of underground drag clubs. Today, at age 51, with roles as Fred Rococo on HBO’s “Somebody Somewhere,” which was recently renewed for a third season, and as host of Hulu’s new game show “Drag Me to Dinner,” the distance between Mr. Hill and the mainstream is shrinking. Still, his life isn’t wall-to-wall glamour. “I’m in a two-bedroom apartment right now, the second bedroom being my bathroom where I’m talking to you,” he told me from his home in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, during our video call. For Pride season, which lasts the month of June, we unleashed Mr. Hill on the town with his iPhone to capture some of his most “Showbiz!” moments.

Persons: Murray, Fred Rococo, Hill, “, ” Locations: New York, Greenpoint , Brooklyn

☆ Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker reveal sex of baby on the way
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker drummed up the reveal of their baby’s sex in true “Kravis” fashion. In a video shared to the couple’s Instagram pages on Sunday, Barker is seen sitting at his drum set with Kardashian proudly showing off her baby bump while sitting on his lap at what appeared to be a backyard gender reveal party. Barker provided a drumroll seconds before the big reveal, and the couple embraced with a kiss when blue confetti shot out to reveal they’re expecting a baby boy. Kardashian shares three children – Mason, Penelope and Reign – with her former longtime partner Scott Disick. Barker is father to Landon, daughter Alabama and stepdaughter Atiana, whom he shares with ex-wife Shanna Moakler.

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☆ How Liza Colón-Zayas, Everyone’s Favorite Line Cook From ‘The Bear,’ Cooks at Home
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Kathleen Squires | Photographs Laura Murray For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

THIS SUMMER, some well-deserved downtime is on the agenda for Liza Colón-Zayas. Over the past year, the actress made her Broadway debut in the Tony-nominated “Between Riverside and Crazy,” celebrated three decades as a member of the Labyrinth Theater Company and won critical acclaim for her portrayal of the prickly line cook Tina in FX on Hulu’s “The Bear.” In Season 2, which streams June 22, Tina attends culinary school. To prepare, Colón-Zayas worked with chef David Waltuck, whom she calls a “very patient, cool character.”

Persons: Liza Colón, Tony, ”, Tina, Zayas, David Waltuck Organizations: Broadway, Labyrinth Theater, Colón Locations: Zayas, Riverside

☆ Kourtney Kardashian announces her pregnancy at Blink-182 concert
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Kourtney Kardashian stole the show at a Blink-182 concert Friday by announcing that she and husband Travis Barker are expecting their first child together. They got married last year in multiple ceremonies. Kardashian, 44, shares three children with her former longtime partner Scott Disick: Mason, Penelope and Reign. Barker, 47, is father to his Landon, daughter Alabama and his stepdaughter Atiana, whom he shares with ex-wife Shanna Moakler. CNN has reached out to representatives for Kardashian and Barker for comment.

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☆ It’s Netflix’s world, rivals just stream in it
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-24 | by ( Jennifer Saba | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

Cheaper streaming options with unique programming were luring viewers, leaving Netflix in a tough spot as it raised prices. Paramount+, started in 2021, is joining forces with sister Showtime to widen its offerings. Disney, Paramount and WBD also operate cable and broadcast networks, and don’t specify what portion of the expense is allocated to streaming. Its subscribers, worth $136 a year in revenue apiece, are also more valuable than those of its rivals. Warner Bros Discovery on May 23 rebranded its streaming service as Max, which will include HBO programming along with Discovery’s reality TV shows.

☆ Disney boss races to hold back the dam
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

How that unfolds is in the hands of Comcast (CMCSA.O) boss Brian Roberts, whose cable operator owns the studio behind the cinematic video game hit as well as one-third of Hulu. The shift is understandable, however, considering what Disney is up against. In the quarter ended April 1, the division that houses Disney+ narrowed its operating loss from a year earlier, but subscribers also fell 2% to 158 million compared to the previous quarter. A rare bright spot was the theme parks, particularly overseas, but Iger has a growing number of holes to plug to ensure the dam holds. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

☆ ‘Clock’ Review: Hulu’s Hormonal Horror Movie
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Is the hormonal urgency to go one way or the other something that can—or should—be “fixed”? Comedy contusions aside, “Clock” is a movie that finds horror in biology, as well as in peer pressure and the impulse to conform. Upon being asked, she immediately drifts into a reverie about her daily regimen—swimming, sex, cooking, work, volunteering, massages. “All women have a biological clock,” says her gynecologist ( Nikita Patel ). “Maybe yours is just broken.” An appalling thing for a doctor to say, perhaps, but Ella has been wondering the same thing.

☆ ‘The 1619 Project’ on Hulu Vindicates Capitalism
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( David R. Henderson | Philip W. Magness | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Hulu’s series “The 1619 Project” blames economic inequality between blacks and whites on “racial capitalism.” But almost every example presented is the result of government policies that, in purpose or effect, discriminated against African-Americans. “The 1619 Project” makes an unintentional case for capitalism. The series gives many examples of government interventions that undercut free markets and property rights. Eminent domain, racial red lining of mortgages, and government support and enforcement of union monopolies figure prominently.

☆ ‘Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence’ Review: A Long Con on College Students
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

There aren’t a lot of questions left about the past—or future—of Lawrence Ray : On Jan. 20, the 63-year-old was sentenced to 60 years in prison for extortion, racketeering, sex trafficking and other offenses. The U.S. attorney termed him a “monster.” After watching Hulu’s “Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence,” a viewer might think the prosecutor was being generous. But there is a puzzlement addressed by director Zach Heinzerling ’s three-part docu-series, and it is the same one that has hovered over the case ever since it became news—how did it all happen? How did a then-50-year-old con man move into his daughter’s communal apartment at the prestigious Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, N.Y., brainwash her roommates and create a cult-like situation that would persist for almost 10 years? How did the victims allow it to happen?

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