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☆ Netflix and the N.F.L. Sign a Three-Season Deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Nicole Sperling | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On Wednesday, the streaming giant announced a three-season deal with the National Football League that will include showing two Christmas Day games on its service this year. It’s the first time Netflix has become partners with a major sports league, and it likely won’t be the last. The move follows Netflix’s increasingly aggressive push into the business of live events. “There are no live annual events, sports or otherwise, that compare with the audiences N.F.L. football attracts.”The streaming business has matured in the United States, and though Netflix is the dominant service, it still needs to keep growing.

Persons: Tom Brady ”, John Mulaney, Katt Williams, Foke ”, “, Bela Bejaria Organizations: Netflix, National Football League Locations: Los Angeles, United States, America

☆ Interest rates today are not 'ridiculously high', says THL Partners' Scott Sperling
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailInterest rates today are not 'ridiculously high', says THL Partners' Scott SperlingScott Sperling, THL Partners co-CEO, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the state of the economy, impact of high interest rates, inflation outlook, the Fed's interest rate path, and more.

Persons: THL, Scott Sperling Scott Sperling Organizations: THL Partners

☆ Genes known to increase the risk of Alzheimer’s may actually be an inherited form of the disorder, researchers say
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Among people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, researchers recognize familial forms of the disease and sporadic cases. This shifting appreciation of inherited risk, researchers say, is due to a better understanding of the role of a fourth gene that carries the blueprints to make a lipid-carrying protein called apolipoprotein E, known as APOE. One known as APOE2 is thought to be protective against the development of Alzheimer’s disease. They also compared people with two copies of APOE4 to people with other inherited forms of the disease — early-onset autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s disease (ADAD) and Down syndrome-associated Alzheimer’s disease (DSAD). Gene testing isn’t currently recommendedIt is also likely to change how people who carry the APOE4 gene are diagnosed and treated.

Persons: APOE4, ”, Dr, Juan Fortea, Sant, Fortea, Charles Bernick, Bernick, Alzheimer’s wasn’t, isn’t, they’re, ” Fortea, Sanjay Gupta, Reisa Sperling, “, ” Sperling, ” Dr, Sterling Johnson, Johnson Organizations: CNN, Nature, National Alzheimer’s Coordinating, Neurology, Hospital de, Cleveland Clinic Lou, Brain Health, CNN Health, Alzheimer’s Research, Brigham, Women’s, Alzheimer’s, University of Wisconsin Locations: Alzheimer’s, Spain, United States, Santa, Barcelona, Wisconsin

☆ Tesla slashed its Supercharger team. What does that mean for America’s EV network?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Ella Nilsen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The news this week that Elon Musk laid off Tesla’s entire Supercharger team sent shockwaves of uncertainty through the industry tasked with building America’s new network of EV chargers. A fast and reliable charging network is an essential ingredient in getting more people to switch from gas-powered vehicles to electric, and some early types of chargers proved less than dependable. Tesla had a superior charging network long before President Joe Biden set an ambitious goal to install half a million stations around the US by the end of the decade. “There are many, many charging companies out there,” an EV industry source told CNN. “Charging is a difficult business, there’s no doubt about that,” the EV industry source said.

Persons: Elon Musk, Tesla, Joe Biden, NEVI, “ It’s, ”, it’s, ” Daniel Sperling, University of California Davis, Loren McDonald, ” McDonald Organizations: CNN, EV, Joint Office of Energy, Transportation, Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, NEVI, Infrastructure Law, ”, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California Locations: EVAdoption, New York

☆ Netflix Added More Than 9 Million Subscribers in First Quarter
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Nicole Sperling | More About Nicole Sperling | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Netflix added 9.3 million subscribers in the first quarter of 2024, it announced on Thursday, outperforming analysts’ expectations and solidifying its status as the entertainment industry’s dominant streaming company. It also generated $2.3 billion in net income and its revenue was $9.3 billion, 15 percent higher compared with the same time last year. Netflix now has almost 270 million subscribers around the world. The streaming giant said its quarter was buoyed by audience interest in series such as “Griselda,” “3 Body Problem” and “Avatar: The Last Airbender.”Its ad-tier business, which is now a year old and offers subscribers a lower-priced option, grew 65 percent from last quarter. The company said that in the markets where the ad tier was available, 40 percent of new sign-ups chose that option.

Persons: Griselda, ” Organizations: Netflix

☆ Netflix’s New Film Strategy: More About the Audience, Less About Auteurs
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Nicole Sperling | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Back in, say, 2019, if a filmmaker signed a deal with Netflix, it meant that he or she would be well paid and receive complete creative freedom. Dan Lin arrived as Netflix’s new film chief on April 1, and he has already started making changes. He laid off around 15 people in the creative film executive group, including one vice president and two directors. (Netflix’s entire film department is around 150 people.) He will also be changing the formulas for how talent is paid, meaning no more enormous upfront deals.

Persons: Dan Lin, Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, Dwayne Johnson, Rather Organizations: Netflix

☆ Biden seeks to reinvigorate diverse coalition in critical 2024 campaign swing out West
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Betsy Klein | Arlette Saenz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

He’ll also use the trip to highlight early organizing efforts in these two states that the campaign believes will be “core” to electoral victory. Biden will launch the campaign’s “Latinos con Biden-Harris” organizing initiative when he visits South Phoenix, Arizona, Tuesday evening, campaign officials said. And the vast majority of Arizonans support abortion access, as well,” Dan Kanninen, the Biden campaign’s battleground states director, said. Biden’s western swingAt a first stop in the Reno, Nevada, area, Biden will meet with local leaders and campaign volunteers in Washoe County. To that end, Biden has proposed $258 billion in housing investments in the budget he submitted to Congress earlier this month.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, He’ll, Biden, Harris ”, “, Dan Kanninen, Trump’s, ” Kanninen, Kanninen, MAGA, ” Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Kamala Harris, Chavez, ” Biden, White, ”, Gene Sperling, Harris Organizations: Las Vegas CNN, Democratic, Biden, Fox, Trump, Republican Party, Republicans, GOP, Union, Democrats ’, Las Vegas, Income Housing Coalition Locations: Nevada, Arizona, South Phoenix , Arizona, Georgia , Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Reno , Nevada, Washoe County, Las, president’s State, Phoenix, Mexican, America, Dallas, Houston , Texas

☆ How ‘I’m Just Ken’ Won the Oscars Without Winning an Actual Oscar
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Nicole Sperling | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

One week of cast rehearsals. Ncuti Gatwa, didn’t arrive until Friday. “I’m Just Ken” was the showstopping number of Sunday’s Oscar telecast, and it probably wouldn’t have come together in as seamless a fashion if not for choreographer Mandy Moore, who has designed dance sequences for a Taylor Swift world tour and a film musical. “Um, it was definitely up there with ‘La La Land’ and the Eras Tour,” she said when asked about how “I’m Just Ken” ranked in terms of career challenges. There were reports that the backup Kens would be shirtless, and in an interview on the red carpet, Mark Ronson, who was up for an Oscar for the song along with Andrew Wyatt, promised an “absolutely bananas spectacle.”

Persons: Ncuti, didn’t, Slash, “ I’m, Ken ”, Oscar, Mandy Moore, Taylor, “, ‘, ”, Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt Locations: La

Those more concerned with the climate crisis are asking a bigger question: what does this all mean for the planet? Gas-powered cars, hybrids and EVs all emit roughly the same amount of pollution to manufacture, until you get to producing the battery. Fully electric cars use large batteries made of materials that require heavy mining. And that would still mean less climate pollution on the road overall. And fully electric cars won’t be truly “green” until the energy that charges them comes from renewable sources, like wind and solar.

Persons: Akio Toyoda, EVs, Joe Biden’s, Toyota’s, Daniel Sperling, —, ”, Sam Abuelsamid, Abuelsamid, InfluenceMap, Biden, Kelley, Albert Gore, Gore, I’m, “, ” Monica Nagashima, Lia, Kena, Stephen Ciccone, ” Ciccone, BEV, ” UC’s Sperling Organizations: CNN, Toyota, Auto, US, Toyota Prius Prime, Toyota Toyota, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Ford, EPA, Gas, American Council for, Prius, EV, InfluenceMap, United, Lexus, Cox Automotive, Zero Emission Transportation Association, Getty, Toyota Motor North America, ” Toyota Locations: California, West Virginia, Canada, Australia, United States, EVs, InfluenceMap’s, Japan, Rockland, Blauvelt , New York

☆ ‘Barbie’ Ruled the Box Office, but 2023 Was Tough for Women in Hollywood
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Nicole Sperling | Ella Koeze | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

When Greta Gerwig did not receive an Oscar nomination last month for best director for “Barbie,” despite the film’s nod for best picture and its status as a global box office phenomenon, the news revived scrutiny over gender diversity among the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ membership. The directors’ branch, which chooses the five nominees for that Oscar category, is 25 percent female. Over all, 34 percent of the academy’s more than 10,000 members are women. “The academy, like our industry, should reflect the world in which we live,” said David Heyman, a producer of “Barbie.” “The fact that it doesn’t is just wrong.”

Persons: Greta Gerwig, “ Barbie, ”, ’, “, David Heyman Organizations: Academy of Motion Picture Arts, Sciences ’

☆ Netflix Names Dan Lin Its Top Movie Executive
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Nicole Sperling | More About Nicole Sperling | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Netflix said on Wednesday that the producer Dan Lin would replace Scott Stuber as the streaming company’s top film executive. Mr. Stuber was the head of Netflix Film for seven years before announcing last month that he would be leaving. During his tenure, he brought a bevy of Oscar-winning filmmakers to Netflix and helped the company push the rest of the entertainment industry into the streaming era. He will report to Bela Bajaria, Netflix’s chief content officer. “While I’ve been approached many times during my past 15 years at Rideback, I could truly never imagine leaving until Bela reached out with this incredible opportunity,” Mr. Lin said in a statement.

Persons: Dan Lin, Scott Stuber, Stuber, Oscar, . Lin, Bela Bajaria, I’ve, Bela, Mr, Lin Organizations: Netflix, Warner Bros, Rideback Productions Locations: Rideback

☆ Young Filmmaker Lives His ‘Fairy Tale’ at Sundance
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Nicole Sperling | Joel Barhamand | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

“I feel like I’m in a fairy tale,” Sean Wang said to the sold-out crowd gathered at the Ray Theater in Park City, Utah, last month for his Sundance Film Festival debut. Mr. Wang, a 29-year-old filmmaker, was dressed in a black suit and white Vans (a nod to his skateboarding roots). He grabbed his chest in a show of how fast his heart was beating as he introduced his film, “Didi.” It is a coming-of-age story about an angsty, insecure 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy trying to find his place in the world. “I’m just going to take a few seconds to take this all in,” he said before snapping a photograph of the audience. The warm crowd included Mr. Wang’s family and friends, the film’s cast and crew, and a handful of potential buyers who have the power to transform his station in life from aspiring filmmaker to bona fide Hollywood director.

Persons: ” Sean Wang, Wang, “ Didi, “ I’m, ”, Wang’s Organizations: Ray, Sundance Film, Hollywood Locations: Park City , Utah

☆ Using A.I., Hollywood Agency and Tech Start-Up Aim to Protect Artists
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Nicole Sperling | More About Nicole Sperling | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This month, a fake ad for the cookware maker Le Creuset appeared on Facebook. Swift nor Le Creuset was involved in the promotion. “Vermillio starts to automate that process.”WME’s clients will now give their identifying digital data to Vermillio to be recorded and protected on the blockchain. Vermillio said it would then be able to track and authenticate images of the clients that appear online. WME and Vermillio said the partnership could also help compensate performers if studios wanted, for instance, to use A.I.

Persons: WME, ”, Chris Jacquemin, Creuset, Swift, Le Creuset, “, ” Mr, Jacquemin, “ Vermillio, Vermillio Organizations: Facebook

☆ Hollywood Agency Partners With Tech Start-up Over A.I. Protection
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Nicole Sperling | More About Nicole Sperling | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Vermillio has created a platform, Trace ID, that could insulate WME clients from thefts of their likeness and intellectual property by using A.I. The partnership will also look for ways to use the technology to allow clients to monetize their likeness and image themselves. Even after a deal with SAG-AFTRA, the actors’ union, was ratified, some performers remained dissatisfied with the A.I. The contract, for instance, does not prohibit studios from populating screens with “synthetic fakes,” which can be created through A.I. A.I.-generated images also proliferate online, like the fake, sexually explicit images of Taylor Swift that appeared online last week.

Persons: WME, Vermillio, A.I, Taylor Swift Organizations: SAG

☆ After a Slow Start, Sundance Finishes With Plenty of Sales
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Nicole Sperling | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Talk of the demise of the Sundance Film Festival as an incubator for audience-friendly independent films appears to have been greatly exaggerated. The festival was no longer featuring independent films that could go on to be commercially viable, the thinking went. As has been the case in recent years, streaming services made the flashiest deals. Netflix paid a reported $17 million for the horror film “It’s What’s Inside” and Amazon/MGM bought “My Old Ass,” starring Aubrey Plaza, for $15 million. “Skywalkers: A Love Story,” a documentary about a Russian couple who save their marriage by scaling skyscrapers, was acquired by Netflix, while Warner Bros.

Persons: ”, Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Reeve Organizations: Sundance, Hollywood, Netflix, MGM, Warner Bros, Max, “

And on Tuesday, we’ll find out which movies and artists will have a chance at Academy Awards when the Oscar nominations are announced. Both films made strong showings last week when the acting, directing and producing guilds released their nominations, and spots for both on the best picture list are all but guaranteed. Double-Digit Nominations: I expect “Barbie,” “Oppenheimer” and the historical-crime tale “Killers of the Flower Moon” to each score double-digit nominations. And besides a likely best picture nod, there could be ones for directing and screenplay as well. The Best Picture Outlook: The safest bets are “Oppenheimer,” “Barbie” and “Killers of the Flower Moon.” “The Holdovers” and “Poor Things” are secure, too.

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☆ Netflix’s Head of Film to Depart
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Nicole Sperling | More About Nicole Sperling | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

News of Mr. Stuber’s departure came on the eve of the Oscar nominations. During his tenure, which began in 2017, Netflix has had eight films nominated for best picture, though a win in that category has proved elusive. “Scott has helped lead the new paradigm of how movies are made, distributed and watched,” Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s co-chief executive, said in a statement. “He attracted unbelievable creative talent to Netflix, making us a premiere film studio.”While Mr. Stuber’s slate of movies helped to boost Netflix’s business substantially, he often clashed with Mr. Sarandos over strategy. Mr. Stuber often tried to appease filmmakers by pushing for wider theatrical releases than Mr. Sarandos was willing to undertake.

Persons: Scott Stuber, Oscar, Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Jane Campion, Alfonso Cuarón, Stuber’s, “ Scott, Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s, “, Stuber, Sarandos Organizations: Netflix, ., Mr

☆ ‘Mean Girls’ Musical Triumphs at Box Office, With a TikTok Assist
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Nicole Sperling | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The theatrical box office this holiday weekend was awash in “Mean Girls,” and TikTok may have been at least partly responsible for its domination. (Paramount Pictures expects “Mean Girls” to reach $32 million once receipts from the federal holiday on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King’s Birthday are added.) The news was a welcome reprieve for the theatrical box office, which did not benefit from a giant year-end blockbuster that often carries over into the new year. “Mean Girls” also offers confirmation that Paramount’s aggressive digital marketing strategies were successful. The studio spent considerable effort using the original film, which grossed $130 million worldwide, as the best form of promotion for this new version.

Persons: Lindsay Lohan, Jason Statham, Martin Luther King’s Organizations: Paramount Pictures

☆ Netflix Builds a ‘Squid Game’ Universe as It Awaits a Second Season
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Nicole Sperling | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On the same soundstage where Bob Barker lorded over “The Price Is Right,” “Squid Game” is coming to life. On Wednesday, Netflix will unveil its latest live experience, based on the dystopian hit show in which desperate South Koreans competed in a brutal contest of simple schoolyard games for a prize of 45.6 billion won (around $38 million). If they chose incorrectly, they descended hundreds of feet to their death. To feel even more like a character on the show, customers can buy a tracksuit for $50 and wear it during the experience. ticket option: In a nod to the original, you can watch the unfortunate masses compete in the games while you sip cocktails in a swanky lounge.

Persons: Bob Barker lorded, Losers Organizations: Netflix

☆ Researchers return to Alzheimer's vaccines, buoyed by recent drug success
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Julie Steenhuysen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The renewed interest in Alzheimer's vaccines follows a promising first attempt more than 20 years ago that was abandoned after 6% of study volunteers developed life-threatening brain inflammation known as meningoencephalitis. Dr. Reisa Sperling, an Alzheimer's researcher at Mass General Brigham in Boston, said she believes vaccines will play an important role as researchers look to prevent Alzheimer's. She is considering vaccines for her next study in asymptomatic people with Alzheimer's proteins in their blood, but not enough to register on brain scans. Alzheimer's vaccines are still in the early stages and will require large, years-long trials to show they work. Generating a strong immune response is critical for such vaccines, which would typically be given to older individuals with weaker immune systems, he said.

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☆ MasterVoices Puts on a Starry Show With a Shoestring Budget
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Seth Colter Walls | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There’s a lot of Stephen Sondheim in New York at the moment: the premiere staging of his last musical, “Here We Are,” and star-studded revivals of “Merrily We Roll Along” and “Sweeney Todd” on Broadway. And for one weekend this month, there was also one more show of his on: “The Frogs.”This endearingly weird, Aristophanes-inspired musical — created with Burt Shevelove and famously premiered at a Yale University swimming pool in 1974 — hasn’t been onstage in New York since a heavily revised 2004 revival that Sondheim conceived with Nathan Lane, who also performed the role of Dionysos. Few local institutions have the skill or interest to pull off “The Frogs” — with its bookish references and ironic-then-impassioned music — but it’s typical, delightful fare for MasterVoices and its artistic director, Ted Sperling, who mounted and conducted a concert staging of the musical at the Rose Theater. (Lane was there, too, now as a host guiding the audience through the show.)

Persons: Stephen Sondheim, “ Sweeney Todd ”, —, Burt Shevelove, — hasn’t, Sondheim, Nathan Lane, Ted Sperling, Lane Organizations: Yale University, MasterVoices, Rose Theater Locations: New York

The union, SAG-AFTRA, which represents tens of thousands of actors, and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which bargains on behalf of studios, reached the tentative agreement on Wednesday. It followed a bitter standoff that contributed to a near-complete shutdown of production in the entertainment industry. At 118 days, it was the longest movie and television strike in the union’s 90-year history. The actors’ strike, combined with a writers’ strike that started in May and was resolved in September, devastated the entertainment economy. Hundreds of thousands of crew members were idled, with some losing their homes and turning to food banks for groceries.

Persons: ”, Todd Holmes Organizations: SAG, Alliance, Television Producers, California State University, Northridge Locations: Los Angeles, Georgia , New York , New Jersey, New Mexico

☆ Getting Hollywood Back Up and Running Won’t Be Easy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Nicole Sperling | More About Nicole Sperling | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Daisy Edgar-Jones, the 25-year-old British actress with an increasingly crowded dance card, will soon experience just how complicated Hollywood’s rush to return to work is going to be. Now, with only weeks to finish the film for a planned release next summer, there’s no time to waste. That means Ms. Edgar-Jones will have to walk away from a role in a drama that Ron Howard is set to begin directing soon in Australia. He is set to portray Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown,” beginning in March. Details on how Mr. Chalamet would juggle production of one movie and publicity for another are being worked out.

Persons: Daisy Edgar, Jones, Ms, Edgar, ”, Ron Howard, Chalamet, Bob Dylan, James Mangold’s “, Austin Butler Organizations: Warner Bros Locations: Oklahoma, Australia

He ordered up an economic analysis and spoke to company officials about the plant, according to White House officials. On Thursday, Biden will visit Belvidere to showcase that same auto plant, which has reopened as part of the settlement of a targeted strike by the United Auto Workers union. O'Malley Dillon said the UAW contracts and the auto plant reopening reflect a larger focus on workers by the president. The contracts, if approved by 146,000 union members in the coming weeks, would dramatically raise pay for auto workers. Top assembly plant workers would earn roughly $42 per hour.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, he's, ”, Jen O’Malley Dillon, White, O'Malley Dillon, Donald Trump, Gene Sperling, Trump, Shawn Fain, J.B . Pritzker, Stellantis Organizations: WASHINGTON, Biden, White, United Auto Workers, Dodge, UAW, Labor, White House, Illinois Gov, Motors, Ford, Republican Locations: Chicago, Belvidere, China, United States

One of the longest labor crises in Hollywood history is finally coming to an end. Upset about streaming-service pay and fearful of fast-developing artificial intelligence technology, actors joined screenwriters on picket lines in July. The writers had walked out in May over similar concerns. It was the first time since 1960, when Ronald Reagan was the head of the actors’ union and Marilyn Monroe was still starring in films, that actors and writers were both on strike. Brooks Barnes and Nicole Sperling reported from Los Angeles and John Koblin from New York.

Persons: —, Ronald Reagan, Marilyn Monroe, Brooks Barnes, Nicole Sperling, John Koblin Organizations: SAG Locations: Hollywood, Los Angeles, New York

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