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Why SNL Writer Sam Jay Hates Performing Comedy for Woke Kids

June 15, 2019June 15, 2019 NewsEditorComedy, Daily Beast podcasts, Jay-Z, Netflix, Saturday Night Live, Stand-up comedy, The Last Laugh

wrote when I returned from this years South by Southwest festival, I got to see a ton of stand-up comedy sets during my week in Austin, Texas. But nothing I saw came close to topping the experience of watching Sam Jay. Just six years into her career as a comedian, Jay has become one of the fastest rising stars in the comedy world. After joining Saturday Night Live as a writer in the fall of 2017, the Atlanta-born, Boston-raised comic put out her first album The Last Laugh podcast from…

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Fifteen minutes of prestige: how Hollywood went long on short content

May 15, 2019May 16, 2019 NewsEditorCulture, guillermo del toro, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Naomi Watts, Netflix, Rosamund Pike, Television, Television & radio, Television industry, US television

Short-form content has graduated from YouTube to attracting big stars, big studios and big Hollywood backing. Is watching in snippets the future of TV? State of the Union opens in a bar, where Tom (Chris ODowd) and Louise (Rosamund Pike) hash out an agenda for their marital therapy session over drinks and witty diversions. The two banter and alternately confront and avoid the flailing state of their marriage, before the scene cuts at the therapists door. And by scene, I mean episode. Each instalment of State of the Union, developed…

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‘Stranger Things 3′ will come to Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights

March 28, 2019March 28, 2019 NewsEditorEntertainment, Halloween, maze, movies-tv-shows, Netflix, stranger-things-season-3, teaser, universal-studios-hollywood

On the edge of your seat waiting to see what happens in Stranger Things: Season 3? Looks like the folks behind Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights already know. In preparation for the parks’ annual spooky event, Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort have announced the creation of all-new Stranger Things themed mazes. The mazes are set to debut at this year’s festivities, beginning in September. Part of a continued partnership with Netflix, Universal’s maze creators collaborated with the executive producers behind Stranger Things to bring to life parts of…

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12 Shows to Watch After Queer Eye

March 23, 2019March 23, 2019 NewsEditorHulu, Netflix, Queer, Television, The Office

the Fab Fives BFF brand, each episode the emotional equivalent of sipping a hot toddy under a little forced? Sure, but The Bingea private Facebook group launched last year that is devoted to superfans of streaming content. This is a community where members are excited to post their most loved streamsand eager to find new ones. Thanks to them, Ive found many amazing shows and movies like Sex Education and Juanita. I asked the Binge family to share their favorite feel-good binges, a la Queer Eye, why they love them,…

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Blindfolded Bird Box Challenger crashes car

February 2, 2019February 2, 2019 NewsEditorbird box, Culture, Film, meme, Netflix, Utah, viral

Remember, way back on January 2 when Netflix issued a warning to its customers over the viral Bird Box challenge meme to “PLEASE DO NOT HURT YOURSELVES WITH THIS BIRD BOX CHALLENGE?” That warning wasn’t heard or followed by at least one 17-year-old in Utah who decided to give the challenge — which involves a blindfold — a whirl while driving. The result was what one might expect. There was a crash (hat tip CNN, which spotted the tweet from Layton Police).

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12 Of The Funniest Reactions To Netflixs Unfortunate Mistake With Marie Kondos Pic Even Chrissy Teigen Responds

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019 NewsEditor700-page, chrissy teigen, funny netflix glitch, Marie Kondo, Netflix, Netflix glitch, Netflix hack, Netflix homepage glitch, The Life-Changing Art Of Tidying Up, Tidying Up With Marie Kondo, twitter, William Hanson

Marie Kondo In the show, Kondo comes to the homes of hopeless packrats to teach her organization method inspired by Shintoism. The energetic organizer transforms each space with the adage of keeping only items that bring joy, which made her ‘new promo’ all the more hysterical. williamhanson In a confused tweet, etiquette expert William Hanson tweeted out a photo of the Marie Kondo “Tidying Up” home screen wondering if perhaps her tactics had intensified. Well, of course, Twitter went crazy at the hilarious juxtaposition of sweet, cheery, 4’7″ Marie and…

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How to make your binge-watch as comfortable as possible

January 21, 2019January 21, 2019 NewsEditorbinge-watching, binged, Culture, movies-tv-shows, Netflix, web-culture

If you're going to binge-watch, at least do a little self-care.Image: Vicky Leta In Binged, Mashable breaks down why we binge-watch, how we binge-watch, and what it does to us. Because binge-watching is the new normal. Binge-watching is basically an endurance sport, so you need to be sure you’re prepared. After all, if you’re going to watch You until your eyes fall out (recommended), why not make the experience as pleasant as possible? That means paying close attention to the conditions under which you watch: the couch, the temperature, the…

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‘Breaking Bad’ star RJ Mitte and bionic actress Angel Giuffria are on a mission to change disability representation in Hollywood

January 20, 2019January 20, 2019 NewsEditoranthony-mackie, Apocalypse, Entertainment, io, movies-tv-shows, Netflix, scifi

Hold on, I need another few minutes to brood.Image: william gray / netflix Warning: Light spoilers for IO lie ahead. Not every world-ender can be world-ending. IO, the latest post-apocalyptic drama from Netflix, began streaming this weekend—but viewers crossing their fingers for another Bird Box are going to be disappointed. While the film’s premise and plot are fine enough, IO‘s lacking emotional depth takes what could have been an intimate look at the end of days and instead delivers a cringe-worthy reflection on shallow character creation. SEE ALSO: Netflix’s Fyre…

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What are the most sexually graphic movies on Netflix?

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 NewsEditorNetflix

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Your tiny desk will thank you for this space-saving monitor

January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 NewsEditorburn, Entertainment, golden-globes-2018, movies-tv-shows, Netflix, savage, twitter

We're fine, everybody's fine.Image: NBCUniversal via Getty Images Call over the Globes bartenders cause we’re gonna need some ice for these burns. Coming off of an astoundingly successful and record-breaking holiday streaming season, Netflix seems to have felt just a little left out of Sunday night’s Golden Globes festivities—despite a number of its projects being honored during the ceremony. SEE ALSO: Here’s everyone who won big at the 2019 Golden Globe Awards Posting to their official Twitter account, Netflix delivered the following scorching burn during the show. Shut up why…

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The internet is figuring out the best way to pirate Netflix’s ‘Bandersnatch’

January 4, 2019January 4, 2019 NewsEditorbandersnatch, big-tech-companies, movies-tv-shows, Netflix, Tech, the-pirate-bay

Torrent your life away.Image: netflix The internet will always find a way. Netflix’s new choose-your-own-adventure style episode of Black Mirror, “Bandersnatch,” has the online world abuzz with all the different storylines available for the viewer/player of the streaming digital experience. Overlooked in the discussion regarding which breakfast cereal best kicks off the main character’s day lies another probing question. How, exactly, does one pirate a show that has roughly 5 hours of total runtime spooled out over multiple non-linear scenes requiring a specially designed Branch Manager tool to access? Fear…

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‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ is why you won’t see Season 5 for a little while

December 31, 2018December 31, 2018 NewsEditorblack-mirror, black-mirror-season-5, Entertainment, movies-tv-shows, Netflix, tv

'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch' unsurprisingly was a time drain.Image: Netflix / Black Mirror With its myriad of decisions and endings, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch certainly looked like a hell of a film (or game?) to put together. So much so that in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, producer Annabel Jones confirmed that Season 5 of the Netflix series would be delayed, with an arrival set for sometime in 2019. SEE ALSO: A game from ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ is playable now It’s due in part to the “enormous” creative time that the…

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Your favorite Mariah Carey Christmas song broke a streaming record

December 31, 2018December 31, 2018 NewsEditorbird-box, Culture, memes, Netflix, web-culture

Image: image courtesy of netflix Even in a year that gave us peak Q Anon, this may be the most 2018 conspiracy theory ever. There are people online who believe Netflix used bot accounts to spread viral memes about its record hit movie Bird Box. The over-the-top apocalyptic thriller, which features a family making the perilous journey down a river in hopes of finding a community safe from invisible monsters that have taken over the world, is ripe with meme potential. The monsters inexplicably make victims commit suicide, which plays…

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No one can explain ‘Bird Box’ so please stop asking

December 30, 2018December 30, 2018 NewsEditorbird-box, Entertainment, fan-theories, movies-tv-shows, Netflix, sandra-bullock, trevante-rhodes

Might as well ask this bird what Netflix's Bird Box is about.Image: Merrick Morton/Netflix Warning: Light spoilers for Bird Box lie ahead. Welcome to Bird Box analysis, where the metaphors are made up and the points don’t matter! Look. I like a return-to-English-class breakdown of a horror movie as much as the next gal—but this is getting ridiculous. Since Sandra Bullock’s Netflix debut, Bird Box, started streaming last Friday, folks have gone absolutely batshit trying to explain whatever happens to her and her kids in this post-apocalyptic nightmare. What do…

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Netflix drops mysterious trailer for first ‘Black Mirror’ movie

December 29, 2018December 29, 2018 NewsEditorblack-mirror, Entertainment, Gaming, movies-tv-shows, Netflix

Black Mirror is diving into the trend of ’80s nostalgia, but these aren’t the childhood pixel games you remember. This isn’t your mamma’s (or teen boys’) retro trip. It’s more like a journey into madness than the warm comfort of returning to simpler times. “Bandersnatch,” the first Black Mirror feature film, will tell the story of a programmer creating a video game based on the fantasy novel of an unhinged genius. There are also some drugs involved — but unlike the cocaine popular in the 1984 of the real world,…