Wednesday, Jun. 16, 2021

They arrive every year in their snazzy black and white tuxedos, causing traffic jams and clamoring for quality real estate. 

Endangered African penguins have long been a source of delight to visitors of the South African community of Simon's Town, mixing with humans as they go about their...

Wednesday, Jun. 16, 2021

Kevin Hart can make us laugh and cry, it seems, even if the vehicle was practically engineered to bring on the waterworks. In "Fatherhood," on Netflix on Friday, he plays a new dad whose wife dies shortly after childbirth and he's left raising their daughter on his own. 

To be fair, there...

Thursday, May. 13, 2021

Imagine, if you will, a galaxy far, far away where the one-name fashion wonder Halston dresses Obi-Wan Kenobi in something fabulous from the swinging '70s.

Ewan McGregor can. Sort of.

McGregor is in the unique position of being the sole person — on this planet anyway — who might...

Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021

Netflix further beefed up its film catalog on Thursday in a multi-year deal that will make it the new streaming home to Sony Pictures' top releases in the U.S. 

Beginning next year, Sony's new films will exclusively stream domestically on Netflix after their theatrical runs. That includes...

Tuesday, Apr. 6, 2021

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's first Netflix series will center on the Invictus Games, which gives sick and injured military personnel and veterans the opportunity to compete in sports.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's Archewell Productions announced Tuesday its first series to hit the...

Wednesday, Mar. 31, 2021

Historians estimate that 1 in 4 American cowboys were Black but you would be hard pressed to find a movie genre whiter than the Western. "Concrete Cowboy," an urban Western about African American riders in Philadelphia starring Idris Elba, is about an often unseen — and persisting — Black cowboy...

Thursday, Mar. 18, 2021

Chris Smith didn't initially think the 2019 college bribery scandal made for a good documentary subject. He was editing "Fyre," the hit Netflix documentary about the music-festival fiasco, when his longtime collaborator, Jon Karmen, suggested another real tale of fraud and spectacle be their...

Sunday, Mar. 14, 2021

The writers behind the feature film Nomadland and limited series The Queen’s Gambit won the 33rd-annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards at an online ceremony this evening (3/13).

The Scripter Awards honor each year’s most accomplished adaptations of the written word for...

Friday, Feb. 26, 2021

Netflix on Friday released a study it commissioned from top academic researchers that shows the streaming giant is outpacing much of the film industry in the inclusivity of its original films and television series.

For years, academic studies have sought to capture inequalities in...

Friday, Feb. 19, 2021

While the Oscars dominate this portion of the awards season calendar, television still looms large in terms of honors--even with the Emmys quite a ways down the road. TV nominations recently unveiled and currently in play for the Golden Globes and the SAG Awards are coveted in and of themselves...

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