It was only a matter of time before the milestone was reached, as streaming usage has continued to climb while traditional TV declines amid the steady drip-drip-drip of cord-cutting losses. - Variety
Fewer Americans are getting cable TV—and, by extension, ESPN—every year, but the network remains home to some of the most popular content on TV, particularly as many people no longer watch live programming that isn’t news or sports. - The Wall Street Journal
Payne's 1996 dark comedy starred Dern as a trainwreck who finds herself co-opted into America's abortion battles. Says Dern now, "we thought we were making something that in three years might be passé. And now it's worse for my daughter's generation." - MSN (The Washington Post)
"Working closely with a team of writers, assistants and producers — led by the showrunner and co-creator Peter Gould — Ariel Levine and Kathleen Williams-Foshee maintained detailed notes on virtually every person, place, thing or event ever mentioned or implied on either the show or its predecessor." - The New York Times
Cineworld’s liquidity and debt burden, which stood at more than $5 billion in net debt as of the end of 2021, have long been in focus for investors. - The Hollywood Reporter
In recent months, the marquee releases from the Hindi-language film industry in Mumbai have been earning much less than they cost to make. Why? Part of it is the slow return of audiences post-lockdown; perhaps more of it is that this year's hottest movies come from South India's studios. - Variety
But ads are coming back because streamers have more info about our consumption habits than the cable companies or networks ever did, so the ads are more valuable than ever. Plus, there’s no skipping ads via DVR when you’re streaming on Hulu et al. - The Bulwark
" Movies like Soylent Green abandon such messiness in favor of predictive certainty as they set out to shock people into action. ... And as predictions fail to materialize, shock and concern risk turning to cynicism and doubt." - Slate
"Journalists at NPR and Minnesota Public Radio say they are seeing the payoff from a heightened focus on tracking the diversity of their sources, with reporters more keenly aware of the need to expand their pools of interviewees." - Current
Almost 50 years after she was booed on the Oscars stage for declining Marlon Brando's award on his behalf in protest at the film industry's treatment of Native Americans, Sacheen Littlefeather has received an apology from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. - EuroNews
The question is simple: Is it possible for a show based on NFTs to cross over to a mainstream audience that may not even know what those three letters stand for? - CNET
"During the pandemic, Universal had helped MGM steer Ridley Scott’s starry crime drama House of Gucci to $100 million overseas, Paul Thomas Anderson’s coming-of-age story Licorice Pizza to $15 million," and the Bond No Time to Die to more than $600 million. - Variety
True, she is playing a woman who accidentally joins Bruce Banner in Hulkdom. But the idea of a strong female lead doesn't do it for her: "It's a box that nobody fits into. Even the phrase is frustrating. It’s as if we’re supposed to be grateful." - The Guardian (UK)
An Indigenous crew member "remains cautiously optimistic about the future of Indigenous inclusion in the film industry," and actor Michelle Thrush says that "well-thought-out practices on production sets are replacing her previous experience of crying alone in her trailer." - CBC
Because young people have grown up with online communities, they have a more inextricable relationship with platforms and their identities. This changes the idea of what exactly a "healthy" relationship with social media should look like, making the notion of a digital detox unrealistic and, arguably, unhealthy. - CNET
