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Hailey Merkt Dies: ‘The Bachelor’ Season 21 Contestant Was 31

Hailey Merkt, a contestant on The Bachelor Season 21, has died. She was 31. Merkt, who appeared on the ABC dating reality series in 2016 with Nick Viall as The Bachelor, died July 26 following a battle with leukemia. “It is with broken hearts we share that our beloved Hailey has passed away…

Netflix Files To Sell $1.8B In Debt, Following Through On Plan Tipped In Q2 Shareholder Letter

Netflix has filed to sell $1.8 billion in debt, the first such offering since the company received an upgrade last year from credit ratings agencies Moody’s and S&P to investment-grade status. The move, telegraphed in its quarterly letter to shareholders released in its earnings report this month, is…

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Streamer Revenue Soars Once Again In UK As Amazon’s Prime Video Tops $1.3B For First Time – Ofcom Report

Streamer revenue soared again in the UK last year, with Prime Video generating more than £1B ($1.28B) for the first time, according to Ofcom’s Media Nations Report, but commercial nets saw turnover tumble to a four-year low. Combined revenue for the deep-pocketed U.S. giants shot up by 20% — akin to t…

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Revealed: The Streamers’ Most-Watched Titles In The UK Last Year

The return of Chicken Run after a 20-year hiatus saw viewers flock to the movie, which was crowned the most-watched streamer title in the UK last year by Ofcom’s Media Nations report. Aardman’s sequel Dawn of the Nugget starring Bella Ramsey and Thandiwe Newton drew an average audience of 7.5 million…

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Freddie Prinze Jr. On Returning For ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Reboot: “Both Sides Are Trying To Make It Work”

Freddie Prinze Jr. is open to reprising his I Know What You Did Last Summer role and is working on making it happen. The reboot, which will continue the 1997 slasher film, is set to be directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and is expected to open on July 18, 2025. “Nothing's a lock until there's…

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101-Year-Old Disney Accused Of Age Discrimination & Retaliation In Fired 73-Year-Old Business Analyst’s Lawsuit

The optics are pretty lousy when a company run by a 73-year-old man cans a nearly 20-year employee as she hits 73 and then attempts to call it a retirement on paper. Yet, according to former longtime Disney business analyst Deborah Violante, that is exactly what happened to her at the Bob Iger-led…

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Hulu Orders ‘Fanatical: The Catfishing Of Tegan and Sara,’ About Scheme That Reeled In Followers Of Queer Indie Rock Band – Part “Thriller, Caper, Whodunnit”

Hulu has ordered a documentary on a catfishing scheme that entrapped fans of a popular Canadian indie rock duo. Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara, directed by true-crime specialist Erin Lee Carr, will debut October 18 on the streaming platform. The film revolves around Tegan and Sara Quin…

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‘Heartstopper’s Joe Locke Teases ‘Agatha All Along’ Role & Why Disney+ Series Is Like ‘The Goonies’

Joe Locke stars in Marvel’s Agatha All Along, playing a mysterious role in the Kathryn Hahn-led Disney+ series. The Heartstopper star said that his character was kept a secret from him even while filming for the series was still underway. “He's a familiar; he's like the assistant to the coven,"…

Audiobook ‘Rifts And Refrains’ From Co-Authors Tiye & Keisha Mennefee To Be Adapted For TV By Universal Television And Attica Locke & Tembi Locke

EXCLUSIVE: Tiye and Keisha Mennefee's audiobook Rifts and Refrains from the latter’s Honey Magnolia Media is being adapted for TV by Attica Locke and Tembi Locke for Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. Rifts and Refrains centers on an aspiring Black female writer and musician…

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SAG-AFTRA Sets First Picket For Video Game Strike At Warner Bros.

Voice actors will be hitting the picket lines Thursday, as SAG-AFTRA announced the first in-person action against one of 10 major video game companies impacted by the Interactive Media Agreement strike. The picket will take place at WB Games Inc. in Los Angeles from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. PT, with members…

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Networks See Breaking News Bounce In July; Fox News Leads In Gains During Record Month

The assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the Republican National Convention and President Joe Biden’s exit from the presidential race gave major news networks a breaking news bounce in July. Fox News’ average primetime audience was 3.45 million viewers, up a whopping 120% from the same period in…

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James Gunn Wraps ‘Superman’ Filming: “It Has Been An Honor”

It’s a wrap on Superman as James Gunn expressed his gratitude to everyone that made filming the DC Studios production possible. In a social media post, the filmmaker thanked everyone involved in the making of the superhero film and shared a photo from the first week of shooting in Svalbard…

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