xAI CEO Elon Musk has urged parents to cancel their Netflix subscription for the health of children. The warning by Musk comes in reply to a social media post which implied that the streaming giant is pusing ‘transgender woke agenda’ with some of its offerings. “Cancel Netflix for the health of your kids” Musk wrote…
Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings has endorsed President Donald Trump’s new $100,000 H-1B visa fee, breaking ranks with most Silicon Valley leaders who have criticised the policy as harmful to innovation and startup growth. In a post on X, Hastings wrote: “I’ve worked on H1-B politics for 30 years. Trump’s $100k per year tax is a…
The Animation Guild has launched an ambitious attempt to unionize feature production workers at Netflix Animation Studios as part of its broader effort to expand its reach inside the animation production space. On Wednesday, a group of 60 workers requested voluntary recognition of a union from management, according to The Animation Guild. The group is…
The series chronicles the former Spice Girl’s move into fashion while battling both internal and external doubt and pressure in the public eye Victoria Beckham spent the beginning of her career playing high energy, pop-fueled shows as the Spice Girls‘ own Posh Spice. But as she details in the latest trailer from her upcoming Netflix…
Netflix has revealed the first trailer for “Victoria Beckham,” a docuseries about the former Spice Girl and fashion designer. The three-part docuseries, premiering Oct. 9, “gives all of us a front row seat as Victoria prepares for the fashion show of her life,” the project’s synopsis reads. “From the teenager who restyled her school uniform,…
Shimon Hayut, the notorious con man who was the subject of Netflix’s popular documentary “The Tinder Swindler,” has been arrested after allegedly stealing more than $52,000 from a woman in Berlin. Hayut was arrested in Georgia Tuesday, according to The New York Times. Hayut was previously arrested for fraud in 2019, where he was sentenced…
The head of Spanish football’s La Liga has said Hong Kong would be the “perfect” stage for one of his competition’s matches. Barcelona and Villarreal are set to play a pioneering regular-season fixture in Miami in December, although that is dependent on Uefa, Fifa and US Soccer all giving their seals of approval. Fan groups…
There are obviously major spoilers ahead for Unknown Number: The High School Catfish. This post contains mentions of child abuse, suicide, and sexual content. If you’ve been on Netflix recently, you’ve probably noticed there’s a new #1 movie in the US: Unknown Number: The High School Catfish. Directed by Skye Borgman, the documentary follows Michigan high…
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Approximately two months ago, Disney closed a deal with Comcast, the parent company of NBCUniversal, that sealed Hulu’s fate. The House of Mouse owned a majority stake in the junior streamer, but Comcast retained…
00:00 Speaker A When investors are trying to decide where, if anywhere within media, uh, to put their money, you had a really interesting note recently, where you, um, framed it sort of differently than, sort of, streamers versus legacy, or what have you. You framed it as open versus closed, right? Sort of a…