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Ad-Free Netflix Users Watch 40 Percent More Than Ad-Supported Subscribers

September 18, 2024 Michael Zotos 0

Netflix‘s ad-free subscribers could sure use a commercial break once in a while. If for nothing else but to leave the screen for a lap around the house. A new study by streaming-ratings company Digital […]

Ariana Grande, Tom Cruise and Other Celebrities Hit Up Olympics Women’s Gymnastics

July 28, 2024 Michael Zotos 0

The Olympics may be struggling with Olympics fans venturing to Paris because it’s so insanely expensive … but for celebs where money is no object, they turned out in force. Tom Cruise, Jessica Chastain and […]

Global Cyber Outage Affecting Operations At Paris Olympics

July 19, 2024 Michael Zotos 0

Add the 2024 Olympics to the long list of organizations affected by the ongoing global cyber outage … as the Paris Games’ organizing committee revealed some operations have dealt with some hiccups as a result […]

Boston is Shaking Up its Public Art Scene

July 19, 2024 Michael Zotos 0

Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez is among the first group of artists to be commissioned as part of Boston’s Un-Monument initiative. The artist is seen here working on his large-scale public artwork “Souledad,” located in Boston’s South […]

‘Hit Man’ Hits the Netflix Sweet Spot: An Original That Both Critics and Subscribers Love

June 17, 2024 Michael Zotos 0

Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man” is a certified hit for Netflix, and a rare one: It’s an original film (a $20 million acquisition, not an in-house production) that’s critically acclaimed as well as a popular success. […]

Turning The Beach Boys’ ‘Endless Summer’ Into a 2-Hour Feature

June 13, 2024 Michael Zotos 0

The new Disney+ documentary “The Beach Boys” is one in a long line of both documentary and narrative features focusing on The Beach Boys and their associates, many of which have focused on the troubled […]

Skydance Says It’s ‘Stronger’ and ‘Smarter’ After Merger Talks Collapsed

June 12, 2024 Michael Zotos 0

Call it trial by fire: Skydance said it is “stronger” for having gone through the Paramount fiasco, Skydance CEO David Ellison wrote in a note to his employees (obtained by IndieWire). But is Paramount? What […]

Hot dog-eating champ Joey Chestnut won’t compete this July 4. What’s the beef?

June 12, 2024 Michael Zotos 0

Joey Chestnut emerges victorious after eating 63 hot dogs in 10 minutes during the 2022 Nathans Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York City. The country’s most notorious hot dog-eating […]

Boston Radio Host Mocks ‘Phony Hippie’ Bill Walton Day After Legend’s Death

May 29, 2024 Michael Zotos 0

Boston radio host Fred Toucher delivered the worst on-air eulogy ever, calling Bill Walton a “phony hippie” and making a joke about his death, just a day after the legendary hooper-turned-broadcaster passed away … and […]

Who has time to watch a 4-hour YouTube video? Millions of us, it turns out

May 26, 2024 Michael Zotos 0

This week, as YouTuber Jenny Nicholson’s review/eulogy for the shuttered Disney Star Wars hotel started making the rounds, I was curious. I’d of course heard about the “immersive experience” officially called Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, […]