Month: August 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Pluto TV, which was founded in 2014, has become a $1 billion-a-year business a year ahead of schedule. The free streaming service’s parent company, ViacomCBS, confirmed the annual revenue milestone during its second-quarter earnings call with analysts. CEO Bob Bakish had previously signaled the billion-dollar mark would be hit in 2022. Viacom acquired Pluto
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Trey Parker and Matt Stone, co-creators of South Park, have signed a sweeping renewal with ViacomCBS that will keep the show on Comedy Central through 2027 and send 14 original movies to Paramount+. The official announcement of the deal did not specify a dollar figure but Bloomberg pegged it at $900 million, one of the
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News Watch Billie Eilish Cover “I’m in the Mood for Love” Taking on Julie London’s 1955 rendition of the track, Eilish and Finneas rounded out a session for BBC Radio 1’s “Live Lounge” By Matthew Strauss August 5, 2021 Facebook Twitter Billie Eilish, screengrab via BBC Radio 1’s YouTube Facebook Twitter Billie Eilish and Finneas
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Science fiction is often uncanny in its ability to predict what’s coming. For example, Jules Verne imagined suburbs dependent on gas-fueled vehicles decades before cars existed (1863) in his novel Paris in the Twentieth Century. Arthur C. Clarke imagined 3D printers long before their time. William Gibon coined the term cyberspace in his 1984 novel
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We miss Schitt’s Creek. We miss David’s perpetually perturbed facial expressions; Moira’s pristine collection of wigs; Stevie showing Johnny how to send an email; and Alexis saying, “Eww, David”. For all their quirks, the Rose family taught us so much about love, and broke records in the process, winning nine Emmy awards in 2020. The
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Love Island received more than 5,000 complaints last week, with claims an episode “misled” female contestants after they were sent images showing their partners appearing to be unfaithful. Viewers said a postcard sent to female contestants during the show’s Casa Amor week – in which couples are separated into different villas – showing their partners
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