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Apple belatedly jumps into the streaming TV business

Thursday, 4 April 2019, 10:40 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Jumping belatedly into a business dominated by Netflix and Amazon, Apple announced its own TV and movie streaming service Monday, enlisting such superstars as Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Aniston and...

After 'Gotham,' Ben McKenzie goes from hero to movie bad guy

Wednesday, 3 April 2019, 10:38 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Ben McKenzie is looking forward to his next career chapter after "Gotham," both on-screen and behind the camera. During the five years he's starred as Gotham City police detective and future...

Showtime cancels 'SMILF' after reports of on-set misconduct

Tuesday, 2 April 2019, 10:36 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Showtime has canceled the comedy series "SMILF" after two seasons, and ABC studios, which produces the show, has suspended a development deal with its creator, star and executive producer Frankie...

Della Duck, intrepid space explorer and amputee, comes to TV

Monday, 1 April 2019, 10:35 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Della Duck is a brave and resourceful fowl, the sort that refuses to be defeated by a solo crash landing on the moon — even when it costs her a leg. Della, an elusive and lesser-known...

Howard the Hulu Duck

Friday, 29 March 2019, 11:48 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Hulu is teaming with Marvel to make four separate animated series based on comic book characters like Howard the Duck. Director Kevin Smith and comics Chelsea Handler and Patton Oswalt are among...

Bryant goes 'Shrill'

Thursday, 28 March 2019, 11:46 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

"Saturday Night Live" star Aidy Bryant says she was drawn to the Hulu series "Shrill" because of the chance to play a woman who is about more than her weight. The six-part comedy debuting March...

No 'Thrones' conflict for 'Handmaid's Tale'

Tuesday, 26 March 2019, 11:42 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Resistance is the theme when "The Handmaid's Tale" returns this summer with 13 episodes for its third season, but the Hulu drama is avoiding a collision with the final season of HBO's "Game of...

'Boomerang' series updates story for millennial audiences

Monday, 25 March 2019, 11:40 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Halle Berry and Lena Waithe say they've updated the 1992 movie "Boomerang" for a new generation. Berry said the original story that focused on black characters' lives and work was innovative for...

Netflix to make 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' series

Friday, 22 March 2019, 09:40 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Netflix has acquired the rights to Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude," one of the most celebrated novels of the 20th century. The streaming company announced Wednesday that...

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