Oscars Draw 18 Million Viewers
The Academy Awards drew 18 million viewers on Sunday, ABC said, citing Nielsen data. That is an 8 percent drop from the 19.5 million who watched last year. The audience…
Oscars Audience Size Poses a Test of Hollywood’s Cultural Relevance
Politics could also prove problematic. Most of the movies that Hollywood is poised to celebrate represent a cultural paradigm that was shattered by the presidential election. “Emilia Pérez,” a musical…
Trump Shares AI Video of Gaza as Luxury Resort, Drawing Scorn
President Trump on Tuesday night shared an AI-generated video depicting the devastated Gaza Strip as an opulent resort emblazoned with his name, less than a week after he appeared to…
She Interrupted a Town-Hall Meeting and Was Dragged Out by Private Security
The woman had been heckling speakers and speaking out at a town-hall meeting hosted by local Republicans in Coeur d’Alene, a small city in northern Idaho. The local sheriff asked…
Netflix Scurries to Stem Oscar Fallout From ‘Emilia Pérez’ Scandal
Two weeks ago, Netflix’s chief content officer, Bela Bajaria, strutted across the stage of the Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles and crowed about the company’s 13 Oscar nominations for its…
Who’s Watching What on TV? Who’s to Say?
Last month, the Golden Globes drew 10.1 million viewers. No, wait, maybe 9.3 million. The very same night, “Sunday Night Football” attracted 28.5 million people. Scratch that, perhaps it was…
Los 6 momentos que consagraron a Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar actúa como alguien que revela un secreto. En la canción de 2015, “King Kunta”, susurra de forma escénica: “Juré que no lo contaría”, y luego procede a alardear…
PlayStation Network Outage Persists, Sony Says
The PlayStation Network, which users of the Sony PlayStation platform rely on to play games, download content and access apps, fluttered in and out of service on Saturday but remained…
Right-Wing Crusade Against USAID Has Been Fueled by Falsehoods
The video falsely claiming that the United States Agency for International Development paid Ben Stiller, Angelina Jolie and other actors millions of dollars to travel to Ukraine appeared to be…
What’s Next for MrBeast? Class Consciousness.
In the eighth episode of the reality competition show “Beast Games,” released last week, the YouTube superstar MrBeast — the show’s host, co-executive producer and mischief-maker-in-chief — asked the 10…