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Amazon Prime Video is facing backlash from subscribers over changes to its streaming service that now includes ads by default. Some subscribers are so upset that they have filed a class action lawsuit against the e-commerce giant, alleging that the service they paid for is now “something worth less,” and that Amazon’s actions are “deceptive.”

Amazon has blacklisted the Amanda Milius-directed documentary “The Plot Against the President” by removing the title from its Prime Video streaming service without explanation.

Amazon is the latest streaming entertainment service that is pushing its members to pay for the privilege of not watching commercials that have been rudely interspersed throughout their favorite movies and TV shows.

Hollywood is nearing the end of a second month of striking by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) – essentially halting production of scripted programming – with little sign of an agreement looming between the writers and major studios and streaming services.

We now have confirmation that the insufferably woke (and boring) “Rings of Power” lost 63 percent of its audience.

Those who thought streaming quality and technology were at a high enough standard to take on the giant responsibility of showcasing the country’s most popular game in primetime may want to think again.

Amazon has temporarily shut off user reviews for The Rings of Power on Prime Video, claiming to take this action so it can filter out “trolls” leaving negative comments about the new series.

Former NFL star Aqib Talib is reportedly stepping away from his role on Amazon’s Thursday Night Football broadcast after his brother’s arrest for murder last week.

Two of the stars of the new Amazon Prime prequel of famed author J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” saga claim that “artistic license” will “reinvigorate” the show with its woke casting of racial minorities.

Amazon Prime released a trailer for “Mayor Pete,” a documentary on Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (D)’s failed White House run. The trailer comes amid controversy over the Biden administration official taking paid paternity leave since mid-August as the U.S. faces a massive supply-chain crisis.

The trailer for Hollywood’s next take on the tale of Cinderella features LBGTQ activist-actor Billy Porter as a cross-dressing “Fabulous Godmother” granting Cinderella her dearest wish to attend the ball.

“I would far rather people watch movies for free on YouTube than give another dime to either Amazon or Apple,” Quentin Tarantrino said.

Streaming services such as Netflix will be policed by Britain’s broadcasting regulator in a bid to level the playing field for the BBC.

EU Could Cut British TV Shows, Claims They Threaten Europe’s ‘Cultural Diversity’: Report

A new study found that while Americans are streaming television now more than ever, one in three of them say they are ready to drop Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime because they find their original programs to be subpar.

Jeff Bezos must explain why Amazon removed a documentary about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas from its streaming service, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said.

New data shows that 40 percent or 4 in 10 Americans are reselling their Netflix passwords.

Amazon Prime’s new horror series, ‘Them,’ has met a storm of criticism for its extreme racial violence, including the murder of a black baby.

White people are evil and want to destroy an innocent black family in Amazon Prime’s Them, a new horror series that looks and sounds like a Jordan Peele production but in fact comes from executive producer Lena Waithe.

Coming 2 America, Amazon’s sequel to Eddie Murphy’s 1988 smash, is unfunny, poorly acted, and a woke lecture about how wrong we were to enjoy the sexist and insensitive original. 

A typical film school graduate can pound the pavement for years in Hollywood hoping to land a coveted job on a major TV series. Not so for Malia Obama, the older daughter of Barack and Michelle Obama, whose first Hollywood writing gig has come early by any standard.

Advocacy groups are calling for the Borat sequel, starring Sacha Baron Cohen, to be barred from the Oscars and Golden Globes for “promoting racism in entertainment” and “portraying Kazakh people as misogynistic, incestuous, anti-Semitic, and barbarous.”

NEW YORK (AP) — “No New ‘Movies’ Till Influenza Ends” blared a New York Times headline on Oct. 10, 1918, while the deadly second wave of the Spanish Flu was unfolding. A century later, during another pandemic, movies — quotes no longer necessary — are again facing a critical juncture. But it’s not because new films haven’t been coming out. By streaming service, video-on-demand, virtual theater or actual theater, a steady diet of films have been released under COVID-19 every week. The Times has reviewed more than 460 new movies since mid-March.

Amazon came out in favour of a united Ireland, social media users joked, after a customer service representative mistakenly claimed that Northern Ireland was not a part of the United Kingdom.

With less than a month to go before the election, Amazon held back the release of the Amanda Milius documentary “The Plot Against the President” for almost two weeks, saying that the movie needed a “content review” before it could stream on its Prime Video platform.

Muslims around the world took to social media to slam pop megastar Rihanna this weekend after her raunchy fashion show featured sexualized dancing to a song that featured quotes from the Islamic text known as the Hadith.

Amazon Studios has released the first trailer and mock promotions for the upcoming Borat sequel, in which British actor Sacha Baron Cohen reprises his role as the America-obsessed journalist from Kazakhstan. Given Cohen’s past statements about the Trump administration, it should come as no surprise that the sequel puts the president and his supporters at the center of its satirical focus.

Walmart has announced a new annual subscription-based membership called Walmart+ as the company attempts to compete with e-commerce giant Amazon.

Amazon Prime Video did not offer a live stream of the Republican National Convention during primetime on Monday after it livestreamed all four nights of the Democratic National Convention last week.

The 1992 baseball movie “A League of Their Own” is getting a social justice reboot courtesy of Amazon, which said the new TV series will take a “deeper look at race and sexuality.”

Amazon announced on Monday it will be putting people who are new to ordering online groceries on a waiting list because of a surge in demand.

Amazon appears to have banned Hoaxed, a documentary about media manipulation from author, filmmaker, and journalist Mike Cernovich.

Amazon directed all of its 798,000 employees to avoid “non-essential travel” domestically and internationally over concerns about the potential spread of the coronavirus, a company spokesman told Business Insider.

Britbox, which claims to bring the “best of British” television on-demand, has banned programmes like Till Death Do Us Part and It Ain’t Half Hot, Mum because they may be offensive to today’s audiences.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Fleabag” leaped over formidable competition early in Sunday’s Emmy Awards with three awards, including the best comedy actress award and a writing trophy for series star and creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

Eight people have been charged with conspiring to violate federal copyright law regarding TV show and movie streaming. The indicted individuals have allegedly been running some of the largest pirate streaming sites on the Internet, boasting 100,000 TV episodes and a library described by the DOJ as larger than Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime.