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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has shut down a national hotline used by detained immigrants after it was featured in a storyline in the Netflix prison drama “Orange is the New Black.”

A who’s who of A-list musicians, including Miley Cyrus, John Legend, Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, Beck, and Nine Inch Nails, signed on to promote Planned Parenthood’s #BansOffMyBody campaign, which is a response to the passage of laws in states across the U.S. prohibiting abortion after a pregnancy has reached six weeks.

Consumers are ditching their traditional TV subscriptions in massive numbers, spelling more bad news for cable and satellite companies.

The Walt Disney Co. and Charter Communications are joining forces in an effort to prevent consumers from sharing their streaming passwords, though the companies haven’t disclosed how they will crack down on the practice.

The return of the Nickelodeon children’s cartoon “Rocko’s Modern Life” will feature a transgender story arc, according to the series creator.

Not even the superheroes of the Marvel universe could shield the Walt Disney Co., which took a surprising blow to its earnings this week as the studio contended with its monster Fox acquisition as well as losses from Fox’s Dark Phoenix, the latest X-Men movie that was a major box-office bomb.

Barack and Michelle Obama are making their presence felt at Netflix, using their star-power to lure A-list talent including Denzel Washington to the digital streaming platform, according to a new report.

Following a disastrous quarter that saw a drop in domestic subscribers for the first time in nearly a decade, Netflix isn’t hitting the brakes on its big-spending ways, and is on track to spend half a billion dollars on just three movies.

“Orange Is the New Black” co-star Taryn Manning apologized for a now-deleted Instagram post — which slammed the Netflix show and her co-stars — and claimed that someone “epically” hacked her.

A week ago, Netflix had a market capitalization of $163.1 billion. Now it is down to around $140 billion.

NEW YORK (AP) — How much is too much for streaming video?

If Netflix wants to add extreme left-wing partisans like Obama and Susan Rice to its roster, that’s fine. But who is the equivalent coming from the other side? Who is looking out for the content I want to see?

Streaming giant Netflix lost subscribers in the United States for the first time in nearly a decade, dropping a net 130,000 over the second quarter of 2019 while also adding nearly two million fewer customers than predicted.

Shares of the company plunged by more than 11 percent in after-hours trading following the company’s release second quarter results.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Netflix has decided to remove a graphic suicide scene from the Season 1 finale of its show “13 Reasons Why” as the series prepares to launch its third season.

After a scathing report published by the anti-tobacco Truth Initiative organization, Netflix has publicly committed to reducing on-screen smoking.

In 2017, Netflix removed dozens of episodes of Chelsea — one in a lengthening line of failed talk shows on the platform.

Last week, Netflix debuted its comedy series “Mr. Iglesias,” starring comedian Gabriel Iglesias. The teen-oriented show is merely the latest program on the streamer to constantly bash President Trump and conservatives.

Planned Parenthood and the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit, challenging Georgia’s new law that bans most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected.

Netflix has announced the premiere of the first film sponsored by Barack and Michelle Obama’s new film company, Higher Ground Productions.

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — On a high school trip to Jordan’s ancient city of Petra, a group of teenagers sneak out at night to drink beer, smoke weed and gossip around a bonfire. A girl asks her frisky boyfriend to take things slow.

Disney and Sony are among the film industry companies that donated to the re-election campaign of Louisiana Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards in the wake of the governor’s trip to Los Angeles last fall to meet with Hollywood film executives.

Last week, we reviewed the evidence of “innocence” of the “Central Park 5” presented in the court of Hollywood. This week, we’ll review the evidence of their guilt — presented in courts of law and ruled on by actual judges and juries.

Woke-comedies are dying at the box office while the tried-and-true Adam Sandler breaks Netflix viewing records, and… The utterly useless Hollywood Reporter is blaming this death of comedy at the box office on everything but what is actually causing the

The Netflix documentary Knock Down the House, which follows the campaigns of female Democratic hopefuls in the 2018 election cycle, and highlights Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), is so far the highest rated film of 2019, according to Rotten Tomatoes.

Pro-abortion activist and actress Alyssa Milano has unveiled a map of the United States that she insists will help Hollywood studios, actors, producers, and directors decide “where it is safe for women to work” after several states passed laws restricting abortions after a heartbeat is detected. 

A former professor at Wiley College in Texas is suing Marvel Studios and the Walt Disney Company over his claim that he is the original author of the Black Panther movie.

Democrat Gov. Ned Lamont has formally invited the CEOs of Netflix, Disney, and AMC to move their film production companies to his abortion-friendly state of Connecticut.

Netflix producer Neal Baer compared Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to the Islamic State (IS) in a recent interview in which he sounded off on topics including the Trump administration and the 2020 White House race. 

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama’s production company has entered in an agreement with Spotify to produce podcasts exclusively for the digital music giant.

The TV network behind the hit zombie apocalypse drama “The Walking Dead” — which has filmed in Georgia for nearly a decade — says it will “reevaluate” its production in the state if a new abortion law goes into effect next year.

Thousands of people in the UK have signed a petition that calls on streaming giant Netflix to end its plan to fight a democratically passed Georgia law that bans abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, generally at six or seven weeks of pregnancy.

The president of the Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List) said Monday evening that her pro-life organization will spend $41 million working with its allies to advance its agenda during the 2020 election cycle.

Hollywood super-producer and media executive Peter Chernin has kicked off a campaign to raise millions to fund a “legal attack” against abortion laws sweeping parts of the country, according to a report.

Lila Rose, founder and president of Live Action, described Disney’s support for “pro-abortion ideology” as contrary to the company’s business interests given their focus on creating entertainment content for children.

Sophie Turner, who is best known for her role as Sansa Stark on the hit HBO series “Game of Thrones,” has vowed to not work in a state that restricts abortion. After being asked about her thoughts about working on “Game of Thrones” in Northern Ireland, where abortion is illegal, the actress said, “luckily we’re moving on.”