Netflix subscribers surged but its stock plummeted. Here’s why.
Harun Ozalp/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Netflix revealed blockbuster subscriber growth in a quarterly earnings report this week, but since then the company’s shares have plummeted more than 20%.
The reaction on Wall Street marks the …
26-year-old man who posed as high school student arrested on sex crime charges: Police
Lincoln Police Department(LINCOLN, Neb.) — A 26-year-old Nebraska man accused of posing as a high school student at two different schools has been arrested on sex crime charges, police said.
Zachary Scheich, of Lincoln, faces three felony charges — …
DeSantis says Jan. 6 was ‘unfortunate’ but not an insurrection
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week refused to call the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol an “insurrection” and blamed the press for having “spun up” the attack to “get as much mileage out of it and us…
AMC renews ‘Walking Dead’ spinoffs ‘Dead City’ and ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’
AMCOn Friday, July 21, AMC announced there’s more life in The Walking Dead yet: The network has renewed the Negan and Maggie team up, Dead City, as well as the yet-to-debut The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, starring Norman Reedus.
The Walking Dead: Dead …
How Sting (sort of) inspired Christopher Nolan’s new movie, ‘Oppenheimer’
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Christopher Nolan’s much-anticipated new movie, Oppenheimer, arrives in theaters Friday, July 21. But it turns out Nolan may have never had the idea to make a movie about “the father of the atomic bomb” if it hadn’t been for S…
Alec Baldwin, The Muppets and more pay tribute to the late, great Tony Bennett
Dana Edeson/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty ImagesThe entertainment world is mourning the loss of legendary singer Tony Bennett, who has died at age 96.
The tributes continue to roll in, and they’re heartfelt — or in some cases…
DOJ warns Texas against using buoys in Rio Grande to stop migrants
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Friday warned Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott that his administration’s use of ballards — or buoys — in the Rio Grande river to stop migrants could bring legal action.
“The …
UW Medicine to study promising new Alzheimer’s drug
Image courtesy of UW Medicine A new study in our area will look at drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease that have already shown great promise. The drug University of Washington researchers will study is called Lecanemab, which
Harris blasts Florida’s history standards claim slavery included ‘benefit’ to Black Americans
Tetra Images/Getty Images(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Florida Friday to keep up her “fight” back against new, controversial Black history standards approved unanimously this week by the state’s board of education.
A…
Ryan Reynolds backs revival of cult classic animated series ‘Biker Mice from Mars’
The Nacelle CompanyWhile his in-production Deadpool 3 is on ice for the time being because of the SAG-AFTRA strike, ABC Audio has learned Ryan Reynolds has signed on to a revival of the beloved quirky animated series Biker Mice from Mars.
The show, wh…