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Andy Meek is a reporter who has covered media, entertainment, and culture for over 20 years. His work has appeared in outlets including The Guardian, Forbes, and The Financial Times, and he’s written for BGR since 2015. Andy's coverage includes technology and entertainment, and he has a particular interest in all things streaming. Over the years, he’s interviewed legendary figures in entertainment and tech that range from Stan Lee to John McAfee, Peter Thiel, and Reed Hastings.
Watching the police rifle through her suitcase after armed guards had pulled her aside at Lima’s Jorge Chavez International Airport, Michaella McCollum’s heart jack-hammered in her chest at the sight of dozens of food packets, spread out neatly on the ground. They were the very conspicuous and immediately eyebrow-raising packages of non-perishable food items that …
When Alex Wagner took over most of Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC hosting duties back in August after Maddow had pared her schedule down to just one night a week at the network, it marked a seminal moment in cable news — and in the critical 9 pm hour, specifically. Despite the high-profile nature of her new …
Just when I think I’ve whittled my streaming watchlist down to a manageable level, here comes a wave of new Netflix releases that are going to keep me — and probably many of you — busy again over the next several days. The newest titles dropping on the streaming giant include everything from a WWII-era …
Book adaptations, for obvious reasons, offer a never-ending wellspring of creative inspiration for all the major streaming services, helping them to keep their development pipelines chock-a-block with new projects that can turn into compelling releases that keep people subscribed. On that score, coming to Netflix soon is a pair of major projects — a series, …
At this point, it wouldn’t surprise me whatsoever if Elon Musk began his first day fully in control of Twitter — whenever that day does, finally, arrive — by sauntering through the elevator doors at Twitter HQ and reenacting the Ari Gold paintball scene from Entourage. That’s because the latest turn of events in the …
Netflix on Thursday, October 20, teased some major new titles on the horizon, via the release of new footage from four titles that are all coming soon to the streaming giant. This fresh set of Netflix trailers includes a preview of the highly anticipated fifth season of The Crown, as well as a look at …
Here’s one way for a filmmaker to secure a nice-sized profit at the box office in 2022, at a time when cinemas are still desperate to lure customers back into their cushy chairs to watch a movie away from the comforts of home: You can always just follow the lead of Terrifier 2, and simply …
During Netflix’s earnings call on Tuesday, October 18, the streamer’s co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos told analysts he has no misgivings about the company’s staggering $17 billion content budget for 2022. “I think we’re spending at about the right level,” he said. “And as we reaccelerate revenue, we’ll revisit that number, of course. …
If you have any interest whatsoever in K-dramas — and you should, because so many of them come close to TV perfection — Netflix is increasingly the go-to source for fans. The biggest streamer in the world spent around half a billion dollars last year on Korean series and movies alone. Netflix even built a …
For those of us who are subscribed to and big fans of Apple’s Netflix-like streaming service Apple TV Plus, November will offer a lot to look forward to in terms of new episodes of existing shows — as well as the debuts of some pretty strong original releases, too. Indeed, next month is shaping up …
