Jon Stewart basically says he returned to The Daily Show because Apple censored him
We apparently have Apple TV+ to thank for Jon Stewart’s much anticipated return to Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, with tonight marking the first time …
Andy Meek is a reporter based in Memphis 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.
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Lover, Stalker, Killer: This chilling new Netflix true-crime doc has a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
True-crime stories on Netflix don’t get much more shocking — and, at least from the viewer’s perspective, spellbinding — than Lover, Stalker, Killer, a newly …
There’s a big problem with Instagram and Threads no longer amplifying political content
Much of tech journalism these days amounts to the rewriting of press releases and corporate blog posts. A good example of this came on Friday, …
Sunderland ‘Til I Die, back for Season 3, is a Netflix release that celebrates the underdog spirit
After watching and covering what feels like an endless amount of Netflix original content over the years, I feel hard-pressed to come up with a …
Beatles fans, watch this fab Hulu movie on the 60th anniversary of the band’s arrival in the US
Sixty years ago this month, when The Beatles first touched down at JFK Airport, so many screaming fans had gathered to await the band’s Pan …
Orion and the Dark: Charlie Kaufman’s animated Netflix movie is putting up some impressive numbers
I love Charlie Kaufman movies. His classics like Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind are fantastical, mind-bending wonders — weird and …
9 romantic Netflix shows and movies that are perfect to watch with your partner
From swoon-worthy Korean series to heartbreaking tear-jerkers, romance-filled reality shows, and endearingly sweet movies and series about relationships, Netflix has no shortage of content to …
Matthew Vaughn is hyping a new movie the exact same way he did for Argylle
When it comes to promoting a product, there’s a fine line between confidence and delusion — and it seems increasingly like director Matthew Vaughn doesn’t …
The Elon Musk jet tracker guy has now pissed off Taylor Swift’s lawyers
Here we go again. Jack Sweeney, a University of Central Florida student who shot to fame with an X/Twitter account that tracked the private jet …
All the new and returning Apple TV+ shows coming this spring and summer
From new seasons of shows like Acapulco and The Big Door Prize to splashy new originals like Palm Royale and The New Look, this spring …
Netflix new releases: One Day delivers a swoon-worthy, decades-spanning romance
Anything can happen over the course of a day. In Nicole Taylor’s new Netflix limited series One Day — based on the bestselling novel by …
7 must-watch spy series on Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Apple TV+, and more
“We are not policemen, we are spies,” goes the famous John le Carre quote from his novel A Most Wanted Man. “We do not arrest …
The reviews are in – Apple’s Argylle is very, very bad (don’t say we didn’t warn you)
Maybe spending a couple hundred million dollars for the movie rights to a spy novel from a first-time author, even before the book was finished, …
3 shocking Netflix documentaries to watch next after American Nightmare
Truth is not only stranger than fiction — when you’re looking for something new to watch from the biggest streamer on the planet, it can …
4 of Netflix’s best and most gritty crime dramas to watch after Griselda
If you’re like me and are always on the lookout for a gritty, well-written crime drama on Netflix, then I don’t need to tell you …
February’s most anticipated movies look like utter garbage
As I type these words, Rotten Tomatoes currently identifies a grand total of two movies that bear the distinction of being the “most anticipated” of …
The Curse on Paramount+ is a disconcerting, squirm-inducing satire about modern-day America
It is, perhaps, the understatement of the year to declare that The Curse on Paramount+ with Showtime is not for everyone. If, however, you’re in …
Even Netflix thinks Prime Video is making a mistake by forcing people to watch ads
Amazon’s Prime Video streamer is poised to surpass Netflix in a big way starting this week. No, it’s not in terms of viewership, nor the …
A light week for Netflix new releases is saved by Sofia Vergara as a murderous drug queenpin
Netflix’s newly released cartel drama Griselda, starring Sofia Vergara as one of the most infamous drug queenpins of all time, opens with an ominous quote …
Perplexity is the fast, clean, and ad-free Google challenger the internet has been waiting for
As someone who’s been a working journalist for 20 years at this point — work that, to be more specific, has largely involved writing and …
Rotten Tomatoes reveals the #1 fan-favorite movie of 2023
If Oppenheimer’s 13 Oscar nominations, announced on Tuesday, weren’t enough to convince you that director Christopher Nolan’s latest opus was perhaps the dominant cinematic achievement …
Christopher Nolan’s trippiest and most misunderstood movie is coming back to theaters – for 1 week
When I first heard, a couple of years ago now, that Oppenheimer was going to be Christopher Nolan’s next movie, I suspect I had a …
Watch the first 5 minutes of Apple TV+’s epic new series Masters of the Air right here
Apple’s new World War II series Masters of the Air opens with a close-up of two shot glasses slammed down on a bar counter with …
With returning hits like Squid Game coming this year, 2024 will see Netflix pull even farther ahead
Netflix is teasing a “big, bold” slate of content coming to the streaming giant this year, with both new standouts and the return of old …
Rotten Tomatoes reveals the #1 fan-favorite series of 2023
Of all the TV shows from over the past year that could have won the distinction of being the #1 fan-favorite series, you might not …
7 streaming premiere dates to mark on your calendar in February
The release schedules for all the major streamers are out for February, giving us a good idea of the biggest releases worth watching on all of our …
Prime Video just released an edgy new animated series from A24 about demons and hell
Prime Video seems to have begun 2024 in a boundary-pushing mood. We’re just days away, for example, from Amazon’s streamer opting everyone into Prime Video …
Netflix teases two new Harlan Coben thrillers after the success of Fool Me Once
Fool Me Once, in which Michelle Keegan plays a woman coming to terms with the brutal murder of her husband, has been an absolute monster …
Why is MrBeast, aka the Oprah of YouTube, so popular?
In his recent videos, he’s paid an assassin to try and kill him; funded a surgical procedure that restored the sight of 1,000 blind people; …
Netflix’s The Kitchen has one of the best soundtracks I’ve ever heard from the streamer
Netflix’s The Kitchen, from co-directors Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares, is a bleak and beautiful parable about humanity that’s set in a near-future version of …
