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.
We’ve apparently reached the point in the ongoing decay of the American empire where all it takes to get a pair of criminal defendants resentenced …
Netflix remains the biggest streaming service compared to all other comers by an order of magnitude, but that doesn’t mean its myriad rivals aren’t continually …
Exactly 10 years ago this week, the first movie in the John Wick franchise hit theaters, kick-starting what would grow into a more than $1 …
Jerry Springer always dismissed what he saw as elitist criticism of his eponymous tabloid talk show, which delivered almost 4,000 unhinged episodes over 27 seasons …
I know why The Penguin hooked me in the beginning. HBO’s noir-ish Batman spinoff is basically a mafia story — never mind the comic book …
Anyone who’s ever found solace in an online community will have no trouble at all putting themselves in the shoes of Mats Steen, a young …
Netflix is on a tear as 2024 draws to a close, with another of its biggest series having just returned for a new season and …
So much for all those rumors back in the day about how Apple CEO Tim Cook was supposedly putting the kibosh on any Apple TV+ …
The lineup of new Netflix releases that will hit the streamer over the next week includes a new drama set in the Australian wilderness that …
Google has found a new job for Prabhakar Raghavan, the executive largely responsible for running Google Search into the ground over the last four years …
Bill Lawrence has arguably been one of the best things to ever happen to Apple TV+. The veteran TV creator and screenwriter has had a …
Netflix’s upcoming film Carry-On — starring Taron Egerton as a rookie TSA agent who gets blackmailed by a shady traveler — plays on viewers’ airport …
Reviewing movies is inherently a subjective enterprise, a fact that’s always worth keeping in mind whenever a snobby critic bashes a movie you were looking …
Apple TV+ dropped the explosive finale of Slow Horses Season 4 last week, wrapping up what was arguably the best season yet for the streamer’s …
Not many Netflix series make it past the three-season mark anymore — and, truth be told, a second season is becoming increasingly hard to attain …
I’ve interviewed Beatles drummer Ringo Starr several times, and one of the things he told me the last time we spoke was what it felt …
Who would have thought it would be a sweet romantic comedy, starring two darlings of mid-2000s TV shows, that dislodges the latest season of Ryan …
As we look ahead to a new week of Netflix releases, including both originals as well as third-party titles hitting the streamer over the next …
In the opening moments of La Maquina, Hulu’s new six-episode boxing drama that’s also its first-ever Spanish-language series, a Botoxed, spray-tanned, and snappily dressed manager …
I cover the world of streaming and in particular Netflix content on a regular basis, and I can’t tell you the last time I’ve seen …
Thanks to Ryan Murphy’s new Netflix series about the murders that sent them to prison, Lyle and Erik Menendez are back in the spotlight — …
Later this month, subscribers to Amazon’s Prime Video service will be able to sign up for Apple TV+ as a $9.99/month add-on to their Prime …
London Rules, the fifth book in Mick Herron’s beloved series of spy novels, is a standout to fans like me for several reasons — one …
To a certain extent, it kind of feels like we’re in an in-between period right now when it comes to TV shows, with the end …
Netflix puts out a staggering amount of content on a weekly basis, encompassing everything from prestige drama to reality series, comedy specials, international shows, documentaries, …
Netflix’s The Diplomat isn’t just a spectacular political thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. In my humble …
I’ve written about AI podcasts before, but until now, I didn’t really appreciate the degree to which there’s a rather inverse relationship between the time …
I need to confess a bias of mine right from the start, by way of contextualizing a criticism: I love Apple TV+. If I was …
Based on the long string of flops that Hollywood has given us this year — everything from Argylle to Madame Web, Borderlands, Trap, Unfrosted, Horizon, …
Before Erin Foster met and married her husband Simon, her bad luck with romance had at least one redeeming quality: It provided a constant stream …
