Trending News Reporter
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.
“I am an Afghan woman,” reads the simple yet profound declaration of identity in Zarifa Ghafari’s memoir, A Woman’s Battle in a Man’s World, written by a woman who was 3 years old when the Taliban banned girls from school, 6 when the first American airstrikes began, later the target of multiple assassination attempts, and …
The billionaire who’s mused about firing 75% of Twitter’s staff, who loves to post ridiculous memes on the platform, and who, in recent days, has used it to tout the impressive sales of his Burnt Hair fragrance was all smiles as he strolled into Twitter HQ on Wednesday, October 26, wearing a dark short-sleeved shirt …
Jessica Chastain’s dark new Netflix movie The Good Nurse might make you never want to set foot in a hospital again. In the movie — which debuted on the streamer today and is also playing in theaters as part of a limited theatrical run — she portrays Amy Loughren, a single mother and a compassionate …
Thanks to everything from a land war in Europe that has no end in sight — and which is roiling energy markets around the world — to endless political theatrics at home, as well as the rising cost of rent, groceries, and other basic essentials, optimism seems to be in short supply among many Americans …
Guillermo del Toro’s new Netflix horror anthology Cabinet of Curiosities, which hit the streamer on Tuesday, is in many respects a throwback to fantasy anthology series both past and present — from Outer Limits to Black Mirror and The Twilight Zone. “Hundreds of years ago,” del Toro explained in an interview included with Netflix’s press …
Heading into the third-quarter earnings report that’s coming on Wednesday from Meta — the parent company whose holdings include the Facebook app as well as Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and the Meta Quest VR ecosystem — company CEO Mark Zuckerberg is still talking up Meta’s billion-dollar bet on the burgeoning metaverse. Though, how much longer he …
For those of you who love a show like Ted Lasso for its sunniness and uplifting vibe, there’s absolutely no reason for you to feel bereft while you await its (still unannounced) Season 3 debut on Apple TV Plus. The iPhone maker’s streaming service also has another feel-good, half-hour series called Acapulco that should easily …
In George R.R. Martin’s 2018 Fire & Blood — the novel that he styled as a historical account of House Targaryen, which ruled over the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros in Game of Thrones — the fictional Archmaester Gyldayn muses at one point about how “the vilest of men and the wickedest of women likewise may …
Netflix co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos spoke at length about the company’s movie plans during a question-and-answer session with analysts days ago, following the streaming giant’s third-quarter earnings presentation on October 18. His remarks came in the wake of constant press scrutiny over the disastrous reviews that some Netflix movies get, and the …
Tembi Locke’s 2019 memoir From Scratch begins by leaping forward in time, with a recounting of the author driving along a winding country road through a small Sicilian village in a rusted Fiat, her husband’s ashes in a small box tucked between her legs. “In Siciliy,” she writes, “every story begins with a marriage or …
