WWE’s Netflix era begins after years of controversy

WWE’s Netflix era begins after years of controversy

World Wrestling Entertainment, better known as WWE, has survived scandal, controversy and seismic shifts in the media business. Next week, the pro wrestling franchise enters yet another new arena: Netflix. Starting Monday at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, WWE’s popular weekly wrestling program β€œRaw” will stream exclusively on the streaming giant in the U.S., marking…

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FCC’s net neutrality rules struck down, in another blow to Biden administration

FCC’s net neutrality rules struck down, in another blow to Biden administration

A federal appeals court on Thursday dealt a blow to President Biden’s Federal Communications Commission, striking down the agency’s hard-fought and long-debated open internet rules. The FCC had sought to reinstate a sweeping policy established under President Obama that was designed to treat internet service as an essential public service, similar to a water or…

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Halina Reijn’s ‘Babygirl’ as homage to past erotic dramas

Halina Reijn’s ‘Babygirl’ as homage to past erotic dramas

Back home, Dutch filmmaker Halina Reijn is known as an acclaimed stage and film actor, albeit one with a reputation for oversharing. β€œI was raised by radical hippies, so nobody teaches me boundaries,” she says unapologetically. β€œI’m just open about everything. That scares people in the Netherlands. It’s like, β€˜I don’t need your honesty right…

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