Somebody Listen to Phil

Somebody Listen to Phil

Phil Rosenthal may be many years out from his last sitcom, but the Everybody Loves Raymond creator keeps damn busy. In the wilds of Alberta earlier in June, where he accepted the award of excellence at the annual Banff World Media Festival, the star of Netflix‘s Somebody Feed Phil sat down to go through his…

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‘Nonnas’ Cast, Writer on How Netflix Movie Reveals “Family Can Come in All Different Ways”

‘Nonnas’ Cast, Writer on How Netflix Movie Reveals “Family Can Come in All Different Ways”

[The following story contains spoilers from the Netflix movie Nonnas.] In Nonnas, the Netflix movie based on Joe Scaravella’s nonnas-centric restaurant on Staten Island, Vince Vaughn‘s Joe is inspired to open the fictional version of Enoteca Maria after his mother dies, suggesting that the eatery will help him keep his mom’s memory alive, because “food…

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Netflix to Invest  Billion-Plus in Spain Over Four Years as Part of Originals Push

Netflix to Invest $1 Billion-Plus in Spain Over Four Years as Part of Originals Push

Netflix is doubling down on investing in Spain to keep producing Spanish originals, co-CEO Ted Sarandos said on Tuesday during a visit to Madrid to celebrate the streaming giant’s 10-year anniversary in the country. Visiting Netflix’s hub in Tres Cantos, just outside Madrid, along with Pedro Sanchez, the president of Spain, the top executive said that Netflix…

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‘Straw’ Review: Taraji P. Henson and Teyana Taylor in Tyler Perry’s Reliably Overwrought Netflix Thriller

‘Straw’ Review: Taraji P. Henson and Teyana Taylor in Tyler Perry’s Reliably Overwrought Netflix Thriller

Janiyah Watkinson (Taraji P. Henson), the protagonist of Tyler Perry’s latest feature Straw, is having one of the worst days of her life. The trouble starts when her daughter Aria (Gabrielle Jackson) tells Janiyah that she needs $40 to pay her school lunch debt, otherwise the administrators will publicly shame her again. Then Janiyah’s landlord…

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