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Dave Chappelle does not hold back in a new Netflix special titled “8:46,” which the streaming platform surprise debuted for free on its YouTube comedy channel late Thursday. In a set rife with his signature searing social commentary (warning: the language is raw), the comedian touches on everything from George Floyd’s death to being unable …

Cree Cicchino’s summer TV schedule is fully booked. On Wednesday, the 18-year-old Queens native returns as fan-fave high-school student Marisol Fuentes for Season 2 of “Mr. Iglesias,” the Netflix sitcom starring stand-up comedian Gabriel Iglesias as a kind-hearted teacher. Later this summer, Cicchino will co-star in the Netflix movie “The Sleepover,” a comedy starring Joe …

Netflix has launched a collection of film and TV content for U.S. subscribers which highlights “powerful and complex narratives about the black experience.” The “More Than A Moment” catalog will include Spike Lee’s new movie “Da 5 Bloods,” Ava DuVernay’s “13th,” and “When They See Us,” “Mudbound,” “Orange Is The New Black” and Oscar-winner “Moonlight.” The …

Hostage situation lust is not exactly healthy. Controversial Polish flick “365 DNI” became available to Netflix subscribers in the UK and US this week, and although streamers report the film’s many moments of intimacy are convincing, they find the relationship more akin to a disturbing form of Stockholm syndrome, rather than true love. “Just finished …

Netflix, the BBC and BritBox have all removed episodes of the series “Little Britain” from their libraries because of sketches involving blackface. The BBC show, which premiered in 2003 and was written by and stars Matt Lucas and David Walliams, was pulled from Netflix on Friday, according to Variety, which adds that the other two …

Pumping fans up in the trailer for the new season of “Queer Eye,” premiering Friday on Netflix, has been “Be Me,” a song performed by LGBTQ artist Vincint. Fittingly, the 29-year-old singer, whose real name is Vincent Cannady, is from Philadelphia, where this season takes place. Now based in Los Angeles, Vincint — who released …

“Too Hot To Handle” star Kelechi “Kelz” Dyke blasted his former Netflix co-star David Birtwistle for using him as a “prop” to get attention. Birtwistle, 28, posted a photo alongside 27-year-old Dyke, who is black, with their other co-star Bryce Hirschberg with a caption supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. “F–k standing on the sidelines. …

Hospitals have always been filled with heroes, even before the COVID-19 pandemic set in. A new docu-series on Netflix, “Lenox Hill,” serves as a timely reminder with its compelling look at the pre-coronavirus work done behind the walls of that titular New York hospital system. The show, which premieres June 10, was filmed over about …

AOC is getting time on the small screen. Netflix’s new comedy “Space Force,” which premiered Friday, spoofs the New York City congresswoman. On the show, a bumbling member of the Air Force (played by Steve Carell) struggles while running the newest branch of the military, the Space Force. The show’s Astro-bureau was started at the …

Netflix has finalized a deal to buy Hollywood’s historic Egyptian Theatre for an undisclosed price, capping a transaction that was in the works for over a year. The deal marks a major milestone in Netflix’s effort to become accepted by the Hollywood filmmaking community. Major movie theater chains like AMC and Regal have avoided playing …