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George MacKay has gone from playing a hero on the battlefield of World War I to an outlaw in a dress. The 28-year-old British actor, whose career exploded last year as Lance Cpl. Schofield in Best Picture nominee “1917,” is starring in “True History of the Kelly Gang,” out Friday on digital streaming and cable …

Netflix’s subscriber base is exploding as people holed up at home to avoid the coronavirus become video-bingeing couch potatoes. The Los Gatos, Calif.-based video-streaming giant added a record 15.8 million paying streaming customers in the first quarter of 2020 — more than twice the 7 million it had forecast in January before the coronavirus pandemic …

As the streaming wars kick it up to the next level with Peacock and soon HBO Max on the battlefield, a surging Netflix made it very apparent who is still king, in no small part thanks to the success of “Tiger King” and the return of “Money Heist.” In an investor letter released today for …

We knew they could sing, but how long did it take some singers to “pop” on the big screen? Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Elvis Presley and other movie stars of yore were able to do a little bit of everything: singin’, dancin’, actin’. These days, such talent is rarer than hand sanitizer at Duane Reade. …

WarnerMedia’s pricey new streaming service HBO Max is set to debut on May 27, the company said Tuesday. The AT&T-owned media giant’s video-streaming platform — which is set to go head-to-head against Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+, among others — will debut with 10,000 hours of library programming across the company’s various properties, including …

It wasn’t exactly the Thrilla in Manila. But still, Saturday night’s Instagram battle between ’90s R&B giants Babyface and Teddy Riley was much anticipated — even as the mega all-star “One World: Together at Home” benefit played on. But due to technical difficulties, the showdown had to be rescheduled for tonight — and the battle …

A streaming war is brewing on Broadway. With coronavirus restrictions keeping theater marquees dimmed since March 12, a new streaming service called Broadway on Demand is set to debut next month, going head-to-head with seven-year-old streamer BroadwayHD. The new service has been light on details, but says it will offer a library of content, exclusive …

The coronavirus pandemic has not cooled the fevers of avid theatre-goers, despite the fact that Broadway is closed through June. The virtual opening of the musical “Pride and Prejudice” drew 150,000 views when it was streamed on Friday free of charge from the Palo Alto’s TheatreWorks in Silicon Valley. The show had run at the …

Quibi, the video-streaming app created for mobile phones by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, saw 1.7 million downloads of its app in its first week. Former HP boss Whitman told CNBC on Monday that the number of downloads has exceeded undisclosed internal expectations. However, research firm Apptopia said Quibi had been downloaded and installed just …

“Something’s Gotta Give” director Nancy Meyers says she may have another movie on the way, but is not interested in making something for a streaming service. “I have talked to some people,” she told Katie Couric on Instagram Live. “If you do one of those series, it’s like making three or four movies. I’m 70, …