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Netflix’s “Cleopatra” documentary has turned into an epic disaster. The audience despises the “woke” show that absurdly portrays a fair-skinned Greek woman as an “African queen.” Adding fuel to the fire, critics have also slammed it, labeling the documentary a complete failure, falling even below the quality of cheesy afternoon soap operas. It’s an embarrassing flop that leaves you scratching your head, wondering why Netflix would humor Jada Pinkett Smith’s inner racist and air such utter trash. On the flip side, Elizabeth Taylor’s rendition of Cleopatra came remarkably close to capturing the essence of the legendary figure. Beauty Flashback: Elizabeth...

Netflix has announced it is ending its DVD rental service after 25 years. DVD rentals formed the basis of Netflix’s original business model when the company launched in 1998. It initially had 925 titles available, and the first it ever sent out was a copy of Tim Burton’s 1988 horror comedy Beetlejuice. Netflix’s rise helped cause the downfall of stores like Blockbuster, before it began transitioning into streaming in the mid-2000s. DVD rentals accounted for $126m (£101m) of Netflix’s $31.6bn (£25.4bn) revenue last year – equivalent to just 0.4 per cent. The company announced $8.18bn in revenue for the first...

For 2022, Netflix shares dropped 50.6 percent, the most the stock has declined on an annual basis since 2011. For the first time, the once-invincible company lost subscribers for two consecutive quarters, ushering in a period of painful belt-tightening that has included several hundred layoffs. Netflix’s decline outpaced the Nasdaq, which was down 33.1 percent for the year. The left-wing streamer, which continues to have a production deal with Barack and Michelle Obama, is being forced to try new ways to juice revenue. Netflix broke its promise to never have commercials by launching an ad-supported tier in a bid to...

Netflix is laying off around 300 more employees across the company. The cuts, which represent around 3% of the company’s employee base, come about a month after the streaming company eliminated about 150 positions in the wake of its first subscriber loss in a decade.

Netflix is preparing for yet another wave of layoffs as the streaming platform continues to grapple with plummeting stock values and tanking subscriber numbers. The Los Gatos, California-based streaming giant, which employs 11,000 staffers, is expected to notify those impacted by layoffs at the end of the week, Variety first reported. It comes on the heels of a previous downsizing at the company prompted by the company losing 70 percent of its stock value since the spring.

Netflix is presently being ruined by the “virus” of wokeness, according to the world’s richest person, Elon Musk. Musk Hammers It Home on Wokeness Musk declared it is the “woke mind virus,” which is simply “making Netflix unwatchable.” His diagnosis came after Netflix’s own quarterly report, showing in the first quarter of 2022, the company lost 200,000 subscribers. The report, which also forecasts the loss of another two million subscribers by the end of June, caused Netflix shares to tank by 25%. Over the years, Netflix has been increasingly criticized for the wokeness of its productions, but over the past...

@NetflixUK He was a national treasure. After his death, he was exposed as a sexual predator, with over 450 sickening allegations of abuse. JIMMY SAVILE: A BRITISH HORROR STORY examines archive footage to understand how he fooled an entire nation for decades. Trailer...

Netflix dashed hopes for a quick rebound after forecasting weak first-quarter subscriber growth on Thursday, sending shares sinking nearly 20 percent and wiping away most of its remaining pandemic-fueled gains from 2020, just a week after raising prices by up to $2 a month. The streaming platform projected it would add 2.5 million customers for the first quarter of 2022 - January through March - less than half of the 5.9 million analysts had initially forecast. Netflix tempered its growth expectations, citing the late arrival of anticipated content, such as the second season of Bridgerton, and the film The Adam...

Netflix is looking to make a former New Jersey Army base a new production facility, the company told The Hill. A Netflix spokesperson told The Hill in a statement that it plans to turn the Fort Monmouth Army base into a “state-of-the-art production facility.”

The Netflix CEO who promoted the pedophilic film Cuties has reportedly given millions of dollars to help far-left California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) stave off recall efforts. Newsom’s anti-recall campaign received a $3 million donation “from Netflix co-CEO Reed Hastings,” according to Fox News. The contribution was reportedly “the Stop The Republican Recall committee’s largest donation to date, according to Politico.” In addition, Fox News reported: “A February filing showed Hastings also donated $32,400 and $29,600 to Newsom’s campaign. Hastings’ wife donated identical amounts.”

The media has been working to normalize pedophilia, but the American people keep rejecting it. Until recently, the pedophilia pushers suffered no serious consequences for their relentless campaign to sexualize children and groom them for adult exploitation. But the recent indictment of Netflix for distribution of child pornography has changed the dynamics. A grand jury in Texas has indicted Netflix, a streaming giant with $20 billion in annual revenue, for allegedly promoting “lewd visual material” of a child. The indictment claims that “Cuties,” Netflix’s much-hyped film, “depicts the lewd exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of a clothed or...

Wow Netflix is taking heat after a graphic and disturbing episode of "Paradise P.D." aired featuring a cartoon character Jesus shilling for the NRA and engaging in a threesome. As highlighted by Newsbusters, season three episode "Trigger Warning" features a "gun-wielding Jesus" and "turns into a porno." The season's fourth episode addressed gun control and legislation by "ridiculing white male gun owners for using guns as a replacement for testosterone." "Paradise's police chief confesses to needing a gun to get an erection and the head of the NRA says the initials stand for 'Nards Removed Association,'" the outlet notes. "The...

Netflix’s controversial movie Cuties has been shortlisted for the Oscars 2021 nominations despite backlash and accusations of ‘lewd’ content. It’s reported that France’s Oscar selection committee has submitted their choice of five films for the international feature film category at the Oscars next year. According to Deadline, the chosen films are: Cuties, Eté 85 (Summer Of 85), ADN (DNA), Two Of Us and Gagarine. However, Cuties’ entry will no doubt surprise many due to the steaming criticism it received outside of France.

“Cuties” turned out to be ugly for Netflix. The streaming service has watched subscription cancellations skyrocket by 800% after the French coming-of-age film triggered a boycott in early September, analyses show. Within two days of the movie’s premiere, #CancelNetflix became the top trending topic on Twitter and a petition on Change.org garnered hundreds of thousands of signatures. Netflix’s chief financial officer Spence Neumann didn’t mention “Cuties” in a third-quarter earnings call this week, instead focusing on the first half of the year, when coronavirus lockdowns nationwide drove subscriptions. Neumann told investors the company “came pretty close” to meeting its membership...

Netflix delivers worst subscriber performance since Q2 2016; expects subscriber additions to be down year-over-year for first-half of 2021. The ongoing uproar over "Cuties," a French film which most say exploits "children's hypersexualization," may have dented the once solid growth of Netflix. While the company did not mention "Cuties" in their earning report, most analysts the film played some part in the lower than expected subscriber numbers. Read more...

Rather than apologize for the scandal caused by the Netflix movie “Cuties,” the company’s CEO, Ted Sarandos, has dug in his heels, blaming American viewers rather than taking responsibility for the content. As reported by Deadline, Sarandos said, “It’s a little surprising in 2020 America that we’re having a discussion about censoring storytelling. It’s a film that is very misunderstood with some audiences, uniquely within the United States.”He continued, “The film speaks for itself. It’s a very personal coming-of-age film. It’s the director’s story, and the film has obviously played very well at Sundance without any of this controversy and...

Appearing at Monday’s virtual Mipcom marketing event, Netflix Chief Executive Ted Sarandos defended the child pornography film “Cuties” his company recently released, to massive backlash. The film has been charged with exploiting 11-year old girls, who are featured in highly sexual and suggestive scenes that include twerking, inappropriate clothing, and even nudity. State and federal officials have labeled the hyper-sexualization of young girls in the film criminal. It’s a little surprising in 2020 America that we’re having a discussion about censoring storytelling,” ... Sarandos claimed the film is simply “misunderstood” and if you just watch it, the movie “speaks for...

Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos has voiced shock that a censorship debate has sprung up around the controversial Cuties film after a Texas grand jury indicted the streamer over the feature. In comments at the virtual Mipcom market on Monday, Sarandos said Cuties was misunderstood in America after the indictment claimed it “appeals to the prurient interest in sex, and has no serious, literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.” Defending the Maïmouna Doucouré-directed feature, which focuses on an 11-year-old Senegalese-French girl, who is torn between her traditional Muslim family and her dance troupe friends, Sarandos said: “It’s a little surprising in...

Netflix is facing criminal charges for its film "Cuties" in an East Texas county. A Texas grand jury indicted Netflix for the "lewd" representation of children in the controversial French film, according to the Tyler County District Attorney. The Sept. 23 indictment shows the Tyler County Grand Jury charged the popular streaming site for "promotion of lewd visual material depicting child" for its drama about a young girl who is torn between her conservative Muslim family’s values and her desire to join a dance troupe. Among the charges in question is Netflix’s alleged promotion of material that portrays the "exhibition...

Netflix has been indicted on a criminal charge that alleges the streaming giant promotes “lewd visual material” of a child. The lawsuit centers on the release of the French film “Cuties” that has been mired by controversy since its release last month. A Tyler County, Texas grand jury moved to return an indictment against Netflix on Sept. 23, Fox News confirmed on Tuesday via court documents. The complaint alleges Netflix “knowingly” promoted visual material which “depicts the lewd exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of a clothed or partially clothed child who was younger than 18 years of age...