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The Best Gift Cards for Last-Minute Mother’s Day Shopping (Plus the Best Deals)
From travel and food delivery to a year of movies, you won't have to worry about shipping delays with these options — including some that are on sale for a limited time.
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Michelle Yeoh Cast in ‘Blade Runner 2099’ From Amazon
Prime Video’s Blade Runner TV project has cast Michelle Yeoh in a lead role. The Oscar-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once actress has signed on to Blade Runner 2099. The limited series is from showrunner Silka Luisa (Shining Girls) and executive produced by original Blade Runner director Ridley Scott. Jonathan van Tulleken (Shogun) will direct […]
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‘Gods in Alabama’ TV Series in the Works at Amazon (Exclusive)
Amazon is heading to Alabama. The streamer is developing a television adaptation of Joshilyn Jackson’s novel, Gods in Alabama. The book, first published in 2015, revolves around a young lawyer who promised God that she’d never return home to Alabama but is forced to go back to the South to defend a high school classmate […]
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Elizabeth Banks, Jessica Biel to Lead Amazon Thriller ‘The Better Sister’
Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel are going to play siblings in a new Amazon series. The online retailer/streamer has handed out a series order for The Better Sister, based on the book of the same name by Alafair Burke. The thriller revolves around Chloe (Biel), who moves through the world with her lawyer husband Adam […]
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Amazon Advertising Revenue Surges in First Quarter Amid Prime Video Ad Expansion
The ads on Prime Video are working. Amazon’s advertising business surged in the first quarter, growing by 24 percent year-over-year, benefitting from the decision to turn on ads for Prime Video users back in January (or letting users pay $3 per month to avoid them). Advertising revenue was $11.8 billion in Q1, compared to $9.5 […]
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Amazon’s Wondery Launches Podcast Subscription Service Wondery+ in U.K.
Wondery, Amazon’s podcast studio and network, on Wednesday unveiled the launch of Wondery+, its curated podcast subscription service, in the U.K. It touted “exclusive podcast content, ad-free listening as well as early access to new episodes of popular shows.” All in all, the service promises subscribers “dozens of exclusive podcasts, early access to more than 50 shows, […]
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Accident on Set of Amazon MGM Studios Film Injures Multiple Crewmembers in Atlanta
An accident on the set of an upcoming heist film starring Eddie Murphy and Keke Palmer has injured several crewmembers, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The incident happened on the set of Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming film The Pickup, which is shooting in Atlanta, on Saturday. Per an Amazon MGM Studios spokesperson, the accident occurred […]
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Travis Kelce to Host ‘Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?’ Spinoff in First TV Series Role
Travis Kelce’s next gig: game show host. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end has booked his first TV series job and it’s hosting a spinoff of the Fox game show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? for Amazon’s Prime Video. The new show is titled Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?, and it will […]
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‘Fallout’ Showrunners on What Kind of Violence They Ruled Out in Season 1
Prime Video’s adaption of the Fallout game franchise is looking like a hit. The first season of the sci-fi action-comedy has opened this week to a 92 percent average positive review score on Rotten Tomatoes (which is just shy of HBO’s post-apocalyptic video game adaptation, The Last of Us). The first season — which seems […]
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‘The Night Manager’ Revived at BBC, Amazon With Two-Season Pickup
Amazon and the BBC are teaming to revive the Emmy- and BAFTA-winning thriller The Night Manager, eight years after its initial run. Tom Hiddleston will reprise his role in the show, which scored a two-season order from the BBC and Amazon’s Prime Video streaming platform. Series creator David Farr is also set to return as […]
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s Pay Rose Slightly in 2023, Says Streaming TV Ads “Growing Quickly”
Amazon filed its annual report and proxy filing Thursday morning, revealing 2023 compensation for CEO Andy Jassy and chairman Jeff Bezos, with Jassy writing the company’s annual letter to shareholders, with generative artificial intelligence and Amazon’s advertising business both playing major roles. Jassy’s 2023 pay package was in line with last year, with the executive […]
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‘Legally Blonde’ TV Series in the Works at Amazon
Will Bruiser get his own show? Amazon is teaming with Reese Witherspoon and her Hello Sunshine banner to develop a Legally Blonde TV series. Gossip Girl and The O.C. grads Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage are attached to write the TV offshoot, whose premise is being kept under wraps. (We don’t know if it’s about […]
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