The trailer for Maria Bamford’s upcoming Netflix comedy Lady Dynamite has finally arrived and—based on this short two minutes of weird, honest, and funny footage—the series will be a perfect encapsulation of Bamford’s well (and deservedly) adored humor.
In the tech industry, paid leave is becoming a sought-after benefit for employees, and for employers like Spotify, Twitter, Etsy, Netflix, it’s become an explicit priority. But, as Rebecca Greenfield writes at Bloomberg, these policies are made feasible partly because the tech workforce is still mostly male.
Last year Netflix hiked up its subscription rates for new members but, in a merciful gesture, allowed existing customers to continue paying the same prices. But come May 2016, that Buffy the Vampire Slayer binge will cost you an extra two dollars per month whether you’re a longtime addict—err, I mean subscriber—or a…
Despite the enthusiastic response to Netflix’s Jessica Jones—the whiskey-swigging, doesn’t-give-a-bag-of-dicks Marvel heroine we so dearly needed—she has remained strangely absent from comic-book stands. Now, however, Marvel plans to correct this oversight with an upcoming series featuring Jones as the lead character.
I have not watched a new Netflix series in its entirety since Master of None. Love didn’t excite me. Flaked seemed like my worst nightmare. And though I watched every episode of Fuller House in a single afternoon, it counts more as lost time than actual television viewing. One show I will watch, however, is Santa…
The signifiers of upper middle class, white male midlife crisis have shifted across the past few generations with a lava-slow determination, time and culture churning on itself and ossifying into a whole new level of hell. Boomers who bought fast cars and unexpectedly took up squash or long-distance running evolved…
Though it seemed that there might have been bad blood between Melissa McCarthy and the rest of the crew over in Stars Hollow, she’s confirmed that her absence from Gilmore Girls stems from a misunderstanding about her busy schedule.
Etsy continues its support of women by introducing a six-month paid parental leave policy for employees who’ve given birth or welcomed a new child through surrogacy or adoption. Don’t you love the tech companies that are shaming the rest of America’s businesses with stellar leave options?
“I’ve got something important to say,” says John Stamos, reprising his role as Uncle Jesse in the debut episode of Fuller House. “Damn, we all still look good—especially me.”
In honor of Fashion Week and strong-as-hell females everywhere, here’s the cast of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt showing off their unique style in a teaser for Season 2, which hits Netflix on April 15.
Master of None is coming back, but it’s going to be awhile.
What does divorce look like in the White House? If it involves Frank and Claire Underwood of House of Cards, apparently, people are being smothered with drinking glasses and a faucet is dripping blood.
In the midst of Nasty Gal’s continued problems, including a recent layoff of 19 employees, Netflix announced that it was adapting founder Sophia Amoruso’s best-selling book, #Girlboss, into a television show.
Netflix’s hero series Orange Is the New Black, a show that doesn’t just revolve around white people, will continue for at least three more seasons. Can Piper please not be in one of them?
Although rumors have been swirling in the crisp Connecticut air since last summer, we are now officially officially getting a Gilmore Girl’s reboot. So, ok then.
When Netflix announced in 2014 they were teaming up with Chelsea Handler, newly departed from E! after seven years doing her late-night talk show Chelsea Lately, it was generally assumed her new show would be something that bore a passing resemblance to her old one; the company said that with Handler, they would be…
A few near-universally-acknowledged truths emerged from Netflix’s hit docuseries Making a Murderer: our criminal justice system is corrupt and dysfunctional, Dean Strang and Jerry Buting are passionate, hard-working men, and district attorney Ken Kratz is an asshole.
During a stand-up set in 2014, comedian Hannibal Buress levied a blunt accusation at Bill Cosby that intensified the media’s attention to allegations of rape and sexual assault against him.
Netflix announced today that Marvel’s Jessica Jones is returning for a second season. Though nearly every Netflix show gets a second season, there was some question as to whether or not Krysten Ritter’s perfectly broody Jones would return anytime soon.
Netflix released a pair of clips for its upcoming rom-com Love, a series about moldy yogurt (j/k it’s about love!), starring Paul Rust and Community’s Gillian Jacobs.
