Todd Spangler

Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://bancodeprofissionais.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Prince songs to return to Spotify, Apple Music on Grammys Sunday

June 6, 2018 at 4:52 a.m.

Songs of late music legend Prince will again be available on multiple streaming-music services on Sunday, in releases timed for the 59th Grammy Awards. The Purple One's Warner Music catalog,...

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Netflix deal with Disney to include Star Wars and Marvel movies

June 29, 2019 at 9:21 a.m.

Netflix's exclusive deal with Disney for pay-TV window rights to the Mouse House's movie titles in the U.S. will commence in September. Under the pact -- signed three and a...

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Binge nation: 70% of Americans engage in marathon TV viewing

December 18, 2018 at 12:08 a.m.

Binge-viewing is fast becoming the new national pastime: 70% of U.S. consumers now binge-watch TV shows, with Americans gulping down an average of five episodes per marathon session, according to...

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Facebook comedian Matt Bellassai to end BuzzFeed show

December 18, 2018 at 12:24 a.m.

Matt Bellassai, who has turned whining into a full-time career, is going solo. The star of BuzzFeed's "Whine About It," a comedic web series that has garnered 3.5 million weekly...

Netflix data reveals exactly when TV shows hook viewers

December 18, 2018 at 12:58 a.m.

Netflix crunched cold, hard viewing data for more than two dozen TV shows and says it has determined which specific episode grabbed most subscribers to the point where they watched...

Netflix orders ‘F is for Family’ animated comedy from Bill Burr

June 17, 2018 at 10:45 a.m.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Netflix has picked up "F Is for Family," a half-hour animated series based on the stand-up comedy of Bill Burr, in a pact with Gaumont International...

World Cup: Germany-Brazil Match Scores Twitter, Facebook Records for Sports Chatter

August 25, 2021 at 6:21 a.m.

Germany's 7-1 trouncing of host country Brazil in the 2014 FIFA World Cup semifinals Tuesday registered as the most-discussed sporting game ever on Twitter, with 35.6 million tweets posted worldwide...

Netflix Buys Rights to CBS ‘Zoo’ Series from James Patterson

August 25, 2021 at 6:21 a.m.

Netflix , beating out Amazon.com, will be the exclusive U.S. subscription video-on-demand home to the forthcoming CBS sci-fi drama " Zoo ," based on the best-selling novel of the same...

U.K. Digital Video Firm Rightster to Buy Base79 for Up to $85 Mil, Adds Chad Hurley as Investor

August 25, 2021 at 6:17 a.m.

Rightster Group, a U.K.-based digital video distribution and ad network, announced plans to acquire British YouTube multichannel network Base79 for up to GBP50 million ($85 million) -- just the latest...

Digital Studio Formed by Discovery, Brian Grazer and Ron Howard Pacts with 14 YouTube Creators

August 25, 2021 at 6:18 a.m.

New Form Digital , the online studio joint venture of Discovery Communications , Brian Grazer , Ron Howard and others, has cut its first production deals with 14 YouTube creators...

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