Month: September 2021

Beck Bennett is departing Saturday Night Live after an eight-year run on the show. Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP Beck Bennett is departing Saturday Night Live after an eight-year run on the show. Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP Beck Bennett, known for playing former Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday Night Live, will be lea...

During this year’s Code conference, Netflix co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos shared a significant haul of data about some of the streaming giant’s top titles — a rare move for a company that traditionally holds numbers close to the chest. In one slide, shared while Sarandos was speaking on the Code stage with Kara Swisher, Netflix shared numbers about how many accounts viewed its top 10 films and series based on the number of accounts that watched at least two minutes of the title during the first 28 days it was on Netflix. The first season of Bridgerton led its top series list with 82 million accounts having viewed the title, followed by part one of Lupin and The Witcher, with 76 million accounts having watched each. Extraction led its top films list with 99 million...

Lena Dunham and her husband (!), Luis Felber. Photo: John Phillips/Getty Images Lena Dunham and musician Luis Felber got married over the weekend, as reported by the New York Times. According to “Page Six,” the two got married in a “secret ceremony.” In an email to the Times, Felber discussed the moment he knew he wanted to marry Dunham, saying: “Time is fluid, and when you know, you know. I love my wife, who is also my best friend.” And that’s about all the details we’ve got so far! Felber, who performs under the name Attawalpa, appeared to hint at the wedding Sunday morning when he posted the song “This Will Be Our Year...

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry took New York City by storm last week. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex made their first joint public appearances together since welcoming their daughter, Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, in June. The whirlwind trip also marked the couple’s first major tour of events in the United States since moving to California in March 2020. The royals were greeted by adoring supporters and a bevy of press on Thursday during their first stop at the National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum, where they met with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, as well as de Blasio’s wife, Chirlane McCray, and the couple’s son, Dante de Blasio. The group toured the One World Observatory together.  Gotham via Getty Images Gov. Kathy Ho...

Key Updates: Sept. 27, 2021, 4:19 p.m. ETSept. 27, 2021, 4:19 p.m. ET R. Kelly’s trial could become music’s #MeToo moment. Sept. 27, 2021, 3:36 p.m. ETSept. 27, 2021, 3:36 p.m. ET Five takeaways from the R. Kelly guilty verdict. Sept. 27, 2021, 3:12 p.m. ETSept. 27, 2021, 3:12 p.m. ET R. Kelly was found guilty of racketeering and 8 counts of sex trafficking. Sept. 27, 2021, 5:09 p.m. ETSept. 27, 2021, 5:09 p.m. ET Troy Closson covers criminal justice in New York Sparkle, the singer who testified that her niece was the underage girl at the center of R. Kelly’s trial in 2008, told me after his conviction that she was feeling a “bevy of emotions” as her voice broke over the phone. “It’s a good day. It’s a sad day. It’s just the fact that my niece and the other young women can n...