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From left to right, Dana Blumberg stands next to her boyfriend, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as they talk after a session at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on Thursday in Sun Valley, Idaho. Top execs across media, tech and sports gathered for their annual event known as "summer camp for billionaires."

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Here's A Peek Inside Sun Valley's 'Summer Camp For Billionaires'

After a pandemic pause last year, the top brass of tech, media and markets descended in central Idaho for an annual gathering. This is what it was like to be there this year.

July 10, 2021
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  • David Gura
Asha Gond, 21, with her skateboard. She tried the sport when a skatepark was set up in her rural village and is now one of India's top female skateboarders.

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  • Sports

Skateboarding Gives Freedom To Rural Indian Teen In Netflix Film — And In Real Life

A new Netflix movie called Skater Girl chronicles the journey of an Indian teenage girl who discovers a life-changing passion for skateboarding. It's also the story of Asha Gond.

June 11, 2021
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  • Sushmita Pathak
In a TV landscape where racial insensitivity is rampant, <em>Zero</em> stands out for depicting Italy's increasingly multicultural society. The series is "opening up a door in Italy that was just waiting to be opened," says lead actor Giuseppe Dave Seke.

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  • World

In New Italian Netflix Series 'Zero,' A Black Hero Makes Invisibility His Superpower

The series is Italy's first with a majority Black cast. Lead actor Giuseppe Dave Seke tells NPR that Zero is "opening up a door in Italy that was just waiting to be opened."

May 27, 2021
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  • Sylvia Poggioli
Jessie Mei Li stars as Alina Starkov in the new Netflix series, <em>Shadow and Bone</em>, adapted from author Leigh Bardugo's works.

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  • Television

On Netflix, Leigh Bardugo's 'Shadow And Bone' Celebrates A Diverse Grishaverse

"I never want people to feel like fantasy and romance and magic and adventure belong to just one kind of person," the fantasy author says. A new Netflix series is adapted from her works.

April 24, 2021
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  • Michel Martin and
  • Kalyani Saxena

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  • Movies

What Indians Who've Known Poverty Think Of Netflix's 'The White Tiger' Movie

The movie, based on an award-winning novel, traces the unlikely journey of a poor villager in search of wealth. Does it ring true to those who know what it's like to be poor in India?

January 29, 2021
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  • Kamala Thiagarajan
Lin Qi, the chairman and CEO of Yoozoo Games, died on Christmas Day following a weeklong illness that may have stemmed from a poisoned cup of tea.

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Chinese Video Game Tycoon, Netflix Producer Dead After Alleged Poisoning

Yoozoo Group CEO Lin Qi, 39, was also executive producer for an upcoming Netflix series. Reports suggest he may have been poisoned by a colleague.

December 28, 2020
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Chadwick Boseman as Levee, Colman Domingo as Cutler, Viola Davis as Ma Rainey, Michael Potts as Slow Drag, and Glynn Turman as Toledeo in <em>Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

Reclaiming Black Culture in 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'

George C. Wolfe's adaptation of the classic August Wilson play features electrifying performances by Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman.

December 18, 2020
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  • Aisha Harris
Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies and Gary Oldman as Herman Mankiewicz in David Fincher's impressive <em>Mank.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

'Mank' Is A Lushly Rendered Cinematic Landscape

David Fincher's dramatization of Citizen Kane's origin story is an impressive, if occasionally inert, biopic.

December 04, 2020
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  • Aisha Harris
Comedian Dave Chappelle at the 2018 Netflix FYSEE Kick-Off event in Los Angeles.

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  • Pop Culture

Netflix Removes 'Chappelle's Show' At Dave Chappelle's Request

The comedian said he was snared in an unfair contract years ago, which allows Comedy Central to profit off the show without compensating him.

November 25, 2020
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  • Reese Oxner
Anya Taylor-Joy plays a swaggering chess prodigy in the new Netflix hit, <em>The Queen's Gambit.</em> It's success may lead to a shortage of chess sets this holiday season.

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  • Arts & Life

Can't Find A Chess Set? You Can Thank 'The Queen's Gambit' For That

Who'd have guessed that a centuries-old game would become 2020's hard-to-find, must-have toy? Sales spiked after the release of the hit Netflix show, and now toy analysts are warning of a shortage.

November 20, 2020
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  • Neda Ulaby
Dominique (Odley Jean) is one of several high school students in Netflix's sprawling, ambitious <em>Grand Army.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

'Grand Army': Breakout Performances In A Depressing High School Tale

Netflix's latest teen melodrama attempts to tackle a lot of social issues and ills at once, to mixed results.

October 16, 2020
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  • Aisha Harris
Olasupo Shashore, an author and historian and former attorney general in Lagos State, produced and narrated the new Netflix documentary series <em>Journey of an African Colony: The Making of Nigeria.</em> He's shown above in Lagos, Nigeria.

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  • Opinion

A Nigerian Finds Hard Truths — And Hope — In Netflix Series On Nigeria

Ifeanyi Nsofor reviews the documentary series, Journey Of An African Colony, which confronts a painful past — including involvement in the slave trade — and celebrates the nation's independence.

October 01, 2020
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  • Ifeanyi Nsofor
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  • Television

Netflix CEO Embraces 'No Rules,' But Work Is Anything But Chill

In his new book No Rules Rules, Reed Hastings argues that in order for a creative workplace to succeed, it needs as few policies and rules as possible. Others say the culture is demoralizing.

September 15, 2020
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  • Bobby Allyn
Actors Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver in a scene from <em>Marriage Story. </em>The award-winning 2019 film can be watched with audio description that conveys scenes to viewers who are visually impaired. But <em>Parasite, </em>another popular award-winner, has not included such descriptions.

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  • Health

There's A Better Way To 'Dub' Movie Audio For Visually Impaired Fans

Most non-English films made outside the U.S. are inaccessible to many of the 26.9 million visually impaired Americans. "Dubbing just tells us the dialogue," one disability rights activist explains.

August 19, 2020
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  • Jason Strother
Some Netflix users will be able to watch shows at slower and faster speeds. It's a helpful move for blind and deaf users, advocates say.

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  • Media

Netflix Is Letting Some People Speed Up Playback. That's A Big Deal For Blind Fans

People who are blind spend a lot of time listening to words. So much that they often prefer to listen at faster speeds, including for TV shows.

August 12, 2020
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  • James Doubek
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