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· Ryan General
Early reviews for Netflix’s highly controversial fourth Marvel series, “Iron Fist”, are already out and things aren’t looking so great for the hard-punching hero. Set to officially arrive next week (March 17), the 13-episode show stars “Game of Thrones” alumnus Finn Jones as…
· Ryan General
Netflix is just applying some finishing touches on its own live-action adaptation of “Death Note”, a beloved Japanese horror manga created by renowned writer Tsugumi Ohba. According to director Adam Wingard, the project underwent an extended period of production but is already…
· Carl Samson
People who are pissed with Netflix’s trailer for “Dear White People” have taken to boycotting the service by cancelling their subscriptions and going on a social media strike. The first trailer for the controversial series was released on Wednesday. So far, it has garnered…
· Ryan General
Netflix is cooking up a special Korean drama slated for 2018 and it’s something K-drama fans should be excited about. Announced last Wednesday, the new 12-episode show titled “Love Alarm” will be Netflix’ first original Korean drama production, Huffington Post reported.
· Ryan General
North Koreans can now binge-watch a variety of documentaries featuring their supreme leader Kim Jong Un in a service similar to Netflix — sort of. The North Korean government-sanctioned video-on-demand service named Manbang will soon be offered to the North Korean citizens, NK…
· Editorial Staff
Do you binge-watch Netflix and love to spend hours on Instagram? If so, there is a job out there for you. Netflix is now recruiting four lucky “Grammasters” to hang out on Netflix sets in Europe and the Middle East for two weeks while getting paid $4,000 to take pictures.
· Sebastian Dillon
Somewhere in the West Village of New York City is a 1-bedroom apartment officially dubbed the “Netflix & Chill Room”, and it’s available for rent on Airbnb for $400 a night. The room is decked out in Netflix red, includes a “fully stacked mini-bar”, an Apple TV and Netflix…
· Editorial Staff
Youtuber SimpleSexyStupid went to a college campus to ask girls about what they think about “Netflix and Chill,” the go-to pastime for all 20-somethings who would rather be more social on Tinder than in any available public setting.
· Jacob Wagner
Before Reed Hastings, the founder and CEO of Netflix, was one of Silicon Valley’s staple tech-entrepreneurs, he was a grubby computer programming grad student at Stanford.
· Khier Casino
Actor Kal Penn took to Twitter on Tuesday to reveal that he was typecast to play offensive roles including a “Gandhi lookalike” in the beginning of his career. “Found a bunch of old scripts from some of my first years trying to be an actor,” the 39-year-old actor, whose parents…
· Ryan General
A somewhat heated discussion between an Iron Fist fan and Finn Jones, the actor who plays the superhero character for Netflix’s upcoming series, erupted on Twitter last Sunday. “Iron Fist” has first stirred controversy for missing the opportunity to cast an Asian actor in the…
· Carl Samson
Nothing beats the gustatory pleasure brought by a guilt-defying cheesecake. No questions there. It’s soft, sweet and goes just right with coffee on a Saturday afternoon Netflix marathon. We’ve seen countless recipes everywhere, but one seems to have satisfied millions, at least…
· Ryan General
Korean dramas have become even more popular these days as more audiences outside Asia are caught in the now-global Korean wave. DramaFever, a favorite website among K-Drama fans, streams a reported average of 800 million minutes of content per month. Data analytics company…
· Ryan General
For the first time in the Saturday Night Live’s 42-year history, an Indian American will host the hit NBC show as announced on Tuesday. Standup comic and TV star Aziz Ansari will make history on Jan. 21 by being the show’s first host of South Asian descent, according to the…
· Ryan General
Donnie Yen is simply one of the coolest surprises of the latest Star Wars film. As most critics pointed out, Disney and Lucasfilm did so many things right for Rogue One, satisfying both the casual action buffs, die-hard Star Wars fans and everybody else in between.
· Khier Casino
Former “MythBusters” host Grant Imahara popped the question to his longtime partner Jennifer Newman on Wednesday night. The 46-year-old TV host and actor got down on one knee in front of 250 people at Clifton’s Cafeteria in downtown Los Angeles, according to TMZ.
· Khier Casino
China has drafted a bill that would give police the power to disconnect people from the Internet in times of natural disasters, public health crises or social unrest, according to the Ministry of Public Security. “If necessary, police authorities at the county level and above…
· Ryan General
Star Trek: Discovery, the highly anticipated upcoming TV series from the beloved franchise, is set feature an “Asian” starship, with Chinese-Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh as its captain. Yeoh, who starred in the memorable Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, is set to play the…
· Khier Casino
The full trailer for the highly-anticipated yet controversial live-action adaptation of “Ghost in the Shell” has finally arrived, but some still can’t get over the sheer “whiteness” of the trailer. Fans of the popular manga can finally watch actress Scarlett Johansson as she…
· Ryan General
Jesse Watters, Fox News’ resident clown who does interviews on the street, has finally been put at the receiving end of some in-your-face shaming for the ridiculous stereotypes of minority groups he often uses in his bits. The hero, Jason Selvig, star of the new Netflix…
iQIYI is the 'Netflix of China' — the subscription streamer whose original C-dramas, variety shows, and donghua set what a billion-plus viewers binge.
iQIYI is the 'Netflix of China' — the subscription streamer whose original C-dramas, variety shows, and donghua set what a billion-plus viewers binge.
Company · China · NASDAQ:IQ
iQIYI is the 'Netflix of China' — the subscription streamer whose original C-dramas, variety shows, and donghua set what a billion-plus viewers binge.
Company · Korea · KOSDAQ:253450
Studio Dragon is the studio behind the K-dramas the world binges — Crash Landing on You, Vincenzo, Sweet Home — selling globally through Netflix and beyond.