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How to reset your healthy eating goals
Leslie Beck
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Netflix is cracking down on password sharing. Here’s what Canadians need to know
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 14, 2022 the Netflix logo is seen at the Netflix Tudum Theater in Los Angeles, California. - Netflix on January 19, 2023 said global subscribers to its streaming service jumped to more than 230 million people in the last three months of last year as hits such as "Wednesday" and "Harry & Meghan" drew in new viewers. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Netflix to feature GM electric cars in programming and a Super Bowl ad
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 2, 2022, The Netflix logo is seen on top of their office building in Hollywood, California. - Just as "Drive to Survive" helped Forumula 1 get back on tracks, the new "Break Point" Netflix sport documentary serie stimulates world-wide tennis, with a hype, backstage and immersive format, as it is released during the Australia Open tournament. (Photo by Chris DELMAS / AFP) (Photo by CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill’s You People is the funniest thing Netflix has ever produced
You People. (L to R) Eddie Murphy as Akbar and Jonah Hill (Writer-Producer) as Ezra in You People. Cr. Parrish Lewis/Netflix © 2023.
arts
SNL creator-executive Lorne Michaels to be honored at PEN America Literary Gala
FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2019, file photo Producer Lorne Michaels attends the American Museum of Natural History's 2019 Museum Gala in New York. The Kennedy Center Honors is returning in December with a class that includes Motown Records creator Berry Gordy, “Saturday Night Live” mastermind Lorne Michaels and actress-singer Bette Midler. Organizers expect to operate at full capacity, after last year’s Honors ceremony was delayed for months and later conducted under intense COVID-19 restrictions. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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Everyone loved The Queen’s Gambit, except for one high-profile female chess grandmaster
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Dividend investors better hope this scenario doesn’t come true. Plus, a TD market strategist’s playbook for 2023
A trader works at the Frankfurt stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, February 22, 2022. REUTERS/Timm Reichert
investment ideas
Netflix’s ability to churn out hits gives it an edge over rivals
In this file photo taken on March 2, 2022 the Netflix logo is seen on top of their office building in Hollywood, California.
international business
Reed Hastings steps down as Netflix CEO as company posts subscriber gains
FILE PHOTO: Reed Hastings, Co-CEO, Netflix speaks at the 2021 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. October 18, 2021. REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo
investment ideas
Netflix set for slowest revenue growth as ad plan struggles to gain traction
Smartphone with Netflix logo is seen in front of a stock graph in this illustration taken April 19, 2022.
film
SAG Awards nominate Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All at Once and Adam Sandler
This image released by Searchlight Pictures shows Colin Farrell in a scene from "The Banshees of Inisherin." (Jonathan Hession. Searchlight Pictures via AP)
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‘It can very easily get away from you’: How to take stock of your subscription services
FRANCE, PARIS, 2022-01-25. Illustration of laptop, ipad or computer screens with popular streaming sites like Netflix, Disney+ or Amazon Prime Video. Choice of streaming video on demand. FRANCE, PARIS, 2022-01-25. Illustration des ecrans de portable, ipad ou ordinateur avec les sites de streaming plus connus comme Netflix, Disney+ ou Amazon Prime Video. Choix de video en streaming a la demande. Photography by Riccardo Milani / Hans Lucas
screen time
Five things to stream this Christmas weekend: Glass Onion hits Netflix, plus the fall’s big Oscar bets are now on-demand
Barry Hertz
arts
The biggest, weirdest, wildest pop-culture moments of 2022 to relive, or forget
film
Trailer for Harry and Meghan documentary on Netflix puts royal rift at forefront
This image released by Netflix shows Prince Harry, right, and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, in a scene from the upcoming documentary "Harry & Meghan," directed by Liz Garbus. (Netflix via AP)
international business
Netflix reportedly planning to let more subscribers preview content
FILE PHOTO: The Netflix logo is seen on their office in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
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Thursday’s small-cap stocks to watch
Logs are seen in an aerial view stacked at the Interfor sawmill, in Grand Forks, B.C., on May 12, 2018.
international business
A small, dedicated audience still subscribes to Netflix’s DVD-by-mail service. But the end could be near
A Netflix DVD envelope is shown on Nov. 17, 2022 in San Francisco. Subscribers to Netflix’s DVD-by-mail service still look forward to opening up their mailbox and finding one of the discs delivered in the familiar red-and-white envelopes. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)
film review
Netflix’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is one of the purest pop pleasures of the year
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (2022) Daniel Craig as Detective Benoit Blanc. Cr: Courtesy NETFLIX
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Five things to stream this weekend: Bros before shows, plus a film critic turns Netflix filmmaker
Barry Hertz
television
Manifest takes off on Netflix for fourth and final season
This image released by Netflix shows Ellen Tamaki, from left, Josh Dallas and J.R. Ramirez in a scene from" Manifest." Season four premieres on Nov. 4. (Netflix via AP)
film
Five things to stream this weekend: Daniel Radcliffe gets Weird and Jessica Chastain saves your skin
Barry Hertz
report on business
Netflix and other streamers bring back ads after disrupting TV landscape
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 02, 2022, the Netflix logo is displayed on top of their office building in Hollywood, California. - Netflix shares fell more than 30 percent early on April 20, 2022, after the streaming company reported a drop in subscribers for the first time in a decade. About 15 minutes into trading, shares were down 32.4 percent at $235.76 in the first session since the company's earnings report was released after the market closed on April 19. (Photo by Chris DELMAS / AFP) (Photo by CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images)
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The Globe’s stars and dogs for the week
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opinion
Who are the heroes in Spotify’s origin story?
Brad Wheeler
technology
Netflix targets global TV advertising market as next business to disrupt
FILE PHOTO: Smartphone with Netflix logo is placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
international business
Netflix reverses subscriber slump, shares surge 14 per cent
FILE PHOTO: Signage at the Netflix booth is seen on the convention floor at Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, U.S., July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Bing Guan
investment ideas
Wall Street rally throws spotlight on reports from Tesla, Netflix
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Oct. 14.
report on business
Netflix to launch cheaper ad-based subscription option in Canada this November
Signage at the Netflix booth is seen on the convention floor at Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, U.S., July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Bing Guan
screen time
What makes a Canadian film actually Canadian? Netflix and Disney have curious answers
Barry Hertz
arts
Netflix’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery to play in major theatre chains before streaming debut
This image released by Netflix shows, from left, Edward Norton, Madelyn Cline, Kathryn Hahn, Dave Bautista, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Kate Hudson, Janelle Monae, and Daniel Craig in a scene from "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery." (Netflix via AP)
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Tech stock shocks test concentration risk for ETF investors
Cathie Wood, chief executive officer and chief investment officer, Ark Invest, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference on May 2, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
politics
Movie studios warn Bill C-11 could skew platforms’ film and TV menus
FILE PHOTO: The Netflix logo is pictured on a television in this illustration photograph taken in Encinitas, California, U.S., January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake
opinion
What’s the point of critics? Mostly, to serve you
John Doyle
opinion
The Golden Age of TV is ending. Blame the streaming wars
John Doyle
film review
Netflix’s Athena is the most thrilling movie of the year, even if the streamer doesn’t care if you see it
ATHENA (2022). Shown: Sami Slimane, centre. Hours after the tragic death of their youngest brother in unexplained circumstances, three siblings have their lives thrown into chaos. Credit: Netflix