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Streaming Power Rankings February 2022: Apple Stays On Top, But Hulu's Gaining
At the end of each month, Primetimer's Joe Reid surveys the undulating fortunes of the eight major streaming platforms for...
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Dave Chappelle to host four Netflix standup specials starring some of his favorite comedians
Netflix and Chappelle are reteaming again in wake of last year's LGBTQ controversy over The Closer.
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Posted Friday 2/04/22 at 4:10PM EST
Trans Netflix employee resigns over "what happened last fall" with Dave Chappelle's The Closer
Oliver Whitney, the editorial and publishing manager in Netflix’s film department, announced his exit today on Twitter: "some news: i’m...
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Posted Friday 1/28/22 at 3:14AM EST
Netflix was suspended from Human Rights Campaign Foundation's LGBTQ+ Corporate Equality Report due to Dave Chappelle's The Closer controversy
The HRC Foundation cited how the company handled the release of the Dave Chappelle special The Closer in its decision...
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Netflix tells recruiters to avoid talking about Dave Chappelle
In a memo obtained by The Verge, Netflix urges members of its talent acquisition team to avoid discussing Chappelle after his...
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Posted Monday 1/03/22 at 10:26AM EST
Patton Oswalt apologizes, defends New Year's Eve photo with Dave Chappelle
Oswalt's New Year's Eve Instagram post with Chappelle generated so much controversy that the comedian deleted some of the negative...
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Posted Saturday 12/11/21 at 3:38AM EST
Hannah Gadsby on lashing out at Netflix over Dave Chappelle's The Closer: "I bit the hand that fed me"
In her new standup show Body of Work, which she performed this week at Australia's Sydney Opera House, Gadsby addressed...
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Posted Wednesday 12/08/21 at 1:44PM EST
BoJack Horseman creator responds to Dave Chappelle controversy by revealing a David Fincher joke Netflix forced him to cut to raise money for a trans charity
Raphael Bob-Waksberg was responding to the Chappelle controversy over The Closer, pointing out that Netflix censored him when he tried...
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Posted Monday 12/06/21 at 3:10PM EST
Dave Chappelle will open the Netflix Is A Joke Fest
Chappelle is reteaming with the streaming service next year following his transgender controversy over The Closer.
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Posted Monday 11/29/21 at 4:11PM EST
Dave Chappelle's high school alma mater says it will proceed with naming its theater after him
Over the weekend, Chappelle proposed a contest in which donors could decide whether the school should proceed with the naming...
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Posted Monday 11/29/21 at 9:22AM EST
Students call Dave Chappelle a "bigot" and "childish" during his return to his high school
During a visit to Washington, D.
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Posted Tuesday 11/23/21 at 2:34PM EST
Jon Batiste tops the 2021 Grammy Awards nominations
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert bandleader scored a near-record 11 nominations months after winning an Academy Award for best...
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Posted Friday 11/19/21 at 1:44AM EST
Michael Che's new Netflix standup special contains a degree of self-reflection that is almost entirely absent from his friend Dave Chappelle's The Closer
The SNL star saying "I don't want no trouble" is a recurring theme in his new special, Shame the Devil, and...
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Posted Wednesday 11/17/21 at 4:10PM EST
Report: Dave Chappelle's "Some of my best friends are trans" Daphne Dorman story from The Closer doesn't hold up
Journalist and You're Wrong About podcast co-host Michael Hobbes delved into Chappelle's claim that Dorman, whom he mentioned in 2019's...
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Posted Monday 11/15/21 at 6:47PM EST
Dave Chappelle's high school delays a fundraiser after students threatened to walk out over The Closer controversy
Duke Ellington School of the Arts initially canceled the fundraiser that Chappelle was supposed to attend after students threatened to walk...