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Following a long global pandemic, streaming services are beginning to tank as investors question their growth development prospects.

Their shares continued to slide and are tumbling by double digits after streaming video services see a slowdown in subscriber growth.

Before all streaming services were readily available, some Americans tried to be home in time so they could be prepared for must see TV when it actually aired.

RIP Sidney Poitier

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Sir Sidney L. Poitier KBE was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and the first black actor to win an Oscar.

Of all the great scenes in all the great films he starred in, this scene from the 1967 classic, “In The Heat of the Night,” is the greatest- and the BLACKEST- in Hollywood history. https://twitter.com/MichaelCoard/status/1479491337166667788?s=20

Don't Look Up

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On the heels of a #NASA quietly stellar year, from the James Webb Space Telescope to the Perseverance rover comes this comedy.

My wife and I watched Netflix's Don't Look Up, from writer/director Adam McKay, of Network fame, which features a star-studded cast playing out a satire about the end of the world.

Remembering Betty White

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Betty White, star of classic sitcoms, a perennial presence on TV, and a golden girl died Friday, December 31 at the young age of 99.

CBS News Correspondent Mo Rocca looks back on the life of the Emmy-winner, and talks with "Mary Tyler Moore Show" creator James L. Brooks, and White's costar on "Hot in Cleveland," Wendie Malick.

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Nightmare Before Christmas

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A courthouse ruling for Dominion Voting Systems is now a Christmas victory and another key step of their lawsuit against #FoxNews. 

Dominion Voting Systems Corporation sells electronic hardware and software, including voting machines and tabulators, in North America. The company's headquarters are in Ontario, Canada, and Colorado, USA.

Scrooge aka Murdoch

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How well does FOX Rupert Murdoch compare to Ebenezer Scrooge, the protagonist of Charles Dickens' 1843 A Christmas Carol?

At the beginning of the novella, Scrooge is cold-hearted miserable. The tale of his redemption by three spirits has become a defining tale of the Christmas holiday in the English-speaking world. Scrooge is a mean and miserly person.

LvB Birthday

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"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." — Ludwig van Beethoven born on this date, 16 December 1770.

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical music repertoire and span the transition from the Classical period to the Romantic era in classical music..

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Spider-Man Returns

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#SpiderManNoWayHome landa a biggest opening weekend Spider-Man’ now has surpassed $1B globally in second weekend.

Tom Holland's pre-pandemic Spidey adventures, 2017's Homecoming $117 million, and 2019's Far From Home $92 million.

RIP: Vicente Fernández

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Vicente Fernández's iconic songs like "Volver, Volver" became classics, as millions worldwide mourn the news of his death at age 81.

He was a music superstar and the undisputed‘King of Rancheras. #VicenteFernández Recordamos las últimas presentaciones de Vicente Fernández en los escenarios. Detalles de su partida https://tlmdo.co/31Sk8xG