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DA Recommends Menendez Brothers Be Resentenced After Spending Decades In Prison (
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Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has recommended brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez, who spent their childhoods in New Jersey and New York, be resentenced after spending decades in prison for the shotgun murder of their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion. The brothers, now in their 50s, should be freed and placed on parole for the murders of their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez in August 1989, Gascón said at a news conference Thursday, Oct. 24, that comes amid worldwide viewership of a series on their story on Netflix. The case now moves forward to a Los A…
Lifestyle
PSU Grad Who Swept Local Flower Shops In College Arranges 'Love Is Blind' Weddings
Had Veronica Sallee seen other women of color working as florists, she would've started her business much sooner, she says. The Maryland event florist, 52, opened her Laurel, MD flower shop, The Blooming Bohemian, three years ago after decades of working for other people. Thankfully, she's been blessed, she said. Beyond blessed, having had a steady flow of business since the day she opened her doors, she said. In Fall 2023, producers from Netflix's "Love Is Blind" contacted her and asked if she would do the floral arrangements for the Washington DC-based Season 7 weddings. …
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Disney+ To Raise Prices Along With Several Other Major Streaming Services
Another year, another streaming service price hike. Disney+, the streaming video platform that boasts more than 150 million users, is raising the price of its monthly subscriptions beginning Thursday, Oct. 17, the company said. The spike comes as Disney said it will crack down on password-sharing, Variety reported. The House of the Mouse announced earlier this year that prices for its most basic package with advertisements will climb from $8 to $10 monthly. Disney+ Premium will also rise by $2 to $16 monthly. Yearly plans will jump up $20 to $160 a year, the company said. Hulu,…
Lifestyle
Netflix Reveals New 'Love Is Blind' Cast Ahead Of Season Premiere
Some Washington DC-area residents seeking their perfect match will take their aim with Cupid's arrow as Netflix's "Love Is Blind" Season Seven, set in Washington, DC. Netflix has revealed the love-starved contestants, who will be looking for love in the nation's capital. The show is set to air next month. On the reality show, "singles try to find a match and fall in love — without ever seeing each other face-to-face, as emotional connection attempts to conquer physical attraction," according to Netflix. May the pods never close. Love is Blind Season 7, set in Washington, D.C., is coming…
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Billionaire CEO Of PA Company Leading SpaceX Mission 'Polaris Dawn'
A high school dropout from New Jersey who owns a multi-billion-dollar Pennsylvania tech firm is making history, again. Jared Isaacman, 41, the CEO of Shift4 Payments in Allentown, PA is the mission commander of SpaceX's mission Polaris Dawn, which launched into space on Tuesday morning, Sept. 10. Alongside Isaacman are Retired US Air Force Lt. Col Scott "Kidd" Potee, and two SpaceX specialists, Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis. You can read more about the mission on the SpaceX website here. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Po…
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PA Netflix Star Powers Through Super Spicy Wings On Popular YouTube Show 'Hot Ones'
Pennsylvania's Shane Gillis has made it. To the other side of the "Hot Ones" interview, that is. The comic, 36, who has roots in Mechanicsburg, recently appeared on the First We Feast YouTube show hosted by Sean Evans answering "hot questions while eating even hotter wings." The questions and the wings get progressively spicier. Somewhere just before the halfway mark, Evans asks Gillis about his most disgusting experience as a college athlete (he played one season of football at Elon University, and was on the team at Trinity High School in Camp Hill). Gillis recalls his teammates v…
Lifestyle
PA's Shane Gillis Bombs SNL Monologue, Scores Netflix Deal
Shane Gillis is having the last laugh, after many awkward ones. The Mechanicsburg, PA native who launched his career in Philly announced his new series "Tires" was bought by Netflix days after bombing his "Saturday Night Live" monologue. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Shane Gillis (@shanemgillis) Gillis, 36, allegedly self-financed and co-created the show, which IMDB says is about a "nervous" auto repairman who must save his father's shop amid being "tormented" by his cousin. Last Saturday, Gillis opened SNL by telling the audi…
Business
Restaurant Of Netflix Chef Who Nearly Lost Everything Named Best For Tamales In PA
Yelp has "unwrapped" its 2023 list of best tamale spots in the U.S. Among them, South Philly Barbacoa, owned by chef Cristina Martinez. Yelp's State of the Restaurant Industry 2023 report says interest in New Mexican restaurants has risen 29% since last year. And so, Yelp has compiled a list of some of the best tamales in the country by identifying businesses in the food and restaurants categories with a large concentration of reviews mentioning "tamale." Martinez immigrated tot he U.S. from Mexico and got her first job at an Italian restaurant in Philadelphia. She was fired fr…
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Netflix Hikes Prices Ahead Of Holiday Season — Here's What It Will Cost
Netflix is raising its prices — again. The streaming giant announced last month that it would raise rates, and the company made good on that promise Tuesday, Nov. 7, for new subscribers. The hike for existing customers will take effect next month. Netflix said it would email existing customers soon about the new subscription costs, reports said. So, what are those prices? The Standard tier — which includes ads — will remain $7 a month. The Basic option will cost $12 a month, and the Premium package will now cost $23 monthly. That's a $2 rise for the top two t…
Police & Fire
Were Two NJ Escorts Also Victims Of Gilgo Beach Serial Killer?
So far, 59-year-old suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann has been charged in the deaths of four women on Long Island, dating back to more than a decade ago. The Massapequa Park architect and married father of two, was arraigned on murder charges in Suffolk County Court on Friday, July 14, in the killings of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, and Amber Costello. Clockwise from top left: Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Costello, and Megan Waterman.Suffolk County Police Department The bodies of 10 people, including two from New Jersey and Philadelphia, are …
Lifestyle
Your Dating Preferences Don't Scare Philly Matchmaker Starring On Netflix's New Hit Show
Philadelphia-area native Aleeza Ben Shalom's warmth and knowledge is showcased on Netflix's new hit dating show "Jewish Matchmaking." The show is from the same team who produced "Indian Matchmaking," and debuted on Netflix Wednesday, May 3. On "Jewish Matchmaking," Ben Shalom — a dating coach who grew up in Brynn Mawr — works to pair Jewish singles of all ages from across the U.S. and in Israel with their potential soulmates. The show follows the singles as they date and, hopefully, end up under the chuppah. View this post on Instagram A …
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Netflix Is About To Start Charging You To Share Your Password
Sharing your Netflix password will soon come with a price. Starting in early 2023, Netflix will allow only one "home account" and charge for every "sub account" added to that account — up to five, the company announced. The new payment plan was rolled out as an experiment in Argentina, Dominican Republic, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, where customers paid $2.99 to add a sub account. Netflix did not immediately say how much sub accounts will cost Americans.
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'Weasel': Doja Cat Feuds With 'Stranger Things' Actor Over Leaked DMs
Netflix's “Stranger Things” star Noah Schnapp has found himself in the crosshairs of Doja Cat after he leaked private messages between the two on TikTok. The “Kiss Me More” singer, 26, vented to fans about the leak during an Instagram Live session Thursday, July 7, in which she called the 17-year-old Westchester County native's actions “borderline snake (expletive)” and “weasel (expletive).” So what exactly was in those messages that has Doja Cat so fired up? In the now-deleted TikTok video, the singer can be seen asking Schnapp about his “Stranger Things” co-star, Joseph Quinn, whom she h…
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Three Mile Island Trespassers Sought By PA State Police
A group was spotted going to Three Mile Island and trespassing by going into the nuclear plant's facilities, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The police announced the incident in a release on Friday, May 20, but the date the group trespassed was unavailable. The exact number of people in the group was also unknown. Netflix did recently release a four-part documentary "Meltdown: Three Mile Island" but it is unclear if the break-in is somehow connected to this recent release. Anyone with information on this trespassing is asked to contact state police in Harrisburg at 717-671-7500.
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Freshly Laid Off Netflix Workers Share Their Stories On Twitter
A bevy of laid off Netflix workers are airing their grievances on Twitter, and the world is watching. The layoffs come from the company's newly-launched fan site Tudum, Deadline reports. Tudum was named after the sound that Netflix makes when it opens. A Netflix spokesperson responding to Daily Voice's request for comment said only that "our fan website Tudum is an important priority for the company," and did not disclose an exact number of layoffs. Meanwhile, former employees are on the hunt for work. Netflix last week reported a significant subscriber loss, its first since 2011. The 26 …
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‘Inventing Anna’: Fake German Heiress In Netflix Show Spent Time 'On ICE' In Bergen County Jail
A convicted con woman featured in the Netflix series “Inventing Anna” spent time in the Bergen County Jail before being transferred to a federal detention center just across the border in New York State, where she's awaiting a deportation hearing. Anna Sorokin, who came to the United States in 2013, scammed unwitting victims out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by posing as a German heiress named Anna Delvey. Using a fake name and claiming she was worth a fortune, Sorokin suckered banks, hotels and some of Manhattan's wealthy elite. She was trying to secure a $25 million loan to start a…
Sports
Father-Son Duo From PA Surprised To See Their Drone Footage In Super Bowl Commercial
The commercials are a Super Bowl favorite that unites fans rooting for different teams, and this year Pennsylvania viewers caught a glimpse of their home state in one such ad. The new Mercedes-EQS commercial included a clip of the Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Susquehanna River between Wrightsville and Columbia, Pennsylvania, according to the 717 Drone Guys' Facebook page. The 717 Drone Guys — Nathan, 16, and Eric Wenger — are a father-son duo in Lancaster County that has been making drone footage of the Keystone state and has it available for professionals to purchase for several ye…
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Nurse Who Killed Dozens Of NJ, PA Patients Subject Of New Netflix Thriller
A nurse who admitted to killing dozens of patients around Pennsylvania and New Jersey is the subject of a new thriller Netflix calls one of its biggest movies of the year. New year. New movies. 🎥 🎞 🍿 We invited a few friends to share first looks at some of our BIGGEST films coming in 2022. Get ready for one heck of a year of Netflix movies. pic.twitter.com/rvpIRwgpca — NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) February 3, 2022 Directed by Tobias Lindholm, ‘The Good Nurse’ tells the gripping story of Charles Cullen, who killed a total of 29 patients at hospitals throughout both states over the course o…
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Couple Who Took Over ‘Tiger King’ Park Surrender 138 Animals And Rights To Ever Exhibit Again
The couple who took over the once-popular “Tiger King” roadside animal park after Joseph “Joe Exotic” Maldonado-Passage went to prison have formally had all of their animals taken away and their rights terminated to ever exhibit any again, federal authorities said. Jeffrey and Lauren Lowe agreed to the measures, including terminating their interests in 97 endangered or threatened animals seized from their facility and abandoning their rights to an additional 41 animals covered by the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), as part of a consent decree, the U.S. Justice Department announced Monday. Federa…
Schools
'Stranger Things' Star Noah Schnapp Headed To UPenn
Noah Schnapp, University of Pennsylvania, Class of 2026. Netflix's "Stranger Things" rocked a Wharton UPenn hoodie and held hands with his twin sister Chloe, while opening his acceptance letter on his laptop in a video posted to TikTok, as originally reported by Page Six. The 17-year-old Scarsdale native plays Will Byers on "Stranger Things." The show's fourth season is set to premiere next year, when Schnapp begins classes at the Ivy League school.
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Amazon Outage Impacting Netflix, Alexa, Ring
Amazon's web hosting subsidiary apparently suffered a worldwide outage Tuesday morning. Reports of the Amazon Web Service outage began rolling in around 10:20 a.m., DownDetector.com shows. The outage caused a ripple effect across platforms that rely on AWS such as Alexa, Amazon Music, Netflix and Disney Plus. “Reports indicate there may be a widespread outage at Amazon Web Services, which may be impacting your service,” it says. Nearly 28,000 users had reported an outage as of 12:30 p.m. Amazon was apparently investigating.
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Adam Sandler Films New Netflix Movie In Philly
Adam Sandler was showered with surprise birthday greetings as he arrived in Philadelphia Thursday. The 55-year-old comic was met by a group of La Salle University students singing "Happy Birthday" outside of Tom Gola Arena as he shot a scene for his new movie, "Hustle" for Netflix. pic.twitter.com/L3HsadWyJ1 — Adam Sandler (@AdamSandler) September 9, 2021 Inside the arena, Sandler was greeted with a traditional birthday cake. Adam Sandler blowing out the candles on his birthday cake inside legendary Tom Gola Arena pic.twitter.com/QaH24vHtSV — Olney Fans (@TheGolaStandard) September…
Police & Fire
Philly Man Making Video On Gun Violence Shot To Dead While Filming
A Philadelphia man was fatally shot while making a video on gun violence in the city on Monday night. Anthony Merriett, 55, was shot while he was getting equipment from his van in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood according to police. “They were shooting a video regarding stopping gun violence when he himself became a victim of gun violence that cost him his life,” Philadelphia Police Chief Insp. Scott Small said. “We know at least four shots were fired from a semi-automatic weapon,” Small said. Merriett was shot "multiple times throughout his body," and was transported to a hospital w…
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