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Quibi staff are seething on the savanna after Reese Witherspoon was paid $6 million to narrate a nature show on the troubled platform where her husband works. Witherspoon voices the show “Fierce Queens,” which gives a feminist slant to nature docs by exploring heroic female animals including cheetahs, hyenas and ant queens, telling viewers: “Imagine …
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The star power of Sophie Turner didn’t offer enough immunity to protect Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg from the pain of the pandemic. Large advertisers are seeking to defer payments to Katzenberg’s new video streaming service Quibi — just one month after launch, according to a new report. Advertisers including PepsiCo, Yum Brands, Taco Bell, Anheuser-Busch …
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You’ll soon be able to be serenaded by Luke Skywalker himself. Mark Hamill, 68, will play a country singer in Darren Criss’ upcoming Quibi show “Royalties” — and he will have a song on its soundtrack. The series, premiering June 1, is a 10-episode comedy about Pierce (Criss), a songwriter for hire. According to Variety, …
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Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg is blaming the coronavirus for Quibi’s bumpy start. The short-form mobile video app, whose name is short for “quick bites,” gained 1.7 million views in its first week after an April 6 launch. But it quickly fell off the Apple Store’s 50 most downloaded free iPhone apps after and is currently …
Quibi staff are seething on the savanna after Reese Witherspoon was paid $6 million to narrate a nature show on the troubled platform where her husband works. Witherspoon voices the show “Fierce Queens,” which gives a feminist slant to nature docs by exploring heroic female animals including cheetahs, hyenas and ant queens, telling viewers: “Imagine …
