Graham Flashner
For more than two decades IMDb, the Internet Movie Database, has served as an encyclopedic repository for TV and film credits, plot summaries and trivia.
Two years ago, the Amazon-owned site upped its game, debuting IMDb TV a free, ad-based streaming service available through Amazon s Fire TV and Prime Video and also the IMDb app.
In addition to a library of premium films and series, IMDb TV offers original programming with scripted series like
Alex Rider, the upcoming documentary series
Moment of Truth and a yet-to-be-titled project starring Judge Judy Sheindlin that will be an update of her long-running syndicated show.
by Special May 11, 2021 .
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RALEIGH – Microspace Communications, a leading satellite services provider owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company, has hired a new executive leader.
Jimmy Goodmon, President and COO of Capitol Broadcasting, announced recently that Cyrus Wilson has been named Vice President and General Manager. Wilson brings more than 20 years of experience in satellite communications, operations and customer management, and defense business management. In this role with Microspace, he will be responsible for all functions of the business, including sales, marketing, engineering, finance and administration. The appointment is effective May 17.
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – The U.S. Department of Labor reported last week that nationwide unemployment has now hit the lowest point since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020. Around 498,000 Americans filed unemployment claims in the last week of April, down by 92,000 from the previous week. North Carolina saw new claims drop by about 3,440 in the same period.
But that doesn’t mean the pandemic recession is over. North Carolina is still tens of thousands of jobs short of where the state was in March 2020.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ newly released April jobs report shows a significant decline in hiring. According to the report, U.S. businesses added 266,000 new jobs in April, a notable drop from March’s revised total of 770,000. April’s unemployment rate remains at 6.1%, a tiny change from 6% in March.
Sen. Phil Berger
Be sure to check out this morning’s Capitol Broadcasting Company editorial on WRAL.com, which delves into the real and imagined reasons that Apple Computer selected the Triangle for its big new campus.
Pro Tem Phil Berger and his ideological allies would have us believe. After highlighting the rare show of solidarity Gov. Cooper and GOP legislative leaders displayed in and around the Apple announcement, the editorial observes:
Still amid the exhibition, Berger could not resist partisan boasting: “We’ve worked to move North Carolina from the bottom of the pack in business climate ratings to near the top.”
Some liberal pundits have labeled Black Republicans as racists solely based on the political party they represent.
The most recent example came Thursday when late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel mocked Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., saying the senator, who recently made headlines for his response to President Biden s address before Congress, let the American people know the Republican Party isn t racist.
Scott said in his Wednesday night rebuttal to the president that America is not a racist country, sparking backlash from some Democrats on social media.
However, prominent Democrats including Biden himself, Vice President Kamala Harris and House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., agree with Scott, arguing that while the nation itself is not racist, it can improve its institutions and attitudes.