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[david] the decision for netflix to go with some original programming at first seemed almost counterintuitive. what the f k? but it turns out to be absolutely brilliant. [derek] this was a company that used to buy movies and television shows from other studios, and then stream them through this portal. then it realized, wait, we re becoming too successful, and everyone else is realizing how successful they are. what do we have to do? we have to become a studio. -[cheers and applause] -welcome to washington. [ted] by happenstance, we had a meeting with a production team that was making house of cards. they kind of mentioned david fincher s gonna direct it, and we ve got kevin spacey and robin wright starring. and i immediately kind of, you know, lit up, because i loved the original house of cards . i d seen it on our streaming service before. and we went into the meeting, and we sat and said, we will give you a two season order. no notes, which was completely unheard of at the time. th ....
Movies and television shows from other studios, and then stream them through this portal. then it realized, wait, we re becoming too successful, and everyone else is realizing how successful they are. what do we have to do? we have to become a studio. -[cheers and applause] -welcome to washington. [ted] by happenstance, we had a meeting with a production team that was making house of cards. they kind of mentioned david fincher s gonna direct it, and we ve got kevin spacey and robin wright starring. and i immediately kind of, you know, lit up, because i loved the original house of cards . i d seen it on our streaming service before. and we went into the meeting, and we sat and said, we will give you a two season order. no notes, which was completely unheard of at the time. the new netflix drops 100 million bucks to create the tv show house of cards. [ted] i think the writing that emerged from house of cards set the stage for this ability to do deep serialized storytelling. it s kind of ....
100 million bucks to create the tv show house of cards. i think the writing that emerged from house of cards set the stage to do this deep serialized storytelling. it s kind of like a movie in 13 hours. very nice to meet you, ms. underwood. drive safe. there s a lot of ice on the road. i will. you kind of wanted to take a shower after watching it, but oh, my god, i ve got to see what happens next. they drop all 13 episodes at the same time, and this is when the netflix revolution begins. they really are the streaming company that people think of first and foremost, and it s because of the original content now. it s not just a place to go and binge watch old episodes of breaking bad anymore. and then came orange is the new black, which was based on a book written by a woman who went to prison and writes this book about her prison experiences. it wasn t just women in prison. it was like what got them there? ....
Meeting with production team making house of cards. they mentioned david fincher is directing and we have kevin spacey and robyn wright. i loved the original house of cards. we went in to the meeting and sat and said we will give you a two-season order. no notes, which is completely un unheard of at the time. the new netflix drops 100 million bucks to create the tv show house of cards. watch the first episode tonight at 9:00 right here on cnn. mom! this is how mom shines.. find the perfect mother s day giftft. .at zales. the diamond store. ....
Time it is not for singing. yeah, the country music star is the latest recipient of the jeff bezos courage and civility award. the award comes with probably a fine trophy, but also 100 million bucks. parton is, of course, almost as famous for her philanthropic efforts as she is for her music. during the covid-19 pandemic, she donated money to vanderbilt medical center s vaccine research efforts. and bezos spoke with clhloe mels about choosing dolly parton. look at what she s done and how she s led her life, bold things, always with civility and kindness. she s a unifier. we have big problems in the world and the way to get big problems done is you have to work together. we have too many examples in the world of conflict and people using attacks on social media, you won t find dolly parton doing that. you think of dolly, look, ....