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What Would You Do For God? (VIDEO)

Tara Stiles | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living


Tara Stiles

I grew up feeling from a very young age that what was right was right, no matter if God or my teacher said so. I wanted to help people, but I couldn't commit to an institution that was based on guilt, and control.

Rent The Runway: Site Offers Designer Dresses Via Netflix Model

nytimes.com | JENNA WORTHAM | Posted 11.09.2009 | Technology


For many women, a $1,000 dress is something they admire in the pages of a glossy magazine or see draped on the frame of a celebrity -- not an item han...

Wii: Netflix Streaming Arriving 'Very Shortly' On Nintendo Wii, Sources Say

businessinsider.com | Posted 10.29.2009 | Technology


Netflix's (NFLX) movie streaming service will arrive on the Nintendo Wii sooner than later, but the timing is uncertain, and how the companies choose ...

Top Green Consumer Trends for 2009: Which Predictions Came True?

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green


Robyn Griggs Lawrence

At the end of last year, our friends at The Fresh Ideas Group went out on a limb with some public predictions about how Americans would act in 2009. As the year winds down, let's see how they did.

Rachel Lloyd's 50 Cent Challenge: Girls Are Not for Sale

Robin Caldwell | Posted 10.20.2009 | Technology


Robin Caldwell

Rachel Lloyd, founder of Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) in New York City, has spent the better part of her young lifetime on the fron...

Netflix, Starz Content Deal Top Trend On Google A Year Later

Posted 10.04.2009 | Technology


Netflix struck a deal with Starz Entertainment LLC, a cable TV network, giving Netflix access to first-run video content for its online video-streamin...

Postal Worker Stole 3,000 Netflix DVDs

The Smoking Gun | Posted 09.23.2009 | Business


SEPTEMBER 22--A postal worker who stole more than 3000 DVDs mailed by Netflix to its customers pleaded guilty yesterday to federal theft charges....

Rosemary's Maybes: Losing My Connection with Classic Horror Films

Mike Doyle | Posted 09.22.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Doyle

The Exorcist's head spinning, green vomit, and shots of demonic shapes aren't going to make a Clinton-era cable-watcher rush from his living room in fright.

Blockbuster Closings: Up To 960 Stores May Be Closed

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 09.16.2009 | Business


SAN FRANCISCO — Blockbuster Inc. may close as many as 960 stores by the end of next year, shedding more dead weight as the struggling video rent...

Kanye West's Full-Length Video Music Awards (VMA) Speech Revealed

Ben Berkon | Posted 09.15.2009 | Comedy


Ben Berkon

Even though Kanye West did successfully interrupt Taylor Swift's modest and grateful acceptance speech, he later admitted that he actually had a full-length speech that he unfortunately did not have enough time to give.

Redbox: Movie Studios See A Threat In Growth Of Redbox

The New York Times | BROOKS BARNES | Posted 10.22.2009 | Media


By December, there will be 22,000 Redbox machines in spots like supermarkets, Wal-Mart Stores and fast-food restaurants. Redbox's growth -- it star...

LACMA to Film Buffs: Stay Home. Alone.

Mike Miley | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Miley

LACMA's announcement not only royally stinks, but it also represents a major blow to the appreciation of film as an art form on equal footing with painting and sculpture.

DVDS: New Miss Marple Doesn't Slay Me and More

Michael Giltz | Posted 09.05.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

The Soloist was oscar bair but no one was nibbling. Down on his luck Downey helps talented but homeless Foxx in this TV movie-ready story.

Netflix To Stream "Lost", "Grey's Anatomy", Other ABC Titles

MediaWorks | Rory Maher | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media


Just a few months after Disney took its first step toward streaming its ABC shows online beyond its abc.com domain by inking a deal with Hulu, the net...

Unlimited Vacation Days, Dogs at Work and Pet Projects- Innovations in the Workplace

Kari Henley | Posted 09.02.2009 | Living


Kari Henley

For those of you who follow my posts, I have been writing about vacations - and our attitudes about taking time off. Two weeks ago I explored America'...

Love is Free

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Children are staying home and hanging out with their parents instead of attending summer camp. And guess what, we might end up happier for it all.

In Hollywood, Nobody Still Knows Anything

Bill Swadley | Posted 07.23.2009 | Entertainment


Bill Swadley

It's both the frustration accompanying trying to work in this business and the hope that, as it always has, anything can happen.

Letterman Looks At Cheney's Netflix Queue (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2009 | Comedy


Last night, David Letterman aired a very special Netflix ad featuring the former Vice President's picks of the week. Right now he's loving "Marathon M...

More Couples Go To Battle Over Netflix

nytimes.com | MICHAEL WILSON | Posted 04.30.2009 | Style


With a nation in recession and households cutting back on nights out at the movies, and even canceling cable services, Netflix has thrived, with a gro...

Wal-Mart and the Future of Healthcare

Ron Galloway | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business


Ron Galloway

In healthcare I think through sheer scale Wal-Mart wi'll prevail, and change the landscape of the industry as a healthcare "black swan."

Really Simple Ways To Save, So That You Can Enjoy My Luxury Service Journalism

Adam Baer | Posted 03.15.2009 | Comedy


Adam Baer

Here are some of my personal budget strategies to keep enjoying the Luxury Life as defined in the glossies by Yours Truly.

Netflix To Stream First Nine Seasons Of "South Park"

New York Times | David Carr | Posted 04.02.2009 | Media


With a vast 25,000-square-foot operation that can produce a new episode in a week, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators and principals of "South P...

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Is One CEO Who Gets It

US News & World Report | Rick Newman | Posted 03.09.2009 | Business


The jury's still out on whether there's a modest CEO in the land. But there's at least one very clever CEO: Reed Hastings of Netflix. In a New York T...

Forget the Academy's Best Films, Netflix Should Reward the Worst

Jason Notte | Posted 03.09.2009 | Entertainment


Jason Notte

But wasn't the whole point of Netflix and every other me-based entertainment platform to help people avoid the snickering video store clerks? Hasn't bad taste become every American's basic human right?

Jason Linkins

Netflix CEO To Obama: Don't Cap My Pay, Raise My Taxes

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.09.2009 | Media


Reed Hastings, CEO of DVD-delivery company Netflix, isn't a fan of President Obama's decision to put caps on executive compensation. Hastings, of cou...