Golden Globes

Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE: WTW) plunged more than 6 percent pre-market Thursday after spokesperson Oprah Winfrey denied speculation of her presidential ambitions. “I’ve always felt very secure and confident with myself in knowing what I could do and what I could not,...

Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE: WTW) traded up 13.6 percent Monday amid chatter of spokeswoman Oprah Winfrey’s political potential. Winfrey received the Cecil B. DeMille Award Sunday at the Golden Globes and, following a rousing speech declaring “a new day on the horizon...

The Emmys have made it clear: If you want quality entertainment, you’re going to have to pay for it. Streaming services and premium channels secured a disproportionate share of the main award nominations Thursday, well beyond that of basic cable competitors. Of the 180 submissions for Best...

The film industry is preparing to cap its 2017 awards season with the year’s most anticipated event — the Oscars. And while the celebrated pictures may be eclipsed by highly politicized acceptance speeches and glaring social statements, one standard of the night will not escape its due...

It's that time of year again. The time to cue the music and usher in awards season. On January 8, the film industry checked off the Golden Globes, and the next few weeks boast a red-carpet lineup including the televised Screen Actors’ Guild (SAG) Awards and the British Academy of Film and...

The Golden Globes are known industry-wide for being unique. On the TV side, voters usually like to reward new up and coming talent while their Emmy counterparts are deeply rooted in tradition. As a result you have to take the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s (HFPA) picks with a grain...

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) are in a  battle to be the best-performing American stocks this year. Amazon is up 32 percent in the fourth quarter, while Netflix has climbed 23 percent. Both companies have also proven that the Internet streams some of the...

Amazon.com., Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is offering a year subscription to its Prime service for only $72 this Saturday, January 24. That price represents a 27 percent discount from the normal Prime annual rate of $99, and is even lower than the previous annual rate of $79 before the hike to $99 last...

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is not a TV network -- or even a pay-TV station. Despite this, the company proudly took home 14 Emmy nominations Thursday morning, including two "Best Actor" nods for Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright in the critically acclaimed House of Cards. If this show had been produced by...