Before playing Nami, the Straw Hats’ skilled navigator on Netflix’s live-action One Piece, Emily Rudd was charting a course for the “second star to the right and straight on ’til morning.” She was once a Disney theme park princess. In pictures that recently resurfaced online, the young actress is shown in costume as Wendy Darling.
On October 4, 2025, NBC aired the Season 51 premiere of Saturday Night Live. While the episode was hosted by Bad Bunny and featured Doja Cat as the scheduled musical guest, it also included an unannounced performance tied to KPop Demon Hunters, a Netflix animated musical film released earlier this year.
Elon Musk is backing a congressional investigation into whether Netflix is pushing gender ideology onto children. What started as a viral social media exchange has now turned into a potential congressional matter. The billionaire CEO is backing a Tennessee lawmaker’s effort to question Netflix over Dead End: Paranormal Park, a show that featured a main character that identifies with a gender that differs from birth. The show was marketed toward children as young as 7.
The “Cancel Netflix” campaign has only been active for a few days, but Wall Street is already telling the story loud and clear through stock prices. Fueled by Elon Musk and conservative influencers on X, the movement is cutting into Netflix’s valuation at a pace that should terrify Hollywood. By contrast, Disney’s own recent cancellation drama involving Jimmy Kimmel barely made a ripple in the financial markets.
The call to Cancel Netflix is gaining steam, and it’s no longer just about one cartoon. What began as outrage over Dead End: Paranormal Park — a Netflix kids’ series with a main character who identifies with a gender that differs from birth and is rated for children as young as seven — has snowballed into a larger campaign against the streaming giant’s entire kids and family slate.
Elon Musk has officially pulled the plug on Netflix, sparking a new wave of cancellations after outrage over Dead End: Paranormal Park, a show that Netflix rated for children ages 7 and up despite centering its story around gender ideology and PRIDE-centric characters.
The Witcher season four trailer hit YouTube with a cataclysmic thud. Just four days after its release the trailer had 79k downvotes and only 24k upvotes. That ratio has since grown to 25K likes to a staggering 106K dislikes. READ: Guest Dies After Riding Stardust...
KPop Demon Hunters is going up, up, up. Sony Pictures Animation and Netflix are reportedly engaged in early discussions regarding a KPop Demon Hunters sequel. While no sequel has been greenlit, both studios are interested in continuing the story. These conversations follow not only the film’s streaming success but also the limited theatrical release.
Netflix has renewed One Piece for Season 3 ahead of Season 2’s debut. The news came during this year’s One Piece Day celebration in Tokyo, where the streaming giant also unveiled the first images from Season 2.
Guillermo del Toro has made it clear that his recently released Netflix Frankenstein film isn’t a parable about artificial intelligence, despite speculation about an AI connection. Speaking at the Venice Film Festival ahead of the film’s premiere, the Oscar-winning director emphasized that the story is about human flaws, broken hearts, and the imperfection inherent in all of us.
The soundtrack for KPop Demon Hunters is rewriting chart history. According to ABC Audio, four songs from the animated film’s soundtrack are currently sitting in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100—a feat never before achieved in the chart’s 67-year history.
Comedian Marc Maron is not known for pulling punches, but his latest remarks about Netflix’s handling of Dave Chappelle’s controversial stand up specials may be some of his sharpest (and most ridiculous) yet. Appearing on Pod Save America this past weekend, Maron accused the streaming giant of abandoning all pretense of ethics in favor of protecting its bottom line.
This weekend, Netflix scored something it has almost never managed before: a No. 1 finish at the U.S. box office. The anime musical KPop Demon Hunters surged past traditional theatrical releases with an estimated $18–20 million gross, despite being available to stream on Netflix worldwide. That should have been an easy victory lap for the streaming giant. Instead, the win is clouded by secrecy, conflicting reports, and Netflix’s deliberate refusal to confirm any hard numbers.