January 2023

The world’s biggest streaming service is branching out. Next year, Netflix will be live streaming its first awards ceremony, the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards. This will mark the beginning of a new, multi-year partnership. According to CNN, “The awards honor the best performances in film and television and are voted on by the more than 120,000 members of the guild. They’re typically less extravagant and watched...

HBO Max is following suit with many other subscription services and raising the price of its ad-free plan for the first time. The price hike, effectively immediately, will increase the price of an HBO Max no-ads monthly subscription from $14.99 to $15.99. The company claimed in a statement that the one-dollar price increase will “allow us to continue to invest in providing even more culture-defining programming...

The three-day strike in New York City involving 7,000 nurses has ended. Nurses returned to work for the 7 a.m. shift on Thursday morning at Mount Sinai and Montefiore after deals were announced earlier that morning. The nurses had been fighting for safe staffing ratios claiming shortages were causing widespread burnout, “hindering their ability to properly care for their patients,” CNN reported. The agreement reached at Montefiore includes...

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has had enough of remote work. Starbucks’ corporate workforce has been working remotely since the beginning of the pandemic. However, Shultz let employees know that those days are over. According to CNBC, “Starting Jan. 30, employees within commuting distance will be required to report to the coffee giant’s Seattle headquarters on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day decided on by their teams. The...

Disney has announced some much-anticipated changes that are going to take place. This week, Josh D’Armaro, parks and resorts Chairperson, informed employees about several changes that will positively affect guests’ park experiences. “As we step into this bright future it is important that we continuously evolve to help deliver the best guest experience possible,” he wrote. “Many of you know that I’m in the parks fairly...

On Thursday morning all U.S. flights were grounded…what happened? The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) made an announcement no traveler wants to hear. All early morning flights on Thursday were ordered to stay on the ground due to issues with an important system for pilots. Yahoo Finance reported, “The FAA said it was grounding all flights until 9 a.m. ET this morning in order to “validate the integrity...

The creator of M&M’s, Mars, announced that an “all-female” candy package will be hitting the shelves starting this month. The package, which will only include green, brown and purple-colored candies, was created to “celebrate women everywhere.” The wrapper features three women characters shown upside down to display how the company is honoring women who are “flipping the status quo.” “M&M’s announced its plan to donate $1 for...

The former CEO of McDonald’s, Stephen Easterbrook, has agreed to repay more than $52.7 million in a settlement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC charged Easterbrook with defrauding “the company’s investors by lying about sexual relationships with company subordinates while he was CEO, resulting in a separation compensation that he should not have received because of the alleged fraud,” according to Yahoo Finance. Easterbrook...

On Monday, more than 7,000 nurses walked out of the hospital demanding better working conditions, staffing policies and high salaries.According to CNN, the nurses claim they are working in unsafe conditions for long hours, without enough pay. “After bargaining late into the night at Montefiore and Mount Sinai Hospital yesterday, no tentative agreements were reached. Today, more than 7,000 nurses at two hospitals are on strike...

‘Avatar: The Way of Water,’ the sequel to the original ‘Avatar’, which is the highest-grossing movie in film history, has big shoes to fill. So far, the movie is living up to the expectations.  ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ has dominated the box office for the fourth weekend in a row. According to Fox Business, the global box office earnings have reached just over $1.7 billion,...