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Netflix launches in France, partners with third-largest telco
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| The Netflix logo is is shown on an ipad in Encinitas, California, April 19,2013. |
(Reuters) - Netflix launched its video streaming service in France on Monday and teamed up with Bouygues to offer its content on France's third-largest telecom operator's set-top boxes.
California-based Netflix said in a statement its subscriptions would start at 7.99 euros ($10.35) a month and give access to films, series and documentaries on television, computers but also tablets, smartphones and game consoles.
Bouygues Telecom said in a separate statement that it would feature access to Netflix services on its clients' televisions starting in November. It is the first French operator to do so.
Vivendi-owned pay-TV operator Canal Plus has already launched its own streaming video services to blunt Netflix's arrival. So has France's leading telecom player Orange, which said in July it would not market Netflix when it launches.
Beyond France, Netflix is expanding into Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg this month, taking its international addressable market to more than 180 million broadband households — double the current U.S. market.
In an effort to tailor its services to French tastes, Netflix plans to produce an original series in France, called "Marseille", a political thriller set in the southern port city. It also bought the rights to a French kids cartoon called Wakfu created by an independent studio Ankama in northern France.
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Melissa Etheridge Marries Her "True Love" Linda Wallem
The 53 year-old rock singer ties the knot with the 'Nurse Jackie' creator at the San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, California, on Saturday (May 31st).
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Melissa Etheridge is now a married women.
The 53 year-old rock singer tied the knot with partner Linda Wallem in an intimate ceremony at Saturday at San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, California on Saturday (May 31st).
Their wedding celebrations came only days after they both celebrated turning 53 years on Thursday (May 29th).
"They were so happy," a guest told People Magazine. "It was really beautiful."
During the festivities, which took place outdoors, Etheridge sang a brand new song to her new wife, which she recently wrote especially for this occasion.
"It was such a magical moment," the guest added, who also revealed that the Grammy-Award winning musician wore a grey suit, and Wallem sported a traditional white dress.
Some of the familiar attendees included Jane Lynch, Rosie O'Donnell, Whitney Cummings, Chelsea Handler, and Peter Facinel.
"The ceremony was such a beautiful start to the night," another guest stated. "The setting was perfect. It was something Melissa and Linda wanted early on. It was as perfect as they envisioned."
All four of Etheridge's children, Bailey Jean Cypher, 17, Beckett Cypher, 15 and twins Miller Steven Etheridge and Johnnie Rose Etheridge, 7, whom she had from previous relationships, all played a role in the wedding.
On Sunday morning (June 1st) the 'Come To My Window' singer took to Twitter to share with her 59,000 followers a photograph of herself and Wallem just after they said "I do."
"True love...so blessed. "By the power invested in me by the state of California..." Thanks," she tweeted.
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The couple began dating four years ago in 2010, and happily announced their engagement last year when the Supreme Court overturned the federal gay marriage ban.
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"It is about family and I love my four kids," Etheridge said on CNN in 2013. "I called my now fiancée. I'm looking forward to marrying my partner of three years we've been together. I'm going to get married in the state of California. I woke [the kids] up this morning telling them the Supreme Court ruling on DOMA.I love everybody out there. It's a great day."
True love...so blessed. "By the power invested in me by the state of California..." Thanks
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‘The FBI’ actor Efrem Zimbalist dies at 95
Solvang (California, USA): Efrem Zimbalist Jr., who portrayed the indefatigable Inspector Lewis Erskine on the long-running US television series “The FBI.”, died on Friday at the age of 95, according to media reports.
Zimbalist died at his home in Solvang, California, his daughter, actress Stephanie Zimbalist, and his son Efrem Zimbalist III, said in a statement, Hollywood trade magazine Variety and other media reported.
“A devout Christian, he actively enjoyed his life to the last day, showering love on his extended family, playing golf, and visiting with close friends,” the statement said, according to Variety.
A spokesman for the family could not be immediately reached for comment.
From the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, Zimbalist was one of the top stars on US television, playing a private detective on the ABC series “77 Sunset Strip” from 1958 to 1964 before his stint on “The FBI” on the same network from 1965 to 1974.
Zimbalist, the son of opera singer Alma Gluck and concert violinist Efrem Zimbalist Sr., also appeared in about 20 movies - usually in supporting roles but sometimes as the leading man.
He was born on Nov 30, 1918, in New York and saw US Army combat duty during World War Two.
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Guthrie Delivers News, Courtney Love Finds Plane?, Quake Shakes Anchors
A breaking and developing news announcement, all-in-one. Today Show anchor, Savannah Guthrie says she and fiancée, Mike Feldman, were married this weekend. During their candlelit reception, the NBC news "Special Report" music played. That's when Guthrie and Feldman say they felt like they had to break some news. The couple says they are four months pregnant. Their guests screamed and jumped to their feet. The baby is due in late summer.
Social media users have mixed reactions to another new announcement. Courtney Love Cobain posted a status on Facebook stating she thinks she has found the missing Malaysian Flight. Her status read, in part, "I'm no expert but up close this does look like a plane and an oil slick. Prayers go out to the families." A picture was also posted. No word on whether or not her findings will be looked in to.
Two news anchors in California have more than just their usual morning audience watching them. The two were on set when a 4.4 magnitude earthquake shook the studio Monday morning. They jumped and took cover under the anchor desk while they were live on air. Some debris fell from the ceiling but, thankfully no one was hurt.
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Justin Bieber’s private parts won’t be exposed in video shown at DUI trial, judge rules
The court pointed to Bieber’s right to privacy in its decision not to release police video that shows the ‘Boyfriend’ singer’s genitalia during a urine test.
Justin Bieber, pictured documenting his tattoos at the Miami Beach police station after his Jan. 23 arrest, won’t have the humiliation of having video showing him urinating for a drug test shown at his DUI trial.
Police video showing Justin Bieber's private parts is getting snipped.
A Florida judge ruled Tuesday that two of five video clips depicting Bieber at a Miami Beach Police station in January show his genitalia during a urine test and must be edited to protect his privacy.
"Mr. Bieber's right to privacy is paramount," Miami-Dade County Judge William Altfield said in court, according to the Associated Press. "He has not lost his right to privacy, and that is what is important here."
Bieber, who turned 20 on Saturday, was fighting the release of the clips in question, saying they showed him in "various states of undress" with his "intimate personal parts" exposed.
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A now infamous police video taken Jan. 23 seems to show Justin Bieber having trouble balancing and yelling at police officers.
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He argued his right to privacy outweighed the public's right to know.
News outlets previously requested all police video showing Bieber in custody and received,as of last week, about 10 hours of footage under Florida's liberal open records laws.
One previously released clip showed Bieber's police pat-down, and another showed the Canadian crooner looking unsteady during his sobriety test.
AP
Bieber and his pal Khalil Amir Sharieff were arrested and charged with allegedly drag-racing on a Miami Beach Street, resisting arrest without violence and driving under the influence.
The "Baby" singer was arrested Jan. 23 after a cop allegedly spotted him and R&B singer Khalil Amir Sharieff drag racing loaner sports cars on a sleepy residential street in Miami Beach.
Bieber cussed out cops with multiple F-bombs and admitted he'd been smoking weed, police said.
He was charged with driving under the influence, resisting arrest and driving with an expired license.
AP
Police also say Justin Bieber told authorities he had consumed alcohol, smoked marijuana and taken prescription drugs.
He had "extreme difficulty" giving his two Breathalyzer tests, police said, and his readings registered 0.014 and 0.011, below the legal limit for underage drivers.
His urine sample came back dirty for marijuana and Alprazolam, also known as Xanax, police said.
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Bieber attorney Roy Black said he was satisfied with the video ruling Tuesday.
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Justin Bieber shows police some of his many tattoos.
He said the three clips to be released without redaction were shot from an angle that was far enough away to protect Bieber's privacy.
The public records unit of the State Attorney's Office said Tuesday it needed "a few days" to redact the video clips and get final approval.
Judge Altfield set another status conference for next week in the case.
Bieber's recent legal woes also include a felony vandalism probe in California over his alleged egging of a neighbor and a Toronto charge that he assaulted a limo driver in December.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney is now reviewing the alleged egg assault and will decide whether or not to file charges.
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