Orange Is The New Black proves an Eiffel in Paris,life is tweet for News Corp boss and the BBC forgets Cliff Richard• A bunch of bananas to the catering staff at Netflix’s showcase in Paris who wore orange prison suits throughout the two-day event. The cafe serving journalists was kitted out in the style of the prison canteen in Orange Is The New Black canteen, hence the orange suits – apart from for the catering manager, and who was kitted out in a prison officer uniform. Monkey is thankful they didn’t pick Marco Polo as the theme. But could this talent for theming be a sign of things to arrive? When it was suggested to bosses Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos that Netflix could follow in Disney’s footsteps one day and leverage the brand into retail or leisure parks the pair did not dismiss the view. “Ahh Netflixland”,said Sarandos turning to Hastings when it was suggested. Just don’t let it be run by Frank Underwood.• Stars were out in abundance at the Netflix showcase. But Ashton Kutcher’s entrance to talk about his new sitcom The Ranch (described by the Guardian as “a plains version of Chekhov spliced with a Mel Brooks film”) was slightly strange. As he sat down he started flipping the bird towards the audience. However he hurriedly explained that it wasn’t at them but at the boss of Netflix. So that’s all right then.
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Source: theguardian.com