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LONDON (AP) — It’s Netflix’s resolution every new year to give viewers a headscratcher in January. Since 2020, the streamer has released a U.K. miniseries based on thriller book by Harlan Coben over the holidays.

Viewers may gasp, cringe or cry out watching characters die on Netflix's “Squid Game,” but those simulated deaths have a different effect on its creator, writer and director. Instead, Hwang Dong-hyuk feels happiness seeing them go.

Stepping onto the set of “Squid Game” season two, Lee Jung-jae felt like he had never left. “Including promotion, I'd been living with Gi-hun for about two years," said Lee in a recent interview.

Stepping onto the set of “Squid Game” season two, Lee Jong-jae felt like he had never left. “Including promotion, I'd been living with Gi-hun for about two years," said Lee in a recent interview.

It doesn't take long to binge Prime Video's new Quebec-set series “The Sticky." With just six half-hour episodes, the buzzy dark comedy about a maple syrup heist is among the shorter TV seasons on offer.

Hollywood cranks out holiday programming as fast as toys are made in Santa's workshop with broadcast networks, cable channels and streaming services offering seasonal specials.

TORONTO — Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are bringing their comedy chops back to Canada for a single TV series deal with Bell Media.

TORONTO — WildBrain Ltd. has signed a deal to sell a two-thirds stake in its television broadcast business to IoM Media Ventures Inc., an independent children's studio based in Halifax.

Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. Venom: The Last Dance 2. Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas 3. Heretic 4. Juror #2 5. Illumination Presents: Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch 6. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 7. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever 8.

NEW YORK (AP) — Come and take a trip to the giddy birth of rock ‘n’ roll through the eyes of one of its pioneers — Brenda Lee.