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Ted Sarandos confirmed Thursday that Netflix is speaking to multiple potential partners to help it introduce ads to its platform. The streamer’s co-CEO and chief content officer was speaking on a “Future Of Entertainment” panel at the Cannes Lions advertising conference where he received the event’s Entertainment…

Dave Chappelle reportedly met with students at his alma mater Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday and the reactions were mixed. Deadline has reached out to reps for Chappelle for comment. Politico reports the comedian spoke to nearly 600 students on the heels of his controversial Netflix…

Broadway was back to full power last week (New York City’s latest blackout bypassed the theater district), rebounding 12% to $34M from the previous week’s summer-without-a-Saturday box office bruising. With nearly all 29 of the productions resuming their regular eight-performance schedules for Broadway’s Week 8…