National Entertainment

BERKELEY, Calif. — Netflix picked up nearly 16 million global subscribers during the first three months of the year, helping cement its status as one of the world's most essential services in times of isolation or crisis.

LONDON — Hilary Mantel’s Tudor blockbuster “The Mirror and the Light” and Bernardine Evaristo’s tapestry of black women’s stories, “Girl, Woman, Other,” are among six finalists for the international Women’s Prize for Fiction.

The White Buffalo, “On the Widow’s Walk” (Snakefarm/Spinefarm Records) The White Buffalo is Jake Smith’s stage and recording name, one of the most accurate monikers in the business, seemingly preordained.

LOS ANGELES — Maya Rudolph loves stories about unconventional families. It’s why her daughter brought Lois Lowry’s “The Willoughbys” to her attention well before she knew that there was a planned film adaptation.

LOS ANGELES — Chip and Joanna Gaines' Magnolia Network will be blooming late because of the coronavirus crisis.

LONDON — Britain marked Queen Elizabeth II's 94th birthday with silence Tuesday, as the nation in lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic forgoes the usual gun salutes and ringing of bells.

NEW YORK — The next “Hunger Games” book is coming out next month, and a movie version is now being planned.

NEW YORK — The big upcoming “Friends” reunion special is inviting a few extra friends — maybe even you.

NEW YORK — In the NBC “Nightly News” inaugural kids edition, Sadie of Morristown, New Jersey, posed the question that everyone wishes had an answer. "When is coronavirus going to end? she said.

OTTAWA — CBC/Radio-Canada and the Canada Council for the Arts have created a new funding initiative to help the country's arts community pivot work to online audiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.