'Happy Face' To Be Put On March 20; Watch Trailers

  It’s been a rather good month for the Quaids, with  Dennis  getting to go to the  Oscars  as part of the cast of  The Substance  and his son Jack’s new film  Novocaine  from  Paramount Pictures . Well we’re getting Dennis’s next series,  Paramount+ ’s  Happy Face   this month too. The streamer has set a March 20 premiere date for the 8-episode crime drama starring Annaleigh Ashford, with two episodes that will be followed by weekly singles until the May 1 season finale. Happy Face  was first announced in 2021, released its teaser in January, its official trailer on Tuesday and is inspired by the podcast by the same name from iHeartMedia and Melissa Moore, through her true story as chronicled in her autobiography  Shattered Silence  she wrote with M. Bridget Cook. As the story goes, Moore was 15 when she uncovered that her father, going by Keith Jerperson in the series was a serial killer known as “Happy Fa...

Verizon Introduces Discounted Bundle Of Netflix And Paramount+ With Showtime


In an unprecedented move, Verizon is bringing Paramount+ with Showtime together with Netflix in a price-discounted bundle.

Through Verizon’s +play subscription-aggregation hub, the limited-time deal offers mobile customers a price point of $25.99/month for Netflix Premium and Paramount+ With Showtime, which is a 19% discount ($5.99 off) the regular monthly price of the two services as sold individually. This is not a combined app and you will still need each individually to watch them. +play is Verizon's attempt to be neutral ground in the streaming wars. The portal includes more than 30 services, across entertainment, sports, education, lifestyle, and fitness categories. This includes Netflix and Paramount+ among a field with Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, Max, Discovery+, AMC+, NFL+, NBA League Pass, an A+E Networks package of Lifetime Movie Club, History Vault, and A&E Crime Central, The Athletic, Starz, and even the Peloton App, Calm, and Duolingo.

Netflix Premium is Netflix's most expensive plan at normally $19.99/month. It allows for up to four simultaneous streams and content in up to 4K Ultra HD. Paramount+ With Showtime will cost $11.99/month when it launches as Paramount Global's major ad-free streaming plan toward the end of this month.

Announcing the deal, Verizon Consumer Group’s chief content officer Erin McPherson stated "With partners like Netflix and Paramount+ With Showtime on +play, we’re leading the industry in offering customers the content they want in completely new formats, with never-before-seen bundles they can’t get anywhere else." Jeff Shultz, Paramount Streaming’s chief officer of strategy and business development, added: “This new and distinctive streaming bundle on Verizon’s +play is yet another example of our commitment to offering consumers universal distribution and industry-leading deals. By partnering with Verizon, we are making our broad and popular streaming offering on Paramount+ With Showtime just that more accessible.”

Source: Variety


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