10 Stories You Should Know: 12/19/2022

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Here are the TV and streaming stories you should know for Monday, December 19th, 2022:

What Does Netflix's Nakba Film Farha Tell Us About The State Of Hollywood Today? (The New Arab)
In the same way, television helped fuel the Civil Rights movement in the 60s, the way it helped normalise the idea of gay marriage and the acceptance of queer people in the 90s, on-screen stories like Farha are now contributing to the liberation and understanding of the Palestinian people today.

Netflix Partners With Amazon On ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ Marketing Push (The Hollywood Reporter)
The partnership will see owners of Amazon Fire TV devices have access to an exclusive trailer for the film, which hits Netflix Dec. 23, as well as unique behind-the-scenes footage. But it will also include an interactive mystery, letting owners of the Amazon streaming devices channel their inner Benoit Blanc.

‘The Match’ Skips Theatres For Direct Netflix Global Release (NME)
The upcoming film biopic stars Lee Byung-hun and Yoo Ah-in as real-life Go (known in Korean as ‘Baduk’) players — Lee as Cho Hoon-hyun and Yoo as his protege-turned-rival Lee Chang-ho — and tells their story as their relationship grows increasingly strained.

Netflix has unveiled a still from The Match, depicting both players in the middle of a game of Go while surrounded by reporters.

US Launch For Viaplay On Roku Channel (Broadband TV)
In the US market, Viaplay specialises in Nordic Noir, but also includes young adult series, historical dramas and documentaries.

Shows available on Viaplay through The Roku Channel in the US include the Danish thriller Trom starring Ulrich Thomsen; the hit Swedish crime series No Time to Mourn; and Norway’s acclaimed drama Exit with Tobias Santelmann.

Jeremy Clarkson Responds To Meghan Markle Column Backlash: “I’m Horrified To Have Caused So Much Hurt” (Deadline)
Jeremy Clarkson has said he is "horrified" his incendiary comments about Meghan Markle in a newspaper column have "caused so much hurt."

The Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm star caused outraged over the weekend in an article for The Sun in the UK, in which he said the Duchess of Sussex should be “made to parade naked  through the streets of every town in Britain while the crowds chant, ‘Shame!” and throw lumps of excrement at her.”

How Netflix Is Shaping The Music Tastes of Teenagers (Far Out Magazine)
TikTok is partly to thank for the success of certain shows, such as Wednesday, as the platform is a trend-based formula and allows fans to create viral sounds and challenges using material from the show, essentially advertising the series to unsuspecting app users. Upon the release of Wednesday, a scene in which the title character dances to The Cramps’ 1981 punk track ‘Goo Goo Muck’ went viral, spurring teenagers across the globe to recreate actor Jenna Ortega’s unorthodox dance routine. Subsequently, the track has now been streamed over 16 million times on Spotify. 

‘Game Of Thrones’ Censured By UK Regulator Ofcom Over Swearing (Deadline)
Sky has been censured by UK regulator Ofcom over its failure to protect under-18s from watching episodes of Game of Thrones broadcast in the daytime.

Adult Swim's Yule Log Director Reveals How It Got Made Without Warner Bros. Discovery Finding Out (Indie Wire)
All due respect to James Cameron and his underwater actors in “Avatar: The Way of Water,” but you can’t beat the filmmaking gamble of Casper Kelly’s “Adult Swim Yule Log.” Adult Swim’s first feature-length live action endeavor dropped without warning December 11 after the season finale of “Ricky and Morty”: A cozy two-minute yule log video morphs into a disturbing home invasion horror movie that becomes a supernatural cabin-in-the-woods thriller with a young couple (Justin Miles and Andrea Laing) who may be at the mercy of a haunted fireplace.

Actor Park Hae-soo To Host Episode Six Of ‘SNL Korea 3’ (Korea Joongang Daily)
Park is best known for his roles in Netflix’s “Squid Game," “Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area” (2022) and most recently, "Suriname." The actor was also in the Netflix film “Yaksha: Ruthless Operations” (2022). Earlier this year, Park received his first Emmy nomination for supporting actor in a television series for "Squid Game." He is set to appear in a movie titled "Phantom" set for local theater premiere on Jan. 15. 

EU Bans More Russian Channels (Broadband TV News)
The European Union has added four more Russian TV channels to the list of those it has already sanctioned.

In a statement on its ninth package of restrictive measures against Russia since the latter invaded Ukraine on February 24, it says that “we have added NTV, Pervyi Kanal, Rossiya 1 and Ren TV (to the list) because they are all either Russian State-owned or under the Kremlin’s influence and disseminate Russian disinformation and propaganda. Previously, Russia Today, Sputnik RTR Planeta, Rossiya 24 and TVCI were sanctioned”