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‘Searing glory holes’, a shapeshifting cat and outback UFO tours: what we’re streaming this April

Our experts have a roundup featuring everything from a saucy period drama, to the latest season of Blown Away, to a Stan production that brought Superstore’s Ben Feldman down under.
This holiday season, be kind to yourself and others as you deal with excessive behaviours, like binge-watching or gaming. (Unsplash)

5 strategies to reduce addiction-like behaviours over the holidays

With the pressures of the holidays, rising COVID-19 rates and social isolation, people can easily fall into addictive-like behaviours. Here are some ways to challenge ourselves and family.
Streaming services are carrying more foreign-language content. While people are stuck at home because of the pandemic, why not use the time to improve their language skills? (Shutterstock)

Watching foreign-language TV during the coronavirus pandemic can help you learn a new language

While staying at home during the pandemic, foreign language learners can improve their vocabulary and comprehension by watching films and television shows in the language they are studying.
Watching an entertainment video on the Quibi platform, watchable horizontally and vertically, during the Quibi (short for Quick Bites) press conference at the 2020 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, US earlier this year. Etienne Laurent/EPA

‘One more episode, please?’ Why we can’t stop binge-watching on Netflix

Binge-watching is commonly seen as related to media content addiction. It usually occurs when an audience watches a series of episodes streamed through the one platform.
An early comics book writer inspired today’s TV writing. The Umbrella Academy (Netflix), based on the comic book by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, tops binge-worthy TV lists this month. Mary J. Blige plays Cha-Cha, an assassin that can travel through time. Christos Kalohoridis / Netflix

How an X-Men writer inspired binge-worthy, character-driven TV from Buffy to Game of Thrones

Our current golden age of TV storytelling is influenced by comic books, in particular, one writer: Chris Claremont pushed boundaries and gave audiences strong female leads and deeply involved dramas.

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