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Besides furthering your learning, getting an education comes with perks — including access to many, many bundles and discounts. No matter if you’re in college or continuing your education, some streaming services offer discounted prices on their services, so you can finally catch up on The Kardashians’ without having to snag someone else’s password.
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Most of these streaming services for students provide a free trial beforehand, allowing you to save money before committing to the service. After your free trial ends you’ll be charged a reduced, student-only rate. To snag even deeper discounts, some streaming services offer bundle options, giving you reduced rates to premium and ad-free versions of their platform.
It’s easy to qualify, too! All you need is a school email that ends in “.edu” to verify your student status, then you can stream all you want. Rather hunt for these deals yourself, we gathered up the best streaming services for students below.
Consider Amazon Prime your one-stop destination, whether it’s for last-minute backpacks or some travel necessities. Besides deals and discounts, students can also take advantage of its immense Prime Video library all for $7.49/month — and that’s after a six month free-trial.
Prime Student
$7.49/month after six months $14.99/month 50% off% OFF
Prime Student gives you all the perks of a Prime membership, but at half the cost — literally! As long as you’re a student, you’ll get access to the massive collection of Prime Originals that includes Citadel, Daisy Jones & The Six, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Swarm, The Powder, Harlem, Invincible, The Boys, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Fleabag, The Summer I Turned Pretty, The Wheel of Time, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Legend of Vox Machina.
You can also add additional channels such as Max, Starz and Showtime channels and enjoy even more shows and movies all in one spot. Aside from Prime Video access, Student Prime members get access to Prime Music, Prime Gaming and Prime Reading in addition to free same-day, one-day or two-day delivery on millions of items, exclusive deals, groceries, savings on prescriptions and more.
Another single platform to consider is Apple TV+, which offers a reduced price for students at just $5.99/month for up to 48 months. You’ll also get access to Apple Music’s vast library of songs, playlists, artists and more. To take advantage of this perk, you’ll have to verify your student status through UNiDAYS.
Apple TV+ Student Membership
$5.99/month after 30 days $10.99/month 45% off% OFF
Apple TV+‘s student discount will give you access to exclusive shows and movies such as Ted Lasso, Central Park, Dickinson, Platonic, The Crowded Room, Severance, Loot, High Desert, The Last Thing He Told Me, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movies, Silo, Ghosted, Shrinking, The Problem with John Stewart, Bad Sisters, Schmigadoon!, The Morning Show and more on Apple TV+.
You can stream Apple TV+ on the Apple TV app, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, and popular smart TVs such as Samsung, LG, Sony, VIZIO, TCL, Toshiba and others, along with Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices, Chromecast with Google TV. Apple TV+ is available on PlayStation and Xbox gaming consoles as well.
Disney+ doesn’t have an exclusive student offer, but there is are wallet-friendly packages that you can take advantage of — especially through its bundles.
The basic plan is only $7.99/month (or $79.99/year) with ads, but if you want a no-ad experience, you can snag a Disney+ Premium plan for just $10.99/month.
Besides that, the streaming service offers multiple bundled deals that can save you money on Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+. Rather than splurge on all three service separately, this deal will provide all three at one cost starting at $13/month.
Disney+ subscribers can access the ever-expanding streaming library in stunning 4K and download titles to watch on the go. Stream on up to four different devices simultaneously on your TV, laptop, smartphone, notebook or tablet device — or host a virtual movie night with up to six friends via GroupWatch.
Disney+ is the dedicated streaming destination for must-watch, commercial free content from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic.
Users will find thousands of hours’ worth of movies and TV series including Peter Pan & Wendy, Muppets Mayhem, Avatar: Way of the Water, American Born Chinese, Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All, The Prouder Family: Louder & Prouder, WandaVision, Moon Knight, The Mandalorian, Andor, Loki, The Book of Boba Fett, The Beatles Get Back, Hocus Pocus 2, The Simpsons, Welcome to Earth and Called to the Wild are included in the massive Disney+ streaming library.
Hulu Student Plan
$1.99/month $7.99/month 75% off% OFF
Hulu is offering a student discount for a total steal — like 75% off steal. For just $1.99/month you can get access to the ad-supported plan and streaming service’s vast library of Hulu Originals, TV series and movies — and all for less than the cost of a cup of coffee.
Both current and new subscribers are eligible for the student discount and can look forward to watching Only Murders in the Building, The Beautiful Things, The Kardashians, How I Met Your Father, Dollface, The Dropout, Nine Perfect Strangers, The Handmaid’s Tale, Not Okay, Prey, White Men Can’t Jump and other Hulu originals, along with most new episodes from network TV and cable shows the day after they air.
Paramount+ is offering a stellar discount for students providing it’s ad-supported plan for 25% off a month. To qualify you have to be a part of an accredited college or Title IV higher education institution (high school students are not eligible).
Paramount+ Student Plan
$3.74/month after 7-days $4.99/month 25% off% OFF
Whether you’re a new subscriber or current member of Paramount+, the streamer is providing 25% off its Essential Plan dropping it from $4.99/month to just $3.74/month. Just verify your student status through the streamer and you’ll be able to enjoy the discounted cost.
The student discounted subscription will let you stream tens of thousands of episodes and movies including exclusive programs from BET to MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and The Smithsonian Channel. The lineup of Paramount+ series includes Fatal Attraction, The Family Stone, School Spirits, Star Trek: Picard, 1923, 1883, Mayor of Kingstown, Seal Team, Star Trek Discovery, RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, Why Women Kill, Before I Forget, iCarly, The Tony Awards and Rugrats.
Additionally, Paramount+ subscribers can stream new movies and special such as Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Scream VI, 80 for Brady, Top Gun: Maverick, and Babylon.
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The 76th annual Tony Awards will take place at the United Palace Theater in New York City on Sunday (June 11), and will again air live from coast to coast on CBS and stream on Paramount+.
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Tony-nominated actress Ariana DeBose returns to host for the second year in a row, which airs at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The show will be unscripted due to the writer’s strike.
If you want to catch the pre-show action, The Tony Awards: Act One will kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT with exclusive content streaming for free on Pluto TV. The pre-show will be co-hosted by Emmy Award winner Julianne Hough and So Help Me Todd star Skylar Astin.
“CBS has been home to the Tony Awards for more than 40 years,” said Jack Sussman, executive vice president of specials, music, live events and alternative programming at CBS. “We are proud to once again celebrate the best of theater this season, and continue our support for Broadway, the broader theater community and all the incredible artistic talents both on stage and behind the scenes who bring the shows to life.”
The show will feature performances from the casts of Tony-nominated best musicals and revivals such as Camelot, Into The Woods, & Juliet, Kimberly Akimbo, New York, New York, Parade, Shucked, Some Like It Hot and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Additional performers include Tony Award winner Joaquina Kalukango and the cast of A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical, the cast of Funny Girl and a special performance honoring the 2023 Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre recipients, Joel Grey and John Kander.
Where to Stream the 76th Annual Tony Awards for Free
The 2023 Tony Awards will air live on CBS and live and on-demand via Paramount+. If you don’t already have a Paramount+ subscription, join today and enjoy a free trial for a week.
Paramount+ starts at $4.99 a month (or $49.99 a year) for the ad-supported Essential plan and $9.99 a month (or $99.99 a year) for the Premium plan which includes live/local CBS stations. With Paramount+, you’ll get access to a vast selection of TV shows and movies, NFL on CBS, soccer, local CBS stations, and 24-hour news with CBSN. Paramount+ is also available on Prime Video.
Paramount+
$4.99/month after 7-day free trial
Want to watch more for less? Bundle Paramount+ with Showtime and pay just $11.99 a month for both subscriptions. Verizon has a bundle deal with Paramount+, Showtime and Netflix for $26 a month. Paramount+ offers student discounts as well.
From movies and acclaimed originals to live sports, stream exclusives from BET to MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, The Smithsonian Channel and more on Paramount+. Some of the must-watch programs on the platform are Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, Fatal Attraction, Rabbit Hole, The Offer, Seal Team, Ink Master, The Family Stone, The Game, 1923, 1883, The Good Fight, Ru-Paul’s Drag Race All Stars, Mayor of Kingstown, Star Trek: Picard, Are You the One?, iCarly, Criminal Minds: Evolution, Evil and The Challenge: All Stars. Subscribers can stream CBS shows such as Survivor, So Help Me Todd and Blue Bloods.
Love the theater? Paramount+ has a bunch of music programs, documentaries, specials including From the Cradle to the Stage, Family Legacy, Queens of the Universe and Behind the Music.
Aside from original series, musicals and reality TV, Paramount+ subscribers can stream Dungeons & Dragons, Scream VI, Top Gun: Maverick and 80 for Brady.
Need more ways to watch the 2023 Tony Awards? Local CBS stations can be accessed through cable providers such as Xfinity and Cox Cable (a TV antenna might also work). Other streaming platforms that provide CBS and other live channels include DirectTV Stream and Fubo which offer free trials; Hulu + Live TV, Sling and Express VPN, if you’re streaming outside of the U.S.
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Amazon‘s Gaming Week may be over, but that doesn’t mean that deals have ended — especially for Xbox fans. Right now, you can score bundled deals on Xbox consoles to keep you plugged in and playing your favorite video games (including Super Mario Bros.).
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Walmart and Amazon are currently discounting various console and offering bundles that’ll save you cash and get you plugged in to the latest games (you can also check out Game Stop for possible deals). Whether you’re looking to play action-packed games or more story-centered ones, we’ve got the Xbox consoles to pair with your over-ear headphones and video cameras (looking at you e-sport commentators and vloggers).
See below to snag some savings on some of the best Xbox console deals from Amazon and Walmart we rounded up. And for more product recommendations, check out our roundups of the best iPad deals, portable phone chargers and studio headphones.
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Xbox Series S – Fortnite & Rocket League Bundle
$298.99
The Xbox Series S is currently available for less than $300 and doesn’t just includes the console and controller, but Fortnite and Rocket League! To sweeten the deal you’ll also receive 1,000 V-bucks and 1,000 Rocket League credits.
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Xbox Series S – 512GB SSD Console + Xbox Wireless Controller
$289.99 $329.99 12% off% OFF
If you prefer playing multiplayer games — or just want an extra controller handy, the you may want to consider the this bundle for $40 off. You’ll receive two controllers, 10GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD for saving and storing all your downloads and game progress.
Amazon
Xbox Series X – Diablo IV Bundle
$559.99
This splurge-worthy pick features the latest Xbox Series X paired with the highly-anticipated Diablo IV game. The game is rated Mature, but for a more kid-friendly bundle you can opt for the Forza Horizon 5 bundle, which is rated E for everyone. You’ll get 1TB of storage space and the upgraded system that includes 12 teraflops of graphic processing power, DirectX ray tracing, a custom SSD and access to 4K gaming.
Jerry Seinfeld and Jim Gaffigan are hitting the road, and this time, they’re not just going out for coffee. After first meeting in 2016 for an episode of Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, the two comics have now announced plans to team up for a four-date joint arena tour. The stint will find Seinfeld […]
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Streaming has taken over our TVs and smart devices, but having so many streaming options can add up over time. Thankfully, Verizon is offering a bundle that can save you up to $70 a month.
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Through Verizon’s myPlan +play, you can enjoy Netflix, Paramount+ and Showtime for only $25.99/month, offering up to $70 of savings per month (based on the monthly costs of Netflix and Paramount+ alone). To be eligible for the deal you just need to be a Verizon mobile, 5G Home or LTE Home Internet customer. And Verizon offers deals on a multitude of entertainment all in one place.
“With partners like Netflix and Paramount+ with Showtime on +play, we’re leading the industry in offering customers the content they want, with never-before-seen bundles they can’t get anywhere else,” Erin McPherson, chief content officer at Verizon Consumer Group said in a statement. “And now with +play as a perk offered with myPlan, we’re looking forward to even more customers taking advantage of the savings we have to offer. This marks a milestone for both Verizon and the streaming industry, and we’re grateful and excited to be in it with these partners.”
Verizon +Play
$25.99/month
What is +play? Consider it an all-in-one platform for tracking your subscriptions and payments as well as discovering new entertainment. You can also choose to add other streamers to your myPlan such as Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, AMC+, NFL+, NBA League Pass, Max, Netflix, A+E Networks, Starz, Duolingo and more — with additional platforms planned to be added throughout the year.
What’s streaming on Paramount+? The platform is home to a myriad of exclusive shows, movies and sporting events, along with live access to local CBS channels (when you subscribe to the Paramount+ Plus Essential plan). Paramount+ starts at $4.99/month after a free trial for the first week.
Some of the original shows on the Paramount+ roster include Joe Pickett, iCarly, 1883, 1923, RuPaul’s Drag Race AllStars, New Moon Rising, The Family Stallone, Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Strange New World.
Showtime features shows and movies that you’ll be able to enjoy through the Verizon deal or a regular subscription for $11.99/month. The list of shows include Yellowjackets, Vice, George & Tammy, WACO: The Aftermath, Billions, The Most Dangerous Man The World Has Ever Known, Billions, Couples Therapy, The 12th Victim, The Affair and Dexter: New Blood.
Netflix plans start at $6.99/month. The streaming giant carries tons of must-watch shows and movies like Fubar, Queen Charlotte, Never Have I Ever, Manifest, You, Stranger Things and Love Is Blind.
After privately mourning the loss of his partner and mother of his three children, Jacky Oh, Wild ‘N Out star DC Young Fly posted a loving tribute on Thursday (June 8) to the fellow Wild cast member who died unexpectedly on May 31st of as-yet-undisclosed causes.
“I wasn’t in no rush to post this because I wanted it to be a dream so bad but every hour I’m reminded of realty so I wanna make sure I applaud you in the proper manner,” Young Fly (born John Whitfield,” said of Oh (born Jacklyn Smith), who was 32 years-old.
“You are the GREATEST MOTHER I KNOW your soul was beautiful Yu always wanted the best for others and I admired how our family love each other!!! Never had to worry about our kids loving each other cause you were on top of Dat!!!”
TMZ was first to report the news of Oh’s passing, revealing that Smith died in Miami and the Young Fly was in Atlanta shooting new episodes of the show when he heard the news of her death. Oh was one of the “Wild ‘N Out girls” on the Nick Cannon-created MTV series, where she met Young Fly, with whom she shared daughters Nova and Nala and son Prince, who was born in 2022.
“You kno we GOD fearing and we are grounded by the spirit
we never question the HIGHER POWER 
we roll wit the punches and continue to live righteous 
will always tell our kids how much an amazing person you were especially a GREAT MOTHER!!!” Young Fly continued. “You know how our last convo went 
I prayed for Yu and now we are here..”
The post was accompanied by a snap of a pregnant Oh sitting on Young Fly’s lap, smiling pics of her with two of their children and a silly kiss-cam video of the couple.
BET confirmed Oh’s passing in an Instagram post last week, which read, “We, the BET family, extend our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Jacky Oh and DC Young Fly. We are deeply saddened by the passing of Jacklyn Smith, known to the world as Jacky Oh, a talented Wild N’ Out family member whose impact will be forever treasured and missed. Jacky Oh was a loving friend and beloved colleague of the Wild N’ Out cast throughout five seasons.”
“We willll continue to pray and hold on to our FAITH because that’s alll we kno!! Love you forever and our kids are super strong they helpin me wit my tranquility no Kap!!!!!,” Young Fly continued. “U wit me forever ♥️ The QUEEN of my children will always have a spot in my heart and the paradise 
(Yu gon get me for Dat
but it’s true) LOVE YOU FOREVER jus know we goinn harder than ever and GOD is in control and he got us covered.”
See Young Fly’s tribute below.
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If imitation is truly the sincerest form of flattery, then Lily-Rose Depp is loving everything Chloe Fineman is doing. The star of the controversial HBO music biz drama The Idol proclaimed herself a big fan of the master SNL impressionist’s take on the series’ chain-smoking, micro-bikini-wearing protagonist, Jocelyn after Fineman posted a killer clip sending up the show’s dark vibe.
“I’m loling 
….. and ur makeup looks bomb,” Depp wrote in comments on a clip Fineman posted on Thursday (June 8) in which she mocks Jocelyn’s copious cig-smoking habit and the (spoiler alert) final image from the pilot of the troubled pop star’s head enveloped inside a red scarf.
“My audition for THE IDOL (must have got lost in the mail),” Fineman captioned the clip she made in the midst of the Hollywood writer’s strike that has put SNL — and everything scripted in TV and movies — on ice. “Music should sound like a slut, or a whore,” Fineman says in her finest disaffected vaguely Valley Girl accent as Jocelyn while puffing on four skinny cigarettes and wearing a frilly red robe in a sharp send-up of the show’s firmly male-gaze vibe.
“Anyway, I met this guy last night, his name is Tedros… he was dressed in a bat cave, but I think he’s gonna, like, change my career,” Chloe-as-Jocelyn confesses about The Weeknd‘s (who now goes by his given name, Abel Tesfaye) creepy, duster-wearing cult-leader character in the HBO series that debuted last weekend.
In a brilliant spoof of the final scene from episode one — in which Tedros convinces Jocelyn to put a red scarf over her head, secured by tying a belt around her neck as a prompt to find her truest, sexiest voice — the mock Tedros says, “now sing like you can f–k!”
That’s all the motivation Fineman needs to belt Cher’s “Believe,” while polishing off four more smokes and doubling down on the Tedros’ mandatory sex quotient, saying, “music should sound like it’s poly, or bi… like music doesn’t have a gender, it just f–ks, you know?” She then screeches Natasha Bedingfield’s “Pocket Full of Sunshine” and Jewel’s “Hands” from beneath the scarf before slipping into something way less comfortable — Jocelyn’s barely-there bikini — for a hilarious run through the choreo for “the song I hate.”
As promised, Tesfaye — a co-creator of the series — dropped two more songs from its soundtrack on Friday (June 9), Jocelyn’s vapid-on-purpose, good-girl-gone-freaky single “World Class Sinner/I’m a Freak” (aka the song she “hates”) and the ominous score piece “The Lure.”
Those songs follow on the heels of “Double Fantasy,” featuring Future and produced by Mike Dean and “Popular,” featuring Madonna and Playboi Carti.
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When introducing Sam Smith and Kim Petras at the 2023 Grammys, pop icon Madonna offered a thought to the audience watching at home: “If they call you shocking, scandalous, troublesome, problematic, provocative or dangerous, you are definitely on to something.”
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The “something” that Madonna is now “on to” is a new song with Sam Smith. “Vulgar,” out now (Friday, June 9) via Capitol Records, is a pulsating dance anthem aimed at taking back the titular adjective for your own pleasure. Each of the pair offers their own breathless, spoken-word interpretations of fierce indulgence of the song’s verses, with Smith proudly proclaiming that “you know you’re beautiful when they call you ‘vulgar.’”
On the track’s chaotic chorus, the bass and beat picks up as a swirl of strings play an entrancing melody to lure listeners even further in. As if to accentuate the point, as the song comes to a close, Madonna accosts the listener: “Do you know how to spell my name? B-I-T-C-H,” she snarls. “Go f–k yourself, you heard me, b—h, say our f–king names!”
“Vulgar” comes after a few weeks of teasing from the pair. Smith first teased the team-up in a social media clip, with the pair each chanting “Sam and Madonna” over and over again. In announcing the single last week, the duo offered some new branding for their team-up, restyling their names together simply as “S&M.”
Both Smith and Madonna are currently ramping up their live schedules; after finishing up the European leg of their Gloria Tour, Smith is bringing their show stateside starting on July 25. Meanwhile, Madonna’s long-awaited Celebration Tour is set to kick off this summer, starting at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, B.C., on July 15.
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