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Prime Video announced a new step in audio enhancement with Dialogue Boost, a newly released feature that utilizes AI to deliver “targeted enhancement to portions of spoken dialogue,” the company revealed on Tuesday (April 18).
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“At Prime Video, we are committed to building an inclusive, equitable, and enjoyable streaming experience for all our customers,” said Raf Soltanovich, VP of technology at Prime Video and Amazon Studios. “Our library of captioned and audio described content continues to grow, and by leveraging our technological capabilities to create industry-first innovations like Dialogue Boost, we are taking another step to create a more accessible streaming experience.”
Dialogue Boost was created with hearing-impaired viewers in mind, but the feature can be used by anyone.
How can you find Dialogue Boost? Prime Video users can navigate to the drop-down menu, which is usually located on the top right portion of the screen if you’re streaming on a computer, tablet or another device, to access Dialogue Boost. Once you find the menu, select “English Dialogue Boost: Medium” or “English Dialogue Boost: High.”
If you have an Amazon Fire TV remote, the menu button is located to the right of the home button.
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After your free trial ends, the monthly membership is $14.99 a month; or $139 for the annul subscription. If you’d rather have Prime Video by itself, it costs $9/month after a free trial for a week.
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Dialogue Boost is currently available on select Amazon Originals including The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan and Harlem; along with films such as The Big Sick, Beautiful Boy and Being the Ricardos.
Whether you’re a TV addict, movie buff, music lover or sports fan, Prime Video has it all. Stream from a massive collection of Prime Originals like Daisy Jones & The Six, Swarm, The Power, Fairfax, Invincible, Upload, The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power, The Wheel of Time, The Summer I Turned Pretty, Modern Love, I Want You Back and The Boys.
Prime Video also allows users to stream content from HBO Max, Showtime, Paramount+, Starz, AMC+, Discovery+ and other platforms.
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From dominating the box office to ruling VOD. Avatar: The Way of Water and Creed III arrived on streaming platforms last week and quickly shot up the list of top VOD releases.
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As of Tuesday (April 4), Avatar 2 and Creed III currently occupy the first and second place on Amazon’s list of bestselling movies on Prime Video. Avatar is at No. 1 on the list, Creed III takes the No. 2 and No. 3 slots and Gerard Butler’s Plane sits at No. 4.
Although Avatar: The Way of Water has yet to premiere on Disney+, the film became available on VOD on March 28, three months after debuting in theaters. Creed III dropped on VOD on March 31, less than a month after its theatrical debut.
Read on for all the ways to watch and stream Avatar: The Way of Water and Creed III from home.
How to Watch Avatar: The Way of Water
Avatar: The Way of Water is available to stream for $19.99 on Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube TV, Red Box and Vudu. You can stream the film on your computer, phone, smart TV and other compatible devices through the Prime Video app and apps from other streamers.
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Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Kate Winslet, Stephen Lange and Sigourney Weaver star in Avatar: The Way of Water, which takes focusses on the Sully family: Jake (Worthington), Neytiri (Saldaña) and their kids.
The hit film has grossed $2.31 billion at the global box office since its release in December, marking another record for Cameron who has directed three of the highest-grossing films of all time (Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water and Titanic).
Avatar: The Way of Water is also the second fastest film to gross $2 billion at the box office after Avengers: Endgame.
Creed III is available on Prime Video, Apple TV, YouTube, etc. The boxing flick is $19.99 to rent and $24.99 to buy on VOD. If you rent Creed III on Prime Video, you’ll have 30 days to stream but only 48 hours to finish once you start. Stream from anywhere with the Prime Video app or online at Amazon.com.
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Creed III, starring Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors, has raked in more than $260 million worldwide. In addition to resuming his role as Adonis Creed, Jordan also directed the film.
Watch the trailer for Creed III below.
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Donald Glover, and Janine Nabers, have a hit on their hands with Swarm. Ever since the Priime Video series—a psychological thriller that takes an unadulterated, unhinged and murderous lens to Stan culture—started streaming, the Internets and Black Twitter have been littered with hot-takes, reactions and theories.
As soon the series was announced, it was clear that Beyoncé’s “Beyhive” of superfans was the inspiration. To keep things extra spicy, the writers used real-life events to propel that story that follows Dre, portrayed by Dominique Fishback, an obsessed fan of a singer called Ni’jah who is clearly inspired by Bey (her husband’s name is Caché).
Sometimes playing things too on the nose can be a problem, but in the case of Swarm it makes for a wild ride that will have you saying “WTF?” to thinking “Ooh, I remember that!” on to pondering “How exactly is she getting away with all of this?”
As a crib sheet for viewers dissecting the series, we pulled some of the real-life incidents, which spawned some epic moments on Black Twitter reactions, that inspired some of the episodes. There are spoilers below, so tread lightly if you haven’t yet watched Swarm. What are you waiting for, though?
1. The Bite: Tiffany Haddish Said What Now?
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In 2018, Tiffany Haddish told GQ that she witnessed some bit Beyoncé in the face at a party. The gossip spread like wildfire, with Black Twitter detectives trying to figure who dared to put their teeth on the Queen. Eventually, the culprit was revealed to allegedly be Sanaa Lathan (hence the Love & Basketball reference in Swarm). However, Haddish has said she never confirmed it was Lathan who took a chomp at Beyoncé. What a time.
2. The Elevator Fade
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Back in 2014, footage leaked of Solange Knowles blessing Jay-Z with the hand while in an elevator at The Standard Hotel in Manhattan. Swarm recreated the clip shot for shot, and also steadily mentions Ni’jah’s sister throughout the series. Black Twitter had a field day when that clip dropped, with many speculating that Jay-Z had done something dastardly. Which was all but confirmed by Beyoncé’s Lemonade album, which wouldn’t drop until 2016.
3. Rumors
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Speaking of Lemonade…
Let’s be clear, Dre is a fictional character. However, Janine Nabers has confirmed that the pilot episode was inspired by a rumor that a Houston woman named Marissa Jackson (portrayed in Swarm by Chloe Bailey) had killed herself after listening to Lemonade and being distraught about someone cheating on Beyoncé. Twitter trolls were even in going in on the poor child. But the kicker is that the rumor was based on a story from a satire site. So it was fake news.
4. Exit Stage Right – On The Run II Tour Stage Rusher
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Dueing the last stop of Beyoncé and JAY-Z’s On The Run II Tour in 2018, an overzealous fan had the audacity to run up on stage during the Atlanta show. While in the series Dre, or Tony, actually got to kick it with their hero, the real-life Stan was escorted swiftly and efficiently out the paint.
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Get ready for the Swarm! Donald Glover’s Prime Video series, about an obsessed fan base that can’t stop buzzing over its Queen Bee, premieres on Friday (March 17).
Dominique Fishback, Chloë Bailey and Damson Idris star in the show, which is set between 2016 and 2018 and follows Dre (Fishback) a devoted fan of the world’s biggest pop star who embarks on a cross-country journey.
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Billie Eilish will make her acting debut in the series. Prime tweeted a clip of her guest appearance on Thursday (March 16).
Bailey guest stars as Dre’s sister, Marissa, while Idris plays Marissa’s boyfriend, Khalid. Rickey Thompson, Paris Jackson, Rory Culkin, Kiersey Clemons, Byron Bowers also appear in the series co-created and executive produced by Glover and Janine Nabers.
In an interview with Billboard, Fishback opened up about portraying Dre in the series. “I really wanted to stretch myself as an actor,” said the 31-year-old actress.
“Presence was really important,” she explained of her approach to the role. “If I tried to map out Dre, I wouldn’t be able to play an authentic character because she isn’t that. It became a thing where I would do something really weird and I would try to get a reaction out of Donald [Glover]. If I could get him to be like, ‘Huh, that was strange,’ then I was doing something.”
Glover directed the pilot episode and Nabers serves as showrunner. Stephen Glover, Fam Udeorji, Steven Prinz and Michael Schaefer are executive producers. Fishback is also a producer on the series.
Swarm premiered at the SXSW Film Festival on March 10. Keep reading for directions on how to stream the series for free on Prime Video.
Watch Swarm on Prime Video: How to Stream for Free from Anywhere
Swarm is an exclusive series available only on Prime Video. All seven episodes from season one are expected to drop Friday at 12:00 a.m. ET.
The show will stream at no additional charge for Prime members and Prime Video subscribers. If you’re already have Prime Video, click here to begin streaming the series when it drops on Friday.
Not a Prime member? Join today and unlock a free 30-day trial to stream Swarm and countless other programs in the mega-library of films, movies and TV shows including tons of other Prime Originals free of charge. Prime Video carries a massive collection of music shows and concerts such as Daisy Jones & The Six, The Weeknd x Dawn FM Experience, Pink! All I Know So Far and Kendrick Lamar Live from Paris: The Big Steppers Tour.
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Watch the official trailer for Swarm below.
Amazon Studios revealed Friday (Feb. 10) that Donald Glover‘s forthcoming TV series Swarm will premiere via Prime Video on March 17.
Swarm follows a young woman named Dre (played by Dominique Fishback) who is obsessed with a fictional pop star, who is reportedly similar to Beyoncé, according to Vanity Fair, and will dig deeper into her unhealthy obsession. And that similarity is evident in the show’s incredibly eerie teaser trailer, which has the pestering, buzzing sound of a bee and Twitter’s chirping sound underscoring the main question repeated throughout the clip: “Who is your favorite artist?”
Fishback, who’s also the show’s producer, stars alongside Damson Idris and Chlöe Bailey, who’s signed to Bey’s label Parkwood Entertainment alongside her sister and Chloe x Halle counterpart Halle Bailey.
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Swarm is also set as the opening-night TV premiere at the SXSW Film & TV Festival in Austin, Texas, on March 10.
Glover worked on the series with Janine Nabers, who was a writer and producer on his Emmy-winning FX series Atlanta and is Swarm‘s showrunner. The multihyphenate star directed the pilot episode, while his brother Stephen Glover, Fam Udeorji, Steven Prinz and Michael Schaefer serve as executive producers. Malia Obama, daughter of President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, is also involved in Swarm in the writer’s room. Swarm comes from Amazon Studios and Gilga.
See the official teaser trailer for Swarm above.