‘DEADPOOL’ DRAWS DROVES U.K. and Ireland cinema chain Odeon has reported that “Deadpool & Wolverine” has become its biggest box-office release since last year’s “Barbenheimer” phenomenon. The opening weekend drew approximately 500,000 viewers to Odeon cinemas, on its way to becoming the year’s highest opener in the territory. Odeon has introduced a new family ticket […]
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb filed a suit today against StubHub, accusing the ticket reseller of deceptive pricing and junk fees. The complaint, filed in Washington, D.C.’s Superior Court, states that StubHub has been using a predatory “drip pricing” model to illegally boost profits. Since employing this method, StubHub has apparently sold 4.9 million tickets […]
Back in the days when “music” meant CDs and vinyl, a songwriter could make a decent living: their percentage of a song or songs on the average $18.99, 12-song CD could add up quite nicely, as anyone with a credit on a blockbuster album like “Thriller” or “The Bodyguard” could attest. But when streaming — […]
Locarno has unveiled the half-dozen titles set to screen in this year’s 13th edition of its First Look sidebar, spotlighting works in progress. Each year, Locarno chooses one country to feature in the First Look section, and 2024 is Spain’s turn. This year’s call for projects received 40 submissions, with a first pre-selection made by […]
Huw Edwards has pled guilty to three charges of making indecent images of children during his first appearance in a U.K. court. On Wednesday morning, Edwards appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court in London to acknowledge the charges before Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring and a packed press gallery. The former BBC news anchor, who was once […]
ITN Productions is set to deliver a timely documentary for U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 titled “Trump v Harris: The Battle for America,” scheduled to air on Aug. 7. The 60-minute special aims to examine the anticipated face-off between Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, who is poised to secure the Democratic nomination. Channel […]
CMC Pictures, the Chinese studio behind “The Meg” shark action franchise, has set plans for the global release of its John Cusack-starring cryptography thriller “Decoded.” The film will release in Chinese theaters on Saturday and is headed for an international rollout at the end of August. CMC Pictures will operate as the direct distributor in […]
UPDATE: After being postponed on Tuesday due to pollution in the Seine river, the Olympics triathlon swimming competition took place on Wednesday morning. Both the women’s and men’s races are going ahead today, ending a long saga involving daily water tests measuring levels of a faecal bacteria known as E. coli. “Following a meeting on water […]
Spain’s MoreThan Films has secured international sales rights outside France to “Listen to the Voices” (“Kouté vwa”), from Brussels/Paris based Maxime Jean-Baptiste, in the run-up to August’s Locarno Film Festival where the film world premieres in Filmmakers of the Present. Jean-Baptiste’s feature debut, the fiction film tracks young Melrick, 13, who travels from Stains in […]
Before Zendaya had leading roles in such blockbusters as “Dune: Part Two” and Marvel’s “Spider-Man” trilogy, she was known as a teen star on the Disney Channel series “Shake It Up” and “K.C. Undercover.” But, according to a former Disney Channel casting executive, the actor could’ve been a part of another project from the network: […]
The Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni-starring romantic drama “It Ends With Us” will open in mainland China cinemas next month. Sony Pictures said that the Baldoni-directed picture has received the necessary approvals in China for it to open on Aug. 30. All imported films seeking a revenue-sharing release in China have to undergo multiple approvals […]
HBO’s “House of the Dragon” has suffered another online leak. Several scenes from the Season 2 finale — scheduled to air on Aug. 4 — leaked onto TikTok on Tuesday night, just five days before the episode will air on HBO and stream on Max. One TikTok account posted 14 videos and roughly 30 minutes […]
In a first for a Thai-produced show, murder-mystery series “Master of the House” has taken the top spot in Netflix’s weekly Global Non-English series chart. The streamer said that, in its second week of availability, the seven-part series ranked first on its Global Top 10 TV (Non-English) list for the week of July 22-28. Additionally, […]
It’s no spoiler to say “JOB”, Max Wolf Friedlich’s electrifying synapse of play, features a highly stressed young woman pointing a gun at a therapist in his office. That’s how the play begins. It’s a strange, if not downright delusional, way for Jane (Sydney Lemmon) to get the company-mandated, mental health sign-off from Loyd (Peter […]
David Ozer, the president of Strong Studios, has agreed to plead guilty to defrauding an investor in the TV show “Safehaven” out of $214,486. Ozer has admitted to defrauding Ravenwood Productions by creating false invoices and a forged letter purportedly from his accountant in an effort to make expenditures appear legitimate, according to the plea […]
Gordo and Drake have released the video for their recent duet “Healing,” one of two collaborations featured on the former’s new album “Diamante.” Though neither artist appears in the video, Gordo explained in the YouTube caption that he wanted to focus it on The Don Madfunz, someone he came across on TikTok while scrolling. “His […]
Jason Reitman’s movie about the inaugural broadcast of “Saturday Night Live” has been set for theatrical release on Oct. 11, 2024. The release date is particularly significant since Oct. 11 is the same date the legendary comedy show — which will be launching its 50th season this fall — was first broadcast. At 11:30 p.m. that […]
At the Paris Olympics, Simone Biles captured the one thing greater than gold — she seemingly reclaimed her joy. Biles was already the greatest gymnast — male or female — in history, with seven Olympic medals (four gold) and 30 World Championship medals. But, at the Paris Olympics, she had another goal: to compete on […]
Megan Thee Stallion and Quavo showed their support for Vice President Kamala Harris at her first campaign rally in Atlanta as the expected Democratic candidate for the upcoming presidential election. Before Harris gave a speech in the battleground state, Megan Thee Stallion kicked things off with a medley of hits from her catalog. “Make some […]
Teamsters are breathing a sigh of relief this week, after the union concluded six weeks of contentious studio negotiations with a tentative agreement on Saturday night. The deal provides the same wage increases — 7%, 4%, and 3.5% — negotiated by IATSE and SAG-AFTRA. Aside from that, the main thing it provides is assurance that […]
Superhero movies make studio executives happy with all the money they generate. However, they’re rarely seen as an art form that can yield Oscar attention. Whether it’s from the Marvel Cinematic Universe or the newly re-invented DC Studios, convincing Academy and industry voters to take films featuring iconic characters like Batman, Superman or Iron Man […]
For all the raunchy jokes, club drugs, buckets of blood and meta punchlines, “Deadpool & Wolverine” may be the most sentimental movie of the summer. Hollywood insiders and superhero film fans were stunned to discover that last weekend’s Marvel blockbuster basically amounts to a big, sobbing, “Steel Magnolias”-grade sendoff to 20th Century Fox. After all, […]
Video game giant Electronic Arts (EA) is “not anticipating any significant short-term impact” to the company’s titles as a result of the current SAG-AFTRA strike against major gaming publishers. “We deeply value our talented actors who are an important part of the work we do to deliver the incredible entertainment experiences that our players enjoy […]
Of all the performances at “Toby Keith: American Icon,” a tribute show held at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena Monday night, the most surprising was an unexpected appearance by Keith himself — on the overhead video screens, filmed during what was described as his final recording session. The emotional kicker came near the end of the all-star […]
James Gunn’s “Superman” movie has wrapped filming, the writer-director announced Tuesday on his social media accounts. “And that’s a wrap,” Gunn wrote. “God bless our cast and crew whose commitment, creativity, and hard work have brought this project to life. I set out to make a movie about a good man in a world that […]
