Mark Zuckerberg‘s new Twitter-like app is just days away from taking flight — and it seems Elon Musk‘s not happy about the competition … further fueling the two techies’ beef. In case you’ve forgotten … the reason Mark and Elon are talking about fighting each other (for real) is because of this new service that
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Refresh for chart…On the bright side for Independence Day bomb Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, its first five days at the box office of $82M aren’t as bad as Paramount/Skydance’s Terminator Genisys. That sequel’s launch just prior to July 4, 2015 left a lot of methane in the air with $42.4M in its
Meghan Trainor Reveals She’s Pregnant With Baby No. 2 We’re all about this baby news. Meghan Trainor and Daryl Sabara have welcomed their second child together, a baby boy named Barry Bruce Trainor, the “Mother” singer announced on Instagram July 4. The bundle of joy joins older brother Riley, 2, in the family. “On July 1st (our
Kevin Spacey was compared to the psychotic killer he channeled in the film, “Se7en,” by one of his alleged sexual assault victims during his London criminal trial. The Oscar-winning actor was back in Southwark Crown Court Monday to listen to a pre-recorded interview police conducted with Spacey’s accuser, which was presented as evidence to the
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EXCLUSIVE: Exhibition marketing firm PaperAirplane Media, which has been a crossways for movie theaters and studios since launching during the pandemic in August 2020, has reached a milestone in its digital asset download portal, The Hanger, with 500K studio marketing assets downloaded. Lionsgate vets Mike Polydoros and Will Preuss saw an opportunity and a need
Kyle Richards is setting the record straight. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star took to social media to share that despite breakup rumors that surfaced on July 3, she and her husband of 27 years Mauricio Umansky are not getting a divorce. “In regards to the news that came out about us today…” read a joint statement shared to Kyle’s
We’ve had a couple of tentpole missteps here this summer, read Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny this weekend with $60M, The Flash and Elemental; putting the running summer box office at $1.88 billion for May 1-July 2. That’s close to -2% off from the $1.91 billion reached over the same frame last year.
Not that Hazel, Finn (as Mom and Dad call him) and their brother Henry, born June 18, 2007, didn’t have a variety of clues starting from a young age that their parents didn’t have typical 9-to-5s, whether it was all the travel or playing on film sets and in Broadway theater dressing rooms, or having the occasional Oscar winner (other
As Regal parent Cineworld prepares to exit Chapter 11 this month, rumors are heating up over who will emerge as the giant theater chain’s new chief executive, with reports Monday pointing to Eduardo Acuna of Cinepolis. Longtime Cineworld CEO Moody Greidinger has a consulting contract during a transition period but isn’t likely to stay in
Rihanna and her growing family are keeping cool in Barbados. On July 3, the pregnant singer, who is expecting her and A$AP Rocky‘s second baby, shared an Instagram photo of the rapper holding up their son RZA, 13 months, by a pool overlooking the ocean during their visit. Rihanna captioned the pic, taken at sunset, “My Bajan boyz.” A
News Olivia Rodrigo, Sampha, Tainy, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat By Pitchfork July 3, 2023 Facebook Twitter Graphic by Chris Panicker Facebook Twitter The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is starting its own publishing company: 8th Note Press. It’s already reached out to some authors, mostly self-published romance authors, looking to buy the rights to distribute their books. The appeal for authors looks to be less about the advance and more the marketing services ByteDance offers. One romance
Vanna White knows she hit the jackpot when she signed on to Wheel of Fortune in 1982. But as it turns out, the 66-year-old didn’t think she’d ever take a spin on the puzzle board. “I wanted the job so badly.” she recalled to E! News in 2020, describing the nearly unbearable nerves she felt during her audition for
News Burial and Kode9 Announce New Infirmary / Unknown Summer EP The electronic artists return to Fabric Originals after their Fabriclive 100 mix By Jazz Monroe July 3, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Kode9 and Burial will release a split single EP, Infirmary / Unknown Summer, on July 21. It marks the Hyperdub musicians’ return
Refresh for latest…: Disney/Lucasfilm’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is off to a disappointing start with a $130M global opening. Of that, $70M is from 52 international box office markets as the the fifth installment in the beloved 42-year-old franchise came in below projections. Anthony has run down the reasons behind the domestic
23. Crispin Glover, who played Marty’s father George McFy, didn’t return for the sequels due to contract disputes. He later filed a lawsuit after filmmakers used footage from the first film and put a mold of his face on another actor “in order to fool audiences into thinking I was in the movie,” he said on
News Olivia Rodrigo Returns With Video for New Song “Vampire”: Watch The first taste of her next album, Guts, has arrived By Jazz Monroe June 30, 2023 Facebook Twitter Olivia Rodrigo in “Vampire” (Still via YouTube) Facebook Twitter Olivia Rodrigo is back: Watch the music video for “Vampire,” her first single since her 2021 debut,
Fans of The Name of The Rose author Umberto Eco turned out in NYC, boosting the documentary on medieval scholar turned novelist and social commentator to over $9.1k on one screen – a nice showing by The Cinema Guild for a foreign language documentary on a solid weekend for some indie and arthouse fare. Umberto
When it comes to apparent stage malfunctions, Taylor Swift can shake it off. After performing “Look What You Made Me Do” onstage at her concert at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio June 30, a trap door and floor panel aimed at opening and slowly lowering her below the stage seemed to fail to move after she hit her mark. The singer
News The Weeknd Shares 2 Songs From The Idol’s Season Finale: Listen “Like a God” and the Lil Baby-featuring track “False Idols” appear on the upcoming final episode of season one By Matthew Strauss June 30, 2023 Facebook Twitter Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye as Tedros in The Idol (Eddy Chen/HBO) Facebook Twitter The first season
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Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the teaâ€Â on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk†live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstory of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing their
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News Nick Cave and Debbie Harry Share “On the Other Side”: Listen A recording of a song by the Gun Club’s Jeffrey Lee Pierce appears on the new covers collection The Task Has Overwhelmed Us By Evan Minsker June 30, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Nick Cave and Debbie Harry have shared their cover of
A trio of docs and a wider-than-usual run for a Vertical thriller populate a specialty weekend with fewer new openings as theaters stick with Asteroid City and devote screens to Indiana Jones and Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken. Call it jittery Friday as the indie community like the rest of Hollywood awaits news from SAG-AFTRA as
This American teenager now has a 15-year-old. Before Shailene Woodley starred in Big Little Lies and was engaged to Aaron Rodgers, she was the lead of ABC Family’s drama The Secret Life of the American Teenager, which premiered on July 1, 2008. In the series, Shailene played Amy, a 15-year-old who becomes pregnant after having sex
News Rick Froberg, Singer and Guitarist in Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes, Dies at 55 His passing comes two weeks after posting that the new Hot Snakes record was “very near done” By Matthew Ismael Ruiz July 2, 2023 Facebook Twitter Rick Froberg performs in Drive Like Jehu in Madrid, Spain, June 10, 2016
The fatal shooting of a 17-year-old by a police officer in Nanterre, France earlier this week has set off a swath of nationwide riots and violence, resulting in early closures of some cinemas, curfews in certain cities and a plea for calm from the national football team, among more widespread issues. The killing of the
Bethany Hamilton is riding the waves of motherhood bliss as a first-time girl mom. The pro surfer and shark attack survivor recently gave birth to her and husband Adam Dirks‘ fourth child. Bethany, 33, announced the news on Instagram June 30, writing, “Meet our beautiful daughter Alaya Dorothy Dirks!” The athlete, who lost her left arm in a shark