Month: August 2023

It’s still approximately one million degrees in New York City (as anyone who lives here can verify), but September is ominously lurking around the corner, which means we’re just t-minus several weeks until everything smells like pumpkin spice and we’ve officially entered cozy season. However, this is slightly inconvenient because it’ll still be hot as
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Low end forecasts have Sony’s Denzel Washington starring, Antoine Fuqua-directed action threequel, The Equalizer 3 at $30M+ over 4-days. Some box office sources even think the sequel, which was shot in Italy, has a shot at $40M and that’s because of The Equalizer 3‘s big first choice numbers with guys over 25. Even Women over
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Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis will not be going to trial with their former nanny. A Los Angeles judge has ruled that a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by Ericka Genaro—who worked for the former couple between 2018 and 2021—be resolved in out-of-court arbitration, according to court documents obtained by E! News. “We don’t agree with the
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The trailer for The Other Black Girl has been released by Hulu, and y’all, it looks so good. The new series is an adaptation of the bestselling novel The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris, which has been described as a cross between the movie Get Out and The Stepford Wives. It follows 26-year-old
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With Tuesday’s grosses, Illumination/Nintendo/Universal’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie has crossed the $100M (13.74B yen) mark in Japan. In doing so, it becomes Universal’s top title ever there. In local currency, Mario overtakes Top Gun: Maverick as the No. 6 Hollywood film of all time in Japan, and is the No. 1 studio picture since
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It’s a humid summer morning in New York, and Mona Akhavi, CEO of Vrai, the lab-grown jewelry line backed by Leonardo DiCaprio and other high-profile investors, is recounting the company’s recent orders via Zoom. “It’s insane,” she says, matter-of-factly. “We’re getting orders for 10-carat diamonds once a week. We just had a 10-carat gradient diamond
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Universal and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer debuted in more than 500 locations in Korea on Tuesday, capitalizing on the Liberation Day national holiday. The epic bowed to $4.3M, capturing 44% market share for the day in a highly competitive environment. That marks the best Nolan opening day in the market, biggest Hollywood opening of the year there (No. 2 launch
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News Jerry Moss, A&M Records Co-Founder, Dies at 88 The storied label boss signed acts such as the Police, Janet Jackson, Soundgarden, Sheryl Crow, and many more By Matthew Ismael Ruiz August 17, 2023 Facebook Twitter Jerry Moss in Los Angeles, California, 1986. (Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Jerry Moss, the longtime record
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News Chvrches to Reissue Debut Album for 10th Anniversary, Share New Song: Listen “Manhattan” is among the previously unreleased songs from the 2013 album’s original recording sessions included in the new anniversary edition By Matthew Ismael Ruiz August 16, 2023 Facebook Twitter Chvrches, 2013 (Eliot Lee Hazel) Facebook Twitter Chvrches have announced a 10th-anniversary edition
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As the Federal Trade Commission moves towards what looks like a lawsuit against Amazon, several authors, booksellers, and anti trust activists want Amazon’s bookselling to also be investigated. The Authors Guild, the American Booksellers Association, and antitrust think tank Open Markets Institute sent a letter Wednesday to the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission
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Angel Studios, the distributor behind Alejandro Monteverde’s summer surprise hit, Sound of Freedom, is exclaiming that they’ve paid back their 6,678 P&A investors 120% of their original investment in the Jim Caviezel movie. Angel Studios raised $5M for the pic’s marketing through crowdfunding, the anti-child trafficking movie recently clicking past $174M in the middle of
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THE COLLABORATION SONG OF 2023 “Beer With My Friends” – Kenny Chesney & Old Dominion (Songwriters: Bryan Simpson, David Lee Murphy, Shy Carter)“Cowgirls” – Morgan Wallen feat. ERNEST (Songwriters: Ashley Gorley, Ernest Keith Smith, James Maddocks, Milan Modi, Rocky Block, Ryan Vojtesak)“Red” – HARDY feat. Morgan Wallen (Songwriters: Michael Hardy, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip, Jacob
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In what is poised to be a case of Warner Bros beating itself for the No. 1 spot at the box office this coming weekend, the studio’s new DC superhero title, Blue Beetle, is poised to halt Barbie‘s three-weekend streak with a $28M-$32M opening. Barbie, meanwhile per industry sources, is looking at a $22M-$24M fourth
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JoJo Siwa is looking forward to having a dance troupe of her own. The Dance Moms alum shared that she wants to “have kids pretty early” in life, detailing her future motherhood plans to Raven-Symoné and wife Miranda Pearman-Maday. “My dream, dream, dream, dream is the Super Bowl, to do the halftime performance,” JoJo, 20, said on
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News Downtown Boys Announce European Tour The band is set to debut their first new songs since 2020 By Matthew Ismael Ruiz August 15, 2023 Facebook Twitter Downtown Boys perform at Brudenell Social Club in Leeds, England, October 12, 2017. (Photo by Andrew Benge/Redferns) Facebook Twitter Downtown Boys have announced a run of European tour
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As distributors and exhibition worries about major release date changes due to the ongoing strikes, good news continues to pop up with the dating of awards season adult titles, the latest being the Amazon movie Foe from Lion filmmaker Garth Davis on Oct. 6. You’ll remember that Sony vacated that weekend recently by moving their
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News Madonna Reschedules Celebration Tour After Health Scare Months after being hospitalized for an infection, the pop singer will begin her international tour in October By Matthew Strauss August 15, 2023 Facebook Twitter Madonna, February 2023 (Francis Specker/CBS via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Madonna has announced the rescheduled dates for her Celebration Tour. The tour
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EXCLUSIVE: Despite all paranoia on behalf of exhibitors and studios that the theatrical release schedule will switch-up more due to strikes, awards season fare continues to be dated, the latest being A24’s dark comedy Dream Scenario starring Oscar winner Nicolas Cage on Nov. 10. The movie from director Kristoffer Borgli (Sick of Myself) and produced
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