Month: February 2023

EXCLUSIVE: Scientists, explorers, lovers. Katia and Maurice Krafft, the stars of the Oscar-nominated documentary Fire of Love, were all those things. On Valentine’s Day, National Geographic and Neon are bringing the film about the ill-fated couple back to theaters for one night only. The engagement will see the film play at several theaters in New
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Discounts, winter promotions, benefit performances and the absence from the roster of now-closed solid earner The Piano Lesson added up to a slide in Broadway box office for the week ending Feb. 5, down about 9% from the previous week to $23,518,702. Total attendance was down only 5% through (to 195,520), with the smaller average
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Actor Elijah Wood is not a fan of AMC Entertainment’s latest move around ticketing that sets different prices for different seats inside its theaters. “The movie theater is and always has been a sacred democratic space for all and this new initiative by @AMCTheatres would essentially penalize people for lower income and reward for higher
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In both a noble gesture toward exhibition after the studio’s Project Popcorn, and in a means to monetize downstream revenues, Warner Bros is taking what was a HBO Max movie, Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike’s Last Dance, and putting into 1,500 theatrical locations this weekend. That’s with a thrifty marketing spend. It’s the second movie after
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Counsel for bankrupt Cineworld said today the Regal parent has received the outline of a restructuring plan from lenders, a blueprint that would take it out of bankruptcy, although it’s also still pursuing a possible sale of assets. At a hearing at bankruptcy court in the Southern District of Texas, Cineworld attorney Joshua Sussberg said
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Roger Waters, October 2022 (Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images) News Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Addresses U.N. Security Council About Russian Invasion of Ukraine At the invitation of Russian diplomats, he claimed to speak for “voiceless millions” and said the war was “not unprovoked” By Allison Hussey February 8, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Roger Waters
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Diplo and Beyoncé (photos via Getty Images) News Diplo Clarifies Response to Beyoncé’s Grammy Win for Best Dance/Electronic Album Viewers speculated that he said “they bought that” while applauding the announcement—but, he says now, “she did the work, found the real producers, and she made classics” By Jazz Monroe and Eric Torres February 8, 2023
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Bartees Strange (Photo by Luke Piotrowski). News Bartees Strange Shares Two New Songs: Listen Strange contributed “Tisched Off” and “Keekee’in” to the latest edition of the Sub Pop Singles Club By Madison Bloom February 8, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Washington, DC-based singer, songwriter, and producer Bartees Strange has shared two new songs as part
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CBS has made its first comedy pilot order this season, and it went to the network’s script with the highest-profile talent pairing attached, Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. Four months after Deadline broke the news of the father-son project being in development at CBS, the multi-camera comedy, co-written by the elder Wayans and former Last Man Standing executive producer
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There will be no second season for Hollywood-centric comedy series Reboot, created and executive produced by Modern Family co-creator Steve Levitan. Following the recent cancellation of the series, starring Keegan-Michael Key, Johnny Knoxville and Judy Greer, Levitan and producing studio 20th Television tried to find another home. There are finished scripts, produced by a writers room that had worked on
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Joy Behar said something she shouldn’t have said on The View. This time, it was about one of her colleagues. As the show’s “Hot Topics” segment discussed the importance of workplace friendships, Behar talked about her one-time leave-taking from the show. She said that she was glad when she was ousted, because her “friends” from
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