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‘Barbenheimer’ gets off to hot start with $32.8 million in combined Thursday sales
Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer and Margot Robbie as Barbie Julien De Rosa | AFP | Getty Images; Stuart C. Wilson | Getty Images “Barbenheimer” is off to a red-hot start at the domestic box office. One-half of the viral internet meme, “Barbie,” snared $22.3 million in Thursday night preview tickets, the most of any film […]
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AMC drops plan to charge more for better seats at the movies
AMC Movie theatre in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC AMC Entertainment dropped its plans to charge customers variable prices for movie theater seats. The company announced its “Sightline” pricing strategy in February and tested it out at select locations in three U.S. markets. The program charged moviegoers more for the best theater seats, or […]
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‘Barbenheimer’ opening weekend could top $200 million, a jolt for Hollywood’s soft box office
Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer and Margot Robbie as Barbie Julien De Rosa | AFP | Getty Images; Stuart C. Wilson | Getty Images This weekend at the box office is all about atomic bombs and blonde bombshells. Typically when two big movies from two different studios hit theaters at the same time, it’s a competition […]
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Hollywood actors’ strike leaves San Diego Comic-Con light on star power
Visitors and cosplayers at a poster at San Diego Comic-Con. Ullstein Bild | Ullstein Bild | Getty Images San Diego Comic-Con will return to is roots this weekend, as Hollywood A-listers skip out on promotional panels and walk picket lines in Los Angeles. Actors went on strike last Friday, effectively shutting down the film and […]
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The media industry is in turmoil, and that’s not changing any time soon
Striking Writers Guild of America (WGA) members walk the picket line in front of Netflix offices as SAG-AFTRA union announced it had agreed to a ‘last-minute request’ by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for federal mediation, but it refused to again extend its existing labor contract past the 11:59 p.m. Wednesday negotiating […]
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Actress and singer Jane Birkin, who inspired the famed Hermes bag, dies at 76
Jane Birkin FRANCOIS GUILLOT | AFP | Getty Visuals British-born actress and singer Jane Birkin, a 1960s wildchild who grew to become a beloved figure in France, has died in Paris aged 76. The French Culture Ministry mentioned the region experienced lost a “timeless Francophone icon.” Area media reported she experienced been identified lifeless at […]
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Where have all the billion-dollar movies gone? So far, only Mario’s been super this year
Chris Pratt and Charlie Day voice Mario and Luigi in Universal and Illumination’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.” Universal LOS ANGELES — It’s the billion-dollar question: Why are mega blockbusters in short supply this year? Universal’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” is the only movie released in 2023 to so far eclipse the $1 billion […]
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Actors union will go on strike, shutting down Hollywood
Hollywood actors are officially headed to the picket line. Unable to reach a deal with producers, members of The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists will join up with more than 11,000 already striking film and television writers starting at midnight. “We are the victims here,” said Fran Drescher, president […]
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Disney extends CEO Bob Iger’s contract through 2026, two years longer than planned
Disney CEO Robert Iger arrives for the 92nd Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 9, 2020. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images The Walt Disney Company will extend CEO Bob Iger’s deal by two years, extending his tenure through 2026. Iger told CNBC in February that he had no intention […]
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Actors strike looms as midnight deadline approaches, union slams producers’ tactics
People carry signs as SAG-AFTRA members walk the picket line in solidarity with striking WGA (Writers Guild of America) workers outside Netflix offices on July 11, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. I Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images Another strike is looming over Hollywood. If extended talks between the Screen Actors Guild […]
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