Movies
Movie theater stocks pop after report says Amazon plans to spend $1 billion on releases
Cinemas stocks got a boost Wednesday after a report said Amazon plans to spend $1 billion a year on theatrical film releases. The tech company plans to make between 12 and 15 movies for movie theaters each year, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. A smaller number of films will be produced in […]
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Disney’s ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ gets coveted China release
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, “Avatar: The Way of Water” tells the story of the Sully family Disney Disney’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” has landed a coveted release in China, a promising sign for a film that needs big box office sales to offset its massive budget. […]
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Taylor Swift’s tour promoter says it had no choice but to work with Ticketmaster
Taylor Swift accepts the Artist of the Year award onstage during the 2022 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 20, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Winter | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Taylor Swift’s tour promoter is shifting blame for the botched “Eras” ticket sale squarely onto Ticketmaster, potentially fueling even […]
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Bob Iger is back. He’s the steady hand that Disney needs as CEO to get it back on track
Bob Chapek is out as chief executive of Disney (DIS), the company said late Sunday, a leadership shakeup that nearly two weeks ago we began to champion as necessary to get the entertainment giant back on track. We’re pleased to see Bob Iger is returning to the CEO role nearly three years after he vacated […]
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Marvel didn’t recast Chadwick Boseman in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ — and it was the right move
A still from the movie “Black Panther.” Source: Marvel In August 2020, Disney’s Marvel Studios was faced with an unenviable task — how to handle the sudden and tragic death of Chadwick Boseman, the star of its megahit film “Black Panther.” At the time of Boseman’s death from colon cancer, director Ryan Coogler had already […]
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Ticketmaster’s largest shareholder blames massive demand − including from bots − for Taylor Swift ticket fiasco
Now we got bad bots. The CEO of Liberty Media, Live Nation’s largest shareholder, defended the event promoter against calls that it should be broken up following a storm of glitches and site failures during Ticketmaster presales this week for Taylor Swift’s upcoming tour. Live Nation is sympathetic to fans who couldn’t get tickets, Greg […]
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Taylor Swift tour ticket fiasco leads to calls for Ticketmaster and Live Nation to break up
Taylor Swift accepts an award onstage during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2022 held at PSD Bank Dome on November 13, 2022 in Duesseldorf, Germany. Jeff Kravitz | Filmmagic | Getty Images There’s something about Taylor Swift and breakups. Activists and lawmakers are renewing calls to split Ticketmaster and Live Nation after a fiasco over […]
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Ticketmaster extends presale period for Taylor Swift ‘Eras’ tour to deal with ‘unprecedented demand’
Taylor Swift poses with her awards during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2022 held at PSD Bank Dome on November 13, 2022 in Duesseldorf, Germany. Kevin Mazur | Wireimage | Getty Images Never doubt the power of Taylor Swift. Ticketmaster has extended presales for tickets to Swift’s upcoming “Eras” tour after fans flocked to the […]
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‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ eyes $180 million opening weekend, highest November debut ever
Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Disney Disney and Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” snared an estimated $180 million during its domestic debut, earning it the record for the biggest opener in the month of November and the second-highest opener of 2022. The long-awaited sequel to the 2018 smash hit “Black Panther” generated strong […]
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Here’s what critics are saying about Marvel’s ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’
Danai Gurira and Letitia Wright star as Okoye and Shuri in Marvel Studio’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Disney It’s impossible to replace the irreplaceable, but that was Ryan Coogler’s task as the director and co-writer of Disney’s latest Marvel Cinematic Universe film, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” The sequel to 2018’s blockbuster hit “Black Panther” takes […]
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