Saturday, February 28, 2026

Business

Will Smith’s Non-Apology Tour Didn’t Work: Reviewers Didn’t Like Emancipation and Neither Did Viewers

Will Smith went on quite a bender of media last month and early this one. He went around not apologizing for anything and trying...

Weather or Not: “Avatar 2” Box Office Numbers Updated Overnight, Sunday Surge of $8 Mil, “Babylon” Was Ambitious Bomb

MONDAY MORNING: Disney now says the weekend came to $64 mil after a late Sunday surge. SUNDAY NIGHT: I know $56 million sounds like a...

“Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody” Scores a 95% With Audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Hollywood “Trades” Give Thumbs Up

When I saw the Whitney Houston biopic last week, I really liked it and said so. Since then, both of the Hollywood trades -- Variety...

Justin Bieber Youngest Pop Star to Sell Song Rights, Indicates Possible Need for Money As He Keeps Canceling Tours

The Wall Street Journal says Justin Bieber is in a deal to sell his songwriting catalog to Hipgnosis Music, an aggressive player in this...

Tesla Stock Hits New Low Price Today as Twitter Mania Continues for Elon Musk

I have no doubt Elon Musk knows a lot more about business things than I do. After all he paid $44 billion for Twitter...

Box Office: Disney’s “Avatar 2” Has Blue Christmas as Even ABC Critic Panned It, A Fail for “The Whale”

"Avatar 2" has come up short. Disney was hoping for a blow out with upwards of $175 million this weekend. The total is more...

Bruce Springsteen Ultimate Merch: $600 for Instantly Recorded 31 First New Shows from 2023 Tour

Here's a novel idea: Bruce Springsteen is going to record each of his first 31 new shows starting in February. At the conclusion of each...

UPDATE “Avatar 2” Opens Lower Than Expected with $53 Mil Thurs-Friday, Subdued Weekend Surprise

Here's a blue Valentine for James Cameron's "Avatar 2": Friday night looks like it produced $36 million in ticket sales. Adding the $17 million previews,...