Monday, February 23, 2026

Business

Brad Pitt’s “F1” Opens to 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, Slow Advance Ticket Sales Despite Publicity Hoopla in Times Square

Brad Pitt's "F1" got a big publicity boost this week in New York. Apple and Warner Bros took over Times Square on Monday with a...

Box Office: “How to Train Your Dragon” Breathes Fire With $83 Mil Opening Weekend, “Ballerina” Falls Flat

The song goes, there's nothing like a dragon. Just ask HBO. They've been dragon the line for years with "Game of Thrones" and "House of...

Mariah Carey’s Latest Single “Type Dangerous” Produced Few Sales, Just 5,000 Downloads in First Week, Few Streams

UPDATED MONDAY 6/16: "Type Dangerous" sold 5,000 downloads and around 20,000 streaming equivalent copies. The danger was not apparent. Mariah Carey's new single, "Type Dangerous,"...

Final Reckoning for “Mission Impossible”: Latest Tom Cruise Chapter Will Finish Fifth of 8 Movies with $400 Mil Budget

It's the Final Reckoning for "Mission Impossible." Despite a $400 mil budget -- at least -- and a dizzying amount of promotion, the last "MI"...

Jen Psaki Takes Off, MSNBC Host Clobbers Kaitlin Collins, Also Tapper Plays Taps After Book Sales Collapse

MSNBC really rode rough shod over CNN on Monday and Tuesday. Jen Psaki clobbered CNN's Kaitlin Collins both nights, bringing 1.1 million twice. There was...

Exclusive: Jake Tapper Biden Bashing Book “Original Sin” Crashes, Sells Just 8,500 Copies in Third Week

CNN has wasted a lot of time on Jake Tapper's book. "Original Sin" sold just 8,500 copies in its third week. That's about half of...

Mariah Carey, Backstreet Boys Fans Gaming iTunes as Sales Suspiciously Suddenly Soar for New Song, Old Material

Fans-- especially those of Mariah Carey -- know how to game iTunes. They did a few years ago when they pushed her failed album, "Glitter,"...

Pop Fizz: Miley Cyrus Finishes 3rd Place with “Something Beautiful, Morgan Wallen Outsells by 200,000

Miley Cyrus's "Something Beautiful" really went wrong this week. The album debuts at number 3 on the charts with just 47,127. Of those sold, CDs...