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Oscar Ballots Go Out, Academy Voters Must Be Returned By Tuesday: In a Wide Open Race, Here are Some Suggestions

Oscar ballots are out for voting today, and they must be returned by end of the day Tuesday in Los Angeles. In a perfect world,...

New Year’s Eve Box Office: “Star Wars” Crosses $400 Mil Today As It Slows Down, “Richard Jewell” Posts Another Mil

"Star Wars: Rise of the Skywalker" will cross $400 million today. But it's slowing down. At this rate, "Rise of Skywalker" will have a...

Otis Redding and Carla Thomas’s 1968 “New Year’s Resolution” Is Still the Best of All the New Year’s Songs

 Carla Thomas and Otis Redding recorded their famous "King & Queen" album for Stax Records in Memphis in January 1967. The album was released...

Box Office: “Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker” Slowdown Begins as New Film Falls Behind “Last Jedi” Numbers on 11th Day

"Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker" is starting its slowdown at the box office. On the 11th day of release, "Rise" made just $15 million. This...

Year End Thriller: Michael Jackson Sales Up Year-to-Year Roughly 50%, Streaming Booms, Fans Can’t Stop Til They Get Enough

I wrote about this in July, and then again in October. But here's how Michael Jackson's catalog fared in sales, year to year with...

Mariah Carey: “All I Want for Christmas” Comes But Once a Year, But It Accounts for Most of Her Yearly Sales

Who had the bestest Christmas of all? Why, Mariah Carey. Indeed, Christmas has become her cash register thanks to the 1991 hit she wrote...

SUNDAY 12/29 UPDATE “Cats” Fails to Make $20 Mil in First 10 Days, Hands Taylor Swift Biggest Music Flop Ever with Song She Wrote

SUNDAY AUGUST 29TH: Taylor Swift's biggest music flop ever comes in the form of the song she wrote for "Cats." As of today the...

“Richard Jewell” and “Just Mercy” Could Break Warner Bros. Bad Luck Streak with Smart Adult-Oriented Films from 2019

Warner Bros. hasn't had an easy time this year trying to break adult-oriented films. Several of them collapsed quickly and disappeared, from "The Goldfinch"...