Business
Box Office: Marvel’s “Shang Chi,” Available Only in Theaters, Heading Toward Modest Holiday Weekend
Marvel is going to have a modest weekend, by their standards.
The new "Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings," is not performing...
Movies
Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch” Greeted with Scathing Reviews, Walk Outs at Telluride Screening
UPDATE: Since I wrote the story below, I've heard of numerous walk outs at at least one screening including executives who "really hated it."
EARLIER:...
Movies
Review: Dune’s Day: New $165 Mil Take on Sci-Fi Classic with Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac is Stunning, Granular, Moody, Artful
Ah, "Dune." It seems like yesterday that David Lynch gave us the hoary epic adaptation of Frank Herbert's landmark sci-fi novel. Kyle MacLachlan headed...
Movies
Sopranos Prequel “Many Saints of Newark” to Get Worldwide Premiere at NY’s Beacon Theater for Tribeca Film Festival
"The Many Saints of Newark" are coming to the Upper West Side.
David Chase's prequel to "The Sopranos" will get a worldwide premiere at New...
Art
John Lennon’s “Imagine” Album 50th Anniversary Worldwide Celebration Set for September 9th
Next Thursday, September 9th there will be a worldwide observation of the 50th anniversary of John Lennon's "Imagine" album.
"Imagine" was actually released in October...
Business
Paramount Exits 2021, Moves Tom Cruise “Top Gun Maverick” to 2022, Lady Gaga’s Oscar Shot Drops By 1
For a minute there it looked like Lady Gaga could get two Oscar nominations again this season, but those hopes have been dashed.
Paramount just...
Business
MGM Now Stands for “Must Get Merged” After Failing to Chart “Respect” And Lowering the Flag on “Flag Day”
It hasn't been a great summer for the studio called MGM-slash-United Artists Releasing.
It's the UAR part that's got real trouble, as they-- under cover...
Celebrity
Oh, Mr. Grant: RIP God Bless Beloved Award Winning Actor and Activist Ed Asner, 91
God Bless Ed Asner. The beloved actor and activist has died at age 91.
Asner will be known forever as Lou Grant, the crusty TV...