Month: May 2023

Disney’s return to live-action takes of their animated vault in the fullest theatrical form happens this weekend with Rob Marshall’s The Little Mermaid which is eyeing a $180M worldwide start. The majority of that number will be made stateside with $120M for the four-day Memorial Day weekend holiday, and around $100M over three days. At
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No one ever died from reading a book about gay people. And yet, Republicans, who are determined to loosen or eliminate gun laws in the midst of an epidemic of mass shootings, consider books—and the ideas in them—the real threat to American life. It’s why Republicans have declared war on education, putting the livelihoods of
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[embedded content] Barbie is getting the live-action treatment, and she’s ready to slay. Suicide Squad star Margot Robbie takes on the titular role of Barbie in the Greta Gerwig film alongside Ryan Gosling and many other hit Hollywood actors. Margot talked to Vogue about the highly-anticipated film, including the claims that Barbie’s being sexualized in
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Few actors ever reach the Academy Awards, let alone before hitting the legal driving age. But that was exactly where Hailee Steinfeld found herself after she earned a best-supporting-actress Oscar nomination for the Coen brothers’ True Grit in 2011 at age 14. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Take it all in,” people once advised Steinfeld, now 26, as
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It’s disconcerting Apple TV+ has still not confirmed the fate of Ted Lasso because Ted Lasso Season 3 Episode 11 was the perfect set-up for a series finale. All the characters and conflicts reached big, pivotal moments, making me wonder where the series will end. The theme of the 70-minute installment was forgiveness, and it
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M83 (Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) News M83 Announces North American Tour A run of dates this fall behind Fantasy By Evan Minsker May 23, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter M83 has announced a North American tour behind his new album Fantasy. After wrapping up a tour this past week, Anthony Gonzalez has a series of shows
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When I realized my childhood Barnes & Noble was closing, I was devastated. I’m an indie bookstore lover, but growing up, there were no indie bookstores in my town: only one gorgeous, cozy Barnes & Noble. We went to book clubs there as kids, met there as teens basically every Friday night, studied for the
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View gallery Image Credit: Paramount+ Sylvester Stallone and Jennifer Flavin‘s youngest daughter, Scarlet Stallone, moved away from home during the May 24 episode of The Family Stallone. It was the first time Scarlet was leaving home for good, so the family hosted a goodbye lunch at their new Palm Beach, Florida house. Unfortunately, Sly had
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Broadway box office for the 2022-23 season – the first full season since the industry’s return from the Covid closure – reached $1,577,586,897, a big increase over the last two hard-hit seasons but still about 14% lower than the pre-pandemic high of $1.8 billion. Figures released today by the Broadway League indicate that total attendance
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