Новости за 06.07.2020

EXCLUSIVE: Last year, Sony ruled the Independence Day box office frame with Marvel’s Spider-Man: Far From Home, and this year the studio again can tout that it won the holiday period with their reissue of the 1984 classic Ghostbusters, which grossed $550,000 over the three-day weekend, and $656K since its re-opening July 1. And if you […]

Robin Thede predicted the end of the world in her HBO sketch comedy A Black Lady Sketch Show. One of the first sketches in the six-part series, which launched in August 2019, features Thede, Ashley Nicole Black, Quinta Brunson and Gabrielle Dennis, dealing with ‘The Event’, which runs through the series. “When I brought that […]

UPDATED with closing stock price. The stock of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment shot up 26% Monday following the company’s release of chart-topping film The Outpost over the weekend. Shares closed at $9.01, their highest level since February. Rod Lurie’s Afghanistan war thriller, based on the book by CNN host Jake Tapper and which […]

Hollywood talent agencies, law firms and production companies were among the recipients of loans under the Paycheck Protection Program, the massive program put in place by Congress to try to carry businesses and their employees through the COVID-19 crisis. Among the recipients of seven-figure loans were talent agencies Agency for the Performing Arts and The […]

A3 Artists Agency has brought in four former Paradigm agents to reestablish a literary division. Veterans Andy Patman and Adam Kanter have come on board as A3 partners and Co-Head of Television Content and Motion Pictures, respectively. They are being joined by fellow former Paradigm agents Katt Riley and Martin To on the lit team, […]

Apple could be heading to the jungle island with Max and his wolf costume after striking an overall deal with The Maurice Sendak Foundation. The streamer is getting into business with the Where The Wild Things Are creator’s estate to develop and produce new shows and specials based on Sendak’s work. It is the first […]

Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom ordered 19 counties to immediately close all bars and suspend indoor operations at restaurants, movie theaters and card rooms for three weeks. Those counties had been on the state’s watch list at least three days due to elevated COVID-19 levels. Five more counties were added the state’s monitoring list over […]

If both your parents were famous and beguiling filmmakers, at some point you have to make a choice between turning your back on lineage to become a teacher or lawyer or something completely non-showbiz, or just embracing your genealogy and accepting the struggle to emerge from two very imposing shadows. For Mathieu Demy there was […]

The Batman director and Felicity co-creator Matt Reeves has signed an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with Warner Bros. The rich pact had quietly closed months ago, and is now being confirmed. Under the overall agreement, Reeves will develop new television programming for all platforms via his 6th & Idaho production company: streaming services, including HBO […]

UPDATE, with Bubba Wallace response NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace has responded to Donald Trump’s demand for an apology over the noose incident that the president called a “hoax.” In a tweeted addressed to “the next generation and little ones,” Wallace wrote, in part, “Even when it’s HATE from the POTUS…Love Wins.” See the entire response […]

Hockey fans will be happy to know that the NHL and NHL Players’ Association are working to resume the season with new protocols. According to the Associated Press, Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said on Sunday that there has been agreement on protocols for training camps and games. However, the NHL and NHL Players’ Association are […]

Los Angeles County’s new daily coronavirus cases have crossed the 3,000 mark, with a record 3,187 reported for July 3. After the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health took a couple of days off for what the officials described as improving the data processing systems, the department Sunday evening reported an increase of 7,232 […]

The outpouring of tributes flowed with love on Sunday upon the news of Nick Cordero’s death due to a devastating battle with COVID-19. Actors from Hollywood and Broadway expressed their support for Cordero, his wife Amanda Kloots and his son Eduardo. “RIP Nick Cordero!” wrote actress Viola Davis on Twitter. “My condolences to you Amanda […]

Sam Mendes, The Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre and Netflix have established a fund to support beleaguered workers in the sector during the ongoing COVID-19 closures. The streamer is donating $620K (£500K) to launch the initiative, which will give out grants of up to £1K per person. To be eligible, applicants must have […]

Broadway actor Nick Cordero has died after complications with COVID-19. The actor, who received a Tony nomination for his role in Bullets Over Broadway and appeared in productions of Waitress, A Bronx Tale and Rock of Ages was 41. Cordero, who appeared as Victor Lugo in the CBS drama Blue Bloods and appeared in the Zach Braff-directed Going in Style, died Sunday morning […]

Brie Larson has won an Oscar and played one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s most powerful superheroes in Captain Marvel. There is only one more thing left for her to do: start a YouTube channel. Larson launched her YouTube channel with her first video where she is figuring out how to record, sharing photos of […]

As a reckoning wave of civic and social awareness hits the country and statues of Confederate figures in history topple, the use of the Confederate flag is finally being questioned and we are starting to see less and less of it. NASCAR banned it and Mississippi is looking to change their flag but there is […]

JK Rowling took another tossing on Twitter Sunday as she Tweeted that “many health professionals are concerned that young people struggling with their mental health are being shunted towards hormones and surgery when this may not be in their best interests.” The comment was one of a string as she defended herself after being called […]

President Donald Trump went golfing today at Trump National, capping a weekend that saw two major speeches, a new executive order to create a monument garden, and a massive fireworks display. Maybe it was a bad round, and golf lived up to its alias of “a good walk spoiled,” since the Commander-in-Tweet’s late afternoon tweetstorm […]

The board of directors of Ebony Magazine has removed CEO Willard Jackson, Jr. after an an independent inquiry into a number of unspecified transactions led by him raised questions. The investigation is ongoing, the company said, but would not detail what that entailed or its effect on the publication. “The board of directors individually and collectively […]

The British government has announced an unprecedented £1.57BN ($2BN) rescue package for the country’s arts and culture venues, including independent cinemas and theatres. The lifeline comes amid growing panic that iconic British venues — such as Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and Dalston’s independent Rio Cinema — could go bust after their finances have been ravaged by […]

When Netflix reports second-quarter results on July 16, kicking off earnings season in the media sector, its subscriber tally and other numbers will offer an initial gauge of how COVID-19 has redrawn the industry map. Wall Street analysts in recent days have also speculated that another round of solid results could set the company up […]