Month: April 2022

Studio brass wowed theater owners this week with Maverick: Top Gun, Avatar: The Way of Water and Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse among other tentpoles. But they were also clear at the just-wrapped CinemaCon that a reviving box office requires a wide breadth of content. “If we narrow what we bring to theaters, our audience will get
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News Almost Famous Musical Coming to Broadway Cameron Crowe wrote the book and co-wrote lyrics for the 2019 stage adaptation of his 2000 movie By Allison Hussey April 29, 2022 Facebook Twitter Cameron Crowe, April 2022 (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Facebook Twitter A stage musical adaptation of Cameron Crowe’s Almost
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For this entry of Phantom Limbs, we’ll be taking a peek at Drew Barrymore’s developed but eventually jettisoned Barbarella and the Second World, a feature film adaptation of the Jean-Claude Forest comic book previously brought to screens as Roger Vadim’s classic ‘60s Jane Fonda vehicle. Joining us for this talk is John August, the celebrated
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Back in 2013, the original Rogue Legacy added a revolutionary twist to the standard roguelike formula: Instead of losing everything upon death, you’re able to spend your currency on permanent upgrades that make each successive run just a little bit easier. This kickstarted an entire subgenre called roguelites, which now includes such incredible games as
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WASHINGTON — Sierra Space says it is making good progress on its first Dream Chaser spaceplane as the company looks ahead to versions of the vehicle that can carry crews and perform national security missions. The company provided SpaceNews with images of the first Dream Chaser, named Tenacity, being assembled at its Colorado headquarters. The
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Meet Pixy, Snap’s little flying companion. Pixy is a mini drone that can act as a camera sidekick when you can’t ask someone to take a video of you. It’s yellow, it’s cute and it’ll be available in the U.S. and in France for $229.99. “Today, we’re taking the power and magic of the Snap
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Play video content TMZ.com Travis Scott has another fellow artist supporting his decision to resume his music career following the Astroworld tragedy that left 10 people dead. TMZ Hip Hop caught up with Tinashe at LAX, and the R&B starlet feels it’s prime time for Cactus Jack’s comeback. While she acknowledged the festival was indeed
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The much-awaited Final Fantasy 16 release date announcement might not be too far out, if a development update by none other than its producer is anything to go by. According to Naoki Yoshida, the PS5 game is in the “final stretch” of development, which is welcome news after Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy 16’s development
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Airbnb today announced that it will soon no longer offer refunds for COVID-19-related circumstances, including cases where a guest or host becomes sick with COVID-19 — reflecting an update to the company’s extenuating circumstances policy. Beginning May 31, Airbnb hosts’ cancellation terms will apply “as usual,” Airbnb said, although certain reservations made before May 31
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As we age, most of us will experience a debilitating or life-threatening illness at some point. Two nonfiction books take an unflinching look at this reality while painting a compassionate picture of how we and our health care providers could approach illness and death with more empathy, honesty and courage. Healing: When a Nurse Becomes
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News Big Thief Play “Certainty” on Corden: Watch A performance of the 2021 single for The Late Late Show By Matthew Strauss April 29, 2022 Facebook Twitter Adrianne Lenker in “Big Thief: Certainty” (The Late Late Show with James Corden/YouTube) Facebook Twitter Once again, Big Thief have been featured on late-night television. Following recent remote
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In the world of Downton Abbey, it’s hard not to imagine the Dowager Countess sitting squarely at the center of creator Julian Fellowes’ fictional universe. That’s not to downplay the importance of the spectacular cast that makes up the rest of the roster, but Dame Maggie Smith is clearly a fan favorite. Ahead of Downton
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If you’ve seen the new Scream film (review), then you’ll know that fandom is a major focus of the film’s social commentary. While certain segments of fandom can undoubtedly be a little toxic, sometimes that extreme passion for a particular IP can birth (pun intended) a wonderfully creative endeavor. That’s exactly what happened when photographer David Ayllon
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold around 4.4 million shares of the company on Tuesday, according to regulatory filings published on Thursday. Musk, via Aaron Beckman, his power of attorney, filed a total of five Form 4s with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to cover all 138 individual transactions. The value of the sales in
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Lionsgate announced at the end of their CinemaCon session today that the Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will finally hit theaters on Nov. 17, 2023. That date is the same pre-Thanksgiving corridor where The Hunger Games sequels Catching Fire, Mockingjay Part One and Mockingjay Part Two opened. CinemaCon 2022: Deadline’s Full Coverage The pic, as previously announced, is directed by those
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