Amazon has dropped a set of “gunless” James Bond posters from its Prime Video streaming platform after protests that it was sanitising the brand that its studio arm, Amazon MGM studios, bought for more than $1bn in February. The streaming platform had issued a new set of digital poster artwork, to coincide with James Bond day on Sunday, intended for …
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It has been a while since anyone saw or heard from Daniel Day-Lewis. After he issued the statement “Daniel Day-Lewis will no longer be working as an actor,” in 2017 before the release of The Phantom Thread, the man quietly faded from view. However, in his absence, it’s fair to say that his legend grew somewhat. Largely, this legend revolved …
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Taylor Swift’s promotional ‘Showgirl’ film brings in nearly $50M in limited run NPR ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Review: Taylor Swift Has a Lust for Love (and Her Foes) The New York Times Swifties flock to movie theaters for ‘Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl’ CNN Fans push back as Taylor Swift drops ninth ‘Life of a Showgirl’ variant USA Today …
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Taylor Swift‘s Life of a Showgirl special theatrical event is rocking at the domestic box office, where it’s headed for a first-place finish with a weekend haul of at least $28 million to $30 million from 3,702 theaters, according to estimates from Swift’s team and partner AMC Theatres. Rival distributors, however, have it earning north of $35 million. Whatever the …
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President Donald Trump’s latest salvo against Hollywood’s runaway production landed Monday morning on Truth Social, where he pledged to impose a “100% Tariff on any and all movies made outside of the United States.” In the post, the president accused foreign countries of “stealing” America’s moviemaking business and took shots at California Gov. Gavin Newsom for failing to keep productions …
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There were only two garbage time possessions in this game (including overtime), each when Oregon had the ball with less than a minute left in the half. Over their first five possessions (all in the first half for the Ducks) Oregon ran 41 plays, had two full field drives (40+ yards), and averaged 35.5 yards in non-garbage time but only …
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Emerald Fennell has spoken for the first time about her already controversial film adaptation of Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel “Wuthering Heights.” During a panel at the Brontë Women’s Writing Festival in England on Friday, the “Saltburn” and “Promising Young Woman” director said she wanted the movie — starring Margot Robbie as Cathy and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff — to convey …
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It’s hard to watch One Battle After Another in the days following the death of fugitive Black liberation activist, Assata Shakur, and not have some questions about how white male film-makers depict revolutionary Black women on screen. Many words have already been written about the good in Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film – some say “masterpiece” – including a five-star …
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In recent days, bookish pockets of TikTok and Instagram have been talking about one thing only. “I’ve been looking forward to this day more than I look forward to my wedding day,” says one creator, holding up to the camera a copy of the 1,040-page novel that was Penguin’s most pre-ordered debut of the year and has already netted a …
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Harry Potter author JK Rowling has responded to Emma Watson’s recent remarks about their rift over transgender rights, saying the actor is “ignorant of how ignorant she is”. Rowling’s post comes after a podcast interview with Watson, in which the latter said: “I really don’t believe that … holding the love and support and views that I have, mean[s] that …
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