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Boffo Box Office: Warners Number 1, Studio Scores $87 Mil Weekend with “Sinners,” “Minecraft” Combo

It's a boffo Easter weekend for Warner Bros. Ryan Coogler's "Sinners" brought in $45.6 million over four days and finished at number 1. Michael B. Jordan stars in double roles in...

Wanna Be the New Editor of Vanity Fair? Job Offered at $166K, Far Below Past Salary of $2 Million

Things aren't going so well at Vanity Fair. Publisher Conde Nast is offering the job of Global Editor for a max salary of $166,000. That's well...

George Clooney’s “Good Night” Good Luck for Broadway With Staggering $3.7 Million Week

George Clooney is the best thing to happen to Broadway's bottom line in years. His adaptation of his and Grant Heslov's "Good Night and Good...

Report: Temu Pulls All Ads from Google, Ubiquitous Chinese Marketer Protests Over Trump Tariffs

Say goodbye to Temu. For now. The ubiquitous Chinese marketer that famous sells products at cheap prices has exited Google Ads. Temu, according to reports, fell...

“White Lotus” Star Walton Goggins Silent About Movie He Made with Pedro Pascal, Directed by His Wife, That Opened This Weekend

Actor Walton Goggins is everywhere. The "White Lotus" star has done a massive amount of press the last couple of weeks for the HBO drama,...

Box Office: “Minecraft Movie” Won’t Cave In with $490 Mil Worldwide in 11 Days, “Warfare” Loses Battle

"A Minecraft Movie" will not cave in at the box office. The weekend total was $25.7 million, bring the grand sum of $280 million domestically...

Box Office: “Minecraft Movie” Has Stunning $20 Mil Friday, Beats Easter Film, and “The Amateur”

Well, there's a big "Minecraft" audience out there somewhere. Last night, the Warner Bros. video game took in a stunning $20.5 million on its second...

“Phantom of the Opera” Musical Coming Back to NYC But Not Really to Broadway in a Clever Workaround Outside Theater District

Andrew Lloyd Webber's hoary Broadway musical closed in 2023 after filling the Majestic Theater since 1988. There was much rending of garments, a big send...

Tariff-ying: Trump “Pauses” Tariffs for 90 Days Except Against China, Waves White Flag in Trade War

Delusional Donald Trump has "paused" the extreme tariffs against all countries except China. For China, he's imposed a 125% tariff. Apple's Tim Cook must be...

BOOM! “Minecraft Movie” Raking in the Dough: Heads to $200 Mil After 6 Days in Release

I've never typed the word "Minecraft" so many times in a week. It's like a drinking game! "A Minecraft Movie" moved up to $185 million...

CBS Renews Soap Opera “The Bold and the Beautiful” for Three More Seasons Despite (Or Because of) Strange Stories

On "The Bold and the Beautiful" recently, a character named Finn recalled suddenly that he'd slept with his adopted aunt when he was a...