Thursday, January 16, 2025

Business

Writers Guild Strike No Closer to End As Union Says “This wasn’t a meeting to make a deal. This was a meeting to get...

The Writers Guild strike against the movie studios aka AMPTP continues. The WGA sent this message out to members yesterday after the studios offered...

Rock Star Manager Scooter Braun’s Collapse Comes as He Promotes Himself as Star, Artists Records Sales, Careers Secondary

update: The Hollywood Reporter says Idina Menzel and J Balvin have also decamped from Braun's management. EARLIER The record business is fickle, and so is...

Box Office: “Blue Beetle” Squashed Like a Bug with Just $10 Mil Opening, Facing $24 Mil Weekend

I don't know much about "Blue Beetle" from Warner Bros and apparently no one else does, either. After a tepid $3 million preview night, "BB"...

Justin Bieber, Scooter Braun Headed for Divorce? Pop Star, Manager Said to Be on the Outs, Bieber Career Up in the Air

Are Justin Bieber and Scooter Braun getting a divorce? First of all where is Bieber? No posts on Instagram since May. His Twitter feed shows...

“Barbie” in the Pink: Becomes All Time Highest Grossing Warner Bros Movie in 100 Years, Passes “Dark Knight”

It only took 100 years but now Warner Bros has a new top grossing movie of all time. Yesterday "Barbie" hit $537 million and passed...

Ed Sheeran Plays Hamptons Show for Celebs Even Though His Latest Album Has Been a Sales Dud

Ed Sheeran played a celebrity show last night in the Hamptons at the tiny Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett. Lots of A listers turned up according...

What’s Da Matter with “Demeter”? Vampire Cruise Flick Crashes and Burns in 5th Place Debut

What is da matter with "Demeter"? Who can say, really, except that critics hated it, do did bloggers. Universal knew and put nothing into...

Box Office: Barbenheimer Combo Hits $750 Million After Just 22 Days, But Newest Film of Week Opens in 5th Place

The "Barbenheimer" express is booming along. Last night, "Barbie" crossed the $500 million line and "Oppenheimer" hit $250 million. That's just in 22 days of...