This summer’s movie season is poised to generate the lowest grossing box office in decades — with experts predicting a nearly $1 billion falloff from last year’s $4.1 billion haul because of a lack of blockbusters. The dismal, $3 billion forecast is fueled by last year’s Hollywood labor strikes that halted production, pushing back new
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Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein will appear in a Queens courtroom Thursday just days after he wastransferred back to Rikers Island from a cushy private room at Bellevue Hospital. The72-year-old Hollywood bigwig — who had his New York sex crime conviction overturned last month — is facing an extradition hearing that could send him to
The trial in Dominion v. Fox News, which has already resulted in bombshell revelations about the right-wing media giant and the 2020 election, is scheduled to begin Tuesday. Unless a settlement is reached, a jury will determine whether Fox is financially liable for broadcasting and promoting false claims about Dominion Voting Systems voting machines rigging
Walt Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery will offer a bundle of the Disney+, Hulu and Max streaming services in the US starting this summer, the companies said in a statement on Wednesday. Customers will be able to sign up on any of the three individual websites and chose from an ad-free or ad-supported plan. No prices were disclosed. Both Disney and
A senior TikTok executive who runs the app’s operations in Central Europe has reportedly been placed on leave over allegations that he lords over a toxic work environment in which women subordinates are bullied, “mansplained,” and sexually harassed, according to multiple complaints. Tobias Henning, general manager of TikTok’s operations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, was
There’s no party like a Nugg Party. All chicken nugget fans will want to make their way over to Wendy’s to get their hands on their new Nuggs Party Pack, a 50-count pack of chicken nuggets for $15. As of May 8, customers can get the Nuggs Party Pack in spicy or regular nationwide, and
Share Tweet By Tr Goins-Phillips Editor May 6, 2024 A family is rejoicing in an “absolute miracle” after a 7-year-old boy survived being thrown by a deadly tornado in Abilene, Texas. The Lambert family told KWTX-TV they were hiding in a closet as the tornado ripped through their neighborhood over the weekend, utterly destroying their
Share Tweet By Billy Hallowell Editor May 8, 2024 The attorney for an Ohio pastor who reportedly faces criminal charges for housing the poor is accusing City of Bryan officials of “unlawful harassment” and waging “lawfare.” Listen to them on the latest episode of Quick Start ? Ryan Gardner, an attorney with First Liberty, a religious liberty
Fallen cryptocurrency exchange FTX has raked in billions of dollars more than it needs to fully pay back customers who lost funds in its November 2022 collapse. In a rare twist versus typical US bankruptcy proceedings, FTX — whose downfall recently spurred a 25-year prison sentence for its former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried — also has
Walt Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery will offer a bundle of the Disney+, Hulu and Max streaming services in the US starting this summer, the companies said in a statement on Wednesday. Customers will be able to sign up on any of the three individual websites and chose from an ad-free or ad-supported plan. No prices were disclosed. Both Disney and
A senior TikTok executive who runs the app’s operations in Central Europe has reportedly been placed on leave over allegations that he lords over a toxic work environment in which women subordinates are bullied, “mansplained,” and sexually harassed, according to multiple complaints. Tobias Henning, general manager of TikTok’s operations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, was
There’s no party like a Nugg Party. All chicken nugget fans will want to make their way over to Wendy’s to get their hands on their new Nuggs Party Pack, a 50-count pack of chicken nuggets for $15. As of May 8, customers can get the Nuggs Party Pack in spicy or regular nationwide, and
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Is the U.S. toast? Reports of America’s death have been greatly exaggerated for decades. But every human endeavor does, eventually, come to an end. Now RAND, the granddaddy of think tanks, has a report out that takes for granted the decline of the United States and asks if it can be returned to its former