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Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras’ Concert Movie Shatters Records with $96 Million Opening

Taylor Swift can add a new title to her illustrious resume: box-office superstar. In its opening weekend, the pop singer’s concert film, “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” raked in about $96 million in the box office in the United States and Canada, movie theater chain AMC said Sunday. That makes it the highest-grossing concert film domestically for an opening weekend, according to AMC.
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Abortion Rights and Sex Positivity Addressed in Movies at Sundance Film Festival, Evan Rachel Wood Says in ‘Phoenix Rising’ Documentary that Marilyn Manson ‘Essentially Raped’ Her ‘On-Camera’ in Music Video, BAFTA Won’t Give Out Honorary Film Awards In 2022 After Noel Clarke Controversy, and Bob Dylan Sells Recorded-Music Catalog to Sony Music Movies that premiered at the virtual Sundance Film Festival reflect the rising anxiety about Roe v. Wade being overturned. Read about the four films that
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MJ Rodriguez Becomes the First Transgender Actor to Win a Golden Globe, NABJ Calls Out BNC After Gender Discrimination Lawsuit, Jacqueline Stewart Collects Proof of Hollywood Racism, Georgia Film and TV Tax Credit Jumps to a Record $1.2 Billion And Issa Rae’s Raedio Creators Program Aims to Uplift Women in Music Industry Michaela Jaé “Mj” Rodriguez takes home a Golden Globe for best actress in a TV drama for her role as housemother and nurse Blanca on the FX show Pose, marking the first time in
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American Icon Betty White Dies at 99, ABC’s ‘Women of the Movement’ Takes on the Emmett Till Case, Chris Noth Cameo in ‘And Just Like That’ Finale Scrapped, How Unions Saved Hollywood During The Pandemic, And U.S. Box Office Ends Turbulent 2021 With $4.45 Billion Total The trailblazing actress Betty White died on the last day of 2021. She was 99 and about to celebrate her 100th birthday on Jan. 17. And just like that…Chris Noth was cut from the Sex and the City follow-up’s last episode after a
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Alec Baldwin Speaks Out in Exclusive ABC Interview, The Fall of CNN Anchor Chris Cuomo, New Lawsuit Accuses Netflix of Weaponizing Latest Technology to Steal Blockbuster Screenplay and Halle Berry Delivers Moving Speech During Celebration of Black Cinema Alec Baldwin sat down with George Stephanopoulos for an exclusive interview on ABC to talk about the shooting of late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. “I didn’t pull the trigger,” he said. Longtime CNN anchor Chris Cuomo was fired from the com
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Supreme Court Is Asked to Toss Ruling That Freed Bill Cosby, Dave Chappelle Calls for Donations to Determine Whether or Not Theater Will Be Named After Him And Gucci Family Issues Fuming Statement Over Their Portrayal in ‘House of Gucci’ Bill Cosby prosecutors ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the conviction. Dave Chappelle is asking for donations to his alma mater high school, the Duke Ellington School of the Arts to determine whether o
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‘Rust’ Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins Laid to Rest in Private Funeral, ‘Rust’ Script Supervisor Who Called 911 Sues Alec Baldwin and Film’s Producers, Crystal Hopkins Resigns As President Of IATSE Script Supervisors Local 871 And Time’s Up to ‘Completely Rebuild’ After Scandal Only family and close friends were in attendance at a private funeral of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. "Halyna was the love of my life, and our loss of her has devastated our family's dreams," Hutchins' husband,
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Gun Expert Refutes ‘Sabotage’ Theory by ‘Rust’ Armorer’s Lawyers, Saudi Arabia’s First-Ever Film Festival, ’Slave Play’ Returns to Broadway With Some Performances Only Open to ‘Black-Identifying’ Audiences And ‘Insecure’ Writer Mike Gauyo And Stage 32 Reteam For Black Boy Writes/Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative The Rust shooting saga continues. “Sabotage” theory introduced by Rust armorer’s lawyers is frowned upon by many, including a weapons safety expert and industry armorer and Rust c
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‘Rust’ Shooting Updates, ‘Eternals’ Pulled From Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait, IATSE Contract Ratification Vote Will Begin Nov. 12, Results on Nov. 15, Film Festivals After Virtual Events And Black Filmmakers Look to Capitalize on International Demand for More Diverse Stories Every week, new details are being revealed about the Rust shooting. Rust armorer’s attorneys claim they’re investigating whether a live bullet was placed as sabotage on set. Eternals was pulled from Saudi Arabia, Qatar,
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After ‘Rust’ Hollywood Pushes for Gun Ban, Eternals is Marvel’s Most Diverse Film, Numbers Show How More Diversity on TV Leads to Increased Viewership, Atlanta is the Black Hollywood, and Facebook Changes Its Name to Meta The news is getting stranger and stranger like the Metaverse… Amid scandal, Facebook changes its company name to Meta After Rust, Hollywood pushes for a gun ban, but some push back. Eternals has the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s (MCU) first Deaf superhero and her Deafness is o
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A dark week of doom hung over Hollywood. Alec Baldwin discharged a prop gun that accidentally killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins while filming the movie Rust, which contains a storyline about the accidental killing of a local rancher. Disturbing coincidence? The shooting happened only six hours after a half-dozen crew members quit to protest work conditions regarding long hours, safety issues, and staff housing. Netflix employees walked out over the Dave Chappell special to protest and dema
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Netflix Employee Who Criticized Dave Chappelle’s Comedy Special is Among Three Suspended, Zendaya Talks Inclusion in Hollywood at WIF Honors: ‘When You Open the Door, Your Job Is to Jam It Open for Other People to Come In’ And BAFTA’s Britannia Awards Postponed to 2022 Netflix suspended three employees, including a transgender employee, for attending a virtual business meeting to which they had not been invited. Zendaya talked about inclusion in Hollywood at Women in Film Honors: “When you ope
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Facebook Scandal, Inside the Grassroots IATSE Campaign to Pay $70,000 in Back Dues, How Black Creatives Are Shaking Up Broadway and Russia’s Film Crew First to Launch into Space Facebook has been dominating the news this week. Is this scandal the beginning of Facebook’s fall, a new chapter of its reforms, or a new government revamp of social media companies overall? Only time will tell. Speaking of scandals with far reaching implications...let’s talk about the possible IATSE strike. Some IATSE
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An IATSE Strike Would Shut Down Film and TV Production Coast to Coast, #EmmysSoWhite, Latinos Are Absent in Newsrooms and Hollywood Films - New Govt. Report Finds, New Diversity Initiative Is Launching With Acclaimed Mentors Production workers nationwide are negotiating a variety of issues, including a good night’s sleep and a living wage, with AMPTP. As no compromise has been achieved, IATSE called for a strike authorization vote, and this set in motion potentially the biggest labor showdown i
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#TonysSoWhite, Iranian Filmmaker Calls for Oscar Recognition for Directors in Exile, ViacomCBS And Pluto TV Fined $3.5 Million by FCC for Violating Closed-Caption Rules #OscarsSoWhite, #EmmysSowhite, and now #TonysSoWhite. There were a number of nominees of color for this year’s Tonys, but the trophies went to almost as many white winners as those of the Emmys. Jeremy O. Harris’ groundbreaking Slave Play earned a dozen nominations, making it the most nominated play in Tony history. But it won n
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Celebrating Latinos in Film During Hispanic Heritage Month While Advocating For Additional Progress, Female Actors Reach “Historic Highs” On Broadcast & Streaming Shows, Zoom Casting Auditions and ViacomCBS Launches BET Studios to Offer ‘Equity Ownership for Black Content Creators’ Many research studies about diversity in Hollywood have been published recently, revealing what a long way the industry still has to go to achieve equality. A report from USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative shined a s
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IATSE Possible Strike Against Film & TV Industry, Transgender March On Broadway And Issa Rae’s Partnership With American Express to Promote Black Businesses “Strike” and “protest” are trending this week in industry news. IATSE is gearing up for a possible strike against the film and television industry, which would be the first industry-wide strike in the union’s history. Transgender actors and advocates for trans inclusion on Broadway gathered in Manhattan for the Trans March on Broadway. Issa
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Venice Film Festival, Vanessa Kirby’s Deal With Netflix And Michelle Hurd’s SAG-AFTRA President’s Award For Sexual Assault Activism -- Industry News Roundup It’s not a surprise that this week’s industry news focus is on WOMEN ♀️amidst the shocking news about Texas’s new restrictive abortion law, which is being compared to a real life version of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Hollywood celebs took to social media to unleash their anger about the new abortion law. Michelle Hurd received t
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MSNBC Unionizes, U.K. TV Industry Unites to Support Freelance Workers, Time’s Up Under Fire -- Industry News Roundup This week, we’ve seen two main issues trending in the industry news: unions and sexual abuse. The MSNBC newsroom has voted to unionize with the Writers Guild of America, East. The U.K.’s TV industry has established a charter to support freelance workers. Time’s Up is self reflecting after its issues were revealed in the press. And finally, Alamo Drafthouse’s Tim League has spoken
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