Tag: Entertainment industry
Fueling box-office rebound, ‘Quiet Place’ opens with $58.5M
NEW YORK — Moviegoing increasingly looks like it didn't die during the pandemic. It just went into hibernation.
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Amazon to buy MGM, studio behind James Bond and ‘Shark Tank’
NEW YORK — Amazon is going Hollywood.
The online shopping giant...
Schwarzenegger, Abrams make pitch for movie theater return
LOS ANGELES — Arnold Schwarzenegger chanted with enthusiasm, “We are back! We are back!” before he spoke Wednesday about the importance of resurrecting the...
As prisons close, communities look to repurpose buildings
One shuttered prison in Connecticut has been repurposed for document storage. Another is used to process and train newly hired correction officers. A third...
Streaming landscape shifts with $43B AT&T Discovery deal
NEW YORK — AT&T said Monday it will combine its massive WarnerMedia media assets, which includes HBO and CNN, with Discovery Inc. to create...
Hip-hop’s Mally Mall gets prison in Vegas prostitution case
LAS VEGAS — Hip-hop music figure Jamal “Mally Mall” Rashid was sentenced Thursday in Las Vegas to 33 months in federal prison for owning...
Blake Shelton joins drive to help feed out-of-work musicians
For more than a year now, the state of America's live music industry has been a grim one.
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Valencia fans protest against Singaporean owner Peter Lim
MADRID — Thousands of Valencia fans gathered outside the team’s Mestalla Stadium to protest against Singaporean owner Peter Lim on Saturday.
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TV’s growth is a boon for ‘diverse voices’ among novelists
LOS ANGELES — Growing up an avid reader, Kwana Jackson knew where to look for romance novels with Black characters: Segregated in the “African...
Man U co-owner vows better fan relations, stadium upgrade
MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United co-owner Joel Glazer pledged to dramatically improve his relationship with supporters by holding talks “on fan share ownership” and...