An R rating once came with an obvious box office disadvantage. Studios could sell a PG-13 blockbuster to virtually everyone, while R-rated movies automatically excluded younger audiences unless they attended with an adult. For decades, that put a very real ceiling on how much money even the biggest adult-oriented releases could make. That ceiling is
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Bethany Antonia has reportedly asked for a female dance partner (BBC) Strictly Come Dancing is reportedly set to feature another same-sex pairing this year, with House of the Dragon actor Bethany Antonia said to have requested a female partner, per claims about the new series’ pairings. The BBC has yet to confirm which celebrities will
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Imax big screens have passed $600 million in global box office receipts so far this quarter, says CEO Rich Gelfond, noting that it’s still early in September (Q4 runs through end of the month) and “our best quarter ever was in the mid-three hundreds.” That was in the third quarter of 2023. The company is
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Between recording two albums and playing the festival route across Europe, Beirut have been busy so far this decade. But Zach Condon and his bandmates haven’t been able to cross the pond in that time, and they’re looking to change that in 2027. Next spring, Beirut will finally perform their first North American tour in
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Josh Johnson, the SML co-founder and member of Jeff Parker’s ETA IVtet, has announced Animative, the follow-up to his 2024 LP Unusual Object. Making his debut on International Anthem/Nonesuch, the composer, saxophonist, and synthesist will release the album physically on October 23 before a November 10 streaming release. Guests include Meshell Ndegeocello—whose 2023 album The
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There has been ample opportunity to check out the War on Drugs in concert since their last studio album, 2021‘s I Don’t Live Here Anymore, but not much in the way of new music. That changes today with “Who’s That?“ the band’s first offering in four years. The song was written and produced by singer
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If I was sitting in a bar or a cafe, and I met Mark Grenside out of the blue, the first thing I’d say to him after getting to know him would be: “You should write a crime novel.” Definitely. Originally from London, he first worked in insurance for Lloyds, specialising in kidnap, ransom and
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Sarah J. Maas Reveals 2 New ACOTAR Titles in Major Double Book Announcement One chapter is all it takes. To fall in love—with a book at the very least.Because we can’t promise you’ll have the same literary meet-cuteDua Lipaand now-husbandCallum TurnerexperiencedbondingoverHernán Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winningTrustbefore realizing they were, quite literally, on the same page. More than
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Jean Thesquare is the pen name for the anonymous New York-based crime author behind The Sultryverse – a publishing company and a literary universe where they explore themes a lot of authors won’t touch. Their protagonists are intelligent women in control of their lives, stories and desires, and who use their power in a ‘consent-forward’
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It is not surprising that Alice Hoffman, author of Practical Magic (1995) and its sequels, would tackle another book about witches. It’s also not surprising that Hoffman, whose warm and inviting prose has seduced readers since 1977, would find new variations on her perennial theme: witchcraft as a larger exploration of female power and freedom.
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7. Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest make memorable turns as Sally and Gilly’s aunts Frances and Jet, with Channing recalling most of their conversations centered on the looks of their elder witches. “I remember a makeup and hair test that didn’t work out because I wasn’t wearing much makeup,” Channing told Vulture in 2020. “We
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More than three decades after its release, Goodfellas still contains one of the most powerful lines ever written for a gangster movie. Martin Scorsese’s 1990 masterpiece has never suffered from a shortage of memorable dialogue. Adapted from Nicholas Pileggi’s nonfiction book Wiseguy, Goodfellas follows the rise and fall of real-life mob associate Henry Hill, played
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Things aren’t going well for Sophie. Her husband has unceremoniously kicked her out: While she was in the shower, he announced his desire to be done with her. But, embarrassingly, he’s now her landlord. The sad, cold flat she returns to each night is his investment property. Work is OK, she supposes. Sophie is an
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Dark comedy Buddy from Roadside Attractions and Saban Films is sailing along at no. 7 for the three-day weekend with $5.75 million on 1,771 screens (up 500) in week 2 for a hefty cume of $14.3 million. For the four days, including the U.S. Labor Day holiday, the estimated gross is $7.2 million, cume $15.7
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William Boyd is best known for his literary works like Any Human Heart, The New Confessions and The Romantic, in a career that has spanned over 40 years and earned wide acclaim. Amidst the higher brow novels he has frequently dipped his toes into the waters of espionage, starting with 2006’s World War II thriller,
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