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the art or business of making a movie
many actors now take roles for both television and the big screen
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The Password buddies also talked about Emmy winner Palmer’s new empowering memoir, Master of Me, her tribute to Usher at this year’s BET Awards and her upcoming big screen comedy with SZA, One of Them Days.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024
This will be followed by Gunn’s big screen rendition of Superman on July 11, 2025.
DC’s HBO series The Penguin continues to break viewership records averaging 1.8 million U.S. cross-platform viewers, the drama’s strongest single-day performance for the overall series in the states on Oct. 20.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
Both chains reported a day after big screen theater tech giant Imax disclosed revenue of $91.5 million for the latest financial quarter, down 12 percent from the year-ago period when Oppenheimer made its run in theaters.
—Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
And in true boss move fashion, she’s already secured her next big screen bag, starring alongside SZA in an upcoming buddy comedy produced by none other than industry powerhouse Issa Rae.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 29 Oct. 2024
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024
This will be followed by Gunn’s big screen rendition of Superman on July 11, 2025.
DC’s HBO series The Penguin continues to break viewership records averaging 1.8 million U.S. cross-platform viewers, the drama’s strongest single-day performance for the overall series in the states on Oct. 20.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
Both chains reported a day after big screen theater tech giant Imax disclosed revenue of $91.5 million for the latest financial quarter, down 12 percent from the year-ago period when Oppenheimer made its run in theaters.
—Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
And in true boss move fashion, she’s already secured her next big screen bag, starring alongside SZA in an upcoming buddy comedy produced by none other than industry powerhouse Issa Rae.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 29 Oct. 2024
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Jr on the original 1997 horror film set, the weather caused them to be stuck in a tunnel for almost an hour.Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Trump's Case On May 30, a Manhattan jury found Trump guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the case, which involved a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Although Awakenings brought Sacks public attention (and eventually a Hollywood movie), his greatest success came after the publication of 1985’s The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, a volume of clinical tales that humanized people with serious neurological disorders.Michael S. Roth, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Fathom Events, which puts movies, TV series, concerts and other events into movie theaters for limited runs, saw a record-breaking year for limited releases in 2024, with revenues increasing 45% to more than $145 million.Pat Saperstein, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
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She is fascinated by the technical side of filmmaking and uses her knowledge of how a shot is composed to help her perform.Esther Zuckerman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Tribute to the Crafts honors those who are at the very heart of filmmaking and have exhibited extraordinary work behind the camera over the past year.Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Dec. 2024
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The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna.Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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