As the United States’ coronavirus death toll nears 100,000 victims, The New York Times listed 1,000 people’s names on its front page in Sunday’s edition. The newspaper’s first two pages appear as a sprawling list of obituaries that represent only 1% of the nearly 100,000 deaths. 11 more words
via New York Times Front Page Honors Coronavirus Victims as U.S. Death Toll Nears 100,000 — Variety
IFC’s horror movie “The Wretched” is leading the small weekend box office with an estimated $186,000 at 59 movie theaters. It drew a respectable $3,153 per theater average during the Friday-Sunday period. 26 more words
via Horror Movie ‘The Wretched’ Takes In $186,000 as Drive-In Theaters Gain Popularity — Variety
On Saturday, President Trump called for an investigation into an unfounded conspiracy theory about MSNBC host Joe Scarborough and the death of a former employee. Trump’s two Saturday tweets followed earlier posts in May about the baseless theory that Scarborough was involved with the 2001 death of Lori Bolterstein Klausutis, who worked for him when…
via Trump Calls for Investigation Into Unproven Joe Scarborough Murder Conspiracy — Variety
The Venice Film Festival will go ahead as planned this fall, the region’s governor confirmed on Sunday. Luca Zaia, governor of Veneto, said the world’s longest-running film festival, which was due to take place Sept. 23 more words
via Venice Film Festival Still On for September, Venice Governor Confirms — Variety
There’s a fascinating game of movie fandom that goes like this: “What’s the greatest movie of or that never got the love, or the reputation, it deserved?” If you’re talking about the 1980s, I wouldn’t hesitate to say that it’s Jonathan Demme’s “Something Wild.” You’ve probably heard of it, and have […]
via Home Movies: ‘Something Wild,’ a Blast From the Past That Previewed the Future (Column) — Variety
Formula E driver Daniel Abt was disqualified after finishing third in a virtual race after it turned out he had been cheating by using a stand-in driver. 31 more words
via Formula E Driver Disqualified After Cheating in Virtual Race — Variety
The Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, the leading cinema event in Central and Eastern Europe, has unveiled a program of theatrical screenings across the Czech Republic. 32 more words
via Karlovy Vary Film Festival to Screen 16 Films in 96 Movie Theaters — Variety
South Korean cinemas have reopened. But business is far from normal. Nationwide box office over the weekend trickled in at just 7% of what it was this time last year. 28 more words
via Korean Box Office Has Yet To Find Post-Coronavirus New Normal — Variety
Carole Lombard came to Hollywood from the Midwest at the age of 7 and was making Westerns at Fox by age 9. The legendary star of such classics as “My Man Godfrey” and “Twentieth Century” would rise to become a high-paid performer in the middle of the Depression. 9 more words
via How Carole Lombard Became Hollywood’s First Casualty of World War II — Variety
I wrote a poem a few days ago. It’s something I don’t do very often, in fact apart from a very short, crappy haiku I wrote a few weeks ago, the last time I wrote any form of poetry was about a year ago, after a friend of mine passed away. I find that when […] […]
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