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...Barbie Inc: An increasing number of films revolve around the origin stories of everyday objects. Is Hollywood’s basket of ideas finally empty?...
...With its iconic lot on Melrose Place and 110-year old library of films from The Godfather and Chinatown to Titanic and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Paramount is one of Tinseltown’s crown jewels....
‘Millionaires on strike’ is how some describe the standstill that has gripped Los Angeles. But the calls for action aren’t for the stars, they’re for jobbing writers and actors struggling to stay afloat
...Its scale in music, games and films is well known....
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...I never like making snap judgments, but it’s not a promising sign when a thriller shares the same premise as a 1990s family film starring Lindsay Lohan....
...“Everyone [in Hollywood] is throwing big dollars after big things,” said Niels Juul, who was an executive producer of Martin Scorsese’s Netflix film The Irishman....
...“[Netflix] pride themselves on being in the club,” says Jason Squire, professor of cinematic practice at Southern California university....
...reaching the consensus expectation of 8.7m new subscribers when it reports results — mainly owing to rising competition from peers that have been spending significant sums on new television programmes and films...
...The supply strain has tightened as streamers shifted demand towards television series and away from films....
...As I moved around the exhibit, pristine clips from Raging Bull, 2001: A Space Odyssey and even Bruce Lee films radiated movie magic. It’s not just memorabilia and film snippets....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on October 8 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
...The first time I listened to the song “Bizarre Love Triangle” by New Order was the same night I watched Wong Kar Wai’s extraordinary film Chungking Express....
...Still, CAA is a dominant force in film, TV, music and sports. Besides its core areas of film, television and theatre, ICM has a strong books division....
...(Bloomberg) Open to suggestion Activists swarming corporate Japan have found an ally in Tokyo Stock Exchange boss Hiromi Yamaji, who says more vocal investors could be exactly what Japan Inc needs....
...Dear readers, Greetings from Beverly Hills where the mood is sunny and not just because of the predictably pleasant southern Californian weather....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on November 24, 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...With its giant, film-loving population of 1.4bn, India is a vital growth market for US streaming companies....
...Historically, southern Indian films “would get a really limited release” elsewhere, said Suparna Sharma, a film critic at newspaper the Asian Age....
...In the 2016 presidential election, the family backed Duterte, a former mayor in the southern city of Davao and a laggard in early opinion polls....
...This week, citing Warner Brothers’ decision to deliver all its new 2021 films on its streaming service, HBO Max, New York Times technology columnist Shira Ovide wrote, “If this is the moment when entertainment...
...In the US and Canada, the film drew about $20.2m over the Labor Day holiday weekend, according to ComScore....
...But with cinemas shut indefinitely in Los Angeles, the Academy on Tuesday said that “for this year only”, streamed films will be eligible for Hollywood’s highest honour....
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...southern African nation than the political crisis and financial turmoil for which it is often known....
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