Month: September 2019

September 5, 2019 12:05PM PT Kylie Rae Harris, a country singer, died on Wednesday in a three-vehicle car crash near Taos, New Mexico. She was 30. Harris and a 16-year-old girl were killed and a third driver was uninjured, reported the Associated Press. The Taos Sheriff’s Office suspects alcohol played a role in the crash.
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Television executive Morgan Hertzan is joining the Vice media family as executive vice president and general manager of Viceland as the company expands its news coverage and programming. Hertzan, who will report to Vice’s global news and entertainment president Jesse Angelo, will oversee programming strategy and operations for the Vice television network and integrate Vice
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Lenovo has once again teamed up with Disney to bring one of the studio’s iconic franchises to augmented reality (AR). After first launching the “Star Wars: Jedi Challenges” AR headset in 2017, the two companies are back with a new “Marvel Dimension of Heroes” experience running on slightly revamped hardware. News of Lenovo and Disney
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Jon Favreau gave some more insight into the scale of his forthcoming Disney Plus “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian” at Variety‘s Entertainment & Technology summit. The prolific multi-hyphenate likened the series, which takes place after the events of “Return of the Jedi,” to the original George Lucas trilogy in terms of scale and tone. “For
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The streaming-video battlefield is about to get some major new combatants — and fresh research suggests that Disney is best equipped to grab new territory. Once Disney, WarnerMedia and NBCUniversal launch their direct-to-consumer services, customers’ perceived value of incumbent players Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video will drop significantly, according to a study conducted by
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Pennywise the Dancing Clown is back to wreaking havoc in Derry, Maine. The Losers’ Club returns home for a final standoff. Will you see ‘IT: Chapter Two’ in theaters this weekend? ► Buy Your Tickets Now: https://www.fandango.com?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Tune-in to Weekend Ticket every Thursday to help you decide what to watch in theaters this weekend! ►
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We were all “the new kid” once—in school, on a soccer team, at the first day of work. These 12 designers are no different, except instead of cafeteria jitters or office floor plans, they’ll have to conquer the famously fickle runways at New York Fashion Week. (No pressure!) Let’s meet the new class of 2019,
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With the concluding chapter of Stephen King’s “It” remake floating into theaters this week – and with new versions of “Firestarter,” “Salem’s Lot,” and “The Stand” on the horizon – here are 10 terrifying King films that might benefit from a fresh adaptation. The Dead Zone (1983) It’s impossible to imagine another actor playing Johnny
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Eleven more women have come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against opera star Placido Domingo, according to the Associated Press. The news follows an article by the organization published last month in which nine women made similar claims against the singer. The women accuse Domingo of unwanted touching, persistent requests for private meetings, late-night
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Check out the official Black Christmas trailer starring Imogen Poots! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Sign up for a Fandango FanAlert for Black Christmas: https://www.fandango.com/black-christmas-2019-220065/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date.
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“Spy Kids” and “Predators” producer Elizabeth Avellan has acquired remake rights to supernatural thriller “The Whistler,” pacting with production-distribution Alief which is world premiering “Zana” at Toronto. Gisberg Bermúdez, who co-wrote, directed, co-produced and edited the original movie, will now helm the English-language adaptation. Aiming to launch an English-language franchise, Avellán will produce the remake
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While curating a retrospective on Arab women filmmakers at the TIFF Cinematheque in Toronto earlier this summer, programmer Kiva Reardon considered how the foregrounding of marginalized and underrepresented cinematic voices could make an impact in 2019. “We’ll always have tent-pole, staple retrospectives for big familiar names in North America that tend to be European, white
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For about three years,  Billy Bush has listened, apologized and explained. Now he’s doing the talking. “It’s a relaunch. It’s a comeback,” he said of his new celebrity newsmagazine, “Extra, Extra,” slated to debut next week. It’s a retooling of Warner Brothers’ long-running “Extra,” which is moving over to Fox-owned stations in seven major U.S.
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