Alamo Drafthouse has laid off approximately 70 workers from its Manhattan and Brooklyn locations. These cuts were implemented ahead of an expected strike at two of the company’s New York City venues. Alamo Drafthouse declined to comment, but sources say these layoffs were part of the annual seasonal slowdown at the movies. Cinema chains usually staff
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Jimmy Kimmel said during his Feb. 3 monologue on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” that Will Smith should’ve slapped Kanye West on the Grammys red carpet. Smith made his first televised awards show appearance since the notorious Oscars slap at the Grammys, where he presented a musical tribute to the late Quincy Jones. West, meanwhile, did not
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Warner Music Group and streaming platform Audiomack have agreed to expand their current licensing deal, signed in 2019, to include 47 additional countries — including much of Europe and Africa and the Caribbean. Audiomack’s previous deal with WMG, which was its first licensing deal with a major label, covered the United States and Puerto Rico,
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Electronic Arts (EA) confirmed its lower-than-expected results for its latest quarterly earnings, mainly attributed to a rough start for “Dragon Age: The Veilguard” and “EA Sports FC 25,” on Thursday. In preliminary results released Jan. 22, EA first revealed its negative adjustment, stating “Global Football,” which is how the company classifies its “EA Sports FC”
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YouTube, the internet’s biggest streaming video platform, delivered a healthy 13.8% increase in global ad revenue for the year-end 2024 quarter to surpass $10 billion for the first time. YouTube’s record Q4 ad sales of $10.473 billion topped Wall Street analysts’ consensus estimate of $10.23 billion. That’s just one piece of YouTube’s business, not including
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Golden Globe-nominated actress Constance Wu has signed with Gersh for representation in all areas. Wu is best known for playing the lead role in John M. Chu’s hit “Crazy Rich Asians,” starring opposite Henry Golding and Michelle Yeoh, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical
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Netflix is distancing itself from “Emilia Pérez” star Karla Sofía Gascón in an effort to salvage the film’s Oscar prospects. And as the Spanish actress tries to defuse the blowback for her past social media posts, in which she shared offensive views that were seen as Islamophobic and racist, she’s doing it on her own,
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Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Francesca Babbi//LAUNCHMETRICS SPOTLIGHT Khaite Corben High-Rise Tapered Jeans I saw someone on the Khaite team wearing a pair similar to these, and I asked myself, “Are high-rise jeans making a comeback?”
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As recently as 2020, only 27.5% of production designers in the Art Directors Guild were women. What a difference five years makes. That number has increased, according to the guild’s president Dina Lipton. “I feel seeing more women nominated each year is exciting,” Lipton says. “We also have lots of young people coming out of
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The sequel to “A Simple Favor,” the 2018 comedic thriller directed by Paul Feig and starring Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick, has gotten an official title and been set as SXSW‘s opening night premiere. In “Another Simple Favor,” Stephanie Smothers (Kendrick) and Emily Nelson (Lively) travel to Capri, Italy for Emily’s wedding to a rich
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“How to Die Alone,” the comedy series created by and starring Natasha Rothwell, has been canceled after one season on Hulu. The series hailed from Onyx Collective, a Disney content brand that produces projects created by people of color and from underrepresented communities. Onyx gave “How to Die Alone” a series order in November of
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Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Jelly Roll has sealed a deal to join this upcoming season of ABC’s “American Idol” as the show’s first-ever “artist in residence.” According to the network, the Nashville artist will join the show during its “Hollywood Week” episodes, and then continue to appear throughout the season. Jelly Roll previously served last season as
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Whoopi Goldberg passionately defended Beyoncé’s Grammy wins on “The View” (via Entertainment Weekly) after conservative figures expressed outrage over the singer winning such major categories as best country album with “Cowboy Carter,” which also took home the prize for album of the year. Conservative author Raymond Arroyo notably went on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle”
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Sony is plugging its PlayStation Plus subscription with a new free perk that has nothing to do with gaming: limited-time streaming access for Sony-produced British TV series “.” Hailing from Sony Pictures Television’s Eleven Film, “Stags” will premiere in the U.S. on Feb. 11 exclusively for current PlayStation Plus subscribers only via the PS4 and
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Don Lemon fired back at Kanye West after the controversial rapper called the former CNN host a “goofball” and claimed Lemon spread an incorrect rumor that West and his wife, Bianca Censori, were kicked out of the Grammys. Censori shocked the red carpet by wearing a nude outfit. The couple then left the event without
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Blondes really do have more fun, especially in tandem, as the world may be about to re-learn when Sabrina Carpenter is joined by Dolly Parton for a freshened up version of “Please Please Please,” set for a deluxe edition of her Grammy-winning “Short n’ Sweet” album in February. Other tracks set as bonuses for Carpenter’s
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AETH Entertainment has acquired the screen rights to five of USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Michele Scott’s novels, comprising the entire “Holly Jennings” detective series written under Scott’s pen name, AK Alexander. AETH, a full-service studio from financing to production and distribution, will first adapt “Blood and Roses,” a story set in
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Lionsgate has release the first trailer for “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” Trey Edward Shults‘ upcoming feature starring The Weeknd, Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan. The film is set to release on May 16. “Hurry Up Tomorrow” is a suspense thriller that features music from The Weeknd, whose new album of the same name releases on Jan.
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A-Story Entertainment, a non-profit production company, is officially launching with an impact film fund designed to support independent and emerging creators, Variety has exclusively learned. The company is collaborating with the Trilith Institute to feed emerging creators into A-Story Entertainment’s production pipeline. Trilith Institute CEO Jeffrey Stepakoff, known for producing “Dawson’s Creek,” is leading the
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