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Monday, May. 27, 2024
"Furiosa" Narrowly Tops "Garfield" For #1 Box Office Spot Over Memorial Day Weekend
Furiosa won the holiday box office over Garfield by a hair. It was a close race, but the wasteland warrior of "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga " came out slightly ahead of the plump orange cat with an estimated $32 million in ticket sales over the four-day weekend according to studio estimates Monday. "...
Monday, May. 27, 2024
Report: Toyota Set To End Massive Olympic Sponsorship Deal
Vehicle manufacturer Toyota is set to end its massive sponsorship deal with the International Olympic Committee after this year's Paris Olympics, according to reports in Japan. Toyota has a contract through the 2024 Paris Games, which was reported to be valued at $835 million when it was announced...
Monday, May. 27, 2024
FCC To Consider Rules For AI-Generated Political Ads On TV and Radio, But Can't Touch Streaming
The head of the Federal Communications Commission introduced last week (5/22) a proposal to require political advertisers to disclose when they use content generated by artificial intelligence in broadcast television and radio ads. If adopted by the five-person commission, the proposal would add a...
Sunday, May. 26, 2024
"Furiosa," "Garfield" Top Slowest Memorial Day Weekend Box Office In Decades
Movie theaters are looking more and more like a wasteland this summer. Neither " Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga " nor " The Garfield Movie " could save Memorial Day weekend, which is cruising towards a two-decade low. "Furiosa," the Mad Max prequel starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth, claimed the...
Saturday, May. 25, 2024
Sean Baker Wins Palme d'Or At Cannes Film Festival For "Anora"
Sean Baker's "Anora," a comic but devastating Brooklyn odyssey about a sex worker who marries the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch, won the Cannes Film Festival's top award, the Palme d'Or. The win Saturday for "Anora" marked a coronation for Baker, the 53-year-old indie filmmaker of "The Florida...
Friday, May. 24, 2024
Involuntary Manslaughter Charge Against Alec Baldwin Advances Toward Trial With New Court Ruling
A New Mexico judge has rejected a request by Alec Baldwin to dismiss the sole criminal charge against him in a fatal shooting on the set of the movie "Rust," keeping the case on track for a trial this summer. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer on Friday upheld an indictment charging Baldwin with one count...
Friday, May. 24, 2024
Documentary Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, An Oscar Nominee For "Super Size Me," Dies At 53
Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar nominee whose most famous works skewered America's food industry and who notably ate only at McDonald's for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died. He was 53. Spurlock died Thursday in New York from complications of cancer,...
Friday, May. 24, 2024
Tubi Emerges From "Rabbit Hole" To Win U.S. Grand Effie
The campaign that got everyone reaching for their remote on advertising’s biggest night has earned this year’s Grand Effie in the United States. Tubi TV and Mischief @ No Fixed Address’ “Tubi Takes Viewers Down A Super Bowl Rabbit Hole,” with contributing agency, VaynerMedia, accepted the top...
Thursday, May. 23, 2024
Mohammad Rasoulof Fled Iran To Debut "Sacred Fig" At Cannes, Has More Stories To Tell
Mohammad Rasoulof was facing eight years in prison — and likely more considering the uncompromising nature of his latest film, "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" — when he decided to flee Iran. His films and statements criticizing government-sanctioned violence against protesters had already earned him a...
Thursday, May. 23, 2024
Doner Names Ben Grossman As President, Launches Inclusive Marketing Practice Headed By Alima Trapp
Doner, part of Stagwell Global, has promoted Ben Grossman to president and launched its first Inclusive Marketing Practice. Grossman--who will report directly to Doner Partners Network (DPN) chair and Doner CEO David DeMuth--maintains his position as chief strategy officer of DPN, an award-winning...