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The Segregated Past of Drive-In Movie Theaters (Guest Column)

For motion picture exhibitors laid low by COVID-19, the resurrection of the drive-in theater is more an exercise in desperation than nostalgia, a back-to-the-future gambit seeking to dip into the only safe-space revenue stream for theatrical cinema. Of course, catering to moviegoers encased in vehicles has the added appeal of avoiding the nightmarish protocols that

TIFF According To Republic Pictures Exec Dan Cohen

Veteran executive Dan Cohen will be on the ground in Toronto this year in a new position, as the head of the recently revived Paramount studio label Republic Pictures. Republic, which was shuttered in 1967 after releasing films from John Wayne and Orson Welles, has been brought back as an acquisitions play already picking up

Watch Miley Cyrus 2024 Grammys Performance

Miley Cyrus had an unplanned shout-out to make during her 2024 Grammys performance Sunday night. While performing Flowers during the awards show, Cyrus who had taken the stage moments earlier when winning her first-ever Grammy for best pop solo performance screamed out amid the lyrics, I just won my first Grammy!

Why Judd Apatow Called Pete Holmes Original Pitch Too Sad to Watch

When Pete Holmes late-night TBS show was canceled in 2014, he turned to one of his writers: Are we supposed to get drunk? he asked. Is that what we do? In the end, the Lexington, Mass.-born stand-up chose other coping mechanisms. Holmes, 37, plugged away on his popular You Made It Weird podcast and fiddled

With 'Love Wrecked,' Things Looked Up

It all seemed so promising back in 2004 when sweet-faced Amanda Bynes, then 18 and coming off a starring role in What a GirlWants, dropped by AFM headquarters in Santa Monica to promote her new rom-com, Love Wrecked. In it, she played a fangirl who finds herself stranded on an island with her rocker idol