A view outside cinemas of cinemas 1, 2 and 3 during the coronavirus pandemic on May 18, 2020 in New York City. COVID-19 has spread to most countries around the world, claiming more than 320,000 lives with more than 4.8 million infections reported. (Photo by Noam Galai / Getty Images) …
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Text size Drew Angerer / Getty Images Mulan comes to Disney +, and how we can see movies change forever. That Walt Disney (ticker: DIS) made the decision to bring the much-delayed live-action remake of its 1998 animated feature to its Disney + subscription service should come as no surprise. …
Read More »Alan Parker, announced director of ‘Fame’, ‘Bugsy Malone’ and ‘Mississippi Burning’, dies at 76
Parker’s extensive filmography also featured hits like “The Commitments,” “Fame,” “Birdy,” “Angel Heart” and “Angela’s Ashes.” The filmmaker, himself a two-time Oscar nominee, garnered many other accolades for his work; His feature films have won 19 BAFTA awards, 10 Golden Globes and 10 Oscars, according to the BFI. He died …
Read More »Ellen DeGeneres apologizes to staff after report of toxic cultivation on talk show
DeGeneres emailed employees on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Thursday, which was first reported by Variety. CNN has confirmed the content of the memorandum with a current employee. In the letter, DeGeneres says she is “disappointed” after BuzzFeed’s reports that current and former staff members alleged that they faced intimidation …
Read More »‘Muppets Now’ review: Kermit and Miss Piggy bring their old tricks to a new home at Disney +
After the movies in 2011 and 2014, the Muppets arrived at primetime with what was presented as a behind-the-scenes version of the gang, using a bogus documentary approach to “The Office.” “Muppets Now” plays on that idea, and sees its six-episode run as “unscripted,” representing the characters putting together videos …
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