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AMC Offers New Debt Agreement in Hopes of Surviving Coronavirus Shutdowns
Cinema chain said new agreement will be “highly beneficial” as it tries to free up liquidity to stave off bankruptcy and survive the pandemic
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Insider: Bozoma Saint John Took $7 Million Payday to Leap to Netflix (Exclusive)
The streaming giant broke open the piggy bank to offer the sought-after marketing exec drastically more than Endeavor could
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Why Movie Theater Chains Are Unlikely to Reopen Anytime Soon
“We need to get more creative because you’re not going to open up theaters for any level of regular operations anytime soon,” box office analyst and founder of TheNumbers Bruce Nash says
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Geoffrey Rush Wins $2 Million Appeal Against Australia’s Daily Telegraph
The actor sued the publication in 2017 for defamation over an article in which has was accused of “inappropriate behavior”
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Tom Gores’ Platinum Equity Acquires Distribution Business From Deluxe Entertainment
Investor recently took ownership of brother Sam Gores’ Paradigm talent agency
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Disney World Actors Push to Delay Park Reopening, Have On-Site Testing
Disney said last week the opening of its Disneyland theme park in California would be postponed but continues to move ahead with its July 11 Disney World reopening
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Oscar-Winning Producer Michael Sugar on How to Elevate Storytelling During Social Change
“Making a living is not as important as making a life… Putting people in harm’s way is not worth the money to me,” Sugar says
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Beyond Blackface: Can Hollywood’s Reckoning on Race Lead to Substantive Change?
“Hollywood is being forced to look in the mirror and decide whether it wants to be on the right side of history,” UCLA Dean of Social Sciences Darnell Hunt says
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Why ‘American Son’ Director Kenny Leon Is ‘Radically Optimistic’ Amid Unrest Over Racial Injustice (Video)
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “This is our moment to really make some progress. It appears that the world is listening in a different way, so I’m hopeful of that,” Leon says
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Disney Revamps Splash Mountain Theme Park Ride Amid Outcry Over ‘Song of the South’ Ties
The ride will be rebranded around the 2009 film “The Princess and the Frog”
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Disneyland Delays Theme Park, Resort Reopening
Park was set to reopen on July 17, but no new date was announced
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Will Smith, Warner Bros. Face Lawsuit Over Breach of Contract With ‘King Richard’ Film
Smith is set to star as Richard Williams, the father of tennis greats Venus and Serena Williams
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Lewis John Carlino, ‘The Great Santini’ Writer and Director, Dies at 88
The filmmaker earned an Oscar nomination for his 1977 adapted screenplay, “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden”
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Casey Wasserman Back in Talks to Acquire Paradigm’s Music Assets, CEO Sam Gores Sidelined (Exclusive)
Music-centric talent agency continues to struggle financially amid the concert business shutdown
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10 of the Best Black Father (Figures) in Film to Spend Father’s Day With
From “Boyz n the Hood” to “Moonlight,” here are some of the best representations of black fatherhood and father figures in film
