via The summit quotes: Variety · Dan Levy's slam: Variety · Dana Carvey's defense: Variety
Kenan Thompson said a Shane Gillis return to host SNL would require some sort of real chat, telling Axios Media Trends Live that the episode was overshadowed by the monologue backlash, per Variety. The mechanism is the panel. The cast member who will sit Gilli…
[ Comments (1) ]via The 481 million: Deadline · The Stairway sync: Deadline · Trailer breakdown: Deadline · The 49 day window: Deadline
Greta Gerwig's Narnia: The Magician's Nephew trailer pulled more than 481 million views in its first week, more than the first week trailers for Barbie and Wonka, Deadline reports after Netflix's earnings call. The mechanism is the trailer count. Netflix neede…
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BFI Imax, the UK's largest screen, sold 33,000 advance tickets for Dune: Part Three in 24 hours, a new presale record for the venue, per Deadline. The film does not open until December. The record is a preorder, and the PR machine is reporting it like a box of…
[ Comments (1) ]via The report: solid Q3, soft guidance · "Strategy is unchanged": Sarandos on the call · Two year low: Variety · Layoffs a "hard tradeoff": Greg Peters
Netflix reported Q3 on Tuesday and its stock fell 6% after the close, the lowest level in two years per Variety. Co-CEO Ted Sarandos told analysts on the earnings call that the strategy is unchanged. The mechanism is the earnings call, the room where executive…
[ Comments (1) ]via The math and the quote: Variety · The post itself: X · Rival coverage: Axios · The trigger, Anthropic's fund: X
According to Variety, Elon Musk posted on X Monday that he will give one of his SpaceX shares to every kid in America next year, a giveaway worth more than $10.5 billion delivered through the Treasury's new Trump Accounts. A $10.5 billion press release with no…
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According to Variety, Keanu Reeves is in talks to star in James Wan's reimagining of "The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil" at Paramount Pictures, a remake of the 2019 Korean action thriller. Don Lee, better known as Ma Dong-seok, is attached to reprise his role o…
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According to Variety, Lionsgate's "Michael" has been denied entry to the Golden Globes' comedy/musical categories and will now compete in the drama slot instead. The appeal deadline is October 31, and nobody close to the studio is holding their breath. A billi…
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According to Variety, Robert Downey Jr. has signed on as lead pitchman for Snap's Specs AR glasses, which pre-order at $2,195 for the WiFi model or $2,395 for the Verizon 5G model and ship "late this fall." The announcement rolls out as a series of original ep…
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According to Variety, U2 will play halftime at the NFL's inaugural Thanksgiving Eve game on Nov. 25, the Rams-Packers matchup at SoFi Stadium streaming on Netflix, in what the league calls "a new NFL holiday tradition." The show follows shortly after the relea…
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