The longtime University District video store, which turned nonprofit in 2014, holds one of the largest publicly accessible video collections in the United States; its collection currently includes more than 148,000 titles, including numerous rarities. - Seattle Times
It’s not easy, just like a physical sports game. Some so-called observers “will have the ability to jump between player perspectives, seeing exactly what's on their screen. Others will control in-game cameras on the ground or in the air, taking a bird's eye view of the match.” - BBC
This means that “after a preliminary hearing means that the case can proceed to a full trial where Coogan, Baby Cow and Pathe will have to defend the defamatory portrayal” in the 2022 movie. - The Guardian (UK)
Why? Last summer’s Hollywood strikes, for one. "The franchise machine has slowed down and more original, risky features have slipped in” - including many that (shocker) aren’t even in English. - The Observer (UK)
And one dad (along with the biggest box office of 2024) says it succeeds. “The panic attack Riley suffers at the film’s climax is harrowing to watch, especially for anyone who’s ever experienced one of their own—or seen their child deal with a severe emotional spiral.” - Slate
Prime Video’s large ad-supported subscriber base means it has a significant amount of ad inventory that is affecting the negotiations that Netflix, YouTube, TV networks and other streamers are having with advertisers as they commit to buying billions of dollars in commercial time for the coming TV season. - The Wall Street Journal
"Especially in this dismal summer season, some box office watchers have questioned the need to pay attention to opening weekends at all. … (They say) negative headlines and unfairly judge the health of the movie theater business based on short-term fluctuations rather than trends over time." But that may not matter. - Variety
Some of the information revealed appears to contradict claims that the company has made publicly. One variable that Google Search apparently tracks is when and where users click, not just on Google’s core site but any page that is accessed within Google’s Chrome browser. - The New Yorker
"Redstone's change of heart, after months of drama and tensions spilling into the public, was the culmination of several forces that had been playing out behind the scenes, according to seven people close to the situation who were not authorized to comment on internal discussions." - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)
While they haven't made a formal offer yet, sources say that Bronfman, former CEO of Warner Music Group (and, before that, Seagram's, his family's business), and Bain (known for being co-founded by Mitt Romney) are reportedly assembling $2.5 billion to buy National Amusements, Shari Redstone's company, which controls Paramount. - Variety
"It (makes) sense that the movies are always horror, too, because that’s the genre with the most recognisable structures and beats. It’s far easier to understand the sudden arrival of a beloved character in a horror than in, say, a gentle coming-of-age drama." And next year are Popeye and Tarzan … - The Guardian
Google has agreed to pay $100 million CAD a year — or about $73 million in U.S. dollars — to broadcasters and other news outlets as part of the new Canadian Journalism Collective. The offer is made in exchange to be exempted from Canada’s Online News Act, which passed last year. - InsideRadio
