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Calamity? Anomaly? 2020 Was a Box Office Year Like No Other
When the sun sets on the 2020 box office, it’ll be difficult to look at the numbers as anything but disastrous
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How the Success of ‘Wonder Woman 1984' and ‘Soul' Will Help Define the Entertainment Industry in 2021
The successful release of Pixar’s “Soul” and Warner Bros’ “Wonder Woman 1984” through streaming services served as test cases for how people’s expectations for big blockbusters rollouts are changing. Insider entertainment correspondent Kim Renfro stopped by LX News to break down what to expect from the entertainment industry in 2021.
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Put a Loved One's Name on a Hollywood Boulevard Marquee
Place a merry message on the El Capitan Theatre’s digital sign, and add fun graphics, too, for an additional fee.
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Warner Brothers' Big Bet to Release Its 2021 Movies on HBO Max May Change Hollywood for Good
Warner Brothers shook up Hollywood by announcing that all of its 2021 films will be released on HBO Max and in theaters at the same time. Media strategist Seth Schachner joined LX News to explain what this means for the future of movie watching.
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Curious About Going to a Movie Theater? 7 Things to Know
It’s been two months since movie theaters started reopening in the U.S., but there is still a fair amount of consumer confusion about moviegoing in the COVID-19 era.
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Regal Cinemas Temporarily Closing All US Theaters
Regal Cinemas is temporarily suspending operations at all 536 of its theaters in the United States this week due to continued revenue losses from the coronavirus pandemic, its parent company Cineworld announced Monday.
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Reports: Cineworld to Shut UK Theaters After Bond Film Delay
U.K. media say cinema chain Cineworld will close all its U.K. venues after the postponement of the new James Bond film left a big hole in theaters’ schedules.
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Holland Roden Chats About Social Media-Inspired Horror Movie ‘Follow Me' and Embracing Van Life
“Teen Wolf” actress Holland Roden stars in a new horror movie, “Follow Me,” that was inspired by the real-life dangers of massive social media fame. Roden, meanwhile, is teaching her own followers about the joys of van life.
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Going to the Movies Won't Be the Same Post-COVID-19… But Maybe That's a Good Thing
Date night at the movies is woven into the very fabric of Americana. It’s a tradition that dates back to … well, the advent of movie theaters. But like many traditions in 2020, the movie-going experience came to a grinding halt as theaters across the country shuttered because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Orange County Moves Into Red Tier, So Want to Go to the Movies?
(Indoor) Dinner and a movie are back in Orange County. Hetty Chang reported on NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020.
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Regal Movie Theater in Irvine Reopens After Being Given the Green Light
For the first time since March, people can say “hey let’s go to the movies.” The Regal Theater in Irvine has reopened after anxiously waiting for state and county officials to give the green light. Hetty Chang reports Sept. 8, 2020.
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How 2020 Is Changing the Movie Industry for Good: A Conversation With Film Critic Alison Willmore
With U.S. movie theaters closed for months, the film industry was forced to pivot during the pandemic. LX’s Ngozi Ekeledo talked to film critic Alison Willmore about the future of big blockbusters, streaming wars and VOD releases post COVID-19.
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After a Long Slumber, U.S. Cinemas Awaken on Pivotal Weekend
More Americans will make their way back to the movies this weekend than any since the pandemic shuttered theaters in March
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Russell Crowe Is Set to Make History When ‘Unhinged' Opens in Theaters
Somebody had to go first. That’s the thought behind why Solstice Studios is releasing the thriller “Unhinged” to more than 1,400 open theaters across the U.S. on Friday. It will be the first new release since COVID-19 shuttered theaters in late March. AMC plans to reopen more than 100 U.S. locations and other chains like Regal Cinemas and Alamo...
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Russell Crowe Opens Up About Being in the First Movie to Open Nationwide Since COVID-19 Closed Theaters
NBC LA entertainment reporter Heather Brooker talks with Russell Crowe about his new movie “Unhinged.” It’s the first nationwide release since coronavirus shuttered movie theaters in March.
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AMC to Offer 15-Cent Tickets on 1st Day of Reopening
The nation’s largest movie theater chain, will reopen in the U.S. on Aug. 20 with retro ticket prices of 15 cents per movie
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‘We'd All Be Sitting in Our Favorite Theaters': Dire Outlook for Cinemas as Coronavirus Resurges in U.S.
While some industries have heralded the third quarter as the beginning of a rebound from the financial devastation wraught by the coronavirus pandemic, the outlook is still dire for U.S. movie theater operators. In recent days all of the major cinema chains released quarterly results that showed mounting losses as nearly 100% of revenue was wiped out as auditoriums...
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AMC Reverses Course, Will Require Guests to Wear Masks at Its Theaters
AMC reversed course on a controversial policy on Friday, saying it will now require all patrons at its movie theaters to wear face masks in an effort to quell the spread of the coronavirus.
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California OKs Movie Theaters to Reopen With Limited Seats
New state guidance says movie theaters will be able to reopen, but certain measures will have to be enforced.
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In Shutdown, a Glimpse of Life Without Movie Theaters
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing Americans to go through every kind of hardship without some of the reliable comforts of hard times.