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Cineworld’s Lifeline
Beleaguered Regal cinema chain operator Cineworld Group has found a lifeline by securing a new debt facility of $450 million and the issue of equity warrants.
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Snapchat Takes on TikTok With Personalized Spotlight Feed
Snapchat users, put on your thinking Snaps: The app company is launching its first program to pay creators for the most-viewed daily video posts, which will be showcased in a new TikTok-like…
VIP
Universal-Cineplex Deal Is Latest Sign Cinema Pain Won't End Soon
As the days left in 2020 decrease, soย does theย optimismย among movie theaters that their businesses will soon return to normal.ย Exhibit A: Universal on Friday unveiled its new multi-year dealย with…
Film
Kristen Stewart on 'Happiest Season' and the 'Gray Area' of Only Gay Actors Playing Gay Characters
Kristen Stewart discusses Clea DuVall's "Happiest Season," workingย with Daniel Levy and whether only gay actors should play gay characters.
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David Fincher's 'Mank'
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‘Black Narcissus’
FX's Black Narcissus series stars Gemma Arterton and Diana Rigg in a story once told with more personality and verve.
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‘Animaniacs’
Hulu's "Animaniacs" reboot tries so hard to be timely that it keeps forgetting what made the original special in the first place.
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‘Marvel’s 616’
"Marvel's 616," a new Disney Plus docuseries, highlights women creators, forgotten characters, Japanese Spider-Man and more.
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‘Big Sky’
"Big Sky" works hard to convince its audience that it's not like anything else on broadcast network TV, but it indulges in trope after trope.
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‘The Croods: A New Age’
DreamWorks Animation's follow-up to toon "The Croods" once again focuses more on dazzling CG environments and nonstop jokes than story.
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Critics Pick
‘Zappa’
Alex Winter's documentary finds an emotional through line by taking the one-of-a-kind rock legend as seriously as he took himself.
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Critics Pick
‘Mangrove’
Steve McQueen dramatizes protest in British society, this time turning his attention on heroes in London's West Indian immigrant community.
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Critics Pick
‘Happiest Season’
Director Clea DuVall has made a coming-out-at-Christmas rom-com (starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis) that earns its emotion.
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Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Good News’
Megan Thee Stallion's "Good News" is a strong and sexed-up debut album that crushes Tory Lanez in the first song, then moves on.
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AC/DC’s ‘Power Up’
AC/DC's "Power Up," the Aussie rock band's first new album in six years, proves that old dogs doing old tricks isn't a bad thing.
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Chris Stapleton’s ‘Starting Over’
On "Starting Over," Chris Stapleton is sticking with the mixture of gentle country-folk and blues-rock that made him an insider and outlier.
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Kylie Minogue’s ‘Disco’
Kylie Minogue's most consistent and cohesive album since her oughts-era heyday, "Disco" is a welcome blast of sugar-rush anthems.
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‘Death of England: Delroy’
Starring "Hamilton's" Michael Balogun and performed on the eve of England's second lockdown, the play is sure to be seen again.
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‘The Last Five Years’
This smart revival of Jason Robert Brown's musical plays in a London theater cleverly redesigned for COVID-era safety.
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‘The Outside Dog’ & ‘The Hand of God’
Kristin Scott Thomas and Rochenda Sandall headline two Alan Bennett monologues, which even under social distance pack a punch.
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‘Beat the Devil’
David Hare's monologue at the Bridge Theatre in London recounts the playwright's battle with COVID-19.
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Variety's Legends Issue
Variety's Legends issue features Hollywood icons Sophia Loren, Shirley MacLaine and Chita Rivera.
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Winona Ryder Asks $5 Million for Dutch Colonial San Francisco Home
$4.995 million
Cow Hollow, San Francisco, Calif.
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Liam Hemsworth Offloads Fire-Ravaged Malibu Estate
$3.6 million Malibu, Calif.
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Kris Jenner Faked Living in This Studio City Mansion on 'Keeping Up'
$7.998 million Studio City, Los Angeles, Calif.