The Disney catalog joined Universal’s this weekend in playing whatever theaters were open at the box office as the majority of exhibition’s 5,9K theaters remain shuttered nationwide due to COVID-19. Overall, ticket sales continued to be distressed. Disney’s 2016 Oscar-winning hit Zootopia took the top spot with an estimated $280K, putting its liftime total at $341.5M,
WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency on July 1 awarded 2.5 billion euros in development contracts for six new Earth-observation missions under the Copernicus remote-sensing satellite program. According to the German space agency DLR, some 800 million euros ($901 million) of those contracts will go to companies in Germany. Funding for the six so-called High-Priority
Meet Envision, a new startup accelerator. The group, built and run by a collection of students and recent graduates, just closed the application process for its first cohort of startups. Its goal isn’t merely to find some companies and give them a boost, however. According to Annabel Strauss and Eliana Berger, two co-founders of Envision,
President Donald Trump looks on during a campaign rally in Battle Creek, Michigan. Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s “all for masks,” but doesn’t think the U.S. needs a national mandate for people to wear them during the coronavirus pandemic. “I don’t know if you need mandatory,” Trump said when
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Cops in Aurora, CO targeted Elijah McClain‘s violin vigil to make an example out of nonviolent musicians … so says a famous violinist who saw it all play out. Lee England Jr. — who Michael Jordan calls “the Michael Jordan of the violin” — tells TMZ … Aurora police made
Boeing’s KC-46 tanker for the U.S. Air Force. Boeing WASHINGTON — The nation’s highest-ranking Air Force officer praised Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun for quickly working with the Department of Defense to fix the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker, which the defense contractor promised would be the backbone of U.S. airpower. “I’m far more confident today in
Jada Pinkett Smith is shutting down singer August Alsina’s claims that he and the Red Table Talk host had a years-long affair, and that her husband, Will Smith, supposedly gave his blessing for the extramarital relations. Alsina revealed details regarding the rumored affair during an interview on The Breakfast Club radio show with Angela Yee.
The Conjuring 3 may be the next major Hollywood movie to get bumped back to 2021. With the ongoing movie theater closure that started in mid-March, a chaotic situation has emerged that has seen the 2020 release calendar shuffled around constantly. While quite a few titles have been delayed to later in the year in
There was a time when Clarke Griffin and Bellamy Blake were the leaders that defined The 100. Their legacy as individuals made the show stand out, and their connection to one another allowed the world of The 100 to thrive. Clarke Griffin stole our hearts as the lead that transcended the space she was in,
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A person looks into a closed Macy’s Inc. department store near Union Square in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, June 18, 2020. Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images The road to recovery at Macy’s is likely going to be a rocky one because of the coronavirus pandemic. The retailer warned Wednesday that sales are falling
EXCLUSIVE: The recent surge nationwide of coronavirus cases and California Governor Gavin Newsom‘s recent promise for tougher restrictions in Los Angeles tomorrow has many in exhibition and distribution really concerned that there’s no hard date in immediate sight as to when the big circuits will reopen again. I hear that after July 4, there will be
WASHINGTON — Amazon Web Services is increasing its effort to sell cloud services to the space industry through the formation of a dedicated business segment called “Aerospace and Satellite Solutions.” “AWS is committed to supporting our customers’ missions, even those outside the Earth’s atmosphere,” Teresa Carlson, vice president of worldwide public sector at AWS, said
Beyond Meat is starting to hit supermarket shelves in China after it first entered the country in April by supplying Starbucks’ plant-based menu. Within weeks, it had also forayed into select KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut outlets — all under the Yum China empire. China, the world’s biggest market for meat consumption, has seen
Vice President Mike Pence listens during a briefing n the Oval Office of the White House on May, 28, 2020. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Many of Vice President Mike Pence’s longtime donors and allies in the business world helped back a legal fund intended to help the Indiana Republican defend himself during
The late John Prine, who died earlier this year of COVID-19, has received an unprecedented posthumous honor. He’s the first person to be named Illinois’ honorary poet laureate. “John Prine leaves behind an unparalleled musical legacy and was beloved by family and millions of fans who hope that in Heaven he finds Paradise waitin’ just
U.S. government debt prices were lower Wednesday morning to begin the third quarter, as investors awaited key manufacturing and employment data and monitored measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic. At around 4:10 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was higher at 0.6824% and the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond climbed to 1.4437%. Yields move inversely
Wrestling horror movies are on their way to become a niche sub-genre. Just last week, we learned that WrestleMassacre was coming to DVD and Digital streaming this summer. Now, we have word that Parts Unknown will be here before the end of July, and it’s sure to give WWE fans some thrills and excitement away