The CEO of the nation’s fourth-largest exhibitor warned studios not to “leave a good party in pursuit of a bad one” but called the debate over PVOD overblown. Greg Marcus, chief of Marcus, said consumers are likely to drift away from watching video-on-demand relesaes when things normalize post-pandemic. “The market for PVOD may not be
WASHINGTON — The percentage of small satellites that successfully complete their missions has improved in recent years even as the number of such satellites has dramatically increased. The Aerospace Corporation study, presented at the 34th Annual Small Satellite Conference, found that 87% of smallsats launched between 2009 and 2018 that had completed their missions had
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday announced that the state is seeking to dissolve the National Rifle Association in a lawsuit that accuses the leadership of the flagging nonprofit of diverting millions of dollars for their own personal use. According to the lawsuit, the senior leadership of the NRA squandered millions in donations
L7 have announced a 30th anniversary reissue of their sophomore album Smell the Magic. The 9-track release has been remastered for the occasion and will be issued on vinyl in its entirety for the first time on September 18 via Sub Pop. Check out the remastered version of “Shove” below. Earlier this year, L7 released
It’s been a banner year for gold. The precious metal hit yet another all-time high on Thursday as worries around Covid-19’s economic impact persisted. Gold is up more than 36% year to date and about 40% since it bottomed in mid-March. Gold ETFs have also been surging in popularity. SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), the largest
In what is sure to be a very welcome addition to the ongoing Marvel Cinematic Universe, director Nia DaCosta, who directed the highly anticipated Candyman reboot, has now signed on to direct the upcoming Captain Marvel sequel. The script is being written by Megan McDonnell, a story editor on the forthcoming Marvel Diney+ series WandaVision,
Big Brother: All-Stars did not reverse the slippery slope the CBS reality series has been on for a few years now. Big Brother: Season 22 Episode 1 drew 3.66 million viewers and a 1.0 rating in the demo. Given the lack of competition and the fact that the season brought back a string of beloved
Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . Growing up I was obsessed with monsters. I was obsessed, specifically, with becoming one. When my friends and I were younger we
Liu Yifei stars in Disney’s “Mulan.” Disney While the U.S. is dealing with a resurgence of coronavirus cases that continue to restrict movie theater reopenings, the rest of the world is ready to welcome Hollywood back to the big screen. However, on Tuesday, international theater owners were caught off guard when Disney decided to launch
by Regina Avalos, August 5, 2020 (Avalon UKTV — © 2020 Avalon UKTV. All rights reserved.) It looks like Taskmaster has been cancelled on The CW. The British unscripted series aired for one episode on the network and has now been pulled. Fellow new series (also an import) Fridge Wars is going to continue airing
Optical tweezers: Avinash Kumar, who built the Mpemba effect apparatus and carried out the experiments under the guidance of John Bechhoefer, at work in the lab. (Courtesy: Prithviraj Basak) In 1963, a Tanzanian schoolboy called Erasto Mpemba was making ice cream when he noticed something strange: hot water sometimes freezes faster than cold water. Though
Auditions make me nervous. Not for myself — I’m beyond the casting-call stage of life. But rather for anyone who still has the nerve to endure the almost always disappointing, sometimes humiliating, process of being screened, interviewed, tested and most probably rejected for a role in show business. Or journalism. Or politics, wherein the final
SAN FRANCISCO – Revenues for Lithuanian Nanosatellite manufacturer NanoAvionics tripled in the last 12 months as the company signed contracts with startups and industry veterans. “As the market for nanosatellites and cubesats matures, NanoAvionics is very well placed with its price points and capability,” NanoAvionics US CEO Brent Abbott told SpaceNews. NanoAvionics, a spin-off from
U.S. Senator Martha McSally (R-AZ) Michael Brochstein | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Three Republican senators, two of whom face tough elections this fall, released a bill Wednesday that offers more generous unemployment insurance than their party’s existing coronavirus aid plan would. The proposal from Sens. Mitt Romney of Utah, Susan Collins of
Play video content Breaking News CNN Donald Trump says he’s not pulling strings to help Kanye West get on state ballots for the presidential election … but he’s got lots of good things to say about Ye and Kim Kardashian. Trump denied claims he’s encouraging Republicans to help Kanye get on the ballot for prez
Livongo’s founder and early investor on route to the meeting in Dallas. Source: Hemant Teneja The merger of Livongo and Teladoc, two of the largest publicly traded companies in digital health, came together in less than three months and played out against the backdrop of widespread lockdowns and quarantines of the coronavirus pandemic. The deal, announced
A reckoning is happening in fashion, and brands are struggling to figure out how to make necessary changes and move forward. For too long, the industry has been operating with bias, promoting a certain image that, by and large, left people of color out of the framework. From corporations to media outlets to social media
Tom Hanks is reportedly in early talks to play Geppetto in Disney’s upcoming live-action Pinocchio movie. Hanks’ name was first brought up back in 2018, though that was when Paddington director Paul King was attached to helm the project. News about the project has been pretty quiet since then, except for the fact that Robert