• Filip Chytil, Tony DeAngelo will force Rangers into tough roster decisions

    Filip Chytil, Tony DeAngelo will force Rangers into tough roster decisions

    The Rangers might play as few as three games in Toronto or they could play as many as 33 in the tournament if they advance to the conference finals and Cup final that are scheduled for Edmonton. Regardless of how long the team’s stay in the bubble lasts, management will be evaluating personnel in advance …
  • Hasbro expects its TV and movie production back by September

    Hasbro expects its TV and movie production back by September

    Giant toymaker Hasbro expects its film and TV unit eOne, which makes animated kids shows like “Peppa Pig,” to be fully back in business by September. Chief Executive Brian Goldner told analysts Monday that despite taking a second-quarter-hit from coronavirus-induced production delays, Hasbro will be able to restart work on its pipeline of 160 TV …
  • Cate Blanchett to remain at helm of the Venice Film Festival

    Cate Blanchett to remain at helm of the Venice Film Festival

    Cate Blanchett, who was named jury president of the 77th Venice Film Festival in January, will remain at the helm. The fest — the first major global film event to go ahead in person since the coronavirus pandemic hit — is now meant to take place Sept. 2 to 12. Jurors include French actress Ludivine …
  • GLAAD: Record LGBTQ films in 2019 but low racial diversity and no trans characters

    GLAAD: Record LGBTQ films in 2019 but low racial diversity and no trans characters

    GLAAD released its 2020 Studio Responsibility Index (SRI) which examines and reports the quantity, quality, and diversity of LGBTQ characters in the highest theatrical grossing films released in 2019. This year’s report has some highs to celebrate as well as some lows that studios should address. The study took a look at eight studios and …
  • Former NYPD commissioner Howard Safir weighs in on NYC today

    Former NYPD commissioner Howard Safir weighs in on NYC today

    Howard Safir. Law enforcement veteran of 35 years. NYPD commissioner 1996 to 2000 under Mayor Giuliani. February 1999. The Amadou Diallo hysteria was on his watch. Street peddler, 22. Unarmed. No criminal record. Killed, 41 shots by four police officers. Gripping the city for months, it became a video, TV special, documentary, newspaper headline, Netflix …
  • ‘Star Wars:The Empire Strikes Back’ tops box office for the first time since release

    ‘Star Wars:The Empire Strikes Back’ tops box office for the first time since release

    The Force is strong with this one. For the first time since it’s 1980 release, “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” is at the top of the box office due to its re-release at drive-in theatres that have sprung up all over the country. Raking in a $175,000 at 483 locations, the film is expected …
  • TIFF to proceed this fall with socially distant screenings, drive-in shows

    TIFF to proceed this fall with socially distant screenings, drive-in shows

    Good news for film fans: The Toronto International Film Festival will take place in September, with socially distanced in-person screenings and drive-in movies. Halle Berry will screen her directorial debut, “Bruised,” in which she stars as an MMA fighter. Other films slated feature Mark Wahlberg, Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan. Martin Scorsese, Ava DuVernay and …
  • ‘Gone With The Wind’ returning to HBO Max ‘very soon’

    ‘Gone With The Wind’ returning to HBO Max ‘very soon’

    Sandra Dewey, who heads up business operations for WarnerMedia including its newly-launched VOD platform HBO Max, logged in to the Cannes virtual Marche today to offer an update on the streamer’s operations since it went online. One of the biggest headlines post-launch has been around “Gone With The Wind,” the 1939 epic that was pulled …
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    ‘Miss Juneteenth’ review: The comeback of the pageant movie

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    Meet the Meryl Streep of cats

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