As Election Nears, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Offers Short-Term Cuts in Film Production Fees

Ramy Youssef stopped by Sesame Street last week to celebrate Arab American Heritage Month with Elmo — and teach the red Muppet some Arabic words, like “habibi” and “salamu alaykum.” The comedian’s cute appearance on the children’s program sparked backlash from conservatives including Fox News contributor Raymond Arroyo, who said on “The Ingraham Angle”: “I […]

Broadway box office sagged a bit last week, possibly as the previous week’s Easter vacationers and spring-breakers returned home and a crowded, 40-show production slate with lots of newcomers competed with one another for attention. The winners among the recent arrivals, at least in terms of attendance relative to capacities? Proof, virtually selling out the […]

After six brutal years of struggling to stay afloat, movie theater owners and operators arrived in Las Vegas for CinemaCon finally liking their odds of survival. It helped that the box office, which has been stuck in a rut since COVID, was up more than 23%, thanks to recent blockbusters like “Project Hail Mary” and […]

The musician will be joined by special guests Lucinda Williams and Jimmie Vaughan at some of the new stops