Possibly, Bottoms - being released in a post-Barbie world - can win through where Joy Ride (equally raunchy, but not violent) and No Hard Feelings (had J-Law! And Ferris Bueller!) did not. - Los Angeles Times
"We often let ourselves believe that everything, now, is available to us — that nothing is lost and every experience can be accessed and repeated." But no. - The New York Times
“Podcasting has attuned hundreds of millions of listeners worldwide to the habit of choosing the right audio content at the right time and hitting play. The same goes for music.” - Inside Radio
Social media companies are receding from their role as watchdogs against political misinformation, abandoning their most aggressive efforts to police online falsehoods in a trend expected to profoundly affect the 2024 presidential election. An array of circumstances is fueling the retreat. - Washington Post
"Collecting is an act of love; even though it risks fetish-like attachments to the objects in question, its essence is found not in the objects themselves but in the pleasure that they provide, by delivering movies, music, literature—by providing the experience of art." - The New Yorker
Alexis Soloski: "Family films have been undergoing a shift that predates both 2020 and Marvel dominance. The G rating, a stalwart of the films of my childhood, has nearly disappeared, a corollary to the reluctance of producers of family films to admit that they're meant for families." - The New York Times
"Cameo, which allows celebrities to send personalized video messages to fans for a fee, … has seen a notable uptick of new talent onboarding or existing talent reactivating their accounts in the wake of the labor stoppage." - TheWrap
By releasing the proposal, the companies are essentially going around the guild’s negotiating committee and appealing to rank-and-file members — betting that their proposal will look good enough for members to pressure their leaders to make a deal. - The New York Times
Thanks in large part to Barbenheimer, summer revenue now rests at $3.797 billion, a 16.6 percent spike over the same summer corridor in 2022. And the deficit from summer 2019 — when revenue hit $4.34 billion — has decreased from 15 percent to 5.4 percent. - The Hollywood Reporter
In a warning letter, two attorneys allege that "NBC has exceeded the moral and legal limits permissible in a civilized society … (with) a pattern and practice of grotesque and depraved mistreatment of reality stars and crew members. … Please be advised that the day of reckoning has arrived." - MSN (Vulture)
"(The film) Passages and its battle with the ratings system (are) another flash point in a long-running argument. ... Many question the value of the NC-17 in particular, given its infrequent use — and its disproportionate application, according to critics, to movies featuring queer or female sexuality." - TheWrap
"First and foremost, the firm notes that approximately eight-in-ten Americans (12+) listen to broadcast radio weekly. Weekly listening to radio has remained relatively steady in the last two years after dropping slightly in 2020. ... Weekly listenership dropped from 89% in 2019 to 83% in 2020." - Inside Radio
While the move could fill Disney’s coffers, it would take away one of the key reasons people still stick with cable – access to live sports. - CordCutters News
"I am not in sympathy with a view of acting that centers an actor’s identity rather than a character, or with the blanket disqualification of certain kinds of transformational artistry that is inherent in that approach, and I’m troubled when Jewishness is enlisted to support it." - Slate
The poll also found that 48% have an unfavorable view of the major studios, and just 31% support the studios. The survey also found that 60% of respondents subscribe to Netflix, 41% subscribe to Hulu, and 35% subscribe to Disney+. - Variety
