Hollywood, CA | News | 2d What's New On Netflix: December 2021 Oscar contenders “Don’t Look Up,” “The Lost Daughter” and “The Power of the Dog” headline this month’s Netflix offerings. Beau Behan , Patch Staff Thank Share Hollywood, CA | News | Nov 24 9 Festive Movies To Watch This Thanksgiving Weekend Get excited for a Thanksgiving-inspired movie marathon with these must-see festive flicks such as "Tower Heist," "You've Got Mail" and more. Beau Behan , Patch Staff Thank Share Hollywood, CA | News | Nov 24 Thanksgiving Weekend Movie Guide: 'House Of Gucci' And More Lady Gaga and Adam Driver star in the "House of Gucci." Plus, find out what we think of "Encanto," "King Richard" and "The Humans." Beau Behan , Patch Staff Thank … [Read more...]

Hollywood, CA | News | 2d What's New On Netflix: December 2021 Oscar contenders “Don’t Look Up,” “The Lost Daughter” and “The Power of the Dog” headline this month’s Netflix offerings. Beau Behan , Patch Staff Thank Share Hollywood, CA | News | Nov 24 9 Festive Movies To Watch This Thanksgiving Weekend Get excited for a Thanksgiving-inspired movie marathon with these must-see festive flicks such as "Tower Heist," "You've Got Mail" and more. Beau Behan , Patch Staff Thank Share Hollywood, CA | News | Nov 24 Thanksgiving Weekend Movie Guide: 'House Of Gucci' And More Lady Gaga and Adam Driver star in the "House of Gucci." Plus, find out what we think of "Encanto," "King Richard" and "The Humans." Beau Behan , Patch Staff Thank … [Read more...]

Click here to read the full article. Democrats in Congress are taking aim at the pending $43 billion merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery , pushing the Justice Department to scrutinize the transaction on antitrust grounds. In a letter sent Monday to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Justice Department antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter, the legislators assert that too much consolidation in media will hurt competition in Hollywood’s labor market and result in less diversity overall in content. More from Variety Chris Cuomo Suspended by CNN Disney, WarnerMedia Carve Up Fox Film Slate Streaming Rights Through End of 2022 (EXCLUSIVE) Nielsen Plans Overhaul for Commercial Ratings, Will Track Viewers for Specific Ads “This transaction raises significant antitrust concerns. In particular, the merger threatens to enhance the market power of the combined firm and substantially lessen competition in the media and entertainment industry, harming both … [Read more...]

Leftovers were on the menu for moviegoers in North America this weekend. “Encanto,” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and “House of Gucci” repeated in the top three spots, according to studio estimates on Sunday. All three films are playing exclusively in theaters. The weekend after Thanksgiving is usually pretty quiet at the box office and this year was no exception considering new offerings like “Flee” and “Benedetta” were playing only in limited release. Disney’s “Encanto,” an animated tale with original music from Lin-Manuel Miranda, earned $12.7 million to take the top spot, down 53% from its opening last weekend. Globally, it’s earned $116.1 million to date. “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” took second place in its third weekend with $10.4 million, pushing it just past the $100 million threshold. And Ridley Scott’s ripped from the headlines “House of Gucci,” starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver, came in third place in its second weekend with $6.8 million from 3,477 locations, bringing its … [Read more...]

8 On a recent Wednesday, at about 8 p.m., New Village Cafe on Polk Street opened its doors to customers. Only now, and for the next few hours, it was called Compton’s Cafeteria. The menus said so — and so did the man behind the counter, dressed in all white, and the waitresses in their bright-yellow dresses, starched aprons and rolled socks. A big lighting rig was suspended over the tables as customers got settled and started salting their potatoes. “Love your dress,” a waitress said to one woman in a blue number with black polka dots as she showed her to a table. “Off the rack!” The atmosphere all this was meant to evoke was that of a popular late-night spot in the Tenderloin some 50 years ago, a place called Gene Compton’s Cafeteria, located at Taylor and Turk streets. The cafe sold coffee for 5 cents a cup. It was also one of the few places in the city where transgender women, hustlers, sex workers and drag queens … [Read more...]

There is a space at the heart of “The Third Muslim” reserved for Numair Abbasi, a Pakistani artist whose art frequently includes nude male bodies. His work, however, does not hang there. Instead, there exists only a thin gold frame surrounding a note against a background of bright teal. The note informs viewers that Abbasi’s work, which was to be part of a group exhibition by queer, transgender and gender-nonconforming Muslim artists at SOMArts Cultural Center, was confiscated by Pakistani authorities just days before the show was set to open. “Attempts at state control and repression, whether overt or latent, speak directly to the mandate of artists and curators to amplify acts of created resistance within the US and within diaspora.” The blank space, then, serves as a sober reminder for why the show is so necessary — and so overdue. As the curators put it, queer Muslims “continue to occupy margins within the margins.” 7 … [Read more...]