AMC Networks ended 2020 with more than 6 million subscribers for its AMC Networks streaming services across recently launched AMC+, Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now and ALLBLK– up 157% year-on-year. The company Friday reported fourth quarter earnings that beat Wall Street forecasts. Revenue slipped 0.6% to $780.3 million and AMC swung to net income of $94.7 million, or $2.09 a share, from a loss of $8.6 million, or 15 cents a share, the year-ago before. The shares were up more than 5% in premarket trading. AMC Nets separately noted a gain of $76 million related to its shares of FuboTV, which it sold in multiple transactions in December and January — realizing total gross proceeds of $96 million in January. (It holds no more shares in Fubo.) Related Story AMC Networks Invests In 'Murdoch Mysteries' Producer Shaftesbury Streaming is now the most significant growth area of the company, said CEO Josh Sapan. He called 2020 “a year of strong performance for AMC … [Read more...] about AMC Networks Had Over 6 Million Streaming Subs In Q4; Earnings Beat Street; Stock Pops
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‘The Father’ And ‘Cherry’ Open in Theaters; Billie Holiday And Billie Eilish Hit Streaming – Specialty Preview
Sony Pictures Classics is set to release awards contender The Father in select New York and Los Angeles theaters today before expanding nationwide March 12 before landing on PVOD on March 26. That’s quite a theater-to-digital journey for the Florian Zeller-directed drama starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman. The film, which premiered at Sundance in 2020, is adapted from Zeller’s 2014 play which starred Frank Langella, who won a Tony Award his performance. Zeller and Christopher Hampton adapted the play which follows Anthony (Hopkins), a defiant 80-year-old man who lives alone and refuses the carers that his daughter, Anne (Colman), encouragingly introduces — and she needs the help. She can’t make daily visits to her father and his grip on reality is unraveling. Related Story 'Cherry': Read The Screenplay For The Indie Drama That Is Close To Home For The Russo Brothers The Father marks Zeller feature directorial debut — and what a debut it is. The … [Read more...] about ‘The Father’ And ‘Cherry’ Open in Theaters; Billie Holiday And Billie Eilish Hit Streaming – Specialty Preview
Fanne Khan: Despite Feeling Betrayed, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Rehearses For Her Item Song [New Pics]
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's Fanne Khan is in the limelight for all the wrong reasons. Firstly, the film's shoot got delayed and then it was scheduled to hit the theatres in August and later, we came to know the crew members refused to resume the work owing to 'payment issue'. Recently, it was reported that "Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has apparently been requested to take a pay cut. Wonder if Anil Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao are agreeing to a smaller cheque than what they signed up for." And now, we hear Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is miffed with the makers of Fanne Khan as the actress feels betrayed w.r.t. remuneration! However, despite being hurt, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan showed professionalism and turned up on the sets for dance rehearsal, the pictures of which you can see below.. Aishwarya Miffed With Fanne Khan Makers? Pinkvilla quoted a source as saying, "Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was told on signing the project that she would be getting the highest remuneration. Naturally, … [Read more...] about Fanne Khan: Despite Feeling Betrayed, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Rehearses For Her Item Song [New Pics]
Noname’s ‘Rainforest’ Is Revolutionary Music You Can Dance To
Fatimah Warner’s verified Twitter page is an endless sprawl of revolutionary reading material (she’s been studying Karl Marx ), a bulletin of global atrocities ( LGBTQ activists in Ghana are living in fear of violent persecution, don’t you know), and a celebration of advocates and activists (Nina Simone and communist writer Claudia Jones, recently). With only four songs released since her last album as the rapper Noname , 2018’s triumphant Room 25 , Warner has been engaging fans, detractors, and spectators in her radical education. On the internet, she behaves more like a peer (a comrade, one might say) than as an artist, so much so that she tweeted “lmao i don’t even know how to promote myself as a rapper anymore,” about a month before her song “Rainforest” hit streaming platforms today. Related Stories Song You Need to Know: Jay Som and Palehound Join Forces as Bachelor on 'Anything at All' Song You Need to Know: Got7's 'Encore' Shows the K-pop … [Read more...] about Noname’s ‘Rainforest’ Is Revolutionary Music You Can Dance To
Ava Max Lights Up ‘Kimmel’ With ‘My Head and My Heart’
Ava Max brought her recent single, “My Head and My Heart,” to Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday, February 25th. Max performed the propulsive dance-pop track while moving in and out of a large cage as a crew of dancers flew around her. The track, which interpolates ATC’s turn-of-the-millennium Eurodance smash “Around the World (La La La La La),” finds Max in the throes of a tortured relationship as she belts the chorus, “My head and my heart are torturing me/Cause my mind, and your arms, I go to extremes/When angels tell me run, and monsters call it love/My head and my heart are caught in between.” Max released “My Head and My Heart” last November, while the music video for the track was released Thursday as well, to coincide with the Kimmel performance. “My Head and My Heart” was added as a bonus track to Max’s debut album, Heaven and Hell , which was released in September. … [Read more...] about Ava Max Lights Up ‘Kimmel’ With ‘My Head and My Heart’