Jason Sudeikis gladly poses with some fans for a picture while filming some scenes for the upcoming season of Ted Lasso in London, England on Friday (May 6).
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AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron said an earlier gig as chief executive of the Philadelphia 76ers got him active on social media, tweeting with his hometown NBA team’s fan base. The experience proved key navigating a dramatic transformation in the theater chain’s shareholder base from mostly institutions to about 4 million private individuals.
Until early last year, AMC shares were 80% owned by institutions. Then it became a meme stock. “We learned in March of 2021 that there had been a dramatic change. It was suddenly 80% owned by retail shareholders. [But] the need was still there for AMC to talk to our shareholders, explain what we were doing, why we were doing it, build consensus for our strategies and tactics,” Aron told Deadline in a wide-ranging interview from CinemaCon in Las Vegas about the state of the industry and the giant exhibitor’s strategy and outlook.
The usual playbook of quarterly earnings, analysts, investor conferences and road shows wouldn’t be communicating with the new crowd. “It was completely uncharted waters. I’ve never heard of any other company figuring out what we had to figure out in 2021. So I went on Twitter. And what’s happened ever since has been a very active, vibrant, two-way exchange of information.” Aron follows about 2,500 AMC stockholders.
He’s also managing relations with studios and streamers at an inflection point for Hollywood, continuing to shore up the company’s finances (which are improving, AMC had $5.5 billion in debt and $1.8 billion in cash at the end of Dec.) and diversifying AMC’s business to include a stake in a Nevada mine fallen on hard times but, he said, with proven deposits of 60 million ounces of gold.
Aron stressed AMC is a movie chain first and that it’s eyeing
Jason Sudeikis gladly poses with some fans for a picture while filming some scenes for the upcoming season of Ted Lasso in London, England on Friday (May 6).
Rich Paul partied with LeBron James on Adele's 34th birthday. The chart-topping singer turned 34 on Thursday (05. 05.
Maluma’s loyal fans were surprised with a big announcement: He would be making his way to Florida to perform at the Miami Grand Prix show to kick off the 2022 Formula 1 season. On Thursday, May 5, the Colombian superstar hosted an intimate concert at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. As revealed during the initial announcement last year, the singer will also make an appearance at the Hard Rock Beach Club during the weekend of the big race.Miami will be the eleventh place in the United States with a Formula 1 race since the championship began in 1950, following Riverside, Sebring, Watkins Glen, Long Beach, Las Vegas, Detroit, Dallas, Phoenix, Indianapolis and Austin.Not only that, it will be the first time in history that Miami will host a Formula 1 Grand Prix, doing so in Miami Gardens--a few miles north of downtown, a county that stands out for its small businesses and cuisine.Maluma hasn’t commented on his performance from last night, publicly, but it doesn’t exactly come as a surprise with everything the superstar has on his plate.
In February, the first few cases of two new, more infectious variants were identified in the Northeastern United States. Dubbed BA.2.12.1 and BA.2.12.2, these sublineages of the BA.2 variant made up only 1.5% of newly-sequenced positive tests before March 19.
Headed to the altar! Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker’s wedding plans are cooking up. The Keeping Up with the Kardashians alum and the Blink-182 drummer vacationed in a popular destination to plan for their official wedding.
After spending the entire week trapped in the bowels of a smoke-filled, maskless, jam-packed Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for CinemaCon, and after sitting through the various studio presentations in search of possible clues to what might be in play for the 95th annual Academy Awards, I can say two of the names we are very likely to hear about might be two of the most unexpected: Tom Cruise and Harvey Weinstein. I am not hallucinating. I will get to both in a second, but first I have to say Oscar pundits don’t really travel to this annual exhibitors convention with any realistic expectations of seeing major awards contenders.
CinemaCon, and this year’s gathering of movie theater owners managed to come and go with nary a mention of the exhibition industry’s persona non grata, Netflix.The streaming giant is usually a punching bag as Hollywood studios and film operators spend a week in Las Vegas to wax poetic about the communal power of going to see movies on the big screen. But following a year of experimenting with different release strategies and launching their own digital platforms, studios can’t really take aim at Netflix’s disdain of exclusive theatrical windows.
SEC filing Friday. Aron received a base pay salary that was 20% higher than last year’s, earning $1.45 million, but he also took home $11.4 million in stock awards and $6 million from non-equity incentive plan compensation.
Rachel McAdams is all smiles while walking the red carpet at CinemaCon!
Rachel McAdams is looking back at her impressive career after being honored with the Vanguard Award at CinemaCon on Thursday.The Oscar-nominated actress was at the annual event, held at Caesars Palace Colosseum Theatre in Las Vegas, to promote her upcoming film , and received the trophy during the CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards.Speaking with ET's Kevin Frazier, McAdams joked that the honor «is making me feel old!»«Do I have that much to celebrate? It's added up, and I didn't realize it,» McAdams said.This year marks the 20th anniversary of her mainstream Hollywood film debut in the comedy, and over the past two decades she's racked up an impressive collection of beloved roles and accolades. But it's also gone by fast for the celebrated star.«I mean, in some ways I feel like I've just started, so it's just funny to hear that,» she said of the milestone.
Keanu Reeves is looking forward to fans getting to see the action-packed fourth chapter in the franchise!The movie star, along with the film's director, Chad Stahelski, debuted a first look at the hotly anticipated at CinemaCon at Caesars Palace Colosseum Theatre in Las Vegas on Thursday. The pair spoke to ET's Kevin Frazier after the presentation, and explained what the fourth installment in the series brings to the table.«There's new characters, more world building, the High Table is a little angry, John Wick is a little angry, he's trying to survive,» Reeves teased with an excited smile.Gesturing to Stahelski — who co-directed the original and has gone solo while helming the acclaimed second and third chapters — Reeves exclaimed, «This mad genius has created some really wonderful, extraordinary sequences.»During the presentation, Stahekski warned those in attendance that fans shouldn't expect a happy ending from the upcoming action thriller, and explained to ET, «I think John Wick always suffers.
Zack Sharf CinemaCon is set to reevaluate its safety protocols following an incident on April 26 in which Olivia Wilde was served a mysterious manilla envelope on stage at the Las Vegas event while presenting her new film “Don’t Worry Darling.” The envelope included the words “personal and confidential” on it. Wilde thought the file was a script when she opened it on stage.
After a long wait, “Avatar” fans finally have news about the highly-anticipated sequel.
Olivia Wilde unintentionally put sleuths on notice at 2022 CinemaCon.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Avatar 2” is real, and it’s here — naysayers be damned.After at least seven delays in the last eight years (the film was originally supposed to open in 2014), director James Cameron is finally ready to show audiences his otherworldly, underwater vision for “Avatar’s” long-awaited sequel. It’s newly titled as “Avatar: The Way of Water.”Disney, which inherited the franchise after acquiring 20th Century Fox in 2019, unveiled new footage of the highly anticipated film at CinemaCon, the annual gathering of movie theater owners that’s currently unfolding at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.CinemaCon attendees were given 3D glasses to watch the minutes-long trailer, which contained almost no dialogue.
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Maluma is getting ready to bring the last stop of his world tour to his hometown in Colombia. Still, in the meantime, the singer and actor unveiled his incredible wax figure at the Medellín Museum of Modern Art (MAMM).“The work that the entire team at Madame Tussauds created is unreal,” said the 28-year-old star ahead of his homecoming concert on April 30.