‘Antebellum’ brings racial justice call to reopened theaters

NEW YORK -- Author Joanna Cole, whose “Magic School Bus” books transported millions of young people on extraordinary and educational adventures, has died at age 75. Scholastic announced that Cole, a resident of Sioux City, Iowa, died Sunday.

Last year, director Roee Messinger debuted his film American Trial: The Eric Garner Story at the New York Film Festival, revealing his ambitious project — part documentary, part unscripted history — which imagines what could have happened if a grand jury had indicted NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo in Garner's death.

The New York Post reported today that authorities and prison professionals have dealt with Ghislaine Maxwell’s status behind bars in a particular way. As most know, Jeffrey Epstein, her collaborator, killed himself this past August after being accused of creating a sex trafficking ring.

The GLAAD Media Awards are going virtual. The media advocacy organization announced today (July 9) that it is combining two planned ceremonies, one in New York (March 19) and the other in Los Angeles (April

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerLongtime ESPN announcer Dave LaMont is apologizing for a comment he made while thinking his phone was on mute during a two-hour conference call with his ESPN college football colleagues.As reported by the New York Post’s Andrew Marchand, a two-hour ESPN college football conference call was held last month. The topic was race in the wake of George Floyd’s death.

NEW YORK -- Bachata singer Prince Royce says he got a wake-up call with a COVID-19 diagnosis and now he wants to try and wake others too. Royce revealed that he is recovering from the virus in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday.

drive-ins and indie theaters are rising to the socially distant occasion with a slate of safe screenings. Theaters aren’t open quite yet, but anyone with a car or couch can enjoy these parked pictures and online offerings.

Ted Johnson, Erik Pedersen The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department has upheld a Supreme Court justice’s temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump’s niece Mary Trump.Her book, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man, will now be subjected to written arguments due to Dutchess County Supreme Court Justice Hal Greenwald within the next week.Robert Trump, the President’s brother, requested a preliminary injunction

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series actor Joshua Bassett has fired back at allegations of sexual assault made against him on social media.

NEW YORK -- Johnny Mandel, the Oscar- and Grammy-winning composer, arranger and musician who worked on albums by Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole and many others and whose songwriting credits included “The Shadow of Your Smile” and the theme from the film and TV show “M(asterisk)A(asterisk)S(asterisk)H,” has died. He was 94.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterCineworld, the UK cinema chain that also owns U.S.

reported this news late Saturday night.Another report from Brad Turner of the points out that this move is being done in conjunction with Nike, who serves as the athletic wear sponsor of the NBA. In recent years, the NBA and its players have been quick to adopt relevant aesthetics in the face of the social injustice around this country being in the national consciousness, particularly to Black Americans.

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series actor Joshua Bassett has fired back at allegations of sexual assault made against him on social media.Bassett is the latest high-profile star to be named in similar allegations on social media, after Cole Sprouse and Justin Bieber were previously referenced in similar social media posts.In her post, a 16-year-old named Grace recalled meeting the actor in 2019 when she was in New York, and claimed he led her to a remote alleyway and tried kissing her

th, 2001, Glaser created a new version with a bruised heart: “I ❤ NY More Than Ever.” Among his other striking designs were a poster of Bob Dylan in silhouette with multi-colored psychedelic hair included with his 1967 Greatest Hits album, the DC comics “bullet” logo used from 1977–2005, and the Brooklyn Brewery logo. He was the first graphic designer to be awarded the National Medal of Arts.In 1968 he co-founded New York magazine with editor Clay Felker.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorIt’s official — at least for the time being: Disney said Friday it is moving Niki Caro’s Mulan release date from July 25 to August 21, the weekend after Tenet‘s five-day opening from August 12-16.We were hearing noise about this earlier this week, as we told you, with COVID-19 cases surging nationwide and theaters reopening in New York, Los Angeles and China up in the air.

The 2015 movie Love, directed by Gaspar Noe, has been climbing up the charts on Netflix this week, but those who saw it in theaters had a much different experience.

Jill Goldsmith New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has removed movie theaters, as well as malls and gyms, from the list of businesses that can reopen in Phase 4 of the state’s plan to study recent developments — mainly a surge in COVID-19 infections in other states.

NEW YORK — With the coronavirus pandemic forcing cancellation of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, actors Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams hope fans can get their fix by watching their madcap Netflix comedy about a duo from Iceland who compete in the event.

Ramin Setoodeh New York Bureau ChiefOne of the most anticipated movies of 2021 isn’t a new one.