Bankrupt Alamo Drafthouse Movie Chain Cancels Auction

WASHINGTON -- Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:ABC’s “This Week” — Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.; Dr.

Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe has gone viral after unleashing a tirade of racist, anti-Asian jokes against comedian Peng Dang.  Peng performed at a comedy venue in Austin, Texas earlier this month where he opened for Hinchcliffe, who is best known for writing jokes for the Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber and Bruce Willis as well as his work on "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast.

Easy Rider is being sold at auction.Auctioneers for the Dan Kruse Classics sale in Midland, Texas on June 5 have put up a guide price of $300,000 (£213,643) to $500,000 (£356,072) despite there being no reserve bid set.However, as This Is Money reports, the authenticity of the available vehicle has been called in to question in a debate stretching back more than seven years.Another Captain America Harley-Davidson motorbike, the owner of which had claimed it was an Easy Rider original, sold at a

Gemma Chan is speaking out about the ongoing anti-Asian racism happening in the United Kingdom, as well as all over the world.

Greg Marcus, CEO of Marcus Corp., was shocked when Arclight Cinemas and Pacific Theaters went dark. “I happened to notice that. It caught my attention,” he joked. “I said, ‘What? Arclight is not reopening?’ Arclight’s reopening. I’ll take that bet with anybody who wants to bet me on that. Those theaters are so productive nationally that they will reopen. I just don’t know who will control them. We certainly welcome those discussions.”

AUSTIN, TX. – A bill which would redefine existing Texas statue Section 261.001, the Family Code on Child Abuse, to include criminalizing actions by physicians or healthcare professionals in assisting Trans youth to transition or arrest the development of puberty as child abuse has passed the state Senate.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterAlamo Drafthouse, the boutique theater chain that’s become a favorite among cinephiles, plans to reopen 15 locations in May, including venues in Brooklyn, N.Y., Los Angeles and Dallas.Alamo’s Brooklyn theater is reviving its box office on May 7, while the Los Angeles and Austin, Texas’ Mueller locations are scheduled to reopen on May 28. By this summer, Alamo Drafthouse anticipates 30 of its U.S.

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Pierce Brosnan is a respected international thief who teams up with a group of modern-day Robin Hoods led by Nick Cannon’s Ringo in “The Misfits”.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterIconic Events, a budding entertainment company that specializes in programming for live events, has hired industry veteran Steve Bunnell as chief executive officer.Iconic Events was created last year by Michael Lambert, a longtime movie theater owner who currently serves as executive chairman, as well as former Cinemark CEO Tim Warner.

The deal is similar to one finalized last week for fellow dine-in chain Studio Movie Grill, which slashed its debt by $100 million and received $25 million in liquidity as part of an equity deal with a group led by Goldman Sachs. As part of that deal, Studio Movie Grill will operate 20 locations, including a new one in Georgia, while shuttering 13 others.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA bankruptcy auction for the Alamo Drafthouse theater chain has been canceled, after no rival bids were received for the company.The cancelation clears the way for Fortress Investment Group and Altamont Capital to take control of the company, in a deal that also includes Alamo Drafthouse co-founder Tim League.Alamo Drafthouse Cinema filed for bankruptcy on March 3, among a wave of theater chains that have gone under due to the pandemic.

Nomadland, directed by the Chinese filmmaker Chloé Zhao, is part of a long lineage of non-American American art, from Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas to Andrea Arnold’s American Honey. It grapples with grief, the betrayals of capitalism, and the lure of the open road.

Nomadland, directed by the Chinese filmmaker Chloé Zhao, is part of a long lineage of non-American American art, from Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas to Andrea Arnold’s American Honey. It grapples with grief, the betrayals of capitalism, and the lure of the open road.

Rebecca Davis editorChinese censors may search content obsessively for what they deem to be objectionable material, but they apparently don’t consider a film’s off-screen controversy quite as closely.At a time when China is booting major films like “Nomadland” or “Monster Hunter” from cinemas for perceived “insults to China,” its authorities have green lit Woody Allen’s troubled “A Rainy Day in New York” for theatrical release in the world’s largest film market.”Although a few of Allen’s films,

PENSKE-MRC ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN SXSW, DEMONSTRATING CONVICTION IN THE FUTURE OF LIVE EVENTS

South by Southwest has struck a deal with P-MRC, a joint venture between Penske Media Corporation and MRC that includes publishing brands such as The Hollywood Reporter, that will make P-MRC a long-term partner and stakeholder in the festival, the companies announced in a joint release Sunday night. P-MRC —whose holdings also include Billboard, Rolling Stone, Varietyand Vibe — will bring "media expertise and new avenues for discovery" to the Austin, Texas-based event.