Alec Baldwin is bouncing back from his recent hip replacement surgery.
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Billing it as an industry first, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment has launched a reward program across its entire streaming ecosystem in partnership with Italy-based social media and entertainment app TaTaTu.
Viewers signing up for the program on Crackle, Redbox or Chicken Soup’s eponymous AVOD service, along with hundreds of FAST channels, will earn coins. The coins can then be used to bid on prizes and buy products.
The reward program uses TTU Coins, which the company said in a press release are different from cryptocurrency. TaTaTu, which was founded in 2020 by film producer Andrea Iervolino, set a global content deal with Chicken Soup earlier this month.
The program launch comes as Chicken Soup for the Soul continues to regroup in the wake of swallowing Redbox in 2022 in a $375 million deal. Like others in its peer group, the company’s stock has taken a beating because of its exposure to streaming, which Wall Street has cooled on of late. Shares in Chicken Soup for the Soul have inched up 1% so far in Tuesday trading, but remain less than one-third of their level at the start of 2023. The stock plunged 40% to an all-time low earlier this spring on news of a capital raise and losses in the fourth quarter.
Last week, the company reported wider losses in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2022, but also surge in revenue as studio movies started returning to Redbox’s 34,000 kiosks.
In announcing the rewards program, CEO Bill Rouhana said it will be a differentiator for the company as it looks to further boost its appeal with value-oriented consumers.
“In an era where others are raising the prices of streaming services, we are finding ways to reward viewers for watching our great content,” Rouhana
Alec Baldwin is bouncing back from his recent hip replacement surgery.
Ariana Madix is opening up even further after that bombshell Vanderpump Rules finale last night.
Vanderpump fans are processing a lot right now, but this might be the thing that breaks my brain.Bravo promised the last five minutes of the would be a game-changer and (if you ask me), they weren't lying. A week after the reunion finished taping, Leviss returned to give producers one last interview—in which she recanted all the lies (her words!) Sandoval allegedly encouraged her to stick to at the reunion, including the fact that they while Madix was out of town for her grandmother's funeral.
A shocking confrontation. Raquel Leviss finally faced her Vanderpump Rules costars in the highly anticipated conclusion to the season 10 reunion.
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Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher’s latest pic La Chimera has inked a series of international deals for The Match Factory following its well-received debut at last month’s Cannes Film Festival.
Brandi Glanville is voicing her frustrations with the cast of Vanderpump Rules in an expletive-filled rant.
Raquel Leviss is telling her side of the story.
Dwayne Johnson is gearing up for a Fast & Furious comeback!
Holly Willoughby has been pictured for the first time since Phillip Schofield’s affair admission. Holly’s This Morning co-host of 13 years, Phillip, 61, resigned from ITV last Friday and was dropped by his talent agency YMU after admitting to an “unwise but not illegal” affair with a younger male colleague.The relationship took place while the TV star was still married to wife Stephanie Lowe and before he came out publicly as gay.
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Silencing the rumors. Lisa Vanderpump denied having any knowledge of Tom Sandoval cheating on Ariana Madix with Raquel Leviss before Scandoval made headlines.
In on the joke! After Tom Sandoval sparked backlash for wearing white nail polish, brand OPI is getting in on the fun.
King Charles III thanked Armagh for the warm welcome he and Queen Camilla received during the second day of their visit to Northern Ireland.The son of the late Queen Elizabeth II attended a service at St Patrick’s Cathedral attended by various religious leaders while wife Camilla visited the Armagh Robinson Library and Museum, which is home to a number of local archaeological items. At the library Camilla met children from Drelincourt Primary School and volunteers from Dementia NI, before signing a commemorative photograph for the museum.
Tina Turner’s home has been inundated with floral tributes as fans pay homage to the pop legend following her death. The iconic singer died aged 83 at her villa in Küsnach near Zurich, Switzerland, following a long, unspecified illness, it was announced on Wednesday. Tina, who was born Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee, rose to fame in a band alongside abusive ex husband Ike Turner and went on to become one of rock’s most famous voices - with classic hits including Proud Mary and The Best.
is taking aim at the show's namesake. On part one of the Bravo series' highly-anticipated reunion special, much of the cast pushed back at Lisa Vanderpump for appearing to side with Tom Sandoval.The first episode of the reunion came amid Scandoval, the fan-made name for the months-long affair Sandoval had with Raquel Leviss during his nine-year-long relationship with Ariana Madix.Vanderpump entered the «much-needed» reunion prepared to «sort it out» and get to the truth, even complimenting Madix's «revenge dress.» Later in the reunion, though, Vanderpump pushed back at a couple of comments Madix made.When host Andy Cohen asked if a lack of intimacy played a role in the deterioration of Madix and Sandoval's relationship, Madix replied, «No, I think he caused the divide in the relationship because he was f**king other people.»Vanderpump noted that «other people» implies more than just Leviss, and Madix insisted, «He's f**ked more than Raquel.»Later, Vanderpump's business relationship with Sandoval came up, and Cohen asked Madix if that continued relationship would cause her to cut off contact with the matriarch.«We just won’t be as close,» Madix said, as a shocked Vanderpump exclaimed, «Hold on a second! What do you expect me to do?»Vanderpump went on to point out her long-term support of Madix, but Madix insisted she'd have a hard time confiding in Vanderpump in the future.
Not holding back! Ariana Madix revealed a heated conversation with Raquel Leviss during part one of the Vanderpump Rules reunion.
Naming him Theodore Paul Frost Hansen (or Ted for short), the newest addition to the Frost-Hansen family was introduced to the fans of the couple just two days after his birth in a picture that saw him snuggling up close to mum.
Sunday night at the 76th Cannes Film Festival was all about the world premiere of the Jude Law and Alicia Vikander Henry VIII period pic Firebrand, which received a royal response from the crowd in the Grand Theatre Lumiere with an eight and a half minute standing ovation.
Frameline announced the full program for the 47th annual San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline47). Running June 14–24, with a streaming encore to follow from June 24–July 2, Frameline47 returns with nearly 90 film screenings, including 12 World, 16 North American, and 9 U.S. premieres. In celebration of the Festival’s 47th iteration, Frameline will host 47 screenings at the Castro Theatre, which equates to an average of four screenings per day throughout the 11-day event.