Imax Posts Third Quarter Loss, Revenue Fall Amid Pandemic

Joe Biden is revealing how he plans to spend Thanksgiving amid the pandemic.

U.K. public broadcaster BBC on Tuesday vowed to "keep our audiences informed, educated, and entertained through continuing unprecedented times for the U.K.

Keanu Reeves and the Matrix 4 cast celebrated the end of filming with a massive wrap party amid the pandemic by allegedly staging a party scene for the movie.According to German newspaper Bild, the gathering — which was given the code name “Ice cream team event” — took place at Studio Babelsberg in Potsdam, Germany, on Wednesday, November 11, with nearly 200 workers in attendance.

MTV said Thursday that it has scheduled a pre-recorded special in lieu of the MTV Movie & TV Awards as a result of the pandemic. MTV Movie & TV Awards: Greatest of All Time will honor "the biggest and best moments in film and television from the '80s until now." It also will feature performances and exclusive clips from some of the most anticipated 2021 releases, MTV said.

Larsa Pippen has another message to share just days after she dropped bombshell claims about her falling out with former bestie Kim Kardashian West and the rest of the KarJenner clan.

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Dave McNary Film ReporterThe National Association of Theatre Owners is imploring Congress to enact federal relief legislation to save local movie theaters hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic.NATO said Monday that the situation is dire and noted that the industry cannot continue to operate in its current state.

For independent producers, it is the worst of times. The pandemic has shut down or emptied cinemas, new COVID-19 protocols have added 5 percent-10 percent to the budget of every production — provided you can even find a place safe enough to make your movie — and financiers, insurers and bond companies are running scared, none willing to cover the losses that would ensue should the world enter a second lockdown.

Christopher Vourlias When the coronavirus pandemic arrived in Poland earlier this year, producer Jakub Razowski, of Watchout Studio (“The Coldest Game”), was already prepping a summer shoot for “Prime Time,” a thriller starring Bartosz Bielenia, fresh off his breakout role in Jan Komasa’s Oscar-nominated “Corpus Christi.”Razowski and first-time director Jakub Piątek had cast from a deep pool of veteran stage actors, whose availability was limited to the summer months when Polish theaters

Spanish-language media giant Univision Communications, which earlier this year agreed to sell a majority stake to an investor group led by former Viacom CFO Wade Davis, reported lower third-quarter financials amid the coronavirus pandemic, but advertising trends improved. The company, which previously said it was targeting $125 million in cost reductions, posted third-quarter earnings of $30.9 million, compared with a year-ago profit of $77.4 million.

Andreas Wiseman, Tom Grater Few North American film markets have taken place amid such tumult as this year’s virtual AFM. If it’s not the deadly pandemic, it’s the excruciatingly tense U.S election and its fallout.Will the industry be able to pull itself away from CNN for a minute to focus on the event? “Last week it was very challenging to focus on AFM projects,” said one market regular.

Iggy Pop likened listening to Nine Inch Nails to “hearing the truth” as he inducted the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last night (November 7).Trent Reznor’s band joined the famed list alongside Depeche Mode and more at the virtual ceremony.“When I first heard about Nine Inch Nails and I heard a little of their music, I thought, ‘Well, who is this guy?’,” Iggy said during his induction speech. “So I took a look and I saw a face straight out of 15th century Spain.

Hilaria and Alec Baldwin might be finished expanding their family.

Dish Network on Friday said it added 116,000 net pay TV subscribers in the third quarter, compared with a gain of 148,000 in theyear-ago period and a loss of 96,000 in the second quarter of 2020. The latest quarter's figure includes subscribers to the traditional Dish pay TV service, as well as the Sling TV streaming service.

Kim Kardashian turned to Khadijah Haqq to discuss her parenting struggles amid the coronavirus pandemic.“I, like, literally hear Chicago crying in the other room, and I don’t care,” the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, 40, said of her 2-year-old in the Thursday, November 5, episode of the E! show. “I literally am feeling like an awful mom just letting her cry in the other room and figuring it out.

Dave McNary Film ReporterLionsgate earnings have topped Wall Street estimates with adjusted operating income of $156 million — 56% above consensus — and 33 cents earnings per share — 94% above estimates — for its second quarter that ended Sept. 30.Several hours earlier, Lionsgate told employees it was laying off 15% of its motion picture group, citing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorLionsgate posted soft quarterly earnings with revenue of $745 million down 20% from $938 million the year earlier and below Wall Street expectations.The motion picture producer and distributor, which just announced it’s laying off 15% of its global motion pictures group, said it swung to a net loss of $18.4 million from a $1.8 million profit the year before.OTT subscribers — a major focus — rose by 2.3 million to end the quarter at 13.7 million.Motion picture