Movie Theater Analyst On Reopening Plans: "Perfect Date May Never Arrive"

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorNational CineMedia isn’t a movie chain but it’s the nation’s largest cinema advertising network and it saw revenue plunge by more than 96% last quarter as theaters were shuttered for the entire period, a steep dip that’s likely to be repeated as exhibitors report earnings starting tomorrow with Cinemark and Marcus.AMC Entertainment reports Thursday.

Celia Shatzman editorGoing out to the cinema has always been considered the best way to take in a movie. Nothing compares to seeing a film on the big screen with Surround Sound in a giant theater.

coronavirus cases surge around the country. Each day that passes, bringing with it news of fresh centers of infection from the Deep South to the West Coast, seems to diminish hopes of a grand, national return to moviegoing.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentLe Grand Rex theater, which boasts France’s biggest cinema screen, will be closing down on Aug.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe state of New Jersey issued a lengthy defense on Friday of its order closing movie theaters, arguing that theaters pose an “unnecessary” danger amid a raging pandemic.The major theater chains — AMC, Regal Cinemas and Cinemark — have sued the state, seeking to force a reopening on First Amendment grounds.

reopening kicking off July 15 with the hope of being fully operational by July 24, but pushed back the plan July 30 late last month.The latest delay comes just days after Warner Bros. indefinitely postponed the release of its big-budget spy film, “Tenet,” which had been slated to hit theaters on August 12.

Also Read: 'Tenet' Delayed Again to Unnamed 2020 DateMore to come…As the coronavirus continues to spread, an increasing number of movies are delaying or suspending production.

a number of high-profile accounts compromised earlier this week.“At this time, we believe attackers targeted certain Twitter employees through a social engineering scheme,” the company wrote in its statement, explaining that the hackers were able to gain access to the accounts through Twitter’s “internal systems.”The security breach took over the social media platform on Wednesday night as accounts with millions of followers — including those of Kanye West, Joe Biden and Elon Musk — were

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA federal judge has upheld a state order closing movie theaters in Michigan, rejecting an owner’s claim that it infringed on his First Amendment right to hold a Juneteenth film festival.Emagine Royal Oak, a theater in the Detroit suburbs, sued Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and two other state officials on June 22, arguing that the state’s order amounted to an unlawful prior restraint on speech.But in a ruling on Thursday, U.S.

straight to your inbox The details of Manchester City ’s stunning appeal victory might never be released by the Court of Arbitation for Sport (CAS). The “written reasons” for the quashing of the Blues’ two-year European ban were expected to be announced today.But the Switzerland-based court has delayed publication of the details of the case until next week – and suggest that they may never see the light of day.

Beyond Cinema has announced it’ll bring its Floating Cinema production to a swath of cities in the US and Australia. The experience will be in New York for one week, from Sept.

Wedding dresses, they’re pretty magic right? For many women it will be one of the most important dresses they’ll ever wear and the cost for a gown can be quite eye watering.The allure of a wedding dress isn’t confined to your own or that of friends and family either. For many of us, the first thing we want to know about any given bride is what she wore, such is the power of the white dress.

The Natural History Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum and Science Museum are to reopen in August.

The authorities are speaking out with more details on the search for Naya Rivera and there is a distressing update.

Naya Rivera, 33, remains missing after a two-day search effort in California’s vast Lake Piru. Despite a team of 50 personnel that was deployed into the area on July 8, which increased to about 100 the following Thursday morning, the Glee star has yet to be found after she failed to return to her rented pontoon boat where her four-year-old son, Josey Hollis Dorsey, was found sleeping alone on Wednesday afternoon.