Movie Theaters Fear Hike in Minimum Wage: ‘That Would Kill Us’

New York City movie theaters will have a big blockbuster available to them immediately when they’re able to open this Friday, as Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” will finally open on the big screen on March 5.“Tenet” will play at the AMC Lincoln Square, AMC Empire, AMC Kips Bay, Village East by Angelika in 70mm and Showcase Cinemas Jamaica.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorMakeup head and prosthetics designer Scott Wheeler put four distinct transformations into Regina King’s “One Night in Miami.”Wheeler, who is on the Academy shortlist for makeup and hairstyling, was tasked with re-creating four icons for the film: Cassius Clay, played by Eli Goree; Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge); Malcolm X, played by Kingsley Ben-Adir and Sam Cooke, played by Leslie Odom Jr.Wheeler and his team had four actors with different preferences about makeup and

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterWarner Bros. animated family film “Tom and Jerry” debuted to $13.7 million at the domestic box office, one of the biggest opening weekend hauls of the coronavirus era and a signal that moviegoing may be on the mend.To be sure, it’ll take some time for ticket sales to reach pre-pandemic levels.

ordering all non-essential businesses to shutter following the discovery of the first COVID-19 cases in the city.But independently-owned theater operators say the reopening plan favors big theater chains that can afford the cost, such as AMC and Showcase, but hurts their small businesses. “That’s just a total loss of revenue by even opening. The overhead to run a theater is just tremendous,” said Harvey Elgart, owner of Kew Gardens Cinemas, Cobble Hill Cinemas and Williamsburg Cinemas.

Sonic The Hedgehog). In order to qualify, movies had to be released before February 28 for a seven-day run in a commercial movie theater in either Los Angeles, New York City, the Bay Area, Chicago, Miami, or Atlanta.

Mark Zoradi, CEO of major exhibitor Cinemark and a former longtime Disney executive, sees some familiar elements on the summer release calendar, which he sees as a potential Covid-19 recovery turning point.

As the one year mark of the closure approaches, Governor Andrew Cuomo has officially given the green light for New York City movie theaters to reopen. Starting March 5th, movie theaters will be allowed open at 25% capacity and must follow the following protocol:These social distancing protocols are in accordance with the rest of New York State’s rules for theatres, put into place in October of last year.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterFor the first time in nearly a year, New York-based movie theater operator Nicolas Nicolaou can breathe a sigh of relief. That’s because Gov.

AC/DC‘s Angus Young has revealed he came up with idea for the song ‘Highway To Hell’ while sitting on the toilet.The guitarist discussed the making of the record while speaking in a new interview, saying that the premise for it came while he was having a bathroom break.“We’d been in Miami, and we’d been in a rehearsal room and that’s what we were doing. We were putting together new tracks,” Young told Zane Lowe for Essentials Radio on Apple Music 1.

Quebec has given the green light to movie theaters in the French speaking province reopening on Friday, in time for spring break by students and their families. But as a safety protocol amid the pandemic, movie theaters will not be able to sell food and drinks after the Feb.

Hollywood received a huge boost Monday upon receiving word that theaters in New York City — which have been shut down for nearly a year because of COVID-19 — will permitted to reopen March 5, albeit with strict restrictions in place. New York City is the country's second largest moviegoing market behind Los Angeles, and is crucial if studios hope to begin to recover from the pandemic.

ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York City movie theaters can open their doors again at limited capacity starting March 5, Gov.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has given movie theaters in New York City permission to reopen at limited capacity starting on March 5.During his daily press briefing, the Empire State leader said cinemas in the city will be permitted to operate at 25% capacity, with no more than 50 people.

EXCLUSIVE: We’re hearing from well placed sources that Governor Andrew Cuomo could finally give the go-ahead today that New York City movie theaters will be allowed to reopen after being shuttered for close to a year since mid March 2020. We don’t have the details in which shape or form yet.

You can take Soleil Moon Frye out of Punky Brewster, but you can’t take Punky out of Frye, as actress said she and her character are nearly one in the same.

The COVID-19 relief package passed in December is expected to distribute $15 billion for artistic venues, which includes independent movie theaters. Around the greater L.A.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s hopes of entertainment venues benefiting from rapid testing when the country begins to reopen after coronavirus lockdown is not practical, at least for cinemas, says U.K.

Finneas is set to score his first movie.The songwriter and producer – who is Billie Eilish‘s older brother, collaborator and bandmate – will write the music for The Fallout, a drama about the emotional aftermath of a high school tragedy.As Variety writes, the film “chronicles the lives of three teenagers so crippled from anxiety after a high school tragedy they can’t even leave their bedrooms, and the unique bond they share over the ensuing months”.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterFour of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers filed a motion on Tuesday to block the payout of a $35.2 million bankruptcy plan, including $17.1 million for 50 of Weinstein’s sexual misconduct victims.The four accusers — Wedil David, Dominique Huett, Alexandra Canosa and Aimee McBain — argue that the plan immunizes Weinstein Co. board members and employees from legal liability for their part in Weinstein’s misconduct.A bankruptcy judge approved the plan on Jan.