National Cinema Day: Movie Theatres Across North America Screening Blockbusters For $4 Per Ticket

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Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent “The Sea Beyond,” the Naples-set prison drama that has become a pop culture phenomenon in Italy, has been bought by U.S. streamer MHz Choice for North America.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter An estimated 8.5 million people went to the movies this Sunday on National Cinema Day, a 5% increase in attendance from last year’s inaugural event. On National Cinema Day, hosted by the Cinema Foundation, all showtimes in every format (including Imax and Dolby) were $4 at participating theaters. Even with heavily discounted tickets, the box office saw a 16% increase over the previous Sunday, Aug.

J. Kim Murphy The summer box office wind-down is in action as Columbia Pictures’ “Gran Turismo” looks to outrun a slew of holdovers. The racing feature got off to a head start with an $8.5 million opening day from 3,856 screens, a figure that includes a sizable $5.3 million from preview screenings over recent weeks.

Westlife’s Mark Feehily is sharing a positive health update ahead of the band’s first ever tour of North America.

Zendaya’s upcoming role in “Challengers” was anything but comfortable.

Prince Harry is heading to Europe in September, but "peace talks" with King Charles III aren’t happening, royal experts tell Fox News Digital. OK! Magazine originally reported that father and son would privately meet Sept. 17.The date is significant because it coincides with the end of the Duke of Sussex’s Invictus Games trip to Düsseldorf and the king’s return to London from Balmoral.

Bob Dylan has announced a run of North American live dates for 2023 – find all the details below.The legendary singer-songwriter is due to continue his ongoing ‘Rough And Rowdy Ways’ world tour in the US and Canada this autumn.Kicking off with two shows in Kansas City (October 1, 2), the upcoming leg also includes stop-offs in Chicago, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Toronto and Montreal, among other cities.Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time this Friday (August 25) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. Pre-sales are set to go live at the same time on Thursday (24), details of which can be found via the same link.According to an official announcement on social media, “more dates will be posted soon”.

Lana Del Rey has announced details of a headline tour this September and October. The tour will be Del Rey's first since releasing her latest album, Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd, earlier this year.

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National Cinema Day will return this Sunday, August 27,for a second edition, the nonprofit Cinema Foundation announced today, with discounted admissions for all movies at over 3,000 participating theaters with 30,000 screens. Tickets for all shows, all formats will be no more than $4. Concession discounts are up to each exhibitor.

Chance The Rapper live this year.As of now, the Chicago-born rapper has just three concerts on his 2023 calendar.The trio of shows, celebrating the tenth anniversary of his mixtape “Acid Rap,” will take him to Chicago’s United Center on Saturday, Aug. 19, Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Aug.

Slayyyter is counting down the days to the September 22 release of her second album STARFUCKER, a project themed around fame, sex, femme fatales, and celebrity obsession. It is the second of those themes that acts as the basis for “Erotic Electronic,” the latest single to be lifted from the album following “Out of Time” and “Miss Belladonna.” Read Next: The artists of Portola Fest on the state of sampled music The song is a sleazy electro-pop banger filled with lust and desire.

The SAG and WGA strikes threatened to really ruin the fall film festival season for a minute there. And while some films eventually did bail, not wanting to risk the idea of now acting talent there to promote it— “Challengers” and “Dune 2” for two examples—despite the challenges of promotion and worries around it, the 2023 fall film festival selections have been excellent at all of the festivals.

American hardcore punk band Turnstile have been forced to postpone a huge sold-out gig at O2 Victoria Warehouse just hours before the show was due to take place.

Madonna has announced rescheduled dates for what was meant to be the first leg of her ‘The Celebration Tour’, which was cancelled after she was hospitalised in June.At the time her manager Guy Oseary told fans that Madonna had “developed a serious bacterial infection which lead to a several day stay in the ICU. Her health is improving.

UPDATED, 10:29 AM: Madonna’s Celebration Tour is ready to get back into the groove.

EXCLUSIVE: Big World Pictures has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights from Paris-based sales firm Charades to Giacomo Abbruzzese’s debut feature, Disco Boy.

Depeche Mode have announced the acts joining them as support on the North American leg of their ‘Memento Mori’ tour.Announced today (August 11), the band – which is comprised of Martin Gore and Dave Gahan – shared the three acts that will be joining them for their string of tour dates across North America starting next month.On Instagram, the duo shared that Kelly Lee Owens, Young Fathers and DIIV would be the acts joining them across all 35 upcoming shows.Kicking off their North American tour with three dates in Mexico on September 21, 23 and 25, the band will then head out to Austin, Texas. From there, Depeche Mode will make stops in major cities such as Miami, Brooklyn, Cleveland, Vancouver, Seattle, and San Diego.A post shared by Depeche Mode (@depechemode)The tour will wrap up with four dates in Los Angeles, California in December.

Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired all North American rights to Academy Award-winning Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist ahead of its world premiere in Competition at the Venice Film Festival next month.