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Ryanair has warned that customers will face higher fares this summer, due to capacity constraints that will result in less flights.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Michael O’Leary, the new president and CEO of the National Association of Theater Owners, is encouraging Hollywood to think smaller. Don’t get him wrong — he loves Marvel, “Mission: Impossible” and “Fast & Furious” as much as the next exhibitor. But O’Leary is urging the major studios to prioritize more than just the tentpole properties that prop up the box office.

Cinema owners, studios and indie distributors gathering in Las Vegas this week for exhibition’s biggest confab seek visibility into a theatrical landscape gut-punched by Hollywood strikes last year just as a post-Covid recovery was revving up. Production halted for months led to fewer releases on the schedule. But there’s reason for optimism, from Dune 2 and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire to a tentpole-laden slate with clips and peeks eagerly awaited by the CinemaCon crowd. Amazon and Apple and studio parents recognize the value of an exclusive theatrical release — a realization that wasn’t at all a given post-pandemic. National Association of Theatre Owners president and CEO Michael O’Leary and Charles Rivkin, chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association, talked with Deadline on the state of the industry as CinemaCon kicks off and ahead of their keynotes on Tuesday.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Will pink and black loom large this week in Las Vegas? After all, this Monday kicks off CinemaCon, the annual exhibition industry trade show and weeklong opportunity for studios and theater operators to wax poetic about the magic of going to the movies. And in 2023, there was no greater manifestation of the claim that the movie business is back than the cultural craze of “Barbenheimer.” The inextricably linked “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” complete with double features of the cotton-candy-coated and ultra-dark blockbusters, dominated the zeitgeist for months on end. But just as the past can serve as a reminder of the collective joy of moviegoing, last year’s events may also plague the industry.

Michael O'Leary President & CEO, NATO As the holidays arrive and another year draws to a close, I have been reflecting on my first eight months of representing the exhibition industry. 2023 has been quite a year for theater owners and employees, and fans who love motion pictures on the big screen. From the highs of the global cultural phenomenon that was “Barbenheimer,” to the lows of a protracted labor impasse, this year has seen a little bit of everything.

Brent Lang Executive Editor John Fithian, Patrick Corcoran and Jackie Brenneman, who were top executives at the National Association of Theatre Owners, are joining forces to launch a new consulting firm for clients in the cinema space. Dubbed The Fithian Group, the trio will advise clients on strategy and communications, as well as use their connections in the exhibition industry to find investors and forge partnerships. All three executives will serve as founding partners.

Ryanair’s boss Michael O’Leary has defended the budget airline’s strict fines policy and claimed it’s necessary to keep fares down. It comes as the airline has come under fire in recent weeks when a series of passengers were forced to fork out large sums of cash due to small and unintentional errors.

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has apologised after the airline had to cancel flights scheduled this winter.

EXCLUSIVE: The National Association of Theatre Owners’ EVP & General Counsel Jackie Brenneman has departed, several sources inform Deadline. This became effective Friday. Brenneman was also one of the founders, and the President of NATO sister org, The Cinema Foundation.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter The battle of the bomb versus the bombshell has gone global. Over the weekend, Greta Gerwig’s very pink fantasy-comedy “Barbie” collected a stunning $182 million at the international box office, bringing its worldwide total to $337 million. Meanwhile, Christopher Nolan’s R-rated historical drama “Oppenheimer” held its own, igniting to $93.7 million from 78 markets for a huge global tally of $174 million. The two seemingly different blockbusters, which were jokingly pitted against each other, crushed already-stratospheric expectations thanks to the cultural phenomenon known as “Barbenheimer.” Hundreds of thousands of moviegoers booked a double feature for the ages, attending same-day viewings of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer.”

Oppenheimer” and 89% and 8.2/10 for “Barbie“), Hollywood is looking at a skewed rerun of another box office showdown from July 2008.Fifteen years ago, Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” broke the opening weekend record with $158 million, but Meryl Streep’s “Mamma Mia!” also nabbed what was at the time the largest Friday-Sunday debut ever ($28 million) against a $100 million-plus opener. History may be repeating itself, with Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” looking to clear triple digits right as Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” hopes to open on par with the over/under $50 million launches of “Interstellar” and “Dunkirk.” The record set in 2008 against a Nolan epic may be set again this weekend *by* a Nolan epic.

“You’re being managed on Barbie” was a snarky text I received last night, “it’s at least $130M.”

The National Association of Theatre Owners VP & Chief Communications Officer Patrick Corcoran is departing after 24-plus years.

The theatrical requirements for movies vying for the Oscars top prize are getting a little tougher.

John Fithian, longtime head of the National Association Of Theatre Owners, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Variety of Southern California, as he prepares to step down after overseeing NATO through decades of transition.

With half of August gone in a blink of an eye, it may come as a shock to be talking about October half-term holidays, but budget airline Ryanair has announced an additional 500 flights over the period.

Holidaymakers could no longer be able to bag mega-cheap deals with budget airline Ryanair as fuel prices surge. The budget airline’s boss warned that it won't be able to put on promotional offers such as its one euro and 10 euro deals in the future.

Brits could be hit by more travel disruption as Ryanair cabin crew plan walkouts in Europe. Strikes are set to take place in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Belgium which could impact services on UK routes.

Passengers are being warned over the price of Ryanair flights this summer as people rush to book holidays.

The UK will remove the last remaining Covid travel requirements from Friday, with the Easter holidays just around the corner. Transport secretary Grant Shapps announced that the need to complete a passenger locator form will be dropped later this week.

Ryanair has been forced to cancel thousands of flights to a Portugal destination.

An airline has revealed a huge rise in passengers following the easing of coronavirus travel restrictions.

Ryanair has issued a stark warning to anyone planning to book a holiday with the airline next year. The budget airline's boss Michael O’Leary said a surge in bookings for 2022 may result in prices to soar as travellers look to go abroad without restrictions.

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shot him dead in a carefully planned execution has been jailed for at least 30 years. Andrew Jones, 53, discovered Michael O'Leary, 55, was having an affair with his wife Rhianon, 51, and set about planning the ultimate revenge.

murder his wife's lover after luring him to a confrontation at a secluded farm, a court heard. Prosecutors allege Andrew Jones shot Michael O'Leary dead "in cold blood" because he had discovered he was having an affair with his wife.

shooting him dead, wanted to “ruin his life”, a court has heard. Andrew Jones, 53, is accused of enticing Michael O'Leary, 55, who was having an affair with his wife Rhianon, 51, to farmland in Carmarthenshire, Wales, and allegedly shooting him with a rifle.

coronavirus fears will cost millions of tourism jobs, Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has warned.He said his airline is experiencing a “collapse of inward bookings” for flights this summer, because people are being told to self-isolate for 14 days under government measures that came into effect today to guard against a second wave of coronavirus.All passengers, bar a handful of exemptions, now have to fill out an online locator form giving their contact and travel details, as well as the address of

Ryanair customers who are waiting for a refund on their flights should 'be patient' as staff deal with a backlog of flight cancellations, the airline's boss has said.

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has launched an extraordinary attack on the government over what he described as a 'laughable' 14-day quarantine plan for flights into the UK.

Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary has issued a warning to customers hoping to get a refund for flights which were cancelled as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic.

Ryanair has announced that it plans to cut up to 3,000 jobs across pilots and cabin crew.

Ryanair's Chief Operations Officer (COO) Peter Bellew has told the High Court that Michael O'Leary roared and shouted at him and said "You are f**king useless," at meetings of the airline's senior executives. Mr Bellew said that he was "screamed at" by Mr O'Leary at meetings between Ryanair and the senior executives known as Zs.