Universal Supplants Warner Bros. as Hollywood's Box Office Hero

The upcoming movie The United States vs Billie Holiday, which stars Andra Day as the title character, has been sold to Hulu!

EXCLUSIVE: On this Christmas Eve, we hear that a deal is coming together for Hulu to acquire Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday. 

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaHulu has bought domestic distribution rights to “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” a deal that will allow the drama to premiere in time for Oscars consideration.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefWhile the North American box office pulls in less than $5 million per weekend due to COVID-19, the China and Japan markets are not only open, but also capable of breaking theatrical records. It may feel logical to hurry more U.S.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorDonald Trump will lose access to Twitter’s official White House accounts — including @POTUS and @WhiteHouse — when Joe Biden is sworn in on Jan. 20 as the 46th president of the United States.But with the changeover, the Biden team will be rebuilding the followers of those accounts from scratch.

While we may be talking about the unfortunate death of movie theaters in the US, considering they have yet to fully bounce back from being closed most of the year and 2021 isn’t looking as promising as we hoped, Chinese cinemas are not only open but thriving.

With a flurry of exiting pardons expected from Donald Trump any moment, incarcerated Tiger King star Joe Exotic has taken the Justice Department to court in the hopes of joining Michael Flynn, Roger Stone and other similar upstanding citizens in getting an 11th hour Presidential act of clemency.

The Black Lives Matter movement: The year began on a heartbreaking note when a video of the killing of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis surfaced on May 25, which in turn triggered a wave of protests against police brutality and systematic racism in the United States. Since then, setting aside concerns for their personal safety, in the midst of a global pandemic, hundreds of thousands have marched to support the Black Lives Matter Movement (BLM).

Saturday Night Live’s Michale Che and Colin Jost celebrated the finale “Weekend Update” segment about Donald Trump for the year with a musical montage that listed out the current president’s “greatest moments in office.”

The Office will be returning to Netflix in the UK and in Ireland.The streaming giant teased the news on social media with a quote from the show from Steve Carell’s character Michael Scott, writing: “Oh my god. Okay, it’s happening! Everybody stay calm.

The Office are set to launch on Peacock in 2021.NBCUniversal’s recently launched streaming service will host Steve Carell’s series from January 1, 2021, introducing new “Superfan Episodes” boasting brand new content.The “Superfan Episodes” will include never-before-scene footage and deleted scenes in extended cuts of original episodes, which will start in Season 3 with more to follow in March.A clip of one of the scenes was shared by Peacock in anticipation, check it out here:The first two

Mid-December is usually a launching pad for yuletide-fueled holiday blockbusters. That isn't the case this year as Hollywood and theater owners grapple with the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and a virtual nine-month standstill in moviegoing that will result in the worst showing for domestic ticket sales in at least four decades.

Cher has shared both her hopes and fears for the end of Donald Trump‘s presidency next month in a new interview.The singer was a vocal supporter of president-elect Joe Biden ahead of last month’s US presidential election, recording a reworked song, ‘Happiness Is Just A Thing Called Joe’, for the Democrat’s successful White House bid.Speaking to The Guardian, Cher argued that Trump had turned US culture “toxic” during his time in office, adding: “People who just disagreed with each other before

A Marine veteran from Texas who had his legs blown off by a roadside bomb in Iraq has become only the second double amputee police officer in the United States. The inspiring story belongs to Zach Briseno, 35, of Fort Worth, who refused to let the loss of his legs prevent him from achieving his dream of becoming a cop when he grew up.

Update, Dec. 10: Universal has had second thoughts in this pandemic environment where fewer theaters are open, and will open their Bob Odenkirk action thriller Nobody on Feb. 26, which was one of the pic’s former release dates before they opted for Feb. 19. I hear that the studio is giving some distance from the pic’s PVOD date. Nobody is now on a crowded weekend that includes Paramount’s United States vs. Billie Holiday and 20th Century Studios’ Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. 

Florida State University stands near the top of the list for coronavirus-stricken colleges in the state and its popular nightlife provides a glimpse into how it made it to the number three spot -- thanks to images shared across social media by bars, nightclubs and students.  The school recently came in as the 19th-best public university in the country, according to US News and World Report – but the Princeton Review also ranked it the 19th-best party school.

entire slate of 2021 movies simultaneously in cinemas and on HBO Max.The move, which is thought to be US only, was made last week in response to the coronavirus pandemic’s severe impact on the stability of the traditional theatre-first release model.In a new interview with ET, the Tenet writer and director called the move “very, very, very, very messy”, aiming his criticism at the apparent suddenness of the announcement.“There’s such controversy around it because they didn’t tell anyone,” he