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As many movie theaters struggle to attract audiences in the age of streaming, Chicago’s Music Box Theatre is preparing to double its screen count. The arthouse cinema announced last week that it has ...

Before Hip-Hop went corporate, it was raw, risky and real. Ralph McDaniels opens up about shootouts, unseen Jay-Z moments, Young Diddy and why Video Music Box survived it all.

The nearly 100-year-old cinema will close briefly after New Year's Day and reopen on Jan. 9 with a showing of Jim Jarmusch's "Father Mother Sister Brother." ...

The Salmon River School District near the Canadian border on Thursday placed several top officials on leave, a move that came a day after an acrimonious school board meeting in which parents and other ...

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The domestic box office continues to fight back after Covid and the Hollywood strikes, and for the third time since the pandemic has eclipsed the $8 billion mark at the domestic box office, according ...

The animated blockbuster sequel has earned nearly half of its $1.08 billion global haul in China, where Disney will next test its market might with James Cameron’s 'Avatar: Fire and Ash,' opening ...

‘Avatar 3’ Box Office: James Cameron’s Saga Opens on Low End in U.S. With $88M, but Race Is Far From Over The first two 'Avatar' films likewise didn't boast huge pre-Christmas openings, yet went on to ...

“Avatar: Fire and Ash” took in $88 million over the weekend, a sizable No. 1 total that nonetheless fell 34 percent behind the opening for its franchise predecessor. By Brooks Barnes The third “Avatar ...

Disney is experiencing the highs and lows the box office has to offer. On one hand, the studio’s animated sequel “Zootopia 2” returned to No. 1 in North America in its third weekend after sprinting ...