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☆ Austin Butler had a dialect coach help him get rid of his 'Elvis' accent for 'Masters of the Air'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewAustin Butler relied on a dialect coach to help him get rid of his infamous "Elvis" accent after working on the biopic for three years, he said. On Wednesday's episode of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," Butler recalled the difficulty he had jumping from "Elvis" to starting work on Apple TV+'s World War II drama, "Masters of the Air." Advertisement"I had a dialect coach just to help me not sound like Elvis," Butler said. I thought, 'Alright, just pour all this energy into learning about World War II,'" Butler added. Related storiesWhile promoting "Elvis" in 2022, Butler notably continued to speak in Presley's distinctive southern accent, which became something of a social-media meme.

Persons: —, Austin Butler, Butler, Elvis Presley, Baz Luhrmann, Stephen Colbert, Elvis, Tom Cruise Organizations: Service, Business, BAFTA, Globe, Apple, Entertainment, Warner Bros Locations: London, Elvis

☆ China box office smashes summer records, Hollywood contributes little
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

So far, four films have surpassed the 2 billion yuan benchmark at the box office, another record for the summer film season, including suspense thriller "Lost in the Stars" and crime drama "No More Bets". According to the China Film Administration, this year's summer film revenue, which covers June to August, has surpassed the previous record of 17.78 billion yuan achieved in 2019. Margot Robbie-starrer "Barbie", which has performed well in global markets, brought in just 246 million yuan after almost a month on screen. Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible–Dead Reckoning Part One" made about 350 million yuan in more than a month of screening. ($1 = 7.2869 Chinese yuan renminbi)Reporting by Sophie Yu, Casey Hall; Editing by Devika SyamnathOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Margot Robbie, Tom Cruise's, Sophie Yu, Casey Hall, Devika Organizations: China Film Administration, HK, Thomson Locations: BEIJING, China

☆ ‘Barbenheimer’ is set to meme its way to an ‘unprecedented’ weekend of box office ticket sales
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The “Barbenheimer” craze, which has swelled in popularity over the last few weeks, is all but set to propel the box office to its best weekend in years. BoxOffice Pro, a publication that tracks box office performance, said this week it is projecting a $200+ million weekend at the cinema. The battle of the bombshells playing out in theaters is not the usual runaway box office success story. “But it’s not just about the first three days of the box office either. The irony in the films’ massive draw is that, typically, studios prefer to avoid releasing major box office features on the same weekend as another.

Persons: Barbie ”, “ Oppenheimer, ” Michael O’Leary, it’s, Mattel, Christopher Nolan, ” Shawn Robbins, “ ‘ Oppenheimer, Barbie ’, don’t, “ Barbie ”, Tom Cruise, ” O’Leary, ” Robbins, “ It’s, ” Organizations: CNN, BoxOffice, National Association of Theatre Owners, Warner Bros Locations: Hollywood

☆ My Impossible Mission to Find Tom Cruise
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Caity Weaver | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

These were Keston Park’s problems — not mine and probably not Tom Cruise’s. Tom Cruise, as he and I both now knew, was most likely secretly living at another estate I had turned up in my research — one that was even closer to the airport. Tom Cruise would be crazy not to live here, I thought as I stroked the soft, sun-warmed mane of a little white donkey. Except, upon my arrival at the end of an idyllic woodland stroll, I discovered that Cruise did not live there either. I righted the gnome and ambled on, in search of another public footpath that would, I hoped, lead me to where Cruise actually lived.

Persons: Cruise, Tom Cruise’s, Tom Cruise Organizations: Mushroom Locations: Biggin Hill, Keston, Bromley, —, Biggin

☆ Kevin McCarthy shared a map of China that includes Taiwan
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Kevin McCarthy shared a map of China that included Taiwan in a tweet criticizing China. The Chinese Communist Party is very sensitive to its claims about Taiwan in Western media. As a result, Beijing has long sought for Taiwan to be shown as part of China — which McCarthy did. But right now, we are dependent on China," McCarthy wrote in a tweet posted on his official account in promotion of HR 1, the GOP's sweeping energy bill. The Chinese Communist Party is extremely sensitive to any language or depiction that undermines its claims to Taiwan.

LOS ANGELES, Dec 12 (Reuters) - "Avatar: The Way of Water" and "Top Gun: Maverick" were named among the contenders for Golden Globe awards next month when the ceremony returns to television after a year off following a diversity and ethics scandal. But the Globes where tainted after a 2021 Los Angeles Times investigation probed the association's practices and revealed the organization had no Black members. Tom Cruise returned his Golden Globe statues in protest, and longtime broadcaster NBC dropped the 2022 telecast. The Comcast-owned (CMCSA.O) network agreed to air the Globes again in 2023 after the organization made reforms. Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Lisa ShumakerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ How one pioneering platform is working to detoxify social media
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But some platforms are trying to detoxify social media. Twitter; Mastodon; Vicky Leta/Insider1. One pioneering platform is working to detoxify social media. Once championed as heralds of a more interconnected world, social media has instead contributed to loneliness, low self-esteem, and the proliferation of harmful disinformation, Evan Malmgren writes. With 4.4 million users, Mastodon looks like Twitter, but rather than a single website, it's an open-source software platform that allows users to run self-hosted, "federated" social networks.

☆ Vedete la perete. Ultimele știri despre vedetele internaționale și autohtone
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-13 | by ( ) prime.md time to read: 1 min

Ultimele știri despre vedetele internaționale și autohtoneÎn această dimineață, 13 noiembrie, Daniela Marin a prezentat ultimele știri despre vedetele internaționale și autohtone. Alain Delon vrea să-și împlinească un vis înainte de moarte. Hugh Grant a făcut o dezvăluire neașteptată în cadrul unei emisiuni. Renaștem împreună!”5. Eugen Doibani a dat frâu liber lacrimilor, chiar de ziua lui

Persons: Daniela Marin, Alain Delon, Hugh Grant, . Tom Cruise, Eugen Doibani Organizations: Naționale

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