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☆ Elon Musk just used very foul language to tell X advertisers to go away
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Lloyd Lee | Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk was questioned about his antisemitic comments on X during the New York Times' DealBook Summit. Musk repeatedly said that advertisers can go "fuck" themselves. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementElon Musk repeatedly told companies who pulled advertisements from his social media platform X to "go fuck yourself," during an interview for The New York Times DealBook Summit on Wednesday. Over the weekend, the New York Times reported that X may lose up to $75 million from the advertiser exodus.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Bob Iger, —, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Elon, it's Tesla, Iger, Linda Yaccarino Organizations: New York Times, Disney, Service, The New York Times, Summit, SpaceX, ABC, ESPN, IBM, Apple, Lionsgate, Media

Director John Woo poses during a photocall for the movie "Zhuibu (Manhunt)" at the 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi Acquire Licensing RightsLOS ANGELES, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Director John Woo opted not to have any actor dialogue in the action-thriller film "Silent Night," and focus on his own unique visual and sound techniques to engage audiences. Swedish actor Joel Kinnaman plays Godlock, and most of the dialogue in the film comes from either radio broadcasts or police communications. In fact, Kinnaman said, Woo encouraged long takes where the actors had to improvise to create the feeling of a real fight. Reporting by Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway; editing by Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: John Woo, Alessandro Bianchi, Woo, ”, Brian Godluck, he’s, Godluck, Joel Kinnaman, Kinnaman, he's, Rollo Ross, Danielle Broadway, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Venice Film, REUTERS, Lionsgate, Hollywood, Thomson Locations: Venice, Italy, Hollywood, Hong Kong, Swedish, Godluck

☆ Major brands are not only pausing ads on Elon Musk’s X. They’re stepping away from the platform altogether
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The blackout on X extends beyond these companies’ corporate accounts, in some cases. Prior to Musk’s backing of an antisemitic post, Colbert’s show, however, was primarily active on X, regularly posting videos and other content. It is, of course, possible that these companies will reverse course down the road and resume posting and even advertising on the platform. And if more companies and other notable figures abandon Musk’s platform for other social networks, it will extinguish the allure it once had, providing yet another reason for average users to ditch the troubled platform. “Every day, more brands are waking up to the reality that Twitter is dead and X is a cesspool,” Platformer’s Casey Newton said.

Persons: WBD, Stephen Colbert ”, Stephen Colbert, it’s, Tucker Carlson, ” Platformer’s Casey Newton, ” Organizations: CNN, Elon, Disney, Paramount, Lionsgate, Sony Pictures, Universal, Warner Bros ., Fox News, Twitter

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Are chip wars starting to hurt now?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Clement Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Box office cheerThanksgiving box office sales stood at about $172 million this year, an improvement over the previous three years of pandemic-pressured ticket sales. Fifty Hamas hostages are due to be released over the four days under the terms of an agreement between Israel and Hamas. In the first two days of the temporary cease-fire, 24 hostages were released from Gaza in exchange for 39 Palestinian prisoners.

Persons: Napoleon, Abigail Mor Edan Organizations: CNBC, Nikkei, Adobe Analytics, Sony Locations: Asia, Pacific, Hong Kong, U.S, Israeli, Gaza, Israel

☆ Disney's 'Wish' disappoints during Thanksgiving, extending an animation box office rut
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Its latest animated feature "Wish," billed as a celebration of 100 years of storytelling, fumbled at the box office during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. It tallied just $31.6 million over the five-day period, far below box office analysts' expectations of between $45 million and $55 million. It's historically rare for Disney to lag at the Thanksgiving box office. The company has for more than a decade released top-grossing animated films during the Wednesday-to-Sunday frame and even set records for highest-grossing openings for films released on Thanksgiving. The underperformance of "Wish" extends an unfortunate pattern for the company, which operates two animation studios — Walt Disney Animation and Pixar.

Persons: Napoleon, Ridley Scott, it's, Paul Dergarabedian Organizations: Apple, Disney, Walt Disney Animation, Pixar

☆ Hunger Games prequel, 'Napoleon' lead as Thanksgiving box office shows signs of life
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

LionsgateThis year's Thanksgiving box office was both feast and famine for the theatrical industry. Meanwhile, Disney's latest animated feature "Wish," which celebrates the company's 100th anniversary, fell startlingly short of box office expectations, tallying just $31.7 million over its first five days in theaters. "It wouldn't be a holiday box office season without some occasional upsets and this weekend is delivering on that front," said Shawn Robbins, chief analyst at BoxOffice.com. Overall, the Thanksgiving box office secured around $172 million, an improvement over the previous three years of pandemic-pressured ticket sales. Prior to the coronavirus outbreak, the five-day Thanksgiving spread — consisting of the Wednesday before Thanksgiving through Sunday — had resulted in more than $250 million in ticket sales each year.

Persons: Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Coriolanus Snow, Lucy Gray Baird, Napoleon, Disney's, Shawn Robbins, Robbins, — Organizations: SONY, Lionsgate, Sony, Apple, MGM, Warner Bros Locations: Lionsgate's

Neither of the weekend’s top new releases — “Wish” and Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” — could keep up with Lionsgate's “Hunger Games” prequel. With an estimated budget of $200 million, “Napoleon” may still have a long road to reach profitability for Apple, which partnered with Sony to distribute “Napoleon” theatrically. “Wish," at least, is faring better than Disney’s Thanksgiving release last year: 2022's “Strange World" bombed with a five-day $18.9 million opening. Alexander Payne's film starring Paul Giamatti as a boarding school instructor made $3.8 million over the five-day weekend. Ticket sales overall reached $172 million in U.S. and Canada theaters over the five-day holiday weekend, according to Comscore.

Persons: ”, Ridley Scott’s “ Napoleon ” —, Lionsgate's, Panem, Napoleon ”, Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Joséphine de Beauharnais, Napoleon, Martin Scorsese’s, “ Napoleon ”, “ Ralph, Coco ”, Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine, Critics weren't, ’, Paul Dergarabedian, We're, “, Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Bradley Cooper's, Maestro ”, Alexander Payne's, Paul Giamatti, Comscore, “ Napoleon, “ Taylor Swift Organizations: Walt Disney Co, Rotten, Apple Studios, Apple, Sony, Disney, Marvel, DreamWorks, Universal Pictures, Amazon, MGM, Netflix, it's, “ Locations: Waterloo, Oxford, Canada

☆ Here are the dozen brands that have paused ads on X amid ongoing crisis for Elon Musk’s platform
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —At least a dozen major brands have halted ad spending on X, formerly Twitter, since its latest advertiser exodus began last week over concerns about antisemitism and hate speech on Elon Musk’s social media platform. The ongoing exit of advertisers marks a deepening crisis for X, which was already struggling to woo brands back to the platform following Musk’s takeover last year. IBM’s decision also came after Musk had publicly endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy theory in a post on X earlier in the week. X also said it had made the pro-Nazi accounts identified by Media Matters ineligible for monetization, meaning ads can no longer be run on their pages. (Media Matters has vowed to fight the lawsuit from X and says it stands by its reporting.)

Persons: Axios, they’d, Musk, Apple, Linda Yaccarino, Richard Spencer, —, CNN’s Oliver Darcy, Liam Reilly, Brian Fung Organizations: New, New York CNN, Elon, Fox Sports, Ubisoft, TechCrunch, Paris, CNN, White, IBM, Media, Disney, Paramount, Comcast, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Warner Bros, Media Matters, University of Michigan, D.C, National Football League Locations: New York, Washington

☆ Disney used to own the Thanksgiving box office. 'Wish' is trying to win it back
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

However, in the wake of the Covid pandemic, the box office has struggled to regain its foothold on the Thanksgiving holiday. "Thanksgiving films in this movie marketplace must rely more heavily on December moviegoing to determine their ultimate box office fate." Box office analysts often disregard 2020's $21.4 million Thanksgiving haul, as few theaters were open and there were few films to watch. Not to mention, box office expectations have not been particularly accurate this year. Trouble in the Magic Kingdom"Wish" has a lot riding on its opening weekend, as Disney looks to rebound from a slew of box office letdowns.

Persons: Ariana DeBose, Asha, Paul Dergarabedian, moviegoing, Ralph, Coco, TriStar's Eli Roth, Napoleon, Taylor, Shawn Robbins, Mario Organizations: Disney, BoxOffice.com, Mario Bros, Sony

☆ DeSantis refuses to condemn Elon Musk for endorsing antisemitic conspiracy theory
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Alison Main | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis on Sunday refused to directly condemn Elon Musk for publicly endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory popular among White supremacists. The X post, which Tapper showed DeSantis, said: “Jewish communties (sic) have been pushing the exact kind of dialectical hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them.” The post also referenced “hordes of minorities” flooding Western countries, a popular antisemitic conspiracy theory. The Council on American-Islamic Relations has also seen an uptick in reports following the attack, but it did not have numbers to release. Pressed by Tapper again on Musk’s tweet, DeSantis maintained: “I have no idea what the context is.”“I know Elon Musk, I’ve never seen him do anything. CNN’s Jack Forrest, David Goldman, Avery Lotz, Jack Forrest, Brian Fung, Clare Duffy and Samantha Delouya contributed to this report.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Elon Musk, White, CNN’s Jake Tapper, Musk, Tapper, DeSantis, Robert Bowers, ”, I’ve, Jamie Raskin, “, CNN’s Jack Forrest, David Goldman, Avery Lotz, Jack Forrest, Brian Fung, Clare Duffy, Samantha Delouya Organizations: CNN, Republican, Sunday, Defamation League, Islamic Relations, Twitter, Disney, Paramount, Comcast, Lionsgate, Warner Bros, Democratic Locations: Florida, Pittsburgh, Israel, America

“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” topped the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters with $44 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. “The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” is an interesting case study for a franchise that’s been dormant for 8 years and is testing the waters for a new era. Its $44 million from 3,776 locations, including 1,610 premium screens, marks a low for films carrying “The Hunger Games” in the title. With an added $54.5 million from 87 international markets, the film has already earned $98.5 million out of the gates. “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,” $44 million.

Persons: ”, Jennifer Lawrence, Katniss Everdeen, Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Adam Fogelson, Suzanne Collins, Collins, Coriolanus Snow, Paul Dergarabedian, “, Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Eli Roth, Patrick Dempsey, Addison Rae, Michael Fassbender, Taika Waititi, Paul Giamatti, “ Priscilla, Sofia Coppola, Disney's, ” Ridley, Napoleon ”, ” Dergarabedian, Comscore, “ Taylor Swift Organizations: American, Lionsgate, Rotten, SAG, Universal, DreamWorks Animation, Marvel, TriStar Pictures, Spyglass Media, Walt Disney Co, Searchlight Pictures, Toronto Film Locations: Germany, Plymouth , Massachusetts

☆ Lionsgate suspends advertising on X
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

The logo for social media platform X, following the rebranding of Twitter, is seen covering the old logo in this illustration taken, July 24, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 17 (Reuters) - Lions Gate Entertainment (LGFa.N) has suspended advertising on Elon Musk-owned X, a spokesperson for the company said on Friday. Apple (AAPL.O) is also pausing all advertising on X, Axios reported, after Musk backed an antisemitic post on the social media platform earlier this week. Reporting by Samrhitha Arunasalam in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika SyamnathOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Axios, Musk, Samrhitha, Devika Organizations: Twitter, REUTERS, Gate Entertainment, Elon, Apple, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ Disney just joined a long list of large companies dropping ads from X: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Sebastian Cahill | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Multiple advertising agencies and large companies have since pulled their content from the site. AdvertisementElon Musk's response to an antisemitic comment on X is coming with a hefty price tag as multiple large companies pull their advertisements from X.Disney is the latest company to follow suit. The situation initially unfolded this week, when Musk responded to a post that said Jewish people were pushing "hatred against whites." Disney is only one company pulling its ads — other large companies backing out include IBM, Apple, and Lionsgate. It found that ads from multiple large companies were being placed side-by-side with white supremacist and antisemitic content.

Persons: Elon Musk, —, Elon, Musk, Linda Yacaccarino, Dustin Moskovitz, Ross Gerber, I've, Gerber Organizations: Disney, New York Times, Service, The New York Times, IBM, Apple, Lionsgate, Warner Bros, CNN, Media, Facebook

More major advertisers have paused their spending on X, the social media service formerly known as Twitter, as the backlash continued over Elon Musk’s endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory on X. The spending freeze comes as X has fought to win back advertisers who were wary of spending on the platform after Mr. Musk took it over a year ago and said he would loosen content moderation rules. The organization followed accounts that posted the content, then refreshed the X timeline until ads appeared, X said in a blog post. Only one of the nine posts highlighted by Media Matters violated its content moderation rules, X added. “Musk admitted the ads at issue ran alongside the pro-Nazi content we identified.

Persons: X, Musk, ” Mr, Robert Bowers, Andrew Bates, Hitler, ” X, Joe Benarroch, ”, Angelo Carusone, “ Musk, ” Ryan Mac Organizations: Elon, Warner Bros, Sony, IBM, Apple, Lionsgate, Paramount Global, CBS, Twitter, White, Media Matters, Nazi Party, X Corp, Media, “, ” Media Locations: Israel, Pittsburgh

☆ ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Review: Prequel Without a Purpose
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Kyle Smith | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth Photo: LionsgateAlong with the “Twilight” series, the “Hunger Games” films now seem like an unfortunate artifact of Obama-era teen taste. Interest in the latter saga fizzled amid the unwise decision to stretch out the third novel in Suzanne Collins ’s trilogy with enough filler to constitute two films. As the audience sensed it was being exploited, the concluding chapter was the lowest-grossing one in the series. This time the lead actress is another young performer whom Hollywood hopes to turn into a global name, “West Side Story” and “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” star Rachel Zegler .

Persons: Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Suzanne Collins ’, Jennifer Lawrence, Hollywood, Billy, Kid, Francis Lawrence Organizations: Lionsgate, Hollywood

☆ Lionsgate pulls ads from X, Apple reportedly set to pause ads following Elon Musk's recent comments
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailLionsgate pulls ads from X, Apple reportedly set to pause ads following Elon Musk's recent commentsCNBC's Steve Kovach joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' with breaking news that Lionsgate is pulling ads from X following comments from Elon Musk.

Persons: Apple, Elon Musk's, Steve Kovach, Elon Musk Organizations: Lionsgate

CNN —A growing list of companies said they have suspended advertising on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Disney and Warner Bros.’ advertising pauses follow similar moves by Lionsgate and IBM. The iPhone maker also pulled its advertising from the social media platform, according to multiple news outlets, including Axios, which first reported Apple’s withdrawal. Full stop.”An analysis by the watchdog group Media Matters found this week that in addition to IBM, ads by Apple, Comcast, NBC and Oracle had appeared alongside similar content. In August, two other brands, NCTA — the Internet and Television Association — and Gilead Sciences paused their spending on X after their ads were also run alongside pro-Nazi content.

Persons: Elon Musk, White, Linda Yaccarino, X Organizations: CNN, Twitter, Disney, Warner Bros, Lionsgate, IBM, Bloomberg, Apple, Media, Comcast, NBC, Oracle, NBCU, Thursday’s Media, and Television Association, Gilead Sciences

☆ Paramount joins Apple, Disney, Warner Bros., Lionsgate and others in suspending ads on X
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailParamount joins Apple, Disney, Warner Bros., Lionsgate and others in suspending ads on XHosted by Brian Sullivan, “Last Call” is a fast-paced, entertaining business show that explores the intersection of money, culture and policy. Tune in Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET on CNBC.

Persons: Brian Sullivan, “ Organizations: Paramount, Apple, Disney, Warner Bros, Lionsgate, CNBC

The blowback over Elon Musk’s endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory on X gathered steam on Friday, as several major advertisers on his social media platform cut off their spending after his comments. Disney said it was pausing spending on X, as did Lionsgate, the entertainment and film distribution company. They followed IBM, which cut its spending with X on Thursday. Mr. Musk, who bought Twitter last year and renamed it X, has been under scrutiny for months for allowing and even stoking antisemitic abuse on the site. Jewish groups have compared the statement in the original post to a belief known as replacement theory, a conspiracy theory that posits that nonwhite immigrants, organized by Jews, intend to replace the white race.

Persons: Disney, Musk, ” Mr, Robert Bowers Organizations: Elon, Lionsgate, Apple, IBM, Twitter Locations: Israel, Pittsburgh

☆ Hunger Games prequel heads for $50 million opening weekend
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler star as Coriolanus Snow and Lucy Gray Baird in Lionsgate's "Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes." It's the mantra of the main character Coriolanus Snow in the upcoming "Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" and the hope of its distributor Lionsgate . "There has always been a certain magic surrounding the Hunger Games franchise," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore. It sheds light on what sparked his rise to become the tyrannical ruler seen in later Hunger Games stories. Each of the other four films in the Hunger Games franchise debuted with more than $100 million in ticket sales at the domestic box office.

Persons: Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Coriolanus Snow, Lucy Gray Baird, Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen, Shawn Robbins, Paul Dergarabedian Organizations: Lionsgate, Hunger Games, Hunger, BoxOffice.com, Disney, Marvel Studios, Panem Locations: Lionsgate's, United States

☆ Layoffs keep hitting Amazon, Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery, and more entertainment companies — here's the list of those with recent cuts
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Lucia Moses | Alison Brower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"Netflix missed their numbers, and Wall Street woke up," said Paul Hardart, director of NYU Stern's entertainment, media and technology program. A wide range of companies and employees were impacted, from entertainment giants to independent production companies to Hollywood talent agencies. More consolidation among the legacy media companies and independent production companies is widely expected, which often entails job cuts. Entertainment companies will get back to staffing up, but the jobs will be in stronger growth areas like gaming, streaming, and advertising, more than in filmed entertainment programming. Here are the Hollywood companies, listed alphabetically, that have made layoffs since the summer.

Persons: Paul Hardart, Bob Iger, Joanna Sucherman, Fox, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Nadia Sinh, Companywide, Rami Malek, Mr, Dawn Olmstead, Heather McCauley, YANNIS DRAKOULIDIS, Oscar, Severance, Roku, Alison Levin, NBCUniversal, Curtis Brown, James, Jennifer Coolidge Organizations: Netflix, Disney, Business, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, NYU, Warner Bros, NBC, JLS Media, Entertainment, Hollywood, Amazon Studios, Studios, Talent, Variety, CAA, ICM Partners, DreamWorks Animation, Apple, NETFLIX, Nasdaq, TechCrunch, Starz, CNBC, Lionsgate, LIonsgate, UTA, Hollywood Reporter, Fletcher & Company, Co, HBO Locations: Hollywood, Australia

Everyone had resigned themselves to the fact that “The Hunger Games” ended in 2015. But Suzanne Collins’ Katniss Everdeen saga was over. And while the team was excited about the possibility of working together again, there were some nerves about whether or not there was an appetite for Hunger Games movies “without Katniss,” Lawrence told The Associated Press in a recent interview. And he felt like a star.”For Lucy Gray Baird, the District 12 tribute Snow is assigned to mentor for the 10th Hunger Games, Lawrence already had someone in mind. “Rather than seeing it as a pressure cooker just waiting to explode, I see it as a really big blessing.”Blyth, in his first starring role in Hollywood, felt some pressure.

Persons: ”, Jennifer Lawrence skyrocket, Suzanne Collins, Katniss, Collins, Francis Lawrence, Nina Jacobson, “ Mockingjay, Lawrence, Jacobson, Coriolanus Snow, ” Lawrence, they'd, ” Jacobson, “, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, Jason Schwartzman, Snow, Donald Sutherland, Tom Blyth, He’s Juilliard, Lucy Gray Baird, Rachel Zegler ’, Maria, Steven Spielberg’s “, ” Zegler, ” Blyth, “ Suzanne, Trish Summerville, ColorForce, Barbie ’, ‘ Oppenheimer Organizations: Hunger, Associated Press, Lionsgate, 10th Hunger Locations: Hollywood, Germany

☆ Nicolas Cage is using ‘Dream Scenario’ to process his ‘memefication’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Now we have “Dream Scenario,” combining both Cage the celebrity whose fame stalks and distorts him, and Cage the self-described thespian. Paul Williams (Nicolas Cage), the academic who the world can't stop dreaming about, in Kristoffer Borgli's "Dream Scenario." Courtsey NEONNicolas Cage ("Nick Cage") contemplates his career in "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent" (2022). Nicolas Cage and Julianne Nicholson as husband and wife thrown into disarray with his newfound fame in "Dream Scenario." “Dream Scenario” is released in the UK and on limited release in the US on November 10, before going nationwide on November 22.

Persons: Nicolas Cage, He’s, ”, Cage’s, Renfield ”, Nicholas Hoult, Anne Bancroft, “, John Travolta, we’ve, ” “, Oscar, there’s, Paul Williams, Kristoffer Borgli's, Kristoffer Borgli’s, Paul, ’ ”, ” Paul, Nick Cage, Katalin Vermes, he’s, Paul bungle, Jordan Peterson, they’re, Carl Jung, Julianne Nicholson, “ I’m, James Dean, Eden ’, ” Cage Organizations: CNN, Lionsgate Locations: New York, Las Vegas, ‘

☆ 'Hunger Games' prequel cast premiere film, welcome end of strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Hanna Rantala | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Footballers Ann-Katrin Berger, Jessica Carter, Bethany England and Stephanie Williams attend the world premiere of the movie "Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes", in BFI IMAX, London, Britain, November 9, 2023. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The stars of "The Hunger Games" prequel welcomed the end of a four-month long Hollywood actors strike on Thursday as they walked the red carpet at the film's world premiere in London. Like the other "The Hunger Games" films, "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" is a Lionsgate movie, a studio which is not part of the AMPTP. In the film, Snow mentors and falls for Lucy Gray Baird, the female District 12 tribute during the 10th Hunger Games - a gladiatorial contest that pits the oppressed against each other, while the elite of the wealthy Capitol watch on. Like the other movies, the prequel is based on a novel by Suzanne Collins, released in 2020.

Persons: Ann, Katrin Berger, Jessica Carter, Bethany England, Stephanie Williams, Maja Smiejkowska, Jennifer Lawrence, Panem, Coriolanus Snow, Tom Blyth, Snow, Josh Andres Rivera, Sejanus, Lucy Gray Baird, Rachel Zegler, Lucy, Suzanne Collins, Hanna Rantala, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS, Hollywood, SAG, Reuters, Alliance, Television Producers, Lionsgate, Capitol, Thomson Locations: London, Britain

☆ Rachel Zegler’s dress nods to this famous ‘Hunger Games’ moment
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —“West Side Story” breakout Rachel Zegler is set to join the blockbuster “Hunger Games” franchise with the release of prequel “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” on November 17. Fans have compared Zegler's dress with another key "Hunger Games" moment. Jorg Carstensen/dpa/APFans were quick to compare Zegler’s look with another famous “Hunger Games” frock. Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (2013). From left: Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer and Josh Andres Rivera attend the premiere of "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes" in Berlin.

Persons: CNN —, Rachel Zegler, Zegler, Lucy Gray Baird, Katniss, Alexander McQueen, Jorg Carstensen, Suzanne Collins ’, Jennifer Lawrence, Katniss Everdeen, Sarah Slutsky, Tom Blyth, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andres Rivera, Gerald Matzka, Zegler’s, Schafer Organizations: CNN, AP, Lionsgate, Capitol Locations: Berlin

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