Strip club Cinderella story 'Anora' wins best picture at 97th Academy Awards

"Anora,” a strip club Cinderella story without the fairy tale ending, was crowned best picture at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday, handing Sean Baker’s gritty, Brooklyn-set screwball farce Hollywood’s top prize.

Entertainment 03 Mar, 2025

'Doctor Strange 2' conjures up biggest opening of 2022

The summer movie season is off to a blockbuster start thanks to " Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness." The superhero extravaganza grossed an estimated $185 million in ticket sales in its first weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters, the Walt Disney Co. said Sunday.

Entertainment 09 May, 2022

'Wonder Woman 1984' Grabs $5.5 Million Domestically, Global Total Tops $118 Million: Box Office

LOS ANGELES: "Wonder Woman 1984" used its lasso of truth to rope in $5.5 million over the New Year's holiday. The sequel also ensnared another $10.1 million from overseas markets, bringing its global total to $118.5 million. That's not a disastrous...

Travel Abroad 04 Jan, 2021

'How to Train Your Dragon' stays Number 1, 'Madea' a strong 2nd

LOS ANGELES: "How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World" topped the North American box office for a second week, but close on its tail was Tyler Perry's final instalment of the "Madea" franchise. Driven by a largely female audience, "A Madea...

Travel Abroad 04 Mar, 2019

'Fate of the Furious' Debuts to Hefty $100.2 Million

LOS ANGELES: "The Fate of the Furious" is roaring to a record-setting global debut over the weekend even as domestic audiences showed less enthusiasm for the latest installment in Universal's long-running "Fast and Furious" series. Final numbers...

Travel Abroad 18 Apr, 2017

US Box Office: 'Boss Baby' beats up on 'Smurfs: The Lost Village'

LOS ANGELES: The Smurfs may be feeling kind of blue. The cuddly creatures' once-promising film franchise is looking awfully creaky after "Smurfs: The Lost Village" stumbled at the domestic box office this weekend. The Sony release opened to a...

Travel Abroad 10 Apr, 2017

'Boss Baby' dethrones 'Beauty and the Beast' with $49Million debut

NEW YORK: The taskmaster toddler of "The Boss Baby" dethroned Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" at the box office with a $49 million debut, handing its star Alec Baldwin what President Donald Trump might call a "huge" no. 1 opening. Paramount...

Travel Abroad 03 Apr, 2017

Massachusetts man convicted of fraud over 'Kung Fu Panda' drawings, lawsuit

A Massachusetts man was found guilty by a federal jury on Friday of back-dating drawings he relied on as evidence in his lawsuit against DreamWorks Animation that claimed he had invented the title character in the 2008 film "Kung Fu Panda." A...

Travel Abroad 19 Nov, 2016

Massachusetts man convicted of fraud over 'Kung Fu Panda' drawings, lawsuit

A Massachusetts man was found guilty by a federal jury on Friday of back-dating drawings he relied on as evidence in his lawsuit against DreamWorks Animation that claimed he had invented the title character in the 2008 film "Kung Fu Panda." A...

Travel Abroad 19 Nov, 2016

Comcast buy of 'Kung Fu Panda' producer aids Asia strategy

Comcast Corp's (CMCSA.O) planned purchase of DreamWorks Animation (DWA.O) would increase the media giant's foothold in Asia, particularly China, as it competes in an increasingly global battle for entertainment dollars. DreamWorks, producer of...

Travel Abroad 29 Apr, 2016

In the battle for Hollywood endorsements - and cash - Clinton rules

LOS ANGELES: Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' positions on fracking, free tuition and breaking up big banks wouldn't sound out of place in an Oscar winning-actor's acceptance speech. But in famously liberal Hollywood, long used...

Women 27 Apr, 2016

'Kung Fu Panda 3' trumps 'Hail, Caesar!'

LOS ANGELES: Hollywood fumbled the ball during a quiet Super Bowl weekend at the multiplexes as new releases such as "Hail, Caesar!" and "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" failed to make much noise. For the second weekend in a row, DreamWorks...

Travel Abroad 08 Feb, 2016