The Last of Us started as a video game, became a hit TV series and is about to become not one but two live attractions: Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights will open Last of Us haunted houses at Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood in September. The Orlando attraction […]

Sierra Boggess will reprise her role as ‘Mary’ in the Broadway production of Harmony, the new musical by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman that premiered Off Broadway last spring. The Broadway staging is set to begin previews Wednesday, October 18, at the Barrymore Theatre ahead of an official opening night […]

The state with the most people has displaced the state with the largest economy in terms of investor additions. Uttar Pradesh (UP) added 126,000 new investors in April, reveals National Stock Exchange (NSE) disclosures. This is higher than Maharashtra’s 118,000. Maharashtra, which is home to India’s financial capital of Mumbai, […]

EXCLUSIVE: “We are today… WGA!” was the cry outside Cologne Cathedral yesterday evening in Germany, where around 50 protestors held a rally in solidarity with their WGA counterparts in the U.S. The demo was pulled together as part of the global Screenwriters Everywhere protests, which encompassed 20 locations around the […]

The Dow Jones nosedived this afternoon as the Federal Reserve – which has raised interest rates ten times since last year – held them steady for June but indicated that more hikes are on the way. A pause in the aggressive increases meant to stem inflation was expected, but hawkish […]

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its consumer price index for May. The inflation rate was benign, based on the figures several months ago. Inflation compared to May of last year rose 4%. The number was closer to 8% at the start of the year. The Federal Reserve target […]

Market sentiment remained weak as recession fears added to monetary policy anxiety. Disappointing trade data from China also added to the negative mood in major markets. Cryptocurrencies however staged a remarkable recovery after a series of regulatory actions over the past two days. European benchmarks are trading in the red. […]

The Directors Guild’s tentative agreement for a new film and TV contract “is the biggest we’ve ever negotiated” and “is almost double what we got last time,” former DGA President Paris Barclay says in a new video posted on the guild’s website featuring members touting the deal. Barclay, currently the […]

Networks trained their cameras outside of the Trump National Doral Resort as they prepare for a bit of deja vu: Former President Donald Trump making the trek to the circus outside a courthouse, where he is due to be arrested, booked and arraigned. But if the scene as Trump faces […]

Market sentiment remained tethered to the monetary policy outlook, amidst an unexpected rate hike by the Reserve Bank of Australia and the unexpected drop in services PMI readings in the U.S. European benchmarks are trading in the red, amidst a steady retail sale reading from the Eurozone. Wall Street Futures […]