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AMC Entertainment took advantage of a record stock price with its second share issue in three days, while warning investors of the risks involved https://t.co/43vIhcUsbP pic.twitter.com/0QSsJTX9hr
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 3, 2021
NBA players’ lucrative endorsements deals with Chinese brands could pull the league into the geopolitical firestorm over the use of cotton from Xinjiang.
U.S.-China tensions, human rights and business are once again colliding on the basketball court.https://t.co/e1xRx9F8cL
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 9, 2021
Golden Globes group taps new diversity, ethics and legal consultants as pressure to reform mounts https://t.co/eGOkRCRqGP
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) May 27, 2021
Hundreds of union members rallied in opposition to the Metropolitan Opera’s lockout of stagehands and management’s demands for lasting pay cuts. The workers’ message was clear: their labor makes the Met what it is, and without them the opera can’t reopen. https://t.co/Q3JEy2R9vw
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 13, 2021
Justin Shubow, chair of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, has been asked to resign by President Biden.
Shubow, who was appointed by former President Trump in 2018, helped craft Trump’s controversial executive order promoting neo-classical architecture. https://t.co/GDerhXUdPF
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) May 26, 2021
Oscars 2021 snubbed movie theaters in an hour of need https://t.co/GGohEAkbBF
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) April 27, 2021
Good luck, Amazon. Unpacking MGM’s vault may be harder than it sounds https://t.co/oZNM10yAAW
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 1, 2021
With movie theaters trying to lure back audiences that have streamed films at home for more than a year, @Reuters talks to Hollywood stars, directors and producers about the future of moviegoing https://t.co/SA47v4poV2 pic.twitter.com/3Vu3bgRLF9
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 22, 2021
While holiday box-office receipts brought relief to studio executives and bolstered the country’s slow-but-steady economic recovery, Hollywood still faces a stark question: Do movie theaters have a future, or was the weekend rebound just a blip? https://t.co/eruvan4dWR
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 3, 2021
The first-person shooter video game “Six Days in Fallujah” preys on real-life tragedies for entertainment, writes @twaiji, and it only compounds the ongoing trauma suffered by Iraqis around the world.https://t.co/cB1cGByMQY
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) June 2, 2021