The Warner Brothers/DC film Birds of Prey “is proving not to be the February box office success industry observers had hoped,” according to The Wrap: After grossing $13 million on Friday from 4,236 screens, the film is now estimated to earn an opening weekend of $34 million, which would be the lowest start for a DC Comics adaptation since the $5.3…
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Enjoy Netflix While It Lasts. It Can’t Keep Going Like This Forever.
An anonymous reader shares a column: Derek Thompson, writing in the Atlantic last month, highlighted the ways in which contemporary millennial lifestyles are in many ways subsidized by venture capital. Unprofitable businesses are currently offering up great deals to urbanites who otherwise would be unable to afford their fancy city-living in large part because of losses incurred as the cost of…
When American Financiers and Business Leaders Plotted to Overthrow Franklin D. Roosevelt and Install a Fascist Government in the U.S. (1933)
Economist and columnist Paul Krugman recently wrote about a current nominee for the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors who called cities like Cincinnati and Cleveland “armpits of America” to laughs from an audience of business leaders. This same nominee has made headlines for saying “capitalism is a lot more important than democracy” and calling the 16th […]
When American Financiers and Business Leaders…
Herbie Hancock’s Joyous Soundtrack for the Original Fat Albert TV Special (1969)
Millions of kids grew up with the groovy yet educational cartoon comedy of Fat Albert, and millions of adults may find it difficult or impossible now to watch the show without thinking of the crimes of its creator. Such is life in the 21st century, but so it was too at the end of the […]
Herbie Hancock’s Joyous Soundtrack for the…
‘Shazam!’ Keeps Box-Office Lead as ‘Hellboy’ Flounders
“Little,” a comedy in the kid-adult switcheroo tradition of “Big” and “Freaky Friday,” came in second place. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/14/movies/shazam-hellboy-box-office.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…