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Cinema admissions across Europe fell in 2024 despite a slight rise in overall box office revenue, according to the International Union of Cinemas’ (UNIC) 2025 annual report, released during the CineEurope convention in Barcelona on Tuesday. Total admissions across the 39 European territories represented by UNIC reached 934.2 million in 2024, down 2.6 percent from the previous year. Box office revenue, at €7.1 billion ($8.2 billion), was up by the slimmest of margins, increasing 0.03 percent. The UNIC report cited “the lingering effects of the 2023 actors’ and writers’ strikes” as one of the main reasons for the sluggish performance.…

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On June 5, artist development went under the microscope at nonprofit ThinkLA’s annual Entertainment Brunch presented by Nextel, which hosted 450 entertainment industry professionals at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. This year’s edition of the brunch featured a trio of panels centered around the theme “The New Era of Disruption” in music, film, TV, video games and more. During a panel titled “The Business of Music: Breaking Artists & Building Global Fandoms” moderated by Billboard deputy editor, business news Chris Eggertsen, three executives — Capitol Records vp of marketing Jessica Eason, Amazon Music head of culture amplification Ida…

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Elizabeth Hurley and Hugh Grant were both up-and-comers when they met making the 1988 Spanish film Rowing With the Wind, in which Grant portrayed Romantic icon Lord Byron. “Hugh did look particularly fine in those cream britches,” Hurley jested in an interview. “But I think I might have liked him anyway. There was an instant rapport. He made me laugh.” The longtime couple seemingly shot to global stardom simultaneously, Grant for his breakout performance in 1994’s Four Weddings and a Funeral and Hurley, by then a major model, for the still-iconic Versace safety-pin gown she wore to the film’s London premiere.…

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While the 62-year-old star has been working steadily for decades and has appeared in several hugely popular movies, including the Harry Potter franchise, The Patriot, and Peter Pan, it isn’t really until now that we’ve all gotten to know Jason outside of his roles. Source link

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All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. With hits like “Psycho Killer,” “Wild Wild Life” and “This Must Be the Place,” talking Heads have been creating iconic cultural moments for more than 50 years. Now, music historian and author Jonathan Gould has a new book biography. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news On sale for $32 (reg. $39) on Amazon, Burning Down the House: Talking Heads…

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Coralogix, a full-stack observability and security platform provider, on Tuesday raised $115 million in a Series E funding round at an over $1 billion valuation.The company’s latest funding round was led by NewView Capital, a California-based venture growth firm, with participation from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and NextEquity, the venture firm founded by former Apple executives Avie Tevanian and Fred Anderson.Existing investors, including Advent International, Brighton Park Capital, Revaia, Greenfield Partners, Red Dot Capital Partners, O.G. Tech, Joule Capital Partners, and Maor Investments, also participated in this round.The startup intends to allocate a substantial share of the capital…

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Nine Weird And Wonderful Books That Are Hard To Put Down Recently, u/Interesting_Win_2154 asked the good folks over at r/suggestmeabook for a book that’s “too weird to explain and too good to put down,” so we thought we’d share some of the suggestions. 1. Sharkheart by Emily Habeck 2. Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson 3. Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer 4. The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins 5. The Vegetarian by Han Kang 6. The Hike by Drew Magery 7. Earthlings by Sayaka Murata 9. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula le Guin Any of your…

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Ready to break through your next revenue ceiling? Join Sam Taggart — renowned sales trainer, CEO of D2D Experts, and author of Eat What You Kill — for a high-energy, no-fluff session designed for business owners and sales executives who want to create a sales pipeline that delivers consistent, scalable results.Register now for our webinar on July 17th at 2:00 PM ET, where Sam will share the exact strategies he’s used to help hundreds of businesses dominate their markets and build sales systems that don’t stall out. Whether you’re tired of unpredictable deal flow, struggling to keep your sales team…

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“Everything is very challenging right now. We have had 10 years which were wonderful in France and all over Europe.” That is how Gaumont Television president and producer Isabelle Degeorges described the state of the TV sector after the end of Peak TV during a keynote appearance at the Conecta Fiction & Entertainment industry gathering in Cuenca, Spain. “There was a period when anything was possible. All streamers wanted to come to France and wanted to commission in France,” she highlighted. But COVID and the end of peak TV mean that everyone must now operate under a new normal. But…

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