Redbox Parent Chicken Soup For The Soul Tightens Belt As Movie Revenue Starts To Return; Exec Bonuses Deferred, Some Distribution Deals Renegotiated, But No Layoffs Planned

Jennifer Garner doesn’t really like to read articles about her ex-husband, Ben Affleck.

Matt Damon is opening up more about how his daughter, Isabella, likes to roast all of his movies.

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.In the latest issue of Cahiers du Cinema, Lynch praised how good a “revenge movie” the film is.He said: “Tarantino’s [Once Upon A Time in Hollywood] shows how real life events could have turned out very differently. It’s a hell of a good revenge movie, done in feel good fashion”.In a five star review of the film, NME said: “It would be wrong to declare OUAT…IH to be quite so perfectly formed as Pulp Fiction, but there is no doubt that this is his most well-rounded and satisfying work since.

Star Wars film, which he says is about “the discovery of the Force”.This week (April 7) Star Wars confirmed that three new films are in the works for the franchise, the first of which will be directed by Mangold, who has also directed this year’s upcoming Indiana Jones film, Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny.According to LucasFilm president Kathleen Kennedy, who appeared at this year’s Star Wars Celebration in London, the film will explore “the first Jedi to wield the force”.Speaking to Empire, Mangold has opened up more about the film and when it will be set.He said: “It takes place 25,000 years before Episode IV, and it’s about the discovery of the Force.“I told Kathy [Kennedy] I wanted to make a kind of Bible movie, a kind of Ten Commandments of Star Wars – kind of a Cecil B DeMille film about the arrival of the Force, and that’s what I’ve been pecking away at between press events. That’s the idea.”He continued: “It’s a movie that both connects to the worlds we know, but is also far enough away from it that I think there’s a lot of opportunities to tell a story freely, also…and not be so incredibly tied in by the knots and different story strands that are already in place.”A post shared by Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) The second new Star Wars film will be directed by The Mandalorian co-creator Dave Filoni.

Stray Kids have added concerts in Los Angeles, Japan and the Philippines to the upcoming 2023 leg of their ‘Maniac’ world tour.On November 7, the group shared a string of announcements unveiling additional dates for their 2023 ‘Maniac’ world tour. These include a series of “encore” shows in Los Angeles and the cities of Tokyo and Osaka in Japan.

Metallica’s Lars Ulrich has admitted that he sometimes reads comments about the band online.In a new interview with Metal Hammer, Ulrich said he occasionally reads social media comments about his band’s music online. In the interview, he said that he was reading what fans were saying online about the band’s surprise comeback single ‘Lux Æterna“ last year.He said: “If you decide to go down into the comment sections, at least for me, you have to prepare yourself for not taking any of it overly personally.

Detour Discotheque (via MixMag) who have previously worked on events at “the edge of the world” in Iceland.Running for two nights from September 22 and 23, music lovers wanting the club can do so by taking the CalMac ferry from Oban.Names alreaady announced to play the venue include Auntie Flo, Free Love and the Cosmic Ceilidh Band, who are made up of musicians from Coll.Organiser Jonny Ensall said in a statement to DJ Mag: “Detour Discotheque is back for another spellbinding weekend.“The event is a wormhole that opens in unexpected places around planet Earth, and this year that cosmic phenomenon is happening on Coll – a tiny Scottish island famous for its star-filled skies.“It’s all about community – bringing disco-lovers and Coll residents together for two nights of unabashed joy, amid plenty of stunning nature and with the Milky Way to admire above us.”You can buy tickets to visit the world’s “most remote” nightclub here.Last year, a study said that the UK could soon be left with just 5,000 nightclubs in operation across the country.The findings were made by two hospitality-focused software companies, Stampede and StoreKit, using data obtained from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).The results showed that, despite an uptick in registered hospitality businesses since 2019, the UK’s nightlife sector is in decline. Between 2019-2020 and 2020-2021, the number of pubs, bars and clubs in the UK dropped, continuing a trend that has seen businesses in the sector shutting in high numbers for a decade.According to the ONS, there were 10,040 registered clubs in the UK in 2010.

Noname has today (April 9) unveiled details of her new album, ‘Sundial’.The Chicago rapper announced the much anticipated follow up to ‘Room 25’ on Instagram and revealed that it would arrive in July.In the post Noname also thanked fans “for everything” – you can see it below.A post shared by noname (@nonamehiding)Noname released her second album ‘Room 25’ in September 2018.In 2019, she shared the tracks ‘Song 31’ and ‘Song 32’ before working with Saba and Smino on track ‘Häagen Dazs’ as Ghetto Sage.After that, she confirmed that fans could expect a new album called ‘Factory Baby’ at some point in 2021, but later cancelled the release of this.“Most days I’m not sure if I’ll ever make music again,” she wrote on her Instagram Story at the time, as reported by HotNewHipHop. “The last time I was consistently making songs was four years ago.

Paramore’s Hayley Williams has shared a note written to her teenage self today (April 9).Taking to Instagram Stories, Williams shared that she had written the note for her friend’s newsletter.“My friend Elise has a newsletter and she sends out shorthand text newsletters that constantly encourage and inspire me,” she began.“For her birthday, she asked friends and creatives to contribute by writing notes to their teenage selves.”In the note, Williams wrote: “I would tell her to learn now that life is both/and.”The note Williams shared can be seen in full below and read here.“Good and also Evil Kind and also Careful Hurt and also Healing Empathy and also Not My Problem Bad Men and also Lovely Ones Vulnerable and also Fuck Off Vengeance and also Forgiveness Stay Home and also See The World Big Smile and also Depression Distance and also Closer Than Ever Intimacy and also No One Will Ever Truly Know Me Straight and also Spectrum Newborn and also Ancient Wisdom Neons and also Neutrals Hope and also Dystopia Acceptance and also Rage God and also Nothing Everywhere and also Right Here True Love and also Loneliness Believing and also Seeing Dreams Of The Future and also Painstakingly Present Getting Better and also Enough“I would tell her to learn now that life is both/and.”Earlier this week, Paramore shared a message to their fans, reflecting on the decade that’s passed since they released their pivotal self-titled album.Their fourth full-length effort, ‘Paramore’ was released on April 5, 2013 via Fueled By Ramen.Looking back in a new statement shared on social media, Williams emphasised that making ‘Paramore’ took “a lot of guts and self-determination”.

The Beatles performing live is set to be restored and given to a “national cultural institution” in the UK.Earlier this week (April 4), it was announced that the recording had been found almost exactly 60 years to the day it was made. The hour-long, quarter-inch tape recording was created by John Bloomfield at Stowe boarding school in Buckinghamshire on April 4, 1963, when The Beatles performed a gig there.Bloomfield, who is now 75 years old, was only 15 at the time. He revealed the existence of the tape to journalist Samira Ahmed visited Stowe when they visited to make a special programme for Radio 4’s Front Row to mark the gig’s 60th anniversary.Now, there are plans to restore the old tape, which contains a full length gig performance and includes spoken word segments from the band as they interacted with the audience.“Talks are under way to get [the tape] cleaned up and for a permanent home in a national cultural institution,” Ahmed told The Observer.

Now that has returned with season 2, there's been a renewed search for answers to the biggest questions about the show, including everything from when the young survivors will become cannibals in the past to what's going on with Adult Lottie (Simone Kessell) in the present. While at its core, the Showtime drama is about what happened to a group of teenagers after a plane crash stranded them in the wilderness for 19 months and how a few of the grownup survivors are reckoning with the secrets that amassed both then and now, it's a puzzle box series that introduces new pieces with each episode. And as a result, fans have run wild with theories and ideas about every detail of the series, much to the delight of its creators, Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, who admitted to ET that they «have been, along with the entire cast and most of our EPs, trolling Reddit a little bit and watching Twitter.» And in doing so, they noticed during season 1 that «somebody out of the thousands of comments that have come up has rightly predicted almost everything.»That said, there are still many (new and old) questions to be asked, theories to be addressed and answers to be debated. And as season 2 continues to roll out, this article will be updated with information from each new episode as well as additional insight from the creators and the cast, including the adult players, Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis, Melanie Lynskey and Tawny Cypress, and their younger counterparts, Courtney Eaton, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Liv Hewson, Sammi Hanratty, Sophe Nelisse and Sophie Thatcher.

Jamie Lee Curtis is coming to star Karol G’s defence after the Colombian pop star called out GQ magazine for photoshopping her cover photo.

As millions around the world celebrate the Easter holiday on Sunday, stars took to their social media to share in the festivities. The Kardashian-Jenner family went all out for their party as usual with elaborate treats, decoration and baskets.

JoJo Siwa has responded to Candace Owens's accusation that she lied about her sexuality. Last week, conservative commentator Candace posted a video via Twitter in which she claimed the 19-year-old dancer had pretended to be queer. "I don't believe JoJo Siwa is a lesbian, by the way.

Piers Morgan posed an incendiary tweet directed at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for apparently not yet deciding whether to attend King Charles's coronation, which falls on the same date as their son Archie's birthday. As fans quizzed whether the ex-royals would opt for a birthday party for him in the USA instead of jetting over to Britain to watch Harry's father being crowned in Westminster Abbey, 58-year-old Piers took to Twitter to give his views.

Jess Wright, and his wife of four years, 30, also announced they had called their new addition Dustin as they took to Instagram on Easter Sunday. In a joint post, they shared adorable snaps of 'Dusty' wearing a white knitted hat and a baby grows, while cuddling up to a teddy. Since their second child had been born 12 weeks early, a nasogastric tube had been inserted through his nostril for feeding purposes.

The Only Way is Essex star Frankie Essex has opened up about her struggles with body confidence following the birth of twins. The reality star, who has had several stints on the ITV show, gave birth to Logan and Luella in June of last year, her first children with partner Luke Luv. Related: TOWIE’s Ferne McCann shares pregnancy update as she hints sex of babyIn her ongoing column for OK! Magazine, Frankie revealed she began to lack confidence in her appearance following the birth, writing: “I didn’t struggle with my confidence after initially having the twins because I didn’t really think about it, but I think it’s getting to me a little bit now that the babies are coming up a year old – we’re going out a bit more and summer’s coming up.

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend and their family are enjoying the Easter season in Italy.

Vogue Williams has never shied away from a busy schedule. The mum-of-three juggles two podcasts, a plethora of different brand campaigns, her marriage to Made in Chelsea alum Spencer Matthews , and, of course, motherhood. Although her schedule is jam packed, Vogue has spoken before about wanting to have four children by the time she turns 40, but at 37 with so much going on, she says that may not happen any more.

Is there love already in the air for Taylor Swift following her breakup with Joe Alwyn?

Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz are celebrating their very first wedding anniversary, with Victoria and David Beckham.