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Hollywood Bowl CEO bemoans 'endemic' low LSE valuations as the firm ups its dividend and begins a share buyback

Hollywood Bowl has upped its dividend ratio after the firm completed another successful year of growth.

Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2023

Schindler's List at 30: a look back at Steven Spielberg's shattering masterpiece

Schindler’s List, released 30 years ago, remains Steven Spielberg’s most highly acclaimed and emotionally sapping film. Winning seven Academy Awards, including best picture and best director, it was widely praised for its portrayal of the horrors of the Holocaust.

The Conversation · Dec 13, 2023

Jury to weigh killer's claim of voices from 'alter-ego'

A man's claim that he was under the control of an alter-ego during a fatal bashing has been dismissed by a prosecutor as the "stuff of Hollywood".

AAP · Dec 5, 2023

I’m a veteran of the special operations community. Here’s how Hollywood glamorized us–and deprived most troops of lifesaving donations

If you want to help a vet in need, focus on the ones silenced by their trauma and muted by the magic of marketing, writes Pat Gault.

Fortune · Nov 10, 2023

Are video game movies about to take over from Marvel?

Huge numbers for films based on Super Mario and Five Nights at Freddy’s have led to news of a Zelda adaptation, suggesting a new lease of life for a once-loathed genre

The Guardian - US · Nov 8, 2023

The (mis)representation of Native Americans in Hollywood

With Martin Scorsese’s recently-released ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ being based on the horrors meted out against the Osage community, here’s a deep dive into how mainstream films have represented the indigenous peoples of the America

The Hindu · Nov 3, 2023

The making of a war epic: Call of Duty at 20

In 2003 a franchise was launched that combined Hollywood tragedy and euphoria with innovative narrative and gameplay, changing the face of the industry for ever

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2023

A Bloke Pulled Off A Jewellery Heist By Standing Still For 2 Hrs Pretending To Be A Mannequin

A bloke in Poland has allegedly done something from Hollywood blockbusters to pull off the heist of the century: pretend to be a mannequin.

Pedestrian.tv · Oct 22, 2023

Jada Pinkett Smith on her happy ending

The "Red Table Talk" host talks trauma, Tupac and the "layered, complex event" that was Will Smith's Oscars slap

Salon · Oct 17, 2023

Screenwriters won a historic victory against AI. The rest of us should follow

The WGA not only proved the power of strikes – it laid the first brick in a wall that every other union in the US must rush to help build

The Guardian - US · Oct 7, 2023