NBC Sports announced that Mike Tirico and Jimmy Fallon will host the Paris 2024 Closing Ceremony on NBC and Peacock. With the countdown to the Olympic Games Paris 2024 underway, NBC Sports has unveiled its team to close out the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad in Paris this summer. Jimmy Fallon, Emmy Award-winning host of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, will join two-time Sports Emmy Award-winner and NBC Olympics primetime host Mike Tirico to…
"Paris 2024: Mike Tirico, Jimmy Fallon to Host Closing Ceremony"Author: Danielle Solzman
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Motion Picture Association (MPA) Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin delivered the State of the Industry at CinemaCon. Rivkin looked back at some of the highs of 2024 but also took a look at current threats to the motion picture industry. All these years later, piracy is still a major threat to movies–both blockbusters and the smaller indie films. Until the industry comes together and figures out a solution, it will continue to be a problem.…
"Charles Rivkin Delivers State of the Industry at CinemaCon"
The Cannes Film Festival announced that Star Wars filmmaker George Lucas will receive the Honorary Palme d’or on May 25. The Honorary Palme d’or presentation will take place at the Grand Théâtre Lumière during the Closing Ceremony on May 25, 2024. It will be televised on French TV channel France 2 and Camille Cottin will be the MC during the ceremony. May 25 just happens to be the anniversary of the first Star Wars film…
"George Lucas To Receive Cannes Honorary Palme d’or"
This week’s CinemaCon means that leadership from AMC Theatres and other theatrical chains are discussing ticket prices at movie theaters. I feel like I write a variation of this piece maybe once a year. Tickets keep rising and it gets frustrating especially with inflation. Speaking for myself, I haven’t seen a substantial change in income in several years. At least, nothing that enables me to live comfortably. I ended the last year on a spending…
"Movie Theaters, Ticket Prices, and Streaming"
Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre is an essential documentary bearing witness to the barbaric attacks of October 7, 2023. The film–which previously aired on KAN in Israel–is currently playing the film festival circuit, including the Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema, and appears to be available through Vimeo on Demand. This film, like #NOVA, is not an easy watch but it is still important to bear witness. I had to press pause no less than three…
"Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre Is Essential Viewing"
Alex Edelman’s newest comedy special, Alex Edelman: Just For Us, will make its premiere on both HBO and Max this weekend. The special–taped August 15-16 at the Hudson Theatre in New York–runs 89 minutes in length. Antisemitism and Israel play a substantial role in the new comedy special. I can tell you from watching that this is the type of comedy special that will likely be more appealing to Jewish viewers. After all, the comedian…
"Alex Edelman: Just For Us is Unapologetically Jewish" NBCUniversal has announced their plans for over 200 hours of coverage of Making Team USA Presented by Xfinity on the road to Paris 2024. The Paris Olympics will not kick off until late July but NBCUniversal is going into full gear. Their coverage will span NBC, Peacock, and USA Network. It will include a record 14 nights of Primetime coverage on NBC with 45 hours on NBC. All events will stream live on Peacock. The…
"Team USA: NBC Sets U.S. Olympic Trials Coverage – Paris 2024"
Sheva Brachot (Seven Blessings) brings the family drama as the Israeli Ophir Award winner opens the Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema. The film is described as a comedy-drama but it plays more to the dramatic side than anything else. If you’re Jewish, you can skip the rest of this paragraph. For my non-Jewish readers, the Sheva Brachot are the seven blessings at Jewish weddings. Any meals with the bride and groom in the seven days…
"Sheva Brachot (Seven Blessings) – Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema"
Brett Gelman was on hand to promote his new book, The Terrifying Realm of the Possible, in the Chicago suburbs on Wednesday night. Nearly 400 gathered at Am Shalom on Wednesday after the initial venue–The Book Stand–caved to antisemitic intimidation. Threats of protests certainly didn’t stop the crowd from coming out to see Gelman. If anything did, it was probably the weather forecast. Among them were family, friends, aspiring actors, or just proud Jews. The…
"Brett Gelman Talks Characters At Book Event"
Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) finally made its way to Disney+ with a bonus acoustic set not seen on the big screen. I’m not an idiot–I know that I’m not going to change anyone’s mind here. Chances are likely that you already saw the film last fall. There’s a good chance that you watched it a few times. It would not surprise me if you’ve seen it a few times since the…
"Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version): An Epic Concert Film"