‘Avatar 2’ Tops $2.1B WW; ‘Pathaan’ Breaks Records For Bollywood; Chinese New Year Success Makes Hope Spring – International Box Office

In today’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo sits down to talk about con man movies with director Benjamin Caron (“The Crown,” “Andor,” “Wallander”). The director is currently promoting his film, “Sharper,” which follows multiple con men and women in New York City who are all searching for the perfect mark and the biggest take.

is the Emmy-winning drama series about the cutthroat world of television news starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon as two anchors in the middle of the drama that's unfolding on and off-screen at the fictional network UBA. After a twist-filled second season that saw the series adjusting to and incorporating the ongoing health scare and social uprisings that unfolded at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Apple TV+ renewed it for season 3. As anticipation builds for its return to the streaming platform, with fans dying to know what comes next for Alex (Aniston) and Bradley (Witherspoon), the series has been busy filming on location in New York City and padding it's already star-studded ensemble with even bigger names, like Jon Hamm.

 started out with a good season, followed up with a great one… and then delivered a divisive third that left the show «on pause» for nearly a decade. Now headed into a second version of a third season (season 5 of the reboot wraps up soon on Peacock), Dr.

Do you remember the first time you felt seen in a piece of media? Many of us had to reach for scraps when we were younger, secretly watching episodes of Glee when our parents weren’t home. Slowly but surely, the amount of content with authentic representation has been expanding.  When I was a teen, I had to dig to find books that had any type of gay voices, let alone any trans experiences. In 2020, I read Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas and my world flipped.

New Year’s can be a great time to reflect on the year before and celebrate what’s to come, but it’s always more fun to celebrate with people who make you feel seen and bring you joy. At EveryQueer’s VIQ New Year’s Eve Party, our mission was just that; to host a luxurious party for queer women, transgender, and nonbinary people to feel uplifted and dance into the new year with a group of people who truly get it.  This New Year’s Eve, VIQ took place at Raine’s Law at the William Vale, and included an open bar, the musical stylings of Kye the DJ, and a champagne toast at midnight.

Refresh for latest…: The latest rerelease of James Cameron’s Titanic 3D has buoyed the big boat movie to $2.217B globally, meaning it still stands as the No. 3 worldwide release of all time. Right up in its wake, Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has now reached $2,213.5M, still the fourth biggest movie ever and less than $4M from Titanic through Sunday. It will overtake Titanic, it’s just a matter of when.

On New Year’s Day 2023 Pitlochry’s central chippie, Plaice to Be, was just that - the place to go for a festive fry up.

Taipei-based international sales company Distribution Workshop will be selling Lunar New Year hit Hidden Blade, starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, and Wong Ching-po’s highly-anticipated new film, The Pig, The Snake And The Pigeon, at the upcoming European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin. 

Refresh for latest…: James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has overtaken the filmmaker’s own Titanic at the international box office with an estimated $1.538B through Sunday. That makes it the No. 3 movie of all time abroad, behind the original Avatar and Avengers: Endgame.

Earlier this week, James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water became the No. 5 highest-grossing movie ever worldwide, and, as expected, has now surfed to the No. 4 position on the all-time chart. In so doing, it leaves Star Wars: The Force Awakens in its wake with nearly $2.075B globally. 

With Wednesday’s worldwide box office grosses included, James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has surpassed $2.054B globally, and jumped up a notch on the all-time worldwide chart. 

Today, Penske Media Eldridge (PME) announced its acquisition of Dick Clark Productions (dcp), the live events and alternative media producer, as part of a larger strategic alliance with Eldridge augmenting its existing partnership with Penske Media’s (PMC’s) entertainment media brands and SXSW. PME is a PMC subsidiary and joint venture between Penske Media Corporation and Eldridge.

New Line Cinema won a heated auction to win Weapons, a film it will fast track with the filmmaking team behind the horror thriller Barbarian. Zach Cregger wrote the script and will direct, and he’ll produce alongside his Barbarian producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.

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A mourning mother. Priscilla Presley is thanking fans for their support following the death of her daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, at age 54.

“I’m sure many of you are aware that last night in Monterey Park, 10 people were killed and shot and another 10 were wounded by a gunman at Lunar New Year festivities,” Daniel Dae Kim said this morning at the Sundance Film Festival as more and more news of the horrors of another mass shooting in America became known.

Refresh for latest…: It’s now official, James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has become the sixth movie ever to cross the $2B mark worldwide. It is also the filmmaker’s third to hit the milestone, alongside Titanic and the original Avatar.

Police in California responded to reports of a shooting that happened following a large Lunar New Year celebration in the east Los Angeles community of Monterey Park late Saturday.

Several casualties have been reported following a shooting during Chinese Lunar New Year Celebrations in the US.

The on-air talent at Telemundo’s Spanish-language TV station KVEA 52 in Los Angeles have voted overwhelmingly to unionize with SAG-AFTRA, which called the vote “another major organizing victory in Spanish-language media.”