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What to stream: Sabrina Carpenter holiday special, 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' and RosƩ goes solo
Read full article: What to stream: Sabrina Carpenter holiday special, 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' and RosĆ© goes soloSabrina Carpenter hosting a holiday variety music special on Netflix and Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw playing a spy and an assassin in the TV series āBlack Doves" are some of this weekās new streaming entertainment releases.
OpenAI's Altman sidesteps questions about governance, Johansson at UN AI summit
Read full article: OpenAI's Altman sidesteps questions about governance, Johansson at UN AI summitOpenAI CEO Sam Altman was a star speaker at the annual AI for Good conference Thursday, addressing the U.N. telecommunications agencyās annual gathering about how to tap the societal promise of artificial intelligence technology.
Scarlett Johansson says a ChatGPT voice is 'eerily similar' to hers and OpenAI is halting its use
Read full article: Scarlett Johansson says a ChatGPT voice is 'eerily similar' to hers and OpenAI is halting its useOpenAI says it plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices that āHerā actor Scarlett Johansson says sounds āeerily similar" to her own.
Scarlett Johansson and Dan Marino have fun with almost being champions in Super Bowl commercial
Read full article: Scarlett Johansson and Dan Marino have fun with almost being champions in Super Bowl commercialActor Scarlett Johansson and NFL legend Dan Marino come from different professions, but they have two things in common: Both have a sweet tooth and an infatuation with M&Ms. Johansson and Marino will star in the Super Bowl commercial that will focus on the candy being the comfort fun food while watching the big game.
Colin Jost of 'Saturday Night Live' gets entertainer gig at White House correspondents' dinner
Read full article: Colin Jost of 'Saturday Night Live' gets entertainer gig at White House correspondents' dinnerColin Jost, the co-anchor of Weekend Update on "Saturday Night Live," will get a chance to roast leading political and media figures as the featured entertainer at the annual dinner of the White House Correspondentsā Association in April.
From marching bands to megastars: How the Super Bowl halftime show became a global spectacle
Read full article: From marching bands to megastars: How the Super Bowl halftime show became a global spectacleWhen the Super Bowl halftime show was born, college marching bands were the main on-field attraction.
What to stream this weekend: 'Asteroid City,' Lukas Nelson, 'Quarterback' and 'Secrets of Playboy'
Read full article: What to stream this weekend: 'Asteroid City,' Lukas Nelson, 'Quarterback' and 'Secrets of Playboy'This weekās new entertainment releases include albums from Lukas Nelson and Kool & The Gang, the return of the silly, witty, Emmy-nominated comedy āWhat We Do in the Shadowsā and Wes Andersonās stylish and star-studded āAsteroid Cityā comes to premium video on demand.
Wes Anderson on his new '50s-set film 'Asteroid City,' AI and all those TikTok videos
Read full article: Wes Anderson on his new '50s-set film 'Asteroid City,' AI and all those TikTok videosāAsteroid City" is among Andersonās most charmingly chock-full creations, a much-layered, ā50s-set fusion of science fiction, midcentury theater and about a hundred other influences ranging from Looney Tunes to āBad Day at Black Rock.ā.
Scarlett Johansson, Colin Jost reunite for Super Bowl ad
Read full article: Scarlett Johansson, Colin Jost reunite for Super Bowl adScarlett Johansson and Colin Jost once made comedy skits on āSaturday Night Live,ā but now the married couple will reunite onscreen to dodge a mind-reading Alexa device in a new Super Bowl commercial.
āSpider-Manā surpasses $1B globally in second weekend
Read full article: āSpider-Manā surpasses $1B globally in second weekendEven with some mighty competition from new Matrix and Sing movies and rising concerns over the omicron variant, āSpider-Man: No Way Homeā stayed in the No. 1 spot, with $81.5 million according to studio estimates Sunday.
New this week: 'Don't Look Up,' new 'Matrix' and 'Sing 2'
Read full article: New this week: 'Don't Look Up,' new 'Matrix' and 'Sing 2'This weekās new entertainment releases include fresh music from U2 as part of the soundtrack for the animated āSing 2,ā a marathon of holiday films on TCM and the end-of-the-world comedy āDonāt Look Up.ā.
'Shang-Chi' tops box office again with $35.8 million
Read full article: 'Shang-Chi' tops box office again with $35.8 millionāShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Ringsā stayed on top at the box office, collecting $35.8 million in ticket sales in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
'Shang-Chi' blasts Labor Day records with $71.4M debut
Read full article: 'Shang-Chi' blasts Labor Day records with $71.4M debutOn whatās traditionally one of the sleepiest weekends at the movies, the Marvel film āShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Ringsā smashed the record for Labor Day openings with an estimated $71.4 million in ticket sales.
With coronavirus rising, 'The Suicide Squad' opens softly
Read full article: With coronavirus rising, 'The Suicide Squad' opens softlyMoviegoing, once expected to be closer to semi-normal levels by now, continues to be battered by the pandemic, the delta variant of the coronavirus and in-home streaming.
āJungle Cruiseā sails atop box office despite COVID concerns
Read full article: āJungle Cruiseā sails atop box office despite COVID concernsDespite growing concerns over the delta variant, āJungle Cruiseā still drew moviegoers out to theaters during the filmās opening weekend to sail atop the North American box office.
Scarlett Johansson sues Disney over āBlack Widowā release
Read full article: Scarlett Johansson sues Disney over āBlack Widowā releaseScarlett Johansson is suing the Walt Disney Co. over its streaming release of āBlack Widow,ā which she said breached her contract and deprived her of potential earnings.
āBlack Widowā soars to pandemic box office record
Read full article: āBlack Widowā soars to pandemic box office recordEven with an option to watch āBlack Widowā at home, audiences went to the movie theater in pandemic record numbers this weekend to catch the first Marvel movie released in two years.
New this week: 'Black Widow,' Jakob Dylan and 'Gossip Girl'
Read full article: New this week: 'Black Widow,' Jakob Dylan and 'Gossip Girl'This weekās new entertainment releases include new music from Jakob Dylan and the Wallflowers and a reboot of āGossip Girlā less than 10 years after the CW series ended.
Disney shifts 'Black Widow' and doubles down on streaming
Read full article: Disney shifts 'Black Widow' and doubles down on streamingThis image released by Disney/Marvel Studios' shows Scarlett Johansson in a scene from "Black Widow." (Marvel Studios/Disney via AP)NEW YORK ā The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday overhauled its upcoming film release plans, postponing some of its biggest films and shifting Marvel's āBlack Widow," among other titles, to Disney+ the same time they arrive in theaters. āBlack Widow," once planned to debut in May 2020, had been set to kickoff the summer movie season on May 7. In December when announcing an ambitious array of streaming programming, the company suggested that Disney+ would regularly be home to Pixar, among other brands. Warner Bros. earlier set a release plan for 2021 that, like Disney will with āBlack Widow,ā gives viewers the choice of paying for a movie at home or on the big screen.
Colin Jost opens up about reasons behind his marriage reveal
Read full article: Colin Jost opens up about reasons behind his marriage revealFILE - In this Feb. 9, 2020 file photo, Scarlett Johansson, left, and Colin Jost arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Meals on Wheels America announced Thursday on Instagram that Johansson and Jost married over the weekend in an intimate ceremony. AdIn his latest film, a new version of "Tom and Jerryā that combines animation with live action, Jost plays a groom in an elaborate high-profile wedding at a ritzy hotel. Filmed before his own nuptials, Jost picked up a little something from the experience. āMy character obviously is going overboard in an attempt to both please his bride and impress her father,ā Jost said.
Scarlett Johansson, Colin Jost marry in private ceremony
Read full article: Scarlett Johansson, Colin Jost marry in private ceremonyFILE - In this Feb. 9, 2020 file photo, Scarlett Johansson, left, and Colin Jost arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Meals on Wheels America announced Thursday on Instagram that Johansson and Jost married over the weekend in an intimate ceremony. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, FIle)
Scarlett Johansson, Colin Jost marry in private ceremony
Read full article: Scarlett Johansson, Colin Jost marry in private ceremonyFILE - In this Feb. 9, 2020 file photo, Scarlett Johansson, left, and Colin Jost arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Meals on Wheels America announced Thursday on Instagram that Johansson and Jost married over the weekend in an intimate ceremony. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, FIle)LOS ANGELES ā Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost have tied the knot a year after engagement. Meals on Wheels America announced Thursday on Instagram that Johansson and Jost married over the weekend in an intimate ceremony. This is the first marriage for the 38-year-old Jost, who is the co-anchor of āSNL'sā Weekend Update.
Disney delays 'Black Widow,' Spielberg's 'West Side Story'
Read full article: Disney delays 'Black Widow,' Spielberg's 'West Side Story'NEW YORK ā The Walt Disney Co. has further postponed its next mega-movies from Marvel, including āBlack Widow,ā while also postponing Steven Spielberg's āWest Side Storyā a full year in the company's latest recalibration due to the pandemic. The Scarlett Johansson Marvel movie āBlack Widow,ā last set for Nov. 6, heads to May 7 of next year. That was the date set for āWest Side Story,ā but Spielberg's musical will instead debut in December 2021. Given the interconnected nature of Marvel releases, the latest delay of āBlack Widowā had a domino effect on other films. Since the pandemic began, the company's āMulan,ā āHamiltonā and āArtemis Fowlā have gone direct to streaming, with āMulanā made available for a $30 premium purchase by subscribers.
Slideshow: 21 most anticipated movies of 2016
Read full article: Slideshow: 21 most anticipated movies of 2016Captain America: Civil War starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey, Jr. and Scarlett Johansson comes out May 6. (Photo Courtesy: Marvel.com)If you need help with the Public File, call 210-351-1241.