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‘Fastest entertainment property in history’: GTA VI arrives to test a thin November box office

A24’s You Can See Everything took No. 1 with $11.4 million as studios sat out Halloween. November brings Hunger Games, Focker In-Law, and...

02.11.2026 8

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Andrew McGowan

The anti-Skydance: How a Nike billionaire’s backing lets Laika spend a reported $100 million on ‘Wildwood’

The studio behind ‘Coraline’ is run by the Nike co-founder’s son, and its films rarely make money at the box office.

01.11.2026 8

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Obama mocked Trump’s gold White House as a Cheesecake Factory. The chain just posted a record quarter

Trump, the White House, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have rushed to defend the chain, and its longtime designer has weighed in. Meanwhile,...

28.10.2026 10

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A $44 million superhero horror film won the box office this weekend. A $7 million documentary came within $5 million of beating it

DC Studios’ R-rated ‘Clayface’ opened at No. 1, Laika’s ‘Wildwood’ debuted in third, and Paramount’s ‘Street Fighter’ lost nearly...

26.10.2026 10

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Elizabeth Holmes insists she never lied. A deception expert says ‘You Can See Everything’ hinges on one tiny word

A University of Puget Sound professor who studies deception says Holmes may have mastered “paltering,” using true statements to create false...

26.10.2026 10

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Elizabeth Holmes doc ‘You Can See Everything’ scores the second-biggest documentary opening ever—nearly doubling Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’

The A24 film from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim grossed $15 million in just 855 theaters, trailing only “Fahrenheit 9/11” among documentary...

19.10.2026 10

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‘American dream will continue to exist’: Warren Buffett’s successor is betting big on U.S. housing

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel has made three big homebuilding moves since taking over from Buffett, even as he concedes there’s no “quick...

15.10.2026 10

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Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ could be one of Hollywood’s biggest flops ever, with a projected $245 million loss

The Alejandro G. Iñárritu satire fell 60% in its second weekend, leaving Warner Bros. with a staggering write-down on its final release before the...

14.10.2026 10

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Mark Zuckerberg gets the last laugh as ‘The Social Reckoning’ flops—opening to a fraction of what ‘The Social Network’ made 16 years ago

Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook follow-up debuted to about $5 million, landing in fifth place. The culture, the politics, and Facebook itself have all...

13.10.2026 10

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Satya Nadella went from H-1B worker to Microsoft CEO. The Trump administration just shut that path for his employees

Vice President JD Vance accused Microsoft of replacing laid-off Americans with “foreign indentured servants” and suspended it from the PERM green...

12.10.2026 10

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Gen Z is defying trends and betting on California—even as older Americans flee to the Sun Belt

California’s population has shrunk since 2020, but new U-Haul data ranks it Gen Z’s No. 2 destination, behind only Texas. Big-city jobs, family...

11.10.2026 10

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‘Mark Zuckerberg will love The Social Reckoning’: Sony trolls the Meta CEO with an Instagram ad

The spot’s punch line, “Instagram doesn’t fact-check most ads. Why should we?” takes aim at Meta’s content policies, and it’s running on...

09.10.2026 20

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Baby boomers are skipping Florida for the Carolinas in retirement—and cheaper homes are only part of the reason

Florida still ranked No. 3 for boomers in U-Haul's new midyear report, but lower property taxes, cheaper housing, and a quieter pace pushed South...

07.10.2026 20

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‘Avengers: Endgame’ is the biggest movie ever again, 7 years later—and it says a lot about the future of Hollywood’s IP machine

Disney’s 7-year-old ‘Avengers: Endgame’ just grossed $126 million in a rerelease and retook the box office crown from ‘Avatar’.

04.10.2026 20

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Where Americans are moving by generation, according to U-Haul: Boomers pick the Carolinas, Gen Z picks Texas and California

Gen Z is still moving to California even as boomers head south, new U-Haul data shows

03.10.2026 400

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Mark Ruffalo says Paramount’s $111 billion Warner Bros. deal ‘Will stifle creativity, weaken free speech, and cost people their jobs’

A federal judge cleared the final legal hurdle for the megamerger on Wednesday. The deal is expected to close Oct. 6.

02.10.2026 20

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Paramount promised 30 movies a year to win Warner Bros. Losing Miramax if it fails may not scare it

A federal judge signed off on the deal Wednesday. The $30 million-per-film penalty matters far more than the Miramax ultimatum.

01.10.2026 20

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