Audiences once adored big adult comedies. Jay Roach’s champagne-fizzy “The Roses” is a seductive attempt to lure them back into theaters. As bright, mean and ambitious as its lead characters, …
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‘Caught Stealing’ review: Austin Butler is a jock-turned-patsy in crime caper
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesHank Thompson (Austin Butler), the battered lead of Darren Aronofsky’s grimy trifle “Caught Stealing,” has made two major mistakes. First, he saved a cow. Second, he agreed to watch a …
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Hollywood producer stole from films, ran ‘ponzi-like scheme,’ feds say
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA Hollywood producer bilked film and business partners out of $12 million, claiming he was using their money to work on movies or other legitimate enterprises, but instead using it …
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NFL relaxes rules for Tom Brady as a broadcaster/team owner
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesTom Brady will have fewer NFL-imposed restrictions on him this season as he enters his second year as an analyst on games broadcast on Fox. The restrictions were placed on …
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22 TV series will receive a California film tax credit
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesNearly two dozen television shows will receive incentives for shooting in California — including two series that relocated from Texas and Canada — in the first award period since the …
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Cardi B testifies she didn’t touch security guard but did curse at her
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesCardi B testified Tuesday that she never touched, scratched or spat at a security guard who is suing her over an alleged assault by the pop star outside a Beverly …
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AT&T to buy EchoStar Spectrum licenses for about $23 billion
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesEchoStar Corp. has agreed to sell spectrum licenses to AT&T Inc. for about $23 billion in a deal that will help the company stay out of bankruptcy and fend off …
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V of BTS goes into fanboy mode with Dodger Shohei Ohtani
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesV from BTS got to be the devoted fanboy for once Monday night at Dodger Stadium, where he was lucky enough to share an embrace with Shohei Ohtani and give …
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Netflix’s unlikely summer blockbuster: A ‘KPop’ smash that took over the internet
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIt was bound to happen sometime. This year, the most important Hollywood movie of the key summer season didn’t start its quest for world domination in movie theaters. It came …
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Fox News, Fox Sports may be dropped from YouTube TV in fee dispute
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAbout 10 million YouTube TV subscribers could lose access to Fox News and Fox Corp. channels that broadcast sports in a fee dispute that comes just days before the start …