AMC Entertainment revenue plunged last quarter to $162 million from close to $1.5 billion the year before as the global pandemic squeezed exhibition. That beat expectations, coming about $20 million above Wall Street’s consensus estimates. The stock is up 3% in late trading. Net losses widened to $946 million, including a hefty one-time impairment charge, from $13.5 million the year before. For full-year 2020, AMC said it lost $4.58 billion vs. $149M loss in all of 2019. More from Deadline As… Source link
Read More »Adam Silver expects 2021-22 NBA season to start on time
NBA commissioner Adam Silver believes the league could be in for a more normal year next season. Silver expressed optimism over the 2021-22 NBA season Saturday, saying he expects it to begin on time and with “relatively full” arenas. Silver made those comments while speaking at his annual All-Star news conference. NBA commissioner Adam Silver is hopeful there will be “relatively full” arenas by the start of next season — Vincent Goodwill (@VinceGoodwill) March 6, 2021 The 2019-20 NBA… Source link
Read More »Julie Bowen admits she thought no one would see Adam Sandler favorite
Julie Bowen didn’t have the highest of expectations when she joined the cast of Happy Gilmore, the follow-up to Adam Sandler’s 1995 breakout Billy Madison that was released 25 years ago today. “At the time I just thought, ‘Oh, no one will ever see this,’” Bowen admits to Yahoo Entertainment during a recent interview (watch above). “And I couldn’t have been more wrong.” Thirteen years before her career-defining debut as Claire Dunphy on ABC’s long-running hit Modern Family,… Source link
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Santa has brought James Harden a very special gift this year: no suspension for violating the NBA’s COVID-19 protocols and contributing to the postponement of his team’s first game of the season. The Houston Rockets star was not suspended by the NBA for “attending a private indoor party” with more than 15 people, which is in violation of the NBA’s health and safety protocols, and was instead fined $50,000. Photos and a video surfaced that showed Harden was not wearing a mask at the… Source link
Read More »Adam Silver on COVID vaccines, national anthem protests
Just like his NFL counterpart, NBA commissioner Adam Silver assured fans on Monday that the league won’t “jump the line” to get COVID-19 vaccines for players, coaches or staff. Silver — speaking with both ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith and on a conference call with reporters — said that players in the league are actually pretty low on the totem pole when it comes to needing a vaccine. “There’s no way we’d ever jump the line in any form whatsoever,” Silver said on ESPN. “And, for the most… Source link
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