beat:Sydney Sweeney: Sure, her veil was cut off The devil wears prada 2. Yes, she was subjected to numerous criticism through the media and social networking sites because of her scandalous scenes in the film trancewhich is hot garbage this season. Also, no one can stop talking about her on the HBO show — even though she co-starred with Zendaya, who is arguably the hottest actress on the planet right now. She is back as the face of American Eagle, in a more explicitly non-racist jeans campaign this time, after a surge in sales last year. Oh and Christy — her boxing autobiography that was mocked by Sweeney’s critics for bombing at the box office — just reached No. 1 on HBO Max.
lost: David Zaslav: How is this remotely fair? Warner Bros. shareholders agreed. On the Paramount merger that Zaslav had worked tirelessly to put together for months, however, 82% voted against rewarding the most responsible man with some modest compensation for his efforts. It was only expected to gross over $886 million, one of the largest golden parachutes in history. What more does Zaslav need to do to prove himself? Go to the desk of every Warner shareholder and fire them too? Do you have any understanding of the costs, crew salaries, and maintenance of your average luxury yacht?
beat: Carrie Parker: Maybe you haven’t heard about him yet. But Parker is a 25-year-old TikTok comedian who’s suddenly become a highly in-demand writer and director — despite his first theatrical release, maniaIt won’t come out until next month. Just in the last few days, A24 has gotten a reimagining the The Texas Chainsaw MassacreAnd another movie he just wrapped by Jason Blum, Anything but ghostswas sold to Focus Features (Parker also stars in it). Sorry for the industry veterans who switched to lumber hauling at Home Depot: If AI hasn’t replaced us, Generation Z certainly will.
lost: Michael Critics: Critics have been very harsh on director Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic about a singer who certainly did not molest young boys despite admitting to letting them sleep in his bed as a 40-year-old man. He was just a gentle, sensitive artist, okay? It’s your fault that you don’t understand the powerful pop star’s need to eat other 10-year-olds. With a score of just 38% on Rotten Tomatoes, many reviewers claim that — aside from various omissions about Jackson’s legacy — the film is a dull, vague-by-the-numbers effort (a few critics, like us, were more positive).
Taj Jackson responded online, saying: “Sorry media, you can no longer control the narrative about who Michael Jackson really was. The public should watch this movie…they will decide for themselves.” If the Jackson family really wanted to let fans decide for themselves about the singer’s legacy, they wouldn’t have prompted HBO to cancel its documentary about Jackson’s alleged sins. Leaving Neverlandfrom a legal technical point of view. talking to THRthe documentary’s director wearily claimed that fans would see the feeling of happiness Michael“He didn’t care that he was a child molester.”
“Don’t really care”: Michael She is tracking to earn at least $80 million for the potential opening weekend of a music autobiography. Its CinemaScore is A-. This fawning film is going to be huge, and critics — and the parts of Jackson’s story his fans don’t want to think about — won’t be able to stop it.
