(L to R) Auli‘i Cravalho as Moana and Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda as Simea in ‘Moana 2’. © 2024 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Preview: Disney’s ‘Moana 2’ launched to a huge $221 million over five days. It’s the biggest five-day opening number in history. ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator II’ continued to be successful. Box office tills
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The fourth edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) in Jeddah is set to once again put a spotlight on the burgeoning film industry in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and beyond. Showcasing a competition lineup of 15 titles, film festival circuit favourites, and more, it kicks off on Dec. 5 with an
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Of the 600 Costco locations across the U.S., 500 will no longer be stocking books year round, starting in January 2025. All locations will continue to carry books during the holiday season, but there will no longer be a dedicated section for books. This decision was made partly because it’s difficult for them to compete
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Qatar Airways’ new in-flight safety video just dropped, and it’s likely to divide opinion. The carrier has partnered with U.S. comedian and actor Kevin Hart who leads passengers through a pre-departure briefing with a twist.  Described by the airline as “a safety video coming from the Hart,” it begins with Hart taking a phone call
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I don’t know about you, but nothing gets me more excited for a new season than shopping for wardrobe updates. There’s no seasonal transition that I’m more passionate about than the one from fall into winter. Suddenly, all I want to wear are sweeping coats, great boots, and sumptuous knits. With colder weather finally coming
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Rocky Kramer will be hosting his “200th Episode Special” on this week’s episode of Rocky Kramer’s Rock & Roll Tuesdays on Twitch. Tune into Twitch on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024 at 7 PM PT for this amazing show. Rocky Kramer is a guitar virtuoso, often being compared to the greatest guitar players in the world.
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Wendy Stuart will be hosting TriVersity Talk! this Wednesday at 7 PM ET with featured guest Cameron Cole. This episode is a part of The Best of TriVersity Talk series that takes place on the first Wednesday of each month. TriVersity Talk! is a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and
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The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1802, Jane Austen accepts, then rejects, a proposal of marriage from Harris Bigg-Wither at his Hampshire home.  “Each of these events—or at least their coverage, emerged from a desire to overwhelm, dominate, or subsume. Infect, in other words.” Heather McCalden on World AIDS Day and
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(L to R) Nina Mazursky, GI Robot, The Bride, Rick Flag Sr., Dr. Phosphorus, Weasel in ‘Creature Commandoes’. Photo: Courtesy of Max. Launching with its first two episodes (of seven) on December 5th on Max, ‘Creature Commandos’ marks the start of filmmaker James Gunn and producer Peter Safran’s run in charge of DC Studios, the
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The season finale of Agatha All Along helped push the Marvel series to its best showing in the Nielsen streaming rankings. The Kathryn Hahn-led show tallied 744 million minutes of viewing on Disney+ for the week of Oct. 28-Nov. 3; the final two episodes of the season debuted on Oct. 30. That’s by far the
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No question that the “story” of the day is that it is *groan* Cyber Monday (is this shopping day the last thing, along with the *double groan* Cyber Truck to use “cyber” as a descriptor?). Like I am sure is true with you, I have had dozens and dozens of emails this morning from companies
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Travelers arriving in Mexico via cruise ship could see their trips to the country become more expensive. The lower house of Mexico’s Congress voted last week to charge cruise passengers a roughly $42 immigration tax at Mexico ports, a measure that could go into effect in 2026. Two-thirds of the revenue from the tax would
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