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'Straight people just didn't show up': Bros creator Billy Eichner blasts 'homophobic weirdos' after his gay romcom disappoints with just $4.8m at box office despite rave reviews and $22m budget
MikeRivero
Mon, 10/03/2022 - 07:36
Bros writer and actor Billy Eichner took to Twitter on Sunday to reflect on the disappointing performance of his gay romcom at the box office following its opening weekend.
The 44-year-old actor-comedian issued a series of tweets about the film, which is the first LGBTQ romantic comedy given a large release by a major studio.
Despite a $22million production budget and rave reviews, the film took in just $4.8million and landed fourth place at the US box office.
Hollywood Went All-Out Promoting Gay Film 'Bros' But Gets an Ugly Surprise Opening Weekend
MikeRivero
Mon, 10/03/2022 - 06:50
The gay romantic comedy “Bros” debuted in movie theaters this weekend with most movie-goers preferring to watch something else.
In its first two nights, beginning Thursday, the movie took in $1.84 million, according to Showbiz411.
With an estimated $2.5 million from Saturday and Sunday, the movie would make less than $5 million for its opening weekend.
Comedian and talk show host Trevor Noah is leaving The Daily Show after seven years at the helm during which the late-night infotainment show's viewership declined dramatically.
Noah, 38, who hails from South Africa, took over the show from former host Jon Stewart in 2015.
He revealed the news to a stunned live audience during yesterday's taping of the show, which runs from Monday-Thursday on Comedy Central.
September’s box office numbers poured cold water on industry hopes that Hollywood is back in full swing by posting the lowest totals since 1997. It did not help matters that a steady stream of “woke” features poured into North American theaters.
One of the producers of My Son Hunter has reportedly filed an ethics complaint with the State Bar of California against Hunter Biden’s attorney Kevin Morris, alleging the lawyer posed as a documentary filmmaker to infiltrate the movie set in order to spy for his client.
Two-time Emmy winner Bruce Willis can still appear in movies after selling his image rights to Deepcake, a Delaware-based company founded by Ukrainian-born CEO Maria Chmir, last year before his aphasia diagnosis.
If you haven’t been paying attention: Vintage T-Shirts are HOT. Take a turn through any bar district, college campus, or tech hub and you will see what I’m talking about. I’m not referring to the well-maintained, unstained works of art some people have come to expect.
Forget condition. Rips and stains are prefered and have little effect on demand or price. It’s all about the “sick colors”, nostalgic graphics, distressed pieces, and oversized, loungy streetwear.
Marvel Studios’ decision to feature an Israeli superhero called “Sabra” in its upcoming film has been met by outrage from Palestinian artists who say it is evidence of “racism” and “white-washing colonialism”.
Marvel, which is based in New York and is owned by Disney, announced late last week that the character, who operates as an Israeli intelligence (Mossad) agent, would be featured in the 2024 Captain America movie.
As Israel was launching a deadly assault on Gaza, killing thousands of civilians and displacing more than 100,000 people, many of America’s top TV, music and film producers were organizing to protect the apartheid state’s reputation from widespread international condemnation.