With a month left to go in an erratic, stomach-churning year for Hollywood, the box office finally started to show some life again with the triple-threat of “Moana 2,” “ Wicked ” and “Gladiator II.” “Moana 2,” the animated Walt Disney Co. musical sequel, exploded with $221 million over the long Thanksgiving weekend, while all movies combined generated a massive …
Liu Wenyue checks production of horse-face skirts she designed at a factory in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on March 7. KONG LINGHANG/XINHUA HANGZHOU — Standing in front of a horse-face skirt on display in a garment factory, Liu Wenyue, 24, meticulously elaborated on the inspiration she drew from while designing it. "It is the best-selling piece in our store, with 20,000 …
Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler in “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.” Lionsgate is spinning off its film and TV studio business — best known for the “Hunger Games,” “Saw” and “John Wick” movie franchises — from pay cable unit Starz. Santa Monica-based Lionsgate will merge its studio arm with Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp., a special purpose …
