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Entertainment 5 years ago

Stifled by pandemic, US movie theaters send SOS

With theaters closed in New York and Los Angeles and would-be movie goers across the country choosing to stay in, US cinemas are sending out a desperate SOS -- so far unanswered by Congress, local officials and studios.

Entertainment 5 years ago

Egyptian cinema hit hard by pandemic

Egyptian cinemas are slowly reopening after months of lockdown, but the huge sector sometimes dubbed "the Hollywood of the Arab world" has taken a severe hit during the pandemic.

National 5 years ago

Indonesia records another single-day high in new COVID-19 cases

Thursday’s death toll of 120 was also the third-highest daily increase recorded since the outbreak began in March.

Entertainment 5 years ago

Can Russell Crowe and cut-price popcorn bring people back to US movies?

AMC Theaters and other cinema chains will fire up projectors in some major US cities this week, offering lower-priced admission, discounted popcorn and new safety measures to tempt audiences back to the movies despite the pandemic.

Art & Culture 5 years ago

Virus-hit Mexico City reopens museums, cinemas

Mexico is reopening museums and cinemas in the capital after months of lockdown, but face masks and social distancing are the new normal for culture vultures in a city still battling the coronavirus.

Entertainment 5 years ago

AMC expects to reopen all international theaters in three weeks

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc said it expects all its international theaters to resume operations in the next two to three weeks, while two-thirds or more of its US theaters are set to reopen later this month.

Entertainment 5 years ago

Iconic French cinema shuts as audiences plummet

One of France's most iconic cinemas it to shut its doors for the month of August because so few people want to risk seeing movies on the big screen.

Entertainment 5 years ago

Curtains rise in China cinemas as normality slowly returns

Hundreds of cinemas reopened in scores of Chinese cities Monday after a six-month nationwide shutdown due to the coronavirus, highlighting its success in taming an epidemic still raging in parts of the world.