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Amazon to Acquire MGM Studios for $8.45 Billion in Mega Media Deal

May 31, 2021May 30, 2021 Minnesota Sun Staff

Amazon acquired MGM Studios for $8.45 billion in a mega deal that will bolster Amazon’s entertainment profile, the companies announced Wednesday morning.

The deal will allow Amazon to give its subscribers access to MGM Studios’ entire portfolio of movies and television shows, according to the announcement. MGM Studios’ content library includes more than 4,000 films and 17,000 television shows.

“The real financial value behind this deal is the treasure trove of IP in the deep catalog that we plan to reimagine and develop together with MGM’s talented team,” Mike Hopkins, senior vice president of Prime Video and Amazon Studios, said in a statement. “It’s very exciting and provides so many opportunities for high-quality storytelling.”

Filmmaker Says Hunter Biden Scandal Movie Running into Liberal Hollywood Headwinds

March 21, 2021March 20, 2021 Minnesota Sun Staff

Irish filmmaker Phelim McAleer is producing a film chronicling the highly publicized and complicated life of President Biden’s son Hunter Biden. But his efforts to make the picture and get it onto a screen face stiff Hollywood headwinds.

“We know that Hollywood won’t make these movies, and people want to see them,” the conservative filmmaker told the TV show Just the News AM with Sophie Mann. “People want the truth out there.”

Commentary: The Hard Left Believes Its Mission is so Critical That Its Noble Ends Can Justify All Means

September 29, 2020September 28, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

There was once a tradition of Democratic liberalism. But that wing of the Democratic Party no longer exists and died sometime in the 1990s. Old-style liberalism has been absorbed by Progressivism at best and unapologetic socialism at worst—in a journey on the supposedly predetermined arc of history that bends toward 1984.

After a Long Slumber, U.S. Cinemas Awaken on Pivotal Weekend

September 5, 2020September 4, 2020 The Associated Press

With the previews about to start, a trickle of masked moviegoers made their way into one of the first U.S. screenings of “Tenet” at the Bow Tie Majestic 6 in downtown Stamford, Connecticut. They took their seats Tuesday night, eyeing the empty seats between each other and a little giddy at being back at the movies for the first time in many months.

Philip Scarante and Andy Flores, both 25, went every Tuesday religiously before theaters closed in March. “It’s just our thing,” Scarante said. Seeing Nolan’s latest mind-bending spectacle later on a smaller screen held no appeal. They sat down in center seats, up close.

Oscar Winning Actress Olivia de Havilland Dies at 104

July 27, 2020July 26, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

Olivia de Havilland, the doe-eyed actress beloved to millions as the sainted Melanie Wilkes of “Gone With the Wind,” but also a two-time Oscar winner and an off-screen fighter who challenged and unchained Hollywood’s contract system, died Sunday at her home in Paris. She was 104.

Havilland, the sister of fellow Oscar winner Joan Fontaine, died peacefully of natural causes, said New York-based publicist Lisa Goldberg.

Carl Reiner, Beloved Creator of ‘Dick Van Dyke Show,’ Dies

July 1, 2020June 30, 2020 The Associated Press

Carl Reiner, the ingenious and versatile writer, actor and director who broke through as a “second banana” to Sid Caesar and rose to comedy’s front ranks as creator of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and straight man to Mel Brooks’ “2000 Year Old Man,” has died. He was 98.

Reiner’s assistant Judy Nagy said he died Monday night of natural causes at his home in Beverly Hills, California.

Acting Great Kirk Douglas Passed Wednesday at the Age of 103

February 6, 2020February 11, 2020 Zachery Schmidt

Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas, whose career spanned more than six decades, died Wednesday at the age of 103.

Commentary: Why Hollywood Attempts to Silence Dissident Women

January 25, 2020January 24, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

Amy Sherman-Palladino’s writing is full of witty, sharp dialogue that makes you need to rewind a couple times every episode to make sure you caught exactly what was being said. Usually, it’s brilliant.

Bette Midler Proposes ‘Osc-hers’ in Response to All Male Director Nominees

January 21, 2020January 20, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

On Tuesday, actress and singer Bette Midler angrily responded to the lack of women nominated for the Academy Awards Best Director, by suggesting the creation of an alternative awards show – “we just get our own show called the Osc-hers” in order to redress the absence of female nominees in this year’s directing category, Breitbart reports.

Golden Globes Host Ricky Gervais Roasts Hollywood ‘Perverts’: ‘Let’s All Have a Laugh at Your Expense’

January 7, 2020January 6, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

British comedian and actor Ricky Gervais, in his fifth time hosting the annual Golden Globe Awards, used his opening speech to roast many of the most famous actors and filmmakers in the room and criticize the elitist mindset of Hollywood.

Golden Globes to Serve Vegan Cuisine for 2020 Awards Show

January 5, 2020January 4, 2020 Admin

The 2020 Golden Globes are going vegan.

Commentary: Hollywood’s ‘Fierce Resistance’ Kowtows to China’s Censors in ‘Top Gun 2’

July 22, 2019July 21, 2019 Minnesota Sun Staff

by Thaddeus G. McCotter Hollywood, the cultural epicenter of the “resistance” to the faux totalitarianism attributed to President Trump, has a vastly different approach to the real totalitarianism of Communist China: capitulation and self-censorship. As noted by Mark MacKinnon, the senior international correspondent for The Globe and Mail, the sequel to…

MyPillow’s Mike Lindell Helping Fund Conservative Movies in Hollywood

November 25, 2018November 25, 2018 Anthony Gockowski

Minnesota businessman and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is trying his hand at Hollywood after investing $1 million in a new movie that offers a critical look at Planned Parenthood. The movie, titled Unplanned, had to be filmed in secret due to the sensitive nature of its subject, The Hollywood Reporter…

Movie ‘Gosnell’ Cracks Top 10 at Box Office

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 Admin

by Rachel del Guidice A movie about Kermit Gosnell, the late-term abortionist in Philadelphia who went to prison after being convicted in connection with the deaths of three babies, hit the Top 10 films at the box office over the weekend. “We were [No. 10] on Friday and Saturday, but…

Dean Phillips Dines With Liberal Elites for Massive Hollywood Fundraiser

October 12, 2018October 11, 2018 Anthony Gockowski

Democrat Dean Phillips participated in a Hollywood fundraiser Tuesday night with five other congressional candidates at an attendance cost of $5,000 per person. Phillips, who is running for Minnesota’s Third Congressional District, has been highly critical of the influence of money in politics while on the campaign trail, so much…