Cinema News: 'Ticket to Paradise' and the state of the rom-com

Entertainment

October 24, 2022

What the 'Ticket to Paradise' box office opening says about the state of the rom-com

With its better-than-expected opening, "Ticket to Paradise" proves there's still life in the rom-com, at least when stars like Julia Roberts and George Clooney are on board.

Appreciation: Why New Yorker art critic Peter Schjeldahl was the last of a breed

Peter Schjeldahl, art critic Christopher Knight's friend for 25 years, confirmed the power of intensely local art criticism — a kind of writing that the internet has since undercut.

Commentary: Redemption, writ large, in L.A. Opera's divine 'Omar'

"Omar," the new opera by singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens and film composer Michael Abels, gets its West Coast premiere by L.A. Opera.

Swifties are worked up over who they think Taylor is shading on 'Midnights'

With the release of Taylor Swift's "Midnights," her sleuthing fans think there are veiled swipes at John Mayer, Scooter Braun and Kanye West.

Tim Burton suspects his Disney days are behind him: 'I needed to escape'

Director-producer Tim Burton said he is less inclined to work with Disney now that the studio giant has become "very homogenized, very consolidated."

'Black Adam' is Dwayne Johnson's biggest domestic box-office debut as a leading man

Warner Bros.' "Black Adam," Universal's "Ticket to Paradise" and Paramount's "Smile" were the top three films at the domestic box office this weekend.

Cardi B and Madonna make amends after clown emoji kerfuffle

Cardi B did not appreciate Madonna's recent Instagram post about the 30th anniversary of her provocative coffee table book, "Sex."

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