EDITORIAL
Free popcorn too?...
More than 3,000 theaters around the United States will have tickets at no more than $3 regardless of showing or format. Labor Day weekend is notoriously tough on the industry, because most Americans are trying to squeeze the last joys out of summer before the colder winter months hit. The cheap theater tickets come with only one potential drawback if you hate ads: there will be a sizzle reel of upcoming movies shown before each film. The reel includes upcoming films from all of the major studios, including A24, Disney, Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros., and more, so it could also provide cinephiles with a chance to catch glimpses of movies they're looking forward to checking out....
Have a pleasant Friday night at the movies,
Jean Constant
About six weeks ago, locals and visitors to the famed intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Los Angeles saw one of the bare walls in the area begin to show some shapes and colors. On Aug. 25, the six-story mural, which adorns the south-facing side of the Aster club and hotel, had its official reveal in a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The mural was created with spray paint and executed in Eaton’s signature collage style, which mixes pop art and traditional techniques. It’s a salute to Hollywood groundbreakers such as Judy Garland and Sidney Poitier, whose likenesses are the largest figurative elements of the work. Garland’s daughter, Lorna Luft, and granddaughter, Vanessa Richards, were among the guests who attended the ribbon-cutting....