Got to feel for Rashford here. He’s had a great season for Barca, they’ve said they can’t afford to pay €30m for him but then pay €70m+ for someone who plays in his position.
🚨💣 BREAKING: Anthony Gordon to Barcelona, here we go! Official bid accepted now by Newcastle board and Saudi owners.
€70m fixed fee plus add-ons to bring final package over €80m for #NUFC.
Gordon set to travel this week for medical and contract signing at FCB. 🔵🔴✈️
Michael Bay is developing a movie about the U.S./Iran war.
The film follows the story of the 2 U.S. pilots rescued after their planes were shot down during Operation Epic Fury in Iran.
(Source: Deadline)
Elon Musk is bashing Christopher Nolan for #TheOdyssey casting, alleging the director cast Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy because he “wants the awards.”
In additional X posts, Musk re-tweeted posts that mocked Elliot Page’s masculinity and claimed that Nolan was stomping all over Homer’s grave because of his casting choices.
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This isn’t new right? My local cinema has been rolling back or back army/navy ads for 10+ years. The only bit that’s new is a ln extra sponsored navy ad.
Average UK pre-cinema ad roll now is like:
- Hey, wanna join the navy?
- Hey, wanna join the army?
- Oh, you're too good for the navy? Good luck leaving your shithole hometown.
- Hey, please be a teacher?
- Hey, wanna foster a kid?
James Dolan licensed “The Wizard of Oz” and spent $100m put it on the Sphere’s 160,000 sq foot LED screen.
Since its release in August, the adapted 1939 classic film has made ~$300m (and sells $2m tickets a day).
Sphere stock up 2x (to $4B) over the span and the playbook for global expansion is clear.
Right now, ~5k people are paying $150-200 each per show and there are 2-3x shows a day.
At the Sphere, films are much more lucrative than live acts because the venue can play them more often and the margins (70%) are higher than paying out pop stars (musicians get to keep most of the ticket sales while Sphere gets the F&B).
Here is a breakdown of the Sphere’s $782m revenue in 2025:
▫️Films: 48% of total revenue
▫️Live Events: 24%
▫️F&B and Merchandise: 14%
▫️Sponsorship and Exosphere Ads: 14%
Editing of “The Wizard of Oz” included using AI to update scenes and cutting off ~30 minutes of run time (the viewing length is 70 minutes).
The $2.3B venue also has 4D effects with the film (wind during tornado, falling apples, lots of fog, flames).
Dolan wants “Wizard of Oz” to hit $1B and its own pace by early 2027.
For comparison, Darren Aronofsky’s “Postcard From Earth” has sold 4m+ tickets at ~$100 a pop (so, over $400m) since launching in October 2023.
Find other IP. License building plans for mini-Spheres (5k seats, with planned locations in Maryland and Abu Dhabi).
I’m very intrigued at what other old films could get The Sphere treatment and nominate “The Big Lebowski”.
Grimsby thoroughly deserved that. What do United do now? Can't blame that on the manager, both goals were individual errors. So many misplaced passes in the attack, you can't coach that.
Wicked made over $700m at the box office, not including soundtrack streams, digital sales etc, but they can’t be bothered to pay an actual living artist to make the poster for Part 2.