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Saudis Relax Restrictions on Movie Industry, Attracting Filmgoers from Region

@Photo by Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures/Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures – © 2023 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Barbie may be a blockbuster in the West, but not so in the Middle East, where local censorship restrictions have made the film cinema non grata in several countries. Over the years, thousands of film lovers in…

Elon Musk Completes Twitter Purchase, Fires CEO and Other Top Execs

Tweeting “the bird is freed,” Elon Musk began his $44 billion takeover of Twitter by immediately sacking some of the top executives on the platform, including CEO Parag Agrawal and CFO Ned Segal. Also on the chopping block were Vijaya Gadde, who’d headed legal, policy, and trust issues; and general counsel Sean Edgett. On Wednesday,…

Chinese Streaming Service Tencent Video Changes the Fate of Brad Pitt’s Fight Club Character

Chinese streaming service Tencent Video has released a new edited version of Fight Club that replaces its original iconic ending. In a move of steamrolling censorship, the film’s new conclusion features an abrupt message that states the authorities triumphed over the titular criminal organization by apprehending all of its members, Time is reporting. Subscribers of…

Cancel Culture Is Getting Out Of Control

Back in the summer of 2020, the 1939  Oscar-winning Gone With The Wind was removed from HBO Max, after 12 Years A Slave screenwriter John Ridley, who won the best adapted screenplay Oscar for his work, wrote a column in the Los Angeles Times saying it should not continue to be shown because of its…