Sony Pictures has always had a dilemma in marketing The Angry Birds Movie: Given that it’s a prequel to a game and an origin story, how do you sell the film as anything that fans of the game will recognize, especially when you’re radically redesigning the characters to include hands and feet? Their answer, to date, was to emphasize read »
Luke Y. Thompson, ContributorWhen music business veteran Chris Stacey joined a friend to watch the Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove in 2009, he never would have guessed the film – which spotlighted the practice of killing dolphins in Japan – would alter the course of his life. But, that’s exactly what happened.
“I walked out of the theater that read »
Brittany Hodak, ContributorSummerfest, America’s largest music festival by attendance, announced its lineup on Wednesday afternoon, revealing the enormous list of performers set to come to Milwaukee this coming summer. Eight headliners will take to the stage at the Marcus Amphitheater, with names ranging from rock to top 40 pop to country. Those select few acts are read »
Hugh McIntyre, ContributorTonight, Chris Stapleton will be the first country artist to appear as musical guest in Season 41 of Saturday Night Live.
Appearing on the legendary show is a major feat for a country artist: Stapleton is only the fourth country act to appear since Taylor Swift hosted and performed during Season 35, on November 9, read »
Brittany Hodak, ContributorHeading into today’s inflation data, the prospects of German 10-year government interest rates going negative had added to the heightened risk aversion in global markets. And we’ve been talking this week about how markets are set up for a positive surprise on the inflation front, which could further support the mending of global read »
Bryan Rich, ContributorSeven Brazilian billionaires or their sons, four former Brazilian billionaire families and two Mexican billionaires have been named in the Panama Papers, according to media reports in Brazil and Mexico. Some of them have not commented on their offshore holdings. read »
Kerry A. Dolan, Forbes StaffMexico leads Latin America in deposits in U.S. financial institutions which have jumped 48% to $80.6 billion in the past four years. read »
Dolia Estevez, ContributorIf you’ve got it, flaunt it – luxury cars and crossovers took six out of 10 spots in the 2016 Wards Best Interiors list. read »
Jim Gorzelany, Contributor