Where to Watch Dune: Part Two: Streaming, Pricing, and Platform Guide
A look at where Denis Villeneuve's Dune sequel is currently streaming, what each plan costs, and how critics received it.
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Why Studio Sunday Box Office Estimates Run High Before Monday's Real Numbers
38%, a Stanford study of more than a thousand releases found, and the gap is largest in a film's first weekend.
Academy Museum Sets October Gala Honoring Theron, Domingo, Carpenter
The Los Angeles institution's sixth annual benefit, presented by Rolex, follows a fifth edition the museum says raised more than $12 million for its exhibitions and education programs.
What Do ESRB Video Game Ratings Actually Mean? A Family Guide
From E for Everyone to Adults Only, here's what each ESRB label covers, who assigns it, and where to check before a new game lands under the tree.
The Deal Shonda Rhimes Built: How One Showrunner Rewrote What TV Creators Get Paid For
From a fifteen-year run at ABC to a Netflix pact reportedly worth up to $400 million, Shonda Rhimes's contracts trace how streaming changed the price of a hit-maker's ownership stake.
What Meta One actually adds for creators who already pay for Meta Verified
Meta's new Meta One subscription hub launched in May 2026 with a pricier verification tier for creators, but Meta says it isn't replacing Meta Verified yet, so both routes currently lead to the same blue checkmark.
No, Tom Hanks didn't endorse those AI ads
" Both are confirmed fake by Hanks himself — but nobody has confirmed who made them.
Fan theories about TV shows: theory or disinformation?
Fan theories stay honest when labeled as speculation; fabricated quotes and fake cancellations are TV disinformation. Here is how to tell them apart.
Long-term brand ambassador deals, explained
Brand ambassador deals explained: contract length, exclusivity, usage rights, retainers versus per-post fees and FTC disclosure rules.
Streaming Price Increases of 2026: The Running List
S. prices — the running list and what it means.
US Box Office Is Boiling Over, Led by Family Films
The US box office is having its best year since the pandemic, per Reuters, with Toy Story 5 past $1 billion. Here is the family movie takeaway.
How Virtual Gala Components Raise Real Money
Livestreams, online auctions and text-to-give layers add global donors to a gala's room totals. Here is how hybrid gala fundraising actually works.
Revival and Second-Run Cinemas Explained: Why Discount and Repertory Houses Grow
As streaming made everything available, scarcity moved to the communal — and both the discount house and the repertory screen found new audiences.
Emmys 2026: What to Know About the 78th Ceremony and This Year's Nominations
Emmys 2026: the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony is set for September 14, after nominations were announced July 8 — here is what is confirmed.
Why Streaming Rivals Pool Content: Inside Joint Ventures Like SkyShowtime
Why streaming rivals pool content in joint ventures like SkyShowtime: the scale math, what parents give up, and how JVs become buyouts.
How Residuals Actually Work — and Why the Checks Got Smaller
Residuals paid per use until streaming swapped the basis to subscriber-tier tenure; the 2023 strikes repriced the difference without restoring the principle.
Universal Spent $25.7 Million Selling Oppenheimer To Oscar Voters
Awards season runs on paid media, not just prestige. Here is how studios budget, spend and sometimes skip the campaign that decides who gets nominated.
How child-influencer earnings laws actually work
A handful of states now require parents to set aside a share of a child's content-creation earnings in trust — here is what the rules actually cover, and what they don't.
How the FTC's rules for celebrity endorsements actually work
When a star gets paid or gifted a product to promote it online, federal rules say the audience has to be told, clearly and where they'll actually see it.
What Is a Theatrical Window, and How Long Do Movies Stay in Theaters Before Streaming? Explained
As studios push toward a 45-day minimum in 2026, here's what a theatrical window actually is, why the industry's real average is still shorter, and how it shapes a movie's box office split.
How the Academy's Preferential Ballot Actually Picks the Best Picture Winner
A ranked-choice system, not a simple vote count, decides who wins Best Picture -- here is the mechanism the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences actually runs.
How Major Film Festivals Are Actually Funded, From Cannes to Sundance
Public subsidies, corporate sponsors, market fees, broadcast rights and box-office receipts each cover a share of a festival's budget — audited financial statements and government funding records show how the mix breaks down at Cannes, Sundance and Toronto.
What Is a Movie's 'Theatrical Window,' and Why Is It Getting Longer in 2026?
Studios pushed the industry baseline to 45 days this year, with Universal guaranteeing at least five theatrical weekends before films move to digital.
The Number That Actually Renews Your Show: Inside the Ratings Machine Networks and Streamers Still Trust
Renewal decisions look like taste. They are mostly measurement — and one company's data still sets the terms.
How creators actually get paid: the splits, the thresholds and the disclosure rules
YouTube publishes the percentage it keeps, the thresholds that decide who is in the split, and a 2027 change to both. Federal advertising rules cover the other income line.
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