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Listen, there will always be movie theaters of some sort. People like going out to the movies. But movie-going as it had been? Doubtful.

NEW YORK (AP) — “No New ‘Movies’ Till Influenza Ends” blared a New York Times headline on Oct. 10, 1918, while the deadly second wave of the Spanish Flu was unfolding. A century later, during another pandemic, movies — quotes no longer necessary — are again facing a critical juncture. But it’s not because new films haven’t been coming out. By streaming service, video-on-demand, virtual theater or actual theater, a steady diet of films have been released under COVID-19 every week. The Times has reviewed more than 460 new movies since mid-March.

Comedian Dave Chappelle is urging people to boycott old episodes of his Comedy Central show, alleging that Hollywood executives have yet to pay him what he is owed on the popular but short-lived 2003 sketch series.

This news about “Wonder Woman 1984” isn’t about the pandemic, it’s about the math, it’s about where the real money is, and the real money is in the golden goose of streaming subscriptions.

Melissa McCarthy apologized for a $20,000 donation to anti-sex trafficking group Exodus Cry over claims the organization is ties to Christianity.

HBO Max has revealed the first trailer for the eagerly anticipated cast reunion of “The West Wing.” As part of the marketing push, the streaming service is also spotlighting Michelle Obama’s When We All Vote initiative, which is courting young voters and promoting vote by mail.

Sesame Street is set to air a 30-minute special this month aimed at teaching children and families how to be “anti-racist.” The special will define “racism” for young audiences, and urge children to call out others who they suspect of being racist.

“The West Wing” cast, along with show creator Aaron Sorkin, is reuniting for an HBO Max special that will raise money for When We All Vote, the Michelle Obama organization that is moving aggressively to register young voters and push vote by mail.

“On the Trail: Inside the 2020 Primaries” is the first collaboration between HBO Max and CNN Films. The documentary features female reporters following failed 2020 Democrat presidential candidates on the campaign trail.

HBO Max has returned “Gone with the Wind” to its catalog, weeks after WarnerMedia chairman Bob Greenblatt remove the American Civil War classic on the grounds it needed to provide audiences with a detailed disclaimer about the reality of slavery.

A new HBO anthology series will debut with a biographical drama of Coronavirus Task Force chief Dr. Anthony Fauci, a report says.

Actress Queen Latifah wants to see “Gone with the Wind” canceled, even after she played Hattie McDaniel in a recent Netflix miniseries.

After being pulled, the classic 1939 film Gone with the Wind will be returning to HBO Max — but this time, the film will feature a disclaimer, as well as an introduction from scholar and university professor Jacqueline Stewart.

On a daily basis, the Woke Taliban’s blacklist of movies, television and other entertainment expands, and let me promise you these left-wing fascists are just getting started…

Americans rushed to snatch up physical copies of the movie Gone With the Wind after HBO Max announced it was blacklisting the film from its streaming platform.

Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley is demanding HBO Max blacklist Gone With the Wind (1939). But that’s not all…

HBO Max’s reboot of the Looney Tunes cartoon features iconic character Elmer Fudd but without his classic rifle, the show’s executive producer announced.

CNN’s Jake Tapper appears to be benefiting from corporate nepotism by scoring a deal with HBO Max to adapt his novel “The Hellfire Club” for the digital streaming platform. CNN and HBO are both divisions of WarnerMedia, which is owned by AT&T.

NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T is launching a new internet-delivered TV service Monday as it struggles with a shrinking DirecTV satellite business.

The PBS children’s show Sesame Street announced that Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award-winning actor Billy Porter will be featured wearing his Oscars dress when the program returns to TV for its 51st season, set to premiere on HBO Max later this year.

Adam McKay, the Hollywood producer-director behind The Big Short and Vice, is working on a new climate-change-themed anthology series that is scheduled to debut on the HBO Max streaming service.

Netflix could lose as many as four million subscribers next year as the streaming wars heat up, giving consumers a wider array of cheaper alternatives for their subscription dollars, according to an analyst’s report.

HBO Max is picking up a new series called Generation, which will be produced by left-wing actress Lena Dunham. The series, created by an 18-year-old woman and her father, will reportedly be exploring “modern sexuality — devices and all” in high school.

An upcoming HBO Max series from Ava DuVernay will depict the United States in the grips of a second American Civil War, with the federal government battling secessionist forces called the Free State armies.