The upcoming action movie “Deadpool & Wolverine” is off to a promising start after breaking the record for pre-release ticket sales for an R-rated film. “Some 200,000 movie fans have bought their AMC tickets already. This is more Day 1 ticket sales at AMC than for any other R-rated movie ever,” AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron wrote on X. The online movie ticket site Fandango also reported a huge number of pre-sales, per The Hollywood Reporter. While neither AMC nor Fandango provided hard numbers, the outlet noted that ticket sales so far likely earned the film between $8 and $9 million. These figures set the record for ticket pre-sales for a film that’s rated R and are the best so far for the “Deadpool” franchise. This film represents the third installment in the franchise. THR noted that the original “Deadpool” (2016) brought in $132.4 million during its opening while “Deadpool 2” (2018) earned $125 million. Industry insiders expect the large pre-sale numbers to indicate the new film’s debut will cross the $100 million mark like its predecessors. “Deadpool & Wolverine” stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in the leading roles. Per the IMDb description, “Wolverine is recovering from his injuries when he crosses paths with the loudmouth, Deadpool. They team up to defeat a common enemy.” This will be the first R-rated movie ever released by Marvel and Disney, according to THR. It hits theaters on July 26. Jackman discussed how he decided to commit to the role despite thinking he was “done” playing Wolverine after the character was killed off in “Logan” (2017). “I was on my way, I was just driving, and literally, just like a bolt of lightning, came this knowing deep in my gut that I wanted to do this film with Ryan [Reynolds],” Jackman said, per Variety.  “For Deadpool and Wolverine to come back together. I swear to you, when I said I was done, I really thought I was done. But in the back of my head, ever since I saw ‘Deadpool 1,’ I was like, ‘Those two characters together.’ I knew it, I knew the fans wanted it ever since I put on the claws, people talked about these two. So, that had always been there, but I just knew.” The actor continued, “And I literally couldn’t wait to arrive. Soon as I arrived, I rang Ryan. And I just said, ‘Let’s do it.’ Like, I hadn’t rung my agent, no one. I had to ring my agent and said, ‘Oh, by the way, I have just committed to a movie.’”

There are countless misconceptions about getting older. That’s why our friends at QVC are taking action to break boundaries and dismantle stereotypes, particularly those that women over the age of 50 face. The iconic shoppable entertainment retailer has always championed for this demographic, but they’re taking things up a notch with their Age of Possibility platform. Throughout the year, you can expect access to all sorts of curated products, programming, and other resources with fabulous women over the age of 50 in mind. Best of all, they’ll be coming from women who are determined to prove that being fabulous isn’t just for women in their 20s. This group of women is called the Quintessential 50, and they’re individually known as Q50 ambassadors. QVC hosts are in this gorgeous group, of course, but so are celebrities like Christina Applegate, Patti Labelle, Martha Stewart, and more. InspireMore asked five QVC hosts and Q50 ambassadors to share their wisdom with us about life after 50. Check out their answers (along with their favorite QVC picks) below! Jane Treacy What do you love the most about being 50 or over? “What I love about being over 50 (62!), is the freedom to speak my mind. Getting older means I’m confident to share my opinions, thoughts and dreams.” What do you think is the biggest misconception about women over 50? “The biggest misconception about women over 50 is that we are finished growing and reaching new goals. It is NEVER too late to try something new!” Jane’s Favorite QVC Picks: IT Cosmetics Glow with Confidence CC+ SPF 50 3-Pc Collection This product stands out for Jane because she says it “gives us coverage, moisturization, and most importantly daily SPF.” Get it here! QVC Revitalign Orthotic Embellished Thong Sandals Yumi Stud “Hard to believe a cute patent thong sandal is podiatrist designed and accepted by the APMA!” Get them here! QVC Pat DeMentri What do you love the most about being 50 or over? “For me, being over 50 and in my 60s, I love that I am now learning from my daughter who is in her 20s — definitely technology help, but also to open my mind to new experiences and to listen and learn from her. Every day is a blessing and a chance to appreciate my life! I have now redefined my vision of a perfect life by my standards: being thankful for family, friends, a job that I love at QVC, my granddog, my health and so much more.” What do you think is the biggest misconception about women over 50? “The biggest misconception about being over 50 is that we are no longer valuable in the workplace. I am ready to continue to be relevant and eager to continue to learn and share my experience. This is the time in our lives to focus on us! Go find your fearless because the younger generation of women are counting on us!!!” Pat’s Favorite QVC Picks: Laura Geller Spackle Primer Trio “This is one of my favorite beauty items. It helps keep your makeup lasting all day long while keeping my face moisturized too. I am so very proud of how generations of women love and respect Laura as much as I do.” Get them here! QVC Keurig K-Supreme Coffeehouse Bundle w/K-Cups and Frother “This is my answer, with the fun frother, to make my daily coffee a fancy coffeehouse experience in the morning. Meanwhile, I am saving time and money not going to the lotta bucks drive thru which gives me extra money to indulge my love of shopping! I have been on the early shift for over 35 years so I need coffee in the morning and sleepy time tea at night.” Get it here! QVC Shawn Killinger What do you love the most about being 50 or over? “My confidence & the utter comfort I have in my skin! I am unabashedly at ease being my true self at all times. It wasn’t always that way so now it is such an empowering exhale in my life.” What do you think is the biggest misconception about women over 50? “That their greatest life achievements are in the rear view mirror, and their career pinnacles are long behind them. This could not be further from the reality. At 51, my career is peaking and exploding in a way I dreamed of and pined for at 30 and 40, but clearly God knew I wasn’t ready then. The trick to aging with joy, gratitude, and sheer excitement is kind of simple: You must love where you’re headed and who you are becoming, more than you love where you’ve been and who you used to be.” Shawn’s Favorite QVC Picks: WEN by Chaz Dean 8-oz Bella Spirit Bronzing Mist Duo w/ Brush Who doesn’t love a good nighttime routine? Shawn says this is must-have product for her, saying, “I spritz my face every night before bed!” Get them here! QVC philosophy mega-size 64oz purity made simple 1 step facial cleanser “I would be lost with how to wash my face without it!” Get it here! QVC Sandra Bennett What do you love the most about being 50 or over? “The thing I love most about being over 50? I just don’t care as much about things that ultimately don’t matter.  As I age, I’m focusing all my energy on the relationships, causes, and pursuits that bring me meaning and joy. The rest just doesn’t matter!” What do you think is the biggest misconception about women over 50? “We have spent our lives being told both overtly and subliminally in media that women become less relevant as we age. I reject this! I feel the opposite! This is when we have the most experience. I have never felt mentally stronger and more confident than I do now.” Sandra’s Favorite QVC Picks: Valencia Key x Kerstin Lindquist Sand Dollar Charm Necklace Wear a symbol of your strength and vulnerability around you neck with this beautiful necklace. How fitting, right? Get it here! QVC Doll 10 Peptide Plump Lip Oil Trio Get the perfect amount of hydration, color, and plump — plus, it comes in three beautiful shades. Get them here! QVC Rachel Boesing What do you love the most about being 50 or over? “Now that I’m over 50, I love that I am more confident than ever before, that I’m more accepting of my capabilities and shortcomings, and that I’ve become more patient.” What do you think is the biggest misconception about women over 50? “A couple of big misconceptions about women over 50 is that we’re scared of, or skittish about, new technology, and that we’re not interested in keeping up with the latest fashion trends.” Rachel’s Favorite QVC Picks: HomeWorx by Slatkin & Co. Set of 2 Sandswept Coast 14oz. Candles Bring the calming scents of a tropical vacation into your own home. Get them here! QVC Bose SoundLink Flex Bluetooth Wireless Speaker Set the perfect mood with the right tunes no matter where you go. Get it here! QVC There aren’t enough brands that recognize the beauty and strength that comes with age. That’s why it’s oh-so important that QVC is setting such a great example for others in providing the attention, love, and support women 50 and over deserve. Because each and every one of you are fabulous — and don’t you dare let anyone convince you otherwise! Learn more about QVC’s Age of Possibility here. *We couldn’t do all the good that we’re doing without incredible partners like QVC. We hope you’ll join us in supporting them! The post Who Said Life Ends At 50? Not These Fabulous Women Living Their “Age Of Possibility!” appeared first on InspireMore.

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This Complete List Of Ultravox Albums And Songs presents the full discography of Ultravox studio albums. The band Ultravox was first formed in 1974.  The group hails from the area of  London, England.  All these engaging ahead of their time Ultravox albums have been presented below in chronological order. We have also included all original release dates with each Ultravox album as well as all original album covers. Every Ultravox album listed below showcases the entire album tracklisting. ULTRAVOX STUDIO ALBUMS Ultravox! Released: 1977 Ultravox’s debut album, Ultravox!, was recorded at Island Studios in London and produced by Steve Lillywhite The post Complete List Of Ultravox Albums And Discography appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

News Beetlejuice Beetlejuice The Ghost With The Most Gets Up to Some New Tricks in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Midlife crisis via trickster demon? Okay, cool. By Molly Templeton | Published on May 23, 2024 Comment 0 Share New Share This new trailer for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice makes a strong argument for never telling your teenage children about your troubled past. As Lydia (Winona Ryder) tries to explain, in all seriousness, her previous encounter with the trickster demon Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), her daughter Astrid (Jenna Ortega)—clearly unimpressed—just keeps doing the thing. The thing she really shouldn’t do. Yeah, she says his name three times. Of course she does. And the juice is loose, again, to wreak havoc on the same family and a new generation of moviegoers. Once it gets past the requisite haunted-child “Day-O,” this trailer … is actually a lot of fun. Stripey sandworms! Spiky bangs! Catherine O’Hara’s perfect face! Justin Theroux struggling to take it all in! And, of course, Michael Keaton having a grand old time. An older, tireder-looking Beetlejuice is somehow, maybe, just what this decade needs? Here’s the synopsis: Beetlejuice is back! After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia’s life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened. With trouble brewing in both realms, it’s only a matter of time until someone says Beetlejuice’s name three times and the mischievous demon returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is, of course, directed by Tim Burton. The cast also includes Monica Bellucci, Willem Dafoe, and Arthur Conti. Wednesday’s Alfred Gough & Miles Millar wrote the screenplay (Seth Grahame-Smith joins them for story credit; the characters were originally created by Michael McDowell & Larry Wilson). The film is in theaters September 6th, because spooky season comes earlier and earlier every year. Not that we’re complaining.[end-mark] The post The Ghost With The Most Gets Up to Some New Tricks in <em>Beetlejuice Beetlejuice</em> appeared first on Reactor.

Movies & TV Star Trek: Discovery “Warm fuzzy encouragement that I don’t need” — Star Trek: Discovery’s “Lagrange Point” The crew attempts a classic Star Trek heist in the penultimate episode of Discovery… By Keith R.A. DeCandido | Published on May 23, 2024 Credit: CBS / Paramount+ Comment 0 Share New Share Credit: CBS / Paramount+ Last week, it was a race to get to the Progenitors’ tech, and our heroes had one advantage: a last-minute instruction that wasn’t on the clues themselves, but which Burnham was told when she got the last clue. By the end of “Lagrange Point” we have learned that the last-minute instruction was a specific phrase that Burnham would need to speak at some point. And we also learned that the tech is in a big container that was left at the Lagrange Point between two singularities that are two of the oldest stars in the galaxy, and which is an interdimensional portal, apparently. The episode ends with Burnham following two Breen and Moll into the portal to try to find the tech, with Rayner about to order Discovery to follow them in. Getting to that point really didn’t need to take up an entire episode, but it did. And it was at once very exciting and very annoying. In terms of straight-up action and intrigue and maneuvering and thinking their way out of the problem, the story worked. The Breen snagged the tech and put it in their cargo hold, and Discovery (which has been cloaked the entire time, so the Breen still think they’re destroyed) has to, in essence, pull a heist. Now I loves me a good heist. Two of my favorite TV shows are heist shows: Leverage and Hustle, and I also loved the heist parts of the TV show Animal Kingdom and the movie Solo. And visually, veteran director Jonathan Frakes does his usual excellent job, with mostly perfect pacing. (I say mostly because the script calls for Burnham and Book to have a heart-to-heart in the middle of their time-sensitive away mission. Sure.) But the script, by Sean Cochran and Ari Friedman, is a big honkin’ mess that makes no sense. Credit: CBS / Paramount+ On the face of it, Discovery’s plan seems like a good one: infiltrate the Breen dreadnought, disguise themselves as Breen, and steal the doodad. An advantage to trying to steal something from the Breen is that it should be easy to disguise yourself as one of them. Except for one problem: the Breen are supposed to be (a) incredibly advanced, and (b) completely mysterious. How is Discovery able to perfectly replicate a Breen suit enough so that a real Breen can’t tell the difference? How are they able to suddenly translate the Breen language? And how can they all communicate with each other without the Breen—who are supposed to have superior technology—knowing that they’re doing it? Basically, the notion that Discovery’s away team can so perfectly imitate Breen so that no one notices strains credulity well beyond the breaking point. Having said that, the final bit of the heist did work, mostly because at this point Burnham and Book were exposed and they had to think their way out of the problem. Burnham mentions their first confrontation with Moll and L’ak back in “Red Directive,” which is meant as a hint to Rayner as to how to rescue them. This results in a visually spectacular sequence as Discovery basically rams into the cargo bay and blasts its contents out into space, including both Book and Burnham and the doodad. The idea is to beam them off, although Burnham has entered the portal by this point, following Moll. Credit: CBS / Paramount+ Speaking of Moll, despite Eve Harlow doing the best she can, I remain utterly unconvinced that she’s now the leader of the Breen, and I have yet to see a single reason why anyone would even consider taking orders from her. Meantime, another Breen Primarch is on her way: Tahal, the Primarch who occupied Kellerun during Rayner’s younger days. She doesn’t actually show up—like far too much, that’s being saved for next week’s finale—but it’s obvious that Rayner still has some major PTSD regarding her. One bit of good news: Saru’s back! After an unconscionably long time without Doug Jones, he’s back, and has volunteered to try to negotiate with Tahal to keep her from blowing everything up. But we don’t see him performing that mission, either. However, we do get him and Tara Rosling’s T’Rina being adorable, which is always welcome. Plus Chelah Horsdal is back as President Rillak, which will always make me happy. (Allow me to once again plug my Rillak short story “Work Worth Doing” in Star Trek Explorer #9.) Also, I do want to single out Blu del Barrio and Patrick Kwok-Choon as Adira and Rhys, respectively. Their banter as they work to bring down the Breen shields—Adira using their super brain and Rhys providing support and protection—is hilarious. I especially loved when Rhys hit upon the notion of bullying the low-ranking officer at the console and making him leave so Adira can do her work. Adira just mutters, “Everyone always picks on the ensign…” Last season, Discovery was paced perfectly for its first half, and then slowed to a crawl for its second. It’s happening again, as the season started out well paced, but we kept side-stepping into Breen stupidity and other weird distractions, and now spending an entire episode with a heist that just gets us to where we should’ve been at the beginning of the episode: with Moll and Burnham both chasing the tech in the dimensional portal. Everything else has just been wheel-spinning to get us to where we need to go, and we should’ve gotten there already. It’s like last season when they spent an entire episode getting through the Galactic Barrier (a trip that took Kirk’s Enterprise all of five minutes each of the three times they did it). Once again we’ve got an entire episode that should’ve been a pre-credits teaser. Credit: CBS / Paramount+ And now we have to wait another week for the finale—which will apparently be 90 minutes long, so hopefully there’ll be room for everything…[end-mark] The post “Warm fuzzy encouragement that I don’t need” — <i>Star Trek: Discovery</i>’s “Lagrange Point” appeared first on Reactor.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Thursday that a lower court “clearly erred” when it held that South Carolina racially gerrymandered its congressional district map. The majority held that the “circumstantial evidence falls far short of showing that race, not partisan preferences, drove the districting process” behind the creation of the map. “First, a party challenging a map’s constitutionality must disentangle race and politics if it wishes to prove that the legislature was motivated by race as opposed to partisanship,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the majority opinion. “Second, in assessing a legislature’s work, we start with a presumption that the legislature acted in good faith.” “In this case, which features a challenge to South Carolina’s redistricting efforts in the wake of the 2020 census, the three-judge District Court paid only lip service to these propositions,” Alito continued, writing that the court’s findings of fact were “clearly erroneous under the appropriate legal standard.” Justice Elena Kagan, in a dissent joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson, wrote that the majority’s opinion “betrays its distance from, and lack of familiarity with, the events and evidence central to this case.” “The majority picks and chooses evidence to its liking; ignores or minimizes less convenient proof; disdains the panel’s judgments about witness credibility; and makes a series of mistakes about expert opinions,” Kagan wrote. “The majority declares that it knows better than the District Court what happened in a South Carolina map-drawing room to produce District 1.” The three-judge panel that initially found the map had been racially gerrymandered already modified its order in March to allow the map to be used during the 2024 election due to the Supreme Court’s delay in resolving the appeal. “The ideal must bend to the practical,” the panel concluded, citing rapidly approaching deadlines for the primary season and the lack of a new plan. The judges initially found in January 2023 that race was the “predominant motivating factor” when lawmakers moved over 30,000 black residents from one district to another, ruling that Congressional District No. 1 on the resulting map was racially gerrymandered in violation of the 14th Amendment. Republican Rep. Nancy Mace won the district in 2022 by nearly 14 points following the redistricting. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a separate concurrence to express his view that the court “has no power to decide these types of claims.” “Drawing political districts is a task for politicians, not federal judges,” he wrote. “There are no judicially manageable standards for resolving claims about districting, and, regardless, the Constitution commits those issues exclusively to the political branches.” “The Court’s insistence on adjudicating these claims has led it to develop doctrines that indulge in race-based reasoning inimical to the Constitution,” Thomas continued. Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation The post Supreme Court Rules South Carolina Did Not Racially Gerrymander Congressional District Map appeared first on The Daily Signal.