Sentences with phrase «been in the movie industry»

Pascaline has been in the movie industry for almost two decades now and she remains one of Ghana's adoring actresses.

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As the year comes to a close, the domestic box office is on pace to set another new industry record just one year after topping $ 11 billion in domestic movie ticket sales for the first time ever.

As a result, the industry has even seems to be gradually warming to the idea of premium streaming options, where studios release movies for customers to stream at home while they're still showing in theaters.

Others, like Avatar director James Cameron and Interstellar «s Christopher Nolan, have argued that the startup threatens the health of the movie industry, which turned in a record year in 2015 in terms of overall box office gross.

BKEG was acquired in 2003 by New Wave Entertainment, a producer of marketing solutions and trailers for the movie industry that's owned by Paul Apel, who started as an editor at the company and worked his way up to owner and CEO, a spot he's had for 23 years.

Regulators have been taking aim at industry contracts that prevent people from viewing movies and TV programs outside the country in which they are sold, focusing on Sky's deals with major motion picture studios including Walt Disney, Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Brothers unit, Comcast Corp.'s NBCUniversal, and Sony Pictures.

The founder is betting that by associating Earth Angel with big names in the movie industry, the company will find opportunity for growth.

No one can argue the movie industry hasn't been better for it since in every measure.

One of the greatest movies ever to look at the movie industry, Billy Wilder's 1950s - era pop culture noir is timeless for its story of the struggle in the business and the effects of fame when everyone forgets you.

«Just like the movie industry does well in a bad economy, our products do well because they're cheap entertainment.»

Since its American launch a few months ago, the program has upset studios, who are wary of giving Movie Pass so much control and access to its industry in fear that the disruption might cannibalize profits.

«I was being funny, but at the same time, this is one of the biggest benefits of being based in L.A.,» says the VP of Operations for The Visionaire Group, a digital creative agency that does promotions for the movie industry.

The numbers are indicative of the struggle the movie industry has faced in getting film aficionados to consistently visit theatres amid the rise of streaming services such as Netflix.

But based on the movie industry's numbers, you could argue that Aron's initial statement — in which he was open to patrons to using their phones during movies — was the more logical idea.

The movie industry is an older, more experienced industry that has a lot of tools and talents that are very welcome in the video - game industry.

Emanuel, previously described as «the pre-eminent power player» in Hollywood, said he didn't believe Weinstein's activities were an open secret across the movie industry.

Spike Lee has been breaking down barriers in the film industry since he started making movies, but he's yet to cross the $ 100 mark with any of them.

The bottom line is that Apple's ambitions in the content industries seem to be hampered in part by a lack of a consistent vision about what the company wants to do and why, combined with a culture clash between existing movie studios and TV networks about who is the most important player in the relationship, and who gets to control the terms.

Peerless in his ability to merge artistic and financial instincts, Geffen has been an agent, a manager, a record - industry mogul, a movie and Broadway producer, and a co-founder of a film studio.

There is even some evidence to suggest that the movie theater industry is falling victim to the paradigm - shifting change in consumers» viewing habits.

The principles of investment are simple, says Bernstein, so he takes a long view of the financial industry, dedicating half the book to investment history and theory (in a manner accessible to the math - challenged among us) in the hopes of giving his readers «the ability to coolly observe extraordinary current events and say «I've seen this movie before, and I know how it ends.»»

Their need to accumulate every iteration of their favorite show, movie or character has been and continues to be one of the strangest drivers of growth in the toy industry.

The movie industry estimates that in Mexico, for every DVD sold legally, another 10 are pirated, often by notorious and dangerous drug cartels who are making a name for themselves in media piracy.

Speaking of the investigative journalism - focused movie to win the most recent Best Picture Oscar, Oliver said: «One of the things that made Spotlight so powerful is the knowledge that the newspaper industry today is in big trouble.»

Despite helping to create media revolutions in radio and television, there were several unsuccessful forays into other industries, such as movies and consumer products, which helped to doom the company.

We've recently seen this imbalance wreak havoc in the entertainment and media industries, where it's long been understood that major players like movie producer Harvey Weinstein and former Fox News chief Roger Ailes could easily make or break women's careers.

In China, a whole new industry chain surrounding online literature IPs is taking form and now involves music, games, TV dramas, and movie production.

Movie attendance numbers in 2015 were some of the lowest in the past 20 years, though revenues throughout the industry soared.

The extent of her contributions as producer - writer - director, for which she's gained respect within the industry, is still unknown to the general public — not to mention her talent for sketch comedy, which is on view in her movies.

Oil and gas investments benefit from drilling budgets being standard in the industry as opposed to start - ups and movies which can see budgets fluctuate based on unforeseen events.

In fact, it seems that often the only times that the mainstream movie industry deals with Christianity at all is to portray its believers as either hypocrites, simpletons or buffoons.

The Fresh Prince, now known as Will Smith, is one of the most sought - after actors in the movie industry, not only in Hollywood, but in the entire world.

According to the latest industry rumors, Channing Tatum is eying Pratt to co-star in a Ghostbusters movie he is producing that would be a part of the same franchise as Paul Feig's all - women Ghostbuster movie, also in the works.

Did you know that the sex toys industry is expecting a boost in sales after the release of the movie this weekend, just like they did after the book was released?

After that Ismail squandered a fortune funding not only that inspirational movie but also the music label COZ Records («The guy was areal good talker,» says Rocket); a cosmetics procedure whereby oxygen was absorbed into the skin («We were not prepared for the sharks in the beauty industry»); a plan to create nationwide phone - card dispensers («When I was in college, phone cards were a big deal»); and, recently, three shops dubbed It's in the Name, where tourists could buy framed calligraphy of names or proverbs of their choice («The main store opened up in New Orleans, but doggone Hurricane Katrina came two months later»).

«Track is what inspires me to go after my dreams of being an entrepreneur in the movie / film industry,» she said.

It is something of a milestone in movie industry's history and they have found the perfect way to celebrate it and in a way that modern audiences can relate to.

It is something of a milestone in movie industry's history and they have found the perfect way to celebrate it and in a way that modern audiences can relate...

«The reality is when you're working in this industry you're sometimes shooting a movie in China for four months,» she explained.

If the movie is shown in schools, the food industry will undoubtedly demand equal time or produce a competing film.

Speaking to the host Onantefour Addae Mununkum in response to Agya Koo's assertion that, President Mahama and his NDC have made Ghana too difficult to live in and that, ever since the NDC took over this country, the movie industry has vertually collapsed, Asare Bediako told Onantefour, he was surprised with the statement Agya Koo has made.

According to him, the movie industry was illustrious during President Kuffours era, he added that, he was able to put up a foundation in President Kuffours era but ever since the NDC won the elections in 2008, he could not continue because of lack of getting jobs.

An income tax provision related to the entertainment industry could be tweaked (e.g. treating sales of partnership interests in movie productions as ordinary rather than capital gains income, or limiting the number of years that entertainment company losses could be carried forward) and an appropriations bill could simultaneously fund the programs.

«While the theater industry has faced significant challenges in recent years, movie - goers are looking for ways to make their night out a more special one,» said Sen. Diane Savino.

The revelation was made by his colleague in the movie industry, Roselyn Ngissah who was at the ceremony held at an unknown church location somewhere in Ghana.

In making her submission, the minister cum queen mother stated that the encounter with the movie producers revealed power outages, competition from foreign movies, TV stations showing recently released locally made movies and piracy as being the major factors killing the movie industry as little or no return is made on investment.

Fiscal watchdogs question the expense and cost of subsidizing the film industry, especially in New York City, where a number of movies and TV shows have already been made due to the iconic locations.

In the three weeks since dozens of women came forward with allegations of sexual assault and misconduct against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, the cultural landscape has been altered, with claims brought against figures across other industries.

He believes such people should rather praise Kumawood for saving the country's movie industry from drowning in the influx of Nigerian movies at a time when the Ghanaian film industry was still struggling.

Jaga Pee was one of the leading actors and made a tremendous contribution to the Ghanaian movie industry until an unfortunate situation took him to prison in 1996.