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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 4h

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), dir. Robert Aldrich. J The real Davis-Crawford feud bled into filming. A fight scene left Crawford with real stitches after Davis kicked her. Only Davis was Oscar-nominated; Crawford never forgave it. #BetteDavis #JoanCrawford

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Pop Base @popbase.tv · 28/09/2026

Madonna wins Artist of the Year at the #VMAs .

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Madonna opened the 2026 VMAs. Her first performance there in 23 years with Sabrina Carpenter on Bring Your Love, then brought out Charli XCX for Danceteria Afterhours, their first official collaboration. She led the night with 13 nominations. #VMAs #Madonna

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

U2 turned 50 on Sept 25. 50 years since Larry Mullen Jr's note went up at Mount Temple School, Dublin, 1976. Marked it with two surprise gigs: schoolyard, then Bewley's balcony on Grafton St. (Also once crashed Springfield, Trash of the Titans, 1998.) #U2 #Dublin #U2at50

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Jonathan Demme, Jodie Foster & Anthony Hopkins. 🩸🎬 One of cinema’s greatest thrillers and an Oscar Big Five winner. #TheSilenceOfTheLambs #Cinema

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

MGM, Cannon, Empire… 80s horror trailers were something else. 👻📼 Ghoulies, Invaders from Mars, TerrorVision… pure B-movie madness. #80sHorror #HorrorMovies #BMovies #CultCinema #TerrorVision

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What a show in Dublin today. The sun, the sky and the city. ☀️🇮🇪 #travellingireland #Dunlin

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Charlie's Angels premiered on ABC 50 years ago today. Executives thought it was one of the worst show ideas they'd heard then the pilot scored such huge ratings they aired it again to make sure it was real. Biggest freshman hit until ER broke the record in 1994. #CharliesAngels

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Paramount + Warner’s real challenge isn’t buying Warner. It’s financing it. Debt, integration costs and 30–32 films a year vs. Disney’s ~15 across its brands. Owning Hollywood is one thing. Paying for it every year is another. #Paramount #WarnerBros #Disney

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Six-year-old Lian Yunzhi broke the women's 3x3 Rubik's Cube world record twice in three days at WCA-certified events in China — averaging 4.52s, then 4.27s. First woman ever to average under 4.5 seconds. She's mastered 1,300+ algorithms, training 2-3 hours daily. #RubiksCube

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Fatal Attraction (1987), dir. Adrian Lyne. $14M budget, $320M+ worldwide. The scripted ending was scrapped after poor test-audience reaction, reshot months later with a different climax. Glenn Close fought the change for two weeks before agreeing to it. #FatalAttraction

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Mars Attacks! (1996) reunited Burton and Elfman after a falling-out since Batman Returns. Elfman scored it with two theremins and choir, deliberately parodying 1950s B-movie sci-fi — the same sound that made 1951's The Day the Earth Stood Still iconic. #DannyElfman

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

All About Eve (1950): Bette Davis got the role only after Claudette Colbert dropped out with a back injury. A fight with her husband the night before shooting left Davis's voice raspy — she kept it for the entire film. It earned a record 14 Oscar nominations. #BetteDavis

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Cocoon (1985), dir. Ron Howard. $18M budget, $76M domestic. Don Ameche won Best Supporting Actor at 77 — but wasn't first choice, he replaced Buddy Ebsen. Hume Cronyn knocked out Clint Howard with a real punch on set. #Cocoon

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

London's National Portrait Gallery acquired a 2023 Harley Weir photo of Charli XCX in July 2026 — funded by the Bukhman Foundation's Collecting the Now initiative. On display in the History Makers Now room, alongside works by Barbara Walker, Linder, and Sonia Boyce. #CharliXCX

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Resident Evil (2026), dir. Zach Cregger (Barbarian, Weapons), out Sept 18. It's the franchise's second reboot after 2021's Raccoon City flopped. $80M budget, single-protagonist story (Austin Abrams as a medical courier) — a departure from the usual ensemble format. #ResidentEvil

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A Clockwork Orange (1971): the title isn't about fruit. Burgess took it from old London slang — something that looks alive on the outside, clockwork within. His teen slang Nadsat mixes Russian and Cockney rhyming slang, with zero glossary in the novel. #AClockworkOrange #Kubrick

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Beyond Wukong just premiered on Chinese prime-time TV — the country's first full-length AI-generated drama, zero human actors on screen. Made by Mango TV in just 3 months (vs. ~2 years for conventional series), at roughly ¥900,000 (~€115,000) per 40-minute episode. #AI #China

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Apple TV led all networks at the 2026 Emmys with 28 wins — its first-ever #1 finish, ahead of HBO Max (21) and Netflix (16). Widow's Bay alone took 14, most ever by a comedy in a year, beating The Studio's 13 from last year. Just 31 submissions vs. Netflix's 125. #Emmys2026

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Pentagon just confirmed what sci-fi fans have feared for decades. #DeathStar #SpaceForce

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

2026 Emmys: Widow's Bay set a comedy record with 14 wins, incl. Best Comedy Series. The Pitt repeated as Best Drama Series. Matthew Rhys became the first actor to win lead acting Emmys in two categories same night. Jean Smart tied the record with her 8th career Emmy. #Emmys2026

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“Digging In The Dirt was looking at the darker side of myself. I was also reading a book about anger expressed in different ways. That was allowing me to get into different subject-matter.” - Peter Gabriel. Digging in the Dirt was the first single from ‘US’, released today in 1992. #PeterGabriel

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Blade Runner (1982), dir. Ridley Scott, loosely based on Philip K. Dick's novel. $30M budget, only $41.8M box office — it flopped, critics were split. Dustin Hoffman was nearly cast as Deckard but wanted the character changed, opening the door for Ford. #BladeRunner

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989): Michelle Pfeiffer tried to talk director Steve Kloves out of the iconic piano scene, thinking it sounded ridiculous. He didn't budge. She sang every note live, no dubbing, after just one choreography lesson. #FabulousBakerBoys #MichellePfeiffer

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Celine Dion returned to the stage Saturday for her first full concert in six years, opening a sold-out Paris residency at the Plenitude Arena before 30,000 fans. She's been managing stiff person syndrome, a rare neurological condition, since 2022. #CelineDion #Paris

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Infinity Vision isn't new projection tech — it's Disney's badge for existing large-format screens (45ft+ width, laser, Dolby 7.1+), created after losing IMAX's Dec 18 slot to Dune: Part Three. Debuts with Avengers: Endgame – Encore (Sept 24) before Doomsday in December. #Disney

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Mars Attacks! (1996) just landed on 4K for the first time, 30 years later. Tim Burton's manic sci-fi satire — Jack Nicholson in a dual role, plus Glenn Close — bombed against its $80-100M budget with $101.4M worldwide, overshadowed by Independence Day. #MarsAttacks

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Venice 83 Golden Lion goes to Woman Unknown, Danish director May el-Toukhy's WWII drama — only the 8th woman ever to win it. Star Mathilde Arcel took Best Actress; Malkovich won Best Actor for Wild Horse Nine. Lee Chang-dong's Possible Love took the Grand Jury Prize. #Venice2026

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

UK's Official Chart: Sienna Spiro's Great Expectation hits #1 — her first ever, and the youngest British woman to top the chart in 12 years. It ends Sam Fender & Olivia Dean's 23-week reign. Dua Lipa's 2024 track Training Season jumps back into the Top 10. #UKCharts

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

On Sept 11, 1996, David Bowie released Telling Lies — the first downloadable single by a major artist, years before Napster or the iPod. Not sold in stores; three remixes rolled out weekly on his site, drawing 300,000+ downloads. Bowie launched an ISP two years later. #DavidBowie

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Found this vintage The Color Purple (1985) poster full of critic quotes and star ratings printed right on it, like movie marketing used to do. 11 Oscar nominations, 0 wins. Still a record for most nods without a single win. #TheColorPurple #Spielberg

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

WarGames (1983), dir. John Badham (Saturday Night Fever). $12M budget, $125M worldwide, 3 Oscar noms. Broderick's breakout screen role, right after his stage debut in Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy — a year before Ladyhawke, two before Ferris Bueller. #WarGames

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The Bridges of Madison County (1995), dir. Clint Eastwood, from Robert James Waller's novel. $22M budget, $182M worldwide. Sydney Pollack once developed it with Robert Redford attached, before Eastwood took on directing and starring opposite Meryl Streep. #BridgesOfMadisonCounty

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

'La bola negra' trailer is out. Los Javis' queer epic won Best Director at Cannes with a 20‑minute ovation . In cinemas Sept 25 with Penélope Cruz, Glenn Close & more. #LaBolaNegra #QueerCinema #LosJavis #Oscars2027

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The 53rd Telluride Film Festival (Sept 4-7) revealed its lineup just 24h before opening, as always — 60+ films, with Tributes to John Malkovich, Sandra Huller, and Andrew Haigh. World premieres include Elsinore (Andrew Scott) and The Debut (Julianne Moore). #Telluride #Cinema

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The Odyssey continues its historic IMAX run — its opening weekend alone brought $51.8M (23% of global ticket sales) through IMAX, with all 41 of its 70mm screens worldwide locked to the film through September. 52 days in: $584.8M domestic, $1.62B worldwide. #TheOdyssey #IMAX

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

2026 US box office has crossed $7.3B, up ~20% over 2025 at the same point. Summer 2026 hit $4.73B — just $20-25M short of 2013's all-time record. Spider-Man: Brand New Day alone is nearing $923M domestic, closing in on The Force Awakens' record. #BoxOffice #Cinema

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), dir. Elia Kazan, adapted by Tennessee Williams from his own play. Brando's Stanley Kowalski redefined screen acting with raw Method intensity, opposite Vivien Leigh's fragile Blanche DuBois. Won 4 Oscars incl. Best Actress. #StreetcarNamedDesire9

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Commitments (1991), dir. Alan Parker, adapted from Roddy Doyle. $12-15M budget, cast almost entirely real Dublin musicians with no acting experience. Glen Hansard played guitarist Outspan Foster here — 17 years before winning his own Oscar for Falling Slowly. #TheCommitments

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

George Lucas' Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens Sept 22 in LA — 40,000+ works across 35 galleries, in a 300,000 sq ft building by architect Ma Yansong. After failed bids in San Francisco and Chicago, construction began in 2018. Cost: over $1B. #GeorgeLucas #Museum #SRF

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

French cinemas hit 19.94M admissions in August 2026 — the best August since monthly tracking began in 1980, and double August 2025's 9.96M. Driven by The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Year-to-date: 127.92M admissions, up 28.5% vs. 2025. #Cinema #France

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Obsession, Curry Barker's horror film made for under $1M, crossed $501M worldwide. Focus Features is mounting an Oscar campaign across 15 categories — Best Picture, Director, Actress for Inde Navarrette — with Barker as a triple threat: director, writer, editor. #Obsession

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Happy 14th, A24. You didn't just make films—you made feelings visible. Four that broke me, rebuilt me, and stayed: · Everything Everywhere All At Once · Moonlight · Lady Bird · Aftersun Each one a universe. What's your four #A24 #TheCinefied #IndependentFilm #Cinema

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

These next‑gen stages are lighter, more human—built for connection, not spectacle. Beijing, Chengdu, Wuxi… they're building spaces where emotion leads, pixels follow. This isn't tech evolution. It's cinema finding its soul. Happening now #Cinema #Storytelling #LEDVolume #China

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Remember the first time you felt those Mandalorian worlds? That was just the start. China's new volumes rewrite what's possible—not size, but immersion. Actors aren't acting against green ghosts. They're living inside the story. #Filmmaking #VirtualProduction

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Kooba Digital just launched a new website for the Irish Film Institute in Dublin's Temple Bar home to 3 cinemas and the Irish Film Archive since 1943, with over 26,000 cans of film dating back to a Lumiere Brothers reel from 1897. The redesign leans into cinema-inspired visual language. #IFI #Dublin

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Xavier Mareca @xaviculture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Electric Picnic 2026 wrapped this weekend at Stradbally — 80,000 fans, its largest crowd yet. Fontaines D.C. closed the Main Stage, their first-ever headline slot there. CMAT told the crowd: 'This is probably as good as it's ever going to get for me.' #ElectricPicnic

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