Following is a abstract of present leisure information briefs.

Warner Bros film ‘Barbie’ ticket gross sales prime $1 billion

The blockbuster movie “Barbie” has topped $1 billion in field workplace ticket gross sales worldwide since its July 21 debut, Warner Bros. Pictures, a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery, introduced on Sunday. In a press release, Warner Bros. mentioned the fantasy-comedy film has taken in $459 million from home theaters – counting the United States and Canada – and one other $572.1 million abroad because it hit theaters, for a complete of $1.0315 billion. The determine was confirmed by media analytics agency Comscore.

Too sizzling for Okay-pop as South Korea scrambles to save lots of scout jamboree

A Okay-pop music live performance scheduled for Sunday at a World Scout Jamboree in South Korea was postponed because of warmth security considerations because the host pressed on with the meet regardless of excessive temperatures that led three nationwide contingents to tug out. Minister of Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min mentioned the jamboree organisers “accepted the concerns over safety-related incidents” if the present was held on Sunday night time. Temperatures on the jamboree web site have hovered above 33 Celsius (91.4F).

No settlement between putting Hollywood writers, studios on resuming talks, WGA says

Writers Guild of America (WGA) negotiators met on Friday with representatives of the main studios for the primary time in a three-month strike by Hollywood writers to debate whether or not contract talks can resume, however the guild mentioned no settlement was reached. The WGA mentioned in a press release to its members that the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which negotiates on behalf of Walt Disney, Netflix, mentioned it wanted to seek the advice of with member studios earlier than transferring ahead.

Vancouver film employees get artistic with aspect hustles amid Hollywood shutdown

Twin strikes by Hollywood actors and writers have put the damper on Vancouver’s summer season of film magic, forcing the trade’s artistic minds to show to typically shocking aspect hustles to journey out the robust occasions. Known as “Hollywood North,” town of Vancouver and its province of British Columbia comprise one of many largest movie manufacturing facilities in North America. Generating about C$3.6 billion in income ($2.7 billion) in 2022, it offers employment for an entire host of digicam operators, logistics coordinators, animators, cooks and extra.

New York park erupts in chaos as stay streamer’s giveaway goes awry

Thousands of individuals overran New York City’s Union Square and the encircling streets on Friday in a chaotic scene after a well-liked stay streamer introduced a “giveaway” occasion, with police struggling to comprise followers throwing projectiles and injuring officers. The occasion was promoted by Kai Cenat, greatest recognized for his stay streams on the gaming web site Twitch and YouTube movies. He had earlier introduced a “huge giveaway” on his Instagram account for 4 p.m. ET (2000 GMT) on the Manhattan park.

(With inputs from companies.)