Category: Entertainment

Online Box-Office Reporting

July 12, 2025 by • Books, Entertainment, Financial, History, News & Media, Politics, Religion, Society, Success, Television • 0 Comments

THE HISTORY OF BOX-OFFICE REPORTING SINCE THE 1970’S

  • Domestic box-office rentals
  • Domestic box-office grosses
  • Worldwide box-office rentals
  • Worldwide box-office grosses

 

SLEIGHT-OF-HAND ONLINE BOX-OFFICE REPORTING

  • Sleight-of-hand online box-office reporting hiding the most relevant truths about the blood of Jesus.
  • Sleight-of-hand online box-office reporting clouding and hiding the most relevant truths about ditching the TV.

1931 to 1971

July 7, 2025 by • Entertainment, History, Religion, Society, Success, Television • 0 Comments

  • Google “Was the Empire State Building ever the tallest building in the world?”.
  • Then Google “Was Steven Spielberg ever the most commercially successful film director?”.

See if you notice a difference.

  • If ditching the TV is just my truth, but not your truth, then why does AI have trouble giving specific information about when Spielberg became Hollywood’s most commercially successful director?
  • If ditching the TV is just my truth, then doesn’t that mean that Christian TV owners are applying moral relativism to one of the most powerful cultural forces on the planet?

July 2025

July 2, 2025 by • Entertainment • 0 Comments

July 2025

THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY…JAWS ON DVD.

A new soundtrack.  Inferior and laughable.

Striking Similarities

June 30, 2025 by • Crime, Entertainment, History, Religion, Sports, Television • 0 Comments

WNBA OFFICIALS & CHRISTIAN TV OWNERS

June 2025

June 30, 2025 by • Crime, Education, Entertainment, History, Law, News, Politics, Society, Success • 0 Comments

June 2025…ANNIVERSARIES

  • 75th:  North Korea in June 1950…and Iran 75 years later.
  • 50th:  Hollywood’s first summer blockbuster released in June 1975…and Los Angeles in the news 50 years later.
  • 10th:  Give some people an inch in June 2015…and they try to take a mile 10 years later.

June 20, 2025

June 20, 2025 by • Entertainment, Financial, History, News, News & Media, Politics, Society, Success, Television • 0 Comments

June 20, 2025

Top questions to ask A.I.:

  • When did Spielberg become Hollywood’s most successful director?
  • Which movie established Spielberg as Hollywood’s most successful director?
  • Did Raiders Of The Lost Ark establish Spielberg as Hollywood’s most successful director?
  • Was Raiders Of The Lost Ark the movie that put Spielberg on top of Hollywood?
  • In what year did Spielberg become Hollywood’s most successful director?
  • Why is A.I. afraid to admit that Raiders Of The Lost Ark put Spielberg on top of Hollywood?
  • Why won’t A.I. admit the accurate year when Spielberg became Hollywood’s most successful director?
  • What month of what year did Spielberg become Hollywood’s most successful director?
  • What month of what year did Spielberg become Hollywood’s highest grossing director?

 

ANSWERS FROM A.I.:  Conflicting.  Slimy.  Dishonest.  Insulting.  Irrelevant information.  Quite funny.

“I’m pleased and happy to repeat the news that we have in fact caught and killed a large predator that supposedly injured some bathers.  But as you see, it’s a beautiful day.  The beaches are open.  And people are having a wonderful time.  Amity, as you know, means friendship.”  -a political response from Jaws…with many similarities to how A.I. has answered many of these questions

 

The Wunderkinds Spielberg & Lucas

June 20, 2025 by • Entertainment, Financial, Success • 0 Comments

“…there was no end to what wunderkinds Spielberg and Lucas could do…everything in the individual cues is detailed to the nth degree to enhance the on-screen moment…” –an analysis written by Lukas Kendall (editor of Film Score Monthly) for the Raiders Of The Lost Ark CD, April 1995.

 

“Exhibitors were awash with megamovies from the two biggest (and highest-grossing) names in the business, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.  These producer/directors were the incarnation of Walt Disney for the Eighties, capturing our imaginations and more of our dollars than anyone had ever done.” –from the Hollywood Reporter Book Of Box-Office Hits. 1996. By Susan Sackett

 

A More Grateful Spielberg

June 20, 2025 by • Entertainment, Success • 0 Comments

“John Williams saves yet another life and gives our picture, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, a new, refreshing life of its own.  Thanks, John.”   –Steven Spielberg, April 1981

John Williams On Success

June 20, 2025 by • Entertainment, Financial, Success • 0 Comments

“…if any of us could predict what ingredients or what series of mental attitudes could be strung together to create that kind of success, if we could do it on order, we’d all be multi-billionaires.  But you can’t.  It’s more elusive and more subtle, and as a consequence more interesting and even more fun.”  –John Williams on success, from the CD soundtrack of Raiders Of The Lost Ark. (April 1995)

Courage vs Arrogance

June 20, 2025 by • Entertainment, Success • 0 Comments

SPIELBERG’S COURAGE IN 1974 vs SPIELBERG’S ARROGANCE IN 1999

“I think because I was younger, I was more courageous…or I was more stupid.  I’m not sure which.  So when I think of Jaws, I think about courage and stupidity.”  –Steven Spielberg, decades after directing Jaws

If there was an element of stupidity to Spielberg’s efforts on directing Jaws, then I’d say somebody was looking out for him back then.  Wouldn’t you agree, Mr. Spielberg?

 

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