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Amazon is shutting down an in-house charity that gave customers the opportunity to direct a small amount of their purchases to a wide range of nonprofits, from large hospitals to modest horse farms, saying the impact "was often spread too thin."The move was announced on the company's blog on Wednesday. It comes as Amazon undertakes 18,000 layoffs - the largest retrenchment in its history - but a company spokesperson said the decision was not a cost-cutting measure.Amazon introduced AmazonSmile a decade ago, as it sought…

Stephen King, seen here in 2018, has yet another new movie based on his work coming to theaters. Photo: Dia Dipasupil (Getty Images)In what’s becoming a welcome trend, another genre movie that was originally slated to go directly to streaming is coming to theaters first. It happened with Blue Beetle, Smile, and Evil Dead Rise, and now, it’s happening with The Boogeyman.Based on a Stephen King short story from his 1978 Night Shift collection, The Boogeyman is directed by Rob Savage (Dashcam) and produced by 21 Laps, the…

Image: ParamountOf the many movies that took over the world this year, Smile was one of the more pleasant surprises. After an initial showing at Fantastic Fest led to strong reviews and word of mouth, the film went on to fuel Paramount’s pretty impressive run of theatrical releases this year. For a film that was originally meant to be a Paramount+ original and cost $17 million to make, ending its box office run at $216 million worldwide certainly made executives...well, you know.Smile’s a few days out from releasing on…

After a lovely smiling face, the mood of the Sun has soured and it is now presenting a face of fury. NASA has just shared an image where the Sun is seen in quite a furious mode. Just before Halloween, on October 27, 2022, NASA had shared an image of the smiling Sun. It was simply awesome, a Sun smiley! However, the mood of the fireball seems to have changed now, soured in fact! There has been a complete U-turn in the Sun's mood and it has soured unimaginably, presenting a terrifying spectacle. NASA on Tuesday shared…

2022’s Smile might be one of the best horror movies of recent years. And if it’s not the best, it’s undoubtedly one of the most-talked-about. The Parker Finn-directed psychological horror film became a bit of a spooky season phenomenon and one of the biggest surprises at the box office. The movie centers on a psychiatrist, played by Sosie Bacon, as she begins to experience one terrifying encounter after another following her patient’s suicide. Given the movie's popularity, one can't help but wonder if a sequel could…

Smile director Parker Finn is admitting he has a bit of a soft spot for jump scares, even if certain movie-goers have sworn them off entirely. Finn’s feature-length debut film proved to be one of the biggest runaway hits of the year and has made back its $17 million shoestring budget many times over, to the point that it has now grossed north of $210 million. While Smile featured a great performance from Sosie Bacon and had a worthy message about overcoming trauma and mental illness, it also reveled in well-worn horror…

The creepy thriller Smile is finally moving to Ott from theatres. Smile made its theatrical debut in September. After six weeks on the big screen, the creepy thriller surpassed $200 million at the global box office, a highly impressive number considering its meagre $17 million production cost. However, if you didn’t have a chance to watch it in theatres, you can now stream it from your comfy couch on Paramount+. In order to stream the movie, you’ll have to sign up for a Paramount+ account, with plans starting at…

Image: Paramount Pictures Turn your frown upside down, because Smile is hitting streaming this week as it looks to transform from box office success to streaming bonanza. Grossing an exceptional $200 million after initially being pitched as a streaming-only flick on Paramount Plus, it got saved by test audiences and pumped out into cinemas by Paramount. The success is somewhat of a shock, but Smile was fuelled by an intense and excellent guerrilla marketing campaign which seemed to work wonders. Now it will…

Horror movies have always corrupted seemingly innocent things or actions. For instance, after The Exorcist became a global sensation in 1973, no one ever looked at pea soup quite the same way again. Stephen King’s It, both the excellent 1990 mini-series and the two feature films in 2017 and 2019, made clowns even scarier, if that’s possible. In 2022, the horror genre transformed perhaps the most innocuous thing of all: a smile. That’s due to the hit film Smile, which prominently displayed creepy people smiling in…

It has been a head-spinning year for drummer Tom Skinner. He has been crossing the globe touring new albums simultaneously with London jazz group Sons of Kemet and with Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood as the Smile. Adding to the pressure, his partner is expecting their second child imminently. When we meet one bright Monday morning near his north London home, he keeps his phone on the table, ready to dash.Skinner is remarkably calm amid the chaos, exuding the same groundedness that he brings to his collaborations. Onstage…