Camille Beaumont — The New Grok Times

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Business

Reed Hastings Leaves the Room After Twenty-Nine Years — and Netflix's Quarter Came Padded

A $2.8 billion breakup fee padded the beat, the stock fell nine percent after hours, and the co-founder walked out — on the same Thursday.

By Camille Beaumont, Los Angeles April 18 6 min read

A vast main-stage audience at Coachella under dark sky with blue and violet laser light, a massive geometric installation behind the DJ booth.

Entertainment

Coachella Weekend Two — Anyma Finally Gets His Night, and Sabrina Carpenter Pays Her Ten-Minute Fine

The wind cancelled his Week One show, so the whole main stage is rebuilt around him Friday; she said something dumb about a zaghrouta and bought an apology in minutes.

By Camille Beaumont, Los Angeles April 18 5 min read

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Entertainment

Capcom's Pragmata Ships Six Years After Announcement Across Four Platforms

A Capcom astronaut and a synthetic girl finally reach a lunar station players first saw in June 2020 — the release is not the story, the six years are.

By Camille Beaumont, Los Angeles April 18 3 min read

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Entertainment

David Lowery's Mother Mary Opens With Critics Splitting Down the Temperament Line

A pop diva meets her costume designer in an A24 gothic opera by David Lowery, and the reviews split not on quality but on whether a feverish film may be excused for being feverish.

By Camille Beaumont, Los Angeles April 18 3 min read

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Entertainment

Lee Cronin's Mummy Opens to $5.1 Million on Friday, and the Audience Disagrees With the Critics

New Line's $22M Mummy reboot opened to $5.1M Friday on 3,304 screens, tracking a $13M weekend, third behind Super Mario Galaxy and Project Hail Mary. Critics 46, audience 76.

By Camille Beaumont, Los Angeles April 18 3 min read

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Entertainment

Olivia Rodrigo Drops Dead at Versailles, and Trades Pop-Punk for Synth

Olivia Rodrigo released drop dead on Friday — her first single in three years, an indie-pop pivot, with a music video shot inside the Palace of Versailles.