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New book about Jan. 6 attack will feature Rep. Adam Schiff’s ‘critical insights’
U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff of California shouldn’t be accomplished speaking in regards to the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Random Home introduced Wednesday that Schiff (D-Burbank), a member of the committee investigating the occasions of Jan. 6, 2021, shall be writing a foreword for the upcoming ebook, “January 6 Report: The Findings of the Choose Committee to Examine the January sixth Assault on the USA Capitol.”
In response to a press launch, the ebook is “the official report of the investigation into the assault — maybe essentially the most very important congressional investigation in American historical past — with displays, witness testimony, and an unique foreword written by Congressman Adam Schiff — who gives crucial insights into this harrowing chapter in American historical past.”
Schiff is not going to be compensated for his contribution, the press launch famous.
Traditionally, revealed accounts of federal investigations have accomplished properly on the bestsellers chart. Lawyer Kenneth Starr‘s felony investigation of Invoice Clinton, which led to the then-president’s Senate impeachment trial in 1999 (he was acquitted), was launched as “The Starr Report” and have become a worldwide bestseller.
And in 2019, “The Mueller Report,” which documented legal professional Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian efforts to intervene within the 2016 presidential election, additionally turned a bestseller and spawned a number of books about it.
In 2021, Schiff launched his memoir, “Midnight in Washington: How We Nearly Misplaced Our Democracy and Nonetheless May,” which focuses not on former President Trump’s makes an attempt to invalidate the 2020 election, however on Congress members’ duty within the assault. The ebook was awarded final 12 months’s L.A. Instances Ebook Prize within the present curiosity class.
“Donald Trump couldn’t have succeeded in doing any of the injury he did to our nation however for the very fact he had so many prepared enablers within the Congress of the USA,” Schiff mentioned on the Los Angeles Instances Competition of Books in April.
“I wished to ask, ‘How does it occur that individuals permit themselves to be so badly used?,’” he added. “Quite a lot of these individuals have been my colleagues, and a few of them have been individuals I had admired and revered, as a result of I imagine that they believed what they have been speaking about. It turned out that none of that mattered to them.”
On the occasion, Schiff singled out Home Republican chief Kevin McCarthy of California for enabling Trump, pointing to audio recordings that confirmed he had flip-flopped on how Trump ought to deal with the post-election assault.
The Jan. 6 investigations have been largely boycotted by Republican Congress members, with solely Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois crossing occasion traces to take part within the committee.
In 2019, Schiff led the primary impeachment of Trump as chairman of the Home Everlasting Choose Committee on Intelligence. Trump was impeached by the Home for withholding army support and a White Home assembly from Ukraine whereas pressuring that nation’s management to announce an investigation into then-former Vice President Joe Biden.
“Is there one amongst you who will say: ‘Sufficient’?” Schiff requested GOP senators throughout the 2020 Senate impeachment trial.
He mentioned that anybody who didn’t vote to convict Trump see their identify “tied to his with a wire of metal for all of historical past.”
“A person with out character or moral compass won’t ever discover his means,” Schiff added. “You might be first rate. He’s not who you’re.”
Though Schiff didn’t lead the cost for Trump’s second impeachment, he said that the revolt on the Capitol was an “impeachable offense dedicated in broad daylight, wherein the entire nation was a witness.”
He mentioned the lightning-fast impeachment “was required by the exigency of the circumstances, and in addition made doable by the very nature of the crime.”
The Senate voted towards conviction on the finish of each Trump impeachments.

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Pixar had its worst opening weekend ever with 'Elio.' What happened?

Aliens may have embraced Elio, but earthbound audiences did not, marking the lowest opening weekend ever for a Pixar film and highlighting the challenges for original animated movies.
“Elio” hauled in $21 million at the box office in the U.S. and Canada through Sunday, according to studio estimates, falling short of Walt Disney Co.-owned Pixar’s previous lowest domestic opening, 2023’s “Elemental,” which made $29.6 million in its debut. (1995’s “Toy Story” had a domestic opening weekend total of $29.1 million, not adjusted for inflation, though it was released ahead of Thanksgiving weekend and reached $39 million over that five-day period.)
The family-friendly film, which centers on an alien-loving boy who longs for a community that understands him, came in third at the box office behind Universal Pictures’ live-action remake “How to Train Your Dragon,” which maintained its grip on theaters, and Sony Pictures’ Danny Boyle-directed horror franchise revival “28 Years Later.”
“Elio” had strong reviews (84% “fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes), but its soft opening underscores the postpandemic difficulty that original animated films have faced in attracting audiences, analysts said. The movie’s performance could also have been hurt by its timing — the film was up against “How to Train Your Dragon” and the long tail of Disney live-action remake “Lilo & Stitch.”
“It feels to me that it’s a good movie that got lost in the shuffle,” said Eric Handler, media and entertainment analyst at Roth Capital. For families, he said, “there’s only so many summer weekends a year, and you have to pick and choose which movies you do. ‘Elio’ just got squeezed out.”
Marketing may also have played a factor, with analysts noting that audiences may have been unfamiliar with the title, a critical issue especially for an original film with new characters. People grew up with Sonic the Hedgehog long before he got his own movie. A fresh story is a tougher sell with so many entertainment options out there.
Disney said in a statement that it was encouraged by the movie’s audience and critics’ review scores and hopeful “Elio” would be discovered by families and moviegoers throughout the summer, similar to what happened with “Elemental.” Despite a disappointing opening-weekend haul, “Elemental” went on to gross $496 million worldwide, propelled by word-of-mouth reviews.
The company also said it would continue to take swings on original animated intellectual property so it wasn’t reliant only on sequels and existing franchises. Pixar plans to release another original animated film next year called “Hoppers,” about technology that helps humans and animals communicate, followed by a 2027 original film called “Gatto.” It also plans to release “Toy Story 5” next year.
While originals have had a harder time at the box office, animated sequels or films based on existing intellectual property have proved consistent hits. Films like Pixar’s “Inside Out 2,” Disney’s “Moana 2” and Universal’s “Super Mario Bros. Movie” each grossed more than a billion dollars in worldwide box office revenue, with Universal and Illumination Entertainment’s “Despicable Me 4” hauling in $969 million.
By contrast, Universal’s 2023 original animated film “Migration” brought in $300 million worldwide. Even the critically acclaimed DreamWorks Animation title “The Wild Robot,” which is based on a 2016 children’s book, grossed $333 million.
But industry insiders and analysts have said that focusing solely on sequels and reboots risks making the animation business stale and that fresh stories are necessary for the health of the industry.
“We should celebrate when studios and production companies like Pixar and Disney take their best shot, create a really great movie — an original film — and with everyone decrying the lack of originality out there, at least they went for it,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore. “It will certainly be a big winner on Disney+. But there’s no sugarcoating the fact that this was an incredibly low opening weekend for a Pixar movie.”
Pixar’s track record with original animated films was nearly flawless for decades, with the occasional miss such as 2015’s “The Good Dinosaur.”
But the box office reception for its latest original films have been muted, largely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pixar sent three of its original films — 2020’s “Soul,” 2021’s “Luca” and 2022”s “Turning Red” — straight to Disney+ to give families something to watch during the stay-at-home orders. But as the pandemic waned, families were some of the last to return to theaters as they got used to the ease of watching animated movies at home and were concerned about the health implications of enclosed spaces.
The reported budget for “Elio” was between $150 million and $200 million, which compounds the opening-weekend problems for Pixar. That number doesn’t include the tens of millions of dollars that go into a global marketing campaign. Studios split box office revenue with theaters.
Disney has said animation budgets are higher for Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios films because the work is done in the U.S., as opposed to outsourcing overseas where the work is cheaper.
The low opening weekend may not be the end for “Elio,” even if “Elemental”-esque box office longevity is not in its future. The fact that “Elio” had a theatrical release bodes well for its eventual debut on the Disney+ streaming platform since it will benefit from the additional marketing, Dergarabedian said. And “Elio” could be incorporated into Disney merchandise and theme park events, which could boost its visibility.
“Disney’s big enough and broad enough,” he said. “‘Elio’ will be a well-received film that’s absorbed into the Disney ecosystem.”
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Movie Review: 'Final Destination: Bloodlines' an over-the-top gore fest

Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein’s Final Destination: Bloodlines is an over-the-top gore fest that doesn’t take itself seriously, and there is definitely a demographic for this kind of feature. But sadly, I am not a part of it.
When college student Stefani Reyes (Kaitlyn Santa Juana) keeps having the same recurring nightmare about a group of people dying in a freak accident inside a restaurant, she returns home to see if she can receive answers from her elusively distant grandmother Iris (Gabrielle Rose), whom she believes her bad dream is centered around. Along the way, Stefani and her family are quickly forced to dodge an eerie presence causing real freak, accidental deaths to occur.
Brec Bassinger plays young Iris in Stefani’s recurring nightmare; Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner and Anna Lore costar as Stefani’s cousins; and Rya Kihlstedt appears as her estranged mother. Bloodlines is the 6th entry in the Final Destination horror franchise and the first release since Steven Quale’s Final Destination 5 (2011).
As someone who had only seen the first two FD flicks before Bloodlines, I’ve always seen this as on the lower end of the millennial slasher movie series, and basically Friday the 13th for my generation. Some cool death scenarios, but with majorly hokey gimmicks, corny acting and convenient plot execution in between. What you see is what you get from the very beginning to end.
With Bloodlines, we get both prequel and reboot in FD lore, which will really depend on how attached you are to these movies for enjoyment. Besides being neither a casual nor longtime fan, Bloodlines’ self-aware, meta vibe made me think of Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin’s Scream 5 (2022).
Save for the opening sequence and final scene being effectively fun and ridiculously hysterical, Bloodlines is not for most. But if you’re a genuine fan of slashers or Final Destination, go for it.
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