Tag: Like a Boss
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Tiffany Haddish Paid Off Her House with 80K ‘Girls Trip’ Paycheck: ‘I Was Afraid of Being Homeless Again’
Tiffany Haddish knows how to save “Like a Boss.”The formerly homeless actress revealed her spending habits, including living off of 500 per month early in her career, when she began booking roles on Tyler Perry’s “If Loving You Is Wrong” and “The Carmichael Show,” where she “started making a little bit of money” from acting.“I…
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‘Dolittle’ Tops Studios’ TV Ad Spending
In this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by the always-on TV ad measurement and attribution company iSpot.tv, Universal Pictures claims the top spot in spending with “Dolittle.”Ads placed for the fantasy-adventure film had an estimated media value of $8.22 million through Sunday for 1,092 national ad airings on 40 networks. (Spend…
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‘1917’ Expands with Excellent $36.5 Million Weekend
Universal’s 1917 made the most of strong word of mouth and two Golden Globe wins, topping the weekend box office with ease as it expanded nationwide following two weeks in limited release. Meanwhile, Paramount’s Like a Boss fell a bit shy of its pre-weekend expectations and Fox’s Underwater drowned. WB’s expansion of Just Mercy, however,…
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‘1917’ Battles to $3.25 Million at Thursday Box Office in Expansion to Wide Release
Fresh off a Golden Globe win for Best Picture, Sam Mendes’ and Universal’s war epic “1917” earned $3.25 million in box office previews from 2,900 on Thursday as the film expands into wide release on 3,434 North American screens this weekend.So far the movie has earned an estimated $5.97 million at the box office after…
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‘Like a Boss’: Film Review
Its economic message might be fuzzy. Its feminism, too. But best-friend comedy “Like a Boss” rides Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrnes’s frisky and believable chemistry to laughs — some worn, some crude, but more than a few delivered deftly and consistently enough to keep audiences smiling if not doubled over.The two share the house Mia…
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Like a Boss review – female friendship comedy mistakes raunch for humor
Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne are friends and business partners in a film with promise but a confused idea of what women really wantAbout halfway through Like A Boss, ostensibly a comedy for women about female friendship and some business ethics, two beauty entrepreneurs and best friends, Mel (Tiffany Haddish) and Mia (Rose Byrne), meet…
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Salma Hayek on Women in Hollywood: ‘We’re On the Right Path, and We’re Not Going to Stop’
Salma Hayek is very hopeful about the future for women in Hollywood.“What I can tell you is that a lot more women are directing and acting and writing and producing. And there are a lot more movies made about women and for women because the audience was neglected,” the star told Variety at the premiere…
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‘1917’ Tops Studios’ TV Ad Spending
In this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by the always-on TV ad measurement and attribution company iSpot.tv, Universal Pictures claims the top spot in spending with “1917.”Ads placed for the drama had an estimated media value of $10.41 million through Sunday for 692 national ad airings on 30 networks. (Spend figures…
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‘Like a Boss’ Red Band Trailer: Don’t Try to Screw Over Rose Bryne and Tiffany Haddish
Kicking off the new year with plenty of profanity and inappropriate behavior will be the new comedy Like a Boss. Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne star in the story of two best friends who start their own cosmetics company but suddenly learn they’re in debt by about half a million dollars. Thankfully, a make-up mogul…