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20th Century Studios/Disney’s Devil Wears Prada 2 won Saturday with an estimated $14.9M per industry sources putting the sequel in pole position to best New Line’s Mortal Kombat II over Mother’s Day weekend.

20th Century Studios/Disney’s Devil Wears Prada 2 was an event women around the world were awaiting with a $156.6M offshore start, the 2nd best for a Hollywood movie YTD behind Super Mario Galaxy Movie ($182.4M).

Join The Columbus Jazz Society and the Music and Entertainment Council for MA FEST, an exciting outdoor celebration honoring the legendary Ma Rainey, the “Mother of the Blues,” on Sunday, May 3, from 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM outside the Historic Liberty Theatre & Cultural Arts Center in Columbus, GA.

The ICF Freestyle Championships are approaching in 2028 and 2029, and Woitena stated that launching a film festival was a good way to build excitement. "You can be on the [Chattahoochee] River and then pop right off and be at a film festival, or walking in Uptown and having dinner, and just walking around and enjoying Columbus," she added.

Some may have danced on the ceiling for Lionel Richie, but when it comes to Michael, whether it’s at Century City AMC or in Brazil, the UK, France, Spain, Mexico, etc., they’re boogieing down in the theaters.

Illumination/Nintendo/Universal’s Super Mario Galaxy Movie came in higher with a No. 1 third weekend of $35M third weekend, -49%, after a better than expected Saturday near $17M. Running cume by end of today is $355.2M.

A new global workforce study from Kalison Studios positions Georgia at the center of the next phase of film and television industry growth through smarter workforce development.

Kiser worked with Uptown Columbus over the past year to produce the festival. She said that they’ve received so much support and excitement from the community. She added that they had over 50 musicians sign up to participate, and about 35 of those musical acts will actually be on the official festival line-up.