According to Dezeen’s report, the Sequel Seat’s goal is to encourage moviegoers to return to movie theaters by “integrating a series of hygiene features into its fabric and structure.” The fabric on the seat is “knitted from antibacterial copper threads” and “integrates fibers impregnated with copper oxide, granting it antibacterial, antiviral, and anti-fungal properties.” “It is currently predicted that the global box office could lose $10 billion due to the pandemic,” Layer said in a statement to Dezeen....

Spielberg’s “West Side Story” is written by frequent collaborator Tony Kushner, who earned screenwriting Oscar nominations for penning the director’s “Munich” and “Lincoln.” Ansel Elgort takes on the lead role of Tony opposite newcomer Rachel Zegler as Maria. The ensemble cast also includes “The Prom” star Ariana DeBose as Anita, David Alvarez as Bernardo, and Mike Faist as Riff. Also appearing are Corey Stroll, Brian d’Arcy James, and Rita Moreno, whose performance as Anita in the 1961 film won her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress....

OK, but how would killing one-third of primetime programming accomplish that, exactly? We’ll get to it, but the real, unspoken reason is easier to identify, official statement or no: It’s all about cost-cutting. Live sports, a heavy drag on NBC’s bottom line, are increasingly expensive. Also not cheap is building out Peacock as an essential player in the ongoing and content-centric streaming wars. Eliminating an hour of linear television could help offset some of those costs....

The Original Screenplay category is a tight competition, with Aaron Sorkin nominated for “Being the Ricardos” alongside Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” and Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch,” among others. “CODA,” “Dune,” and “Nightmare Alley” lead the Adapted Screenplay category, rounding out a mix of streaming day and date premieres with theatrical releases. The winners will be announced March 20 at 74th Annual Writers Guild Awards. The WGAs announced its TV, new media, news, radio/audio and promotional writing nominees last week....

While Season 1 ended in January, the show’s passionate fans have remained busy. Several popular online communities about the show have formed, where fans work together to develop increasingly elaborate theories that attempt to solve the show’s many mysteries. Sometimes, their work is so impressive that even the show’s stars take interest. That was the case this week, when Christina Ricci appeared on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” The star admitted that she has spent some time reading online fan theories about the show, calling them “fascinating....

It’s been 24 years since James Cameron brought ‘Titanic’ to the big screen, and blew the box office out of the water. Raking in more than $2 billion worldwide, the Oscar-winning disaster romance drama (released December 19, 1997) starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio reigned as the highest-grossing film of all time, until Cameron released “Avatar” in 2010. In honor of the film’s upcoming anniversary, we rounded up some of the best “Titanic” gifts that you can buy online....

Ady Barkan was already dying of ALS when he confronted Senator Jeff Flake on a plane in 2018, but the liberal activist’s story had only just started. Barkan’s back-and-forth with the Republican senator, who would soon vote in favor of the Trump Administration’s assaultive tax reform despite Barkan’s pleas, went viral (under the coy hashtag #FlakesonaPlane) before they landed. “Not Going Quietly,” the wrenching and earnest documentary about Barkan’s tireless advocacy for healthcare reform, explains many of the crucial steps that came next....