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☀️ AMAZON’s ‘Ali G’ MIA, WB’s ‘Clayface’ Scores

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Evenin! Here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on SUNDAY, Oct. 25, 2026.

Where what would the NYC football market be without a brewing GIANTS QB battle?

Get ready for a potential 2027 version of the late ’80s Montana vs. Young competition next year . . . without, uh, ya know, all of the Super Bowl rings.

But, another W for the G-men today in thrilling fashion to round out October, so no complaints here!

Exactly. Via Giphy

PLUS: AMC THEATRES announced that its Kips Bay NYC location will close on Jan. 3, as NYU LANGONE takes over the building.

OH: Add AMEX alongside BARCLAYS and NETFLIX on the growing Q4 layoffs train — AMEX is cutting 3,500 people or 5% of the staff.

THEN: CBS NEWS’ Town Hall with JD Vance didn’t see many takers last Saturday night, getting 1.5M viewers.

  • It tied the OK STATE vs. HOUSTON football game on FOX (though with half the 18-49 viewers as the game) and ranked behind college football games on NBC, ABC and ESPN, as well as the ALCS on TBS.
    • The HALLMARK Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story got 1.25M viewers.
    • The first Town Hall with Erica Kirk got 1.9M viewers back in December 2025.

WAKEUP BOX OFFICE PREDICTION

Well, WB/DC’s Clayface juuuust missed my $25M to $29M prediction, continuing my cold October streak by 🤏.


🎥 The Box Office

Yeah, that’s about all of the effects I think I can handle from this movie. Via Giphy

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