Opinion
In our youth-obsessed culture, conversations around menopause tend to be hushed. That is, if they occur at all.
In our youth-obsessed culture, conversations around menopause tend to be hushed. That is, if they occur at all.
Menopause the cessation of menstruation is obliquely and frighteningly referred to as The Change. Depictions in popular culture consist of, like, a sweating lady leaning into an open freezer to a laugh track. Our culture talks about women over a certain age, as though we fall off a cliff and disappear the moment we turn 50. As though we have an expiration date, like a jug of 2%.
Operator
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. And welcome to the Lions Gate Fourth Quarter 2021 and Year End Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, today s conference is being recorded.
I would now like to turn the conference over to your host, EVP, Head of Investor Relations, Mr. Nilay Shah. Please go ahead, sir.
Nilay Shah
Executive Vice President and Head of Investor Relations
Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us for the Lions Gate fiscal 21 fourth quarter conference call. We ll begin with opening remarks from our CEO, Jon Feltheimer; followed by remarks from our CFO, Jimmy Barge. After their remarks, we ll open the call for questions. Also joining us on the call today are Vice Chairman, Michael Burns; COO, Brian Goldsmith; Chairman of the TV Group, Kevin Beggs; and Chairman of the Motion Picture Group, Joe Drake. And from STARZ, we have President and CEO, Jeff Hirsch; CFO, Scott Macdonald; President of Domestic Network, Alison Hoffman; and
Midtown Reader reopens fully for Independent Bookstore Day
Special to the Tallahassee Democrat
On Saturday, April 24, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Midtown Reader will join indie bookstores across the country in celebrating Independent Bookstore Day with festivities, sales and special offers designed around the theme “Fabulous Five,” as the store enters its fifth year as Tallahassee’s neighborhood indie bookstore.
Founded in November 2016 by owner Sally Bradshaw, Midtown Reader is Tallahassee’s only independent, general-subject bookstore selling new books. The store was recently profiled by Publishers’ Weekly.
On Saturday, the bookstore will reopen to full capacity, lifting its five-customer-at-a-time limit, as more Leon County residents become vaccinated and COVID rates in the community continue to drop. Masks will still be required, and customers are asked to maintain a respectful social distance.
By Mo Lightning
Pop Culture Catch Up – March 3
MTV’s
The Real World is typically credited for laying out the blueprint of what we now call reality television. The show’s first season, set in New York City, ran in 1992 and now, almost 30 years later, that cast is getting back together for a new Paramount+ series.
Netflix is revving its engines for
Kate Siegel, Jason O’Mara and
Dule Hill into star in the horror flick. The story follows a young woman hoping to make her life better with hypnosis.
Lionsgate and its subscription platform
Starz have reached a multiyear exclusive output deal for all theatrical releases. This will bring