“Superman” flexed stable field workplace muscle in its debut weekend. Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav took an early victory lap over the Man of Metal’s efficiency, whereas Rihanna arrived fashionably late to Sunday’s premiere of “The Smurfs” along with her two younger sons in tow.

These tales are included in at this time’s installment of “Every day Selection,” a brand new podcast that options conversations with Selection journalists about information, traits and personalities making waves in media and leisure.

Rebecca Rubin, Selection‘s field workplace knowledgeable, weighs in on “Superman’s” efficiency and a number of the suprising regional traits in its efficiency.

“The highest 10 markets had been fairly commonplace. L.A., New York, Dallas, Chicago and San Francisco had been a number of the prime markets. However once I was trying on the prime 10 places, one thing that caught my eye was there have been two theaters in Florida, one in Orlando and one in Miami, and one theater in Atlanta that cracked the highest 10 places,” Rubin says. “Once more, normally [the top 10] are populated by theaters in L.A., New York and Texas. I believed it was attention-grabbing that these Southern venues had been a number of the highest grossing. And so it performed fairly evenly throughout the nation.”

Clayton Davis, Selection‘s chief awards editor, provided some last-minute ideas on what to anticipate with Tuesday’s Emmy nominations. His largest burning query is whether or not Tv Academy voters will bestow a nomination on “The Pitt” star Noah Wyle. Wyle grabbed 5 consective supporting drama actor nominations from 1995 to 1999 for his work on NBC’s “ER.”

“It’s been 26 years since Noah Wyle has gotten any nomination and I feel [‘The Pitt’] is such a darkish horse to win drama sequence,” Davis opines.

Marc Malkin, Selection‘s pink carpet veteran, affords a zippy “Simply for Selection” rundown of “The Smurfs” premiere occasion on the Paramount Footage lot on a scorching Sunday in Hollywood. Sure, Rihanna arrived almost two hours after the screening ended. However she didn’t disappoint along with her two younger sons in tow and loads of quips about her expertise enjoying Smurfette.

“This isn’t simply for the youngsters. I’m a super-fan of Smurfs. I’ve all the time been a fan. I’m actually excited for a brand new technology of Smurfs followers” to find the movie, the pop celebrity tells Selection.

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