‘Abbott Elementary’ sweepstakes giving away $100,000 worth of prizes to educators
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The folks at ABC’s Abbott Elementary have teamed up with education company Lakeshore Learning for a sweepstakes benefiting teachers nationwide.
Four educators will score a grand prize of a full classroom makeover courtesy of the company. The Classroom Makeover Sweepstakes is giving away a total of $100,000 worth of prizes, including $500 Lakeshore Learning e-gift cards.
The sweepstakes is open to all K-8 teachers in public and private schools in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.
Full details and how to enter can be found here — but hurry up, because the sweepstakes ends Sunday at 2:59 p.m. ET.
Abbott Elementary airs Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. ET on ABC, with new episodes streaming the next day on Hulu.
The Bob Dylan movie A Complete Unknown hits theaters on Thursday, and the final trailer for the film just dropped.
While the clip features scenes from the movie, as well as audio of Timothée Chalamet singing the Dylan classic “Like A Rolling Stone,” the main focus of the trailer is all the positive reviews the film has been getting.
Words like “Electric,” “Masterful,” “Hypnotic,” “Brilliant” and more flash across the screen at the beginning of the trailer, followed by quotes from several publications calling it one of the best films of the year.
It also lists all the nominations the film’s already received, including Best Actor Golden Globe and Critics Choice nods for Chalamet, Best Supporting Actor nods for Ed Norton and Best Picture.
A Complete Unknown follows a 19-year-old Dylan as he arrives in New York from Minnesota and tracks his rise as a folk singer during the ’60s to the top of the charts, ending with his electric rock ‘n’ roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.
Angelina Jolie takes center stage as opera singer Maria Callas in a brand-new trailer for the film Maria.
In the new look released Thursday, Jolie portrays the world-famous opera singer toward the end of her life.
“The film follows the American Greek soprano as she retreats to Paris after a glamorous and tumultuous life in the public eye. ‘Maria’ reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days as the diva reckons with her identity and life,” a Netflix description of the Pablo Larraín-directed project reads.
“I’d like to walk with you through your life,” an interviewer says at the beginning of the trailer, speaking with Jolie as Callas as Puccini‘s “O mio babbino caro” plays in the background.
Callas then reflects back on a life of fame and world renown in her career as an opera singer.
“Perhaps we can speak of your life away from the stage,” the interviewer suggests at one point.
“There is no life away from the stage,” Callas responds.
The trailer then shows several more clips of Jolie onstage and surrounded by cameras.
At another point in the trailer, Callas is informed, in a devastating turn, that her “voice will not return.”
The trailer closes with a shot of Callas seated at a table with her friends and close associates.
“My life is opera,” she says. “There is no reason in opera.”
Jolie stars in the film — her first since starring in Chloé Zhao‘s Eternals in 2021 — alongside Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Haluk Bilginer and Kodi Smit-McPhee.
Maria is slated for wide release on Dec. 11, streaming on Netflix after playing select theaters on Nov. 27.
Venom: The Last Dance topped the North American box office for the second straight week, delivering an estimated $26.1 million and bringing its two-week total to $90 million.
The third and final film in the Venom franchise added an estimated $68.4 million overseas, for a global tally of $317 million.
Second place went to The Wild Robot, earning an estimated $7.6 million. Its six-week domestic tally now stands at $121.5 million and $269.1 million globally in its sixth week of release.
Smile 2 took third place, collecting an estimated $6.8 million in its third week of release. The animated sequel’s domestic haul currently stands at $52.7 million and $109.8 million globally.
Conclave came in fourth with an estimated $5.3 million, bringing its North American gross to $15.2 million.
Rounding out the top five was Here, which marked the reunion of Tom Hanks, Robin Wright and director Robert Zemeckis, the team behind the 1994 box office smash Forrest Gump. However, the results were disappointing this time out. The drama only managed to deliver an estimated $5 million at the domestic box office in its opening weekend.
