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BREAKING: Both $AMC and $GME are up over 130% pre-market adding another $14.5 BILLION of market cap today. Gamestop is now officially one of the 500 largest public companies in the US. This morning, AMC Entertainment announced that they would be raising $250 million in equity. Over the last 2 days, these stocks have added over $20 billion in market cap. Truly insane.

GameStop (GME) was up 74% on Monday during regular trading hours, and closed at $30.45...In After Hours trading, on Tuesday early AM, it has been up as much as 49% at $45.00...Is it pure hype?...Or, the greatest Short Squeeze anyone has seen for a long time?...Extreme buyer caution advised...At the $30 close yesterday, the GME Price/Earnings Ratio was 1,400...The median P/E for the S&P 500 is around 18

The surprise social media return of the trader who helped ignite the meme stock frenzy in 2021 sent GameStop shares skyrocketing Monday. The surge had nothing to do with the troubled company’s fundamentals — and everything to do with a cartoon of a gamer that the trader, nicknamed Roaring Kitty, shared on X. GameStop shares surged 74% on Monday after the account run by Keith Gill shared a meme on X, marking its first post in three years. The shares skyrocketed by more than 110% earlier and were halted for volatility several times on Monday morning. Short sellers have seen...

A simple favor to ask a moviegoer to sit in his assigned seat turned into an all-out brawl at a Florida movie theater — with the incident being captured on camera.The Broward County Sheriff’s Office released cellphone video of the altercation, which captured 27-year-old Jesse Montez Thorton II violently attacking 63-year-old Marc Cohen at the AMC theater in Pompano Beach on July 10.Authorities say that Cohen told police that he bought VIP tickets that included advance seating for the film for him and his wife.

In today's episode https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=huQYpveIR4M&pp=ygUQQ29hY2gncyBBcmNoaXZlcw%3D%3D we provide major updates on the sensational Sound of Freedom movie. Its more than a movie! It's a MOVEMENT! Donald Trump pledges MAJOR ACTION against traffickers upon re-election. The Biden Administration have responded to all of the positive momentum generated by the movement in a very disturbing way. The CEO of Angel Students has further commented on movie suppression and has changed his previous statement. All of this and more, right here at Coach's Archives! Thanks for watching and God Bless! -Coach

This was one action-packed scene. An irate moviegoer was caught on tape pummeling a fellow patron over a seat in a Florida theater earlier this month, authorities said. The unidentified suspect appeared to throw numerous punches at a 63-year-old man who stumbled to the ground during part of the unhinged attack on July 10, according to footage released by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office. The confrontation between the two men began when the victim and his wife saw the suspect and his female companion in the VIP seats they purchased in advance before showing up at the AMC Pompano theater,...

f there is any substance to a campaign to suppress the box office, the film’s distributors have the potential for a humongous lawsuit, probably involving triple damages. We have received multiple emails from people saying that theaters are telling patrons that air-conditioning is broken in the auditoriums showing the hit movie Sound of Freedom, and offering another movie or a refund. Many people fear a campaign is underway to suppress the box office totals for the film, which exposes the sex trafficking of children. The box office success of SoF is particularly embarrassing for Disney, whose ridiculously expensive Indiana Jones...

From my daughter a few minutes ago - anybody got more info? Multiple reports from across the country where people were suddenly refunded for their Sound of Freedom tickets, meaning their tickets were removed, because these multiple movie theaters "suddenly" were without air conditioning. But only in the Sound of Freedom showing theatre. The rest of the whole building was air conditioned. Across the country. Multiple states.

Clip explains that other parts of the theatre complex had fully functioning air conditioning except the one particular theatre which was showing Sound of Freedom.. The theatre management succeeded in returning enough of the tickets so that only 8 people watched Sound of Freedom.

The Left is celebrating after having apparently shut down the diffusion of a film that counters the LGBT agenda.The documentary No Way Back: The Reality of Gender-Affirming Care was supposed to hit theaters on July 21. But AMC, the largest chain of cinemas in the United States, has reportedly pulled the plug in reaction to a campaign against the film organized by The Queer Trans Project, which has called the documentary “hateful.”The film follows the stories of five “detransitioners,” individuals who underwent sex change therapy but then repented and went back to identifying as their biological sex.According to Fox News,...

A documentary detailing the lives of several individuals who transitioned and then de-transitioned was scrapped by AMC Theatres after pro-transgender activists launched a campaign to stop it from screening. According to the New York Post, AMC canceled showings of the film “No Way Back: The Reality of Gender-Affirming Care” after it “caved” to the demands of a trans group called Queer Trans Project. The 90-minute film was going to be released in select theaters for one day.Laura Becker, one of the detransitioners featured in the documentary, slammed the company’s decision in an interview with Fox News. “I think it’s incredibly...

The Adam Aron-led exhibitor reported a global attendance at 49.5 million, down from 60 million patrons during the year-ago period.Despite box office grosses from Avatar: The Way of Water and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever during the holiday period, AMC Entertainment Holdings has seen its fourth-quarter revenues fall and its net loss rise on a non-cash impairment write-down. On Tuesday, the parent of AMC Theatres reported fourth-quarter revenues at $990.9 million, down from a year-earlier $1.17 billion. Wall Street analysts had forecast revenues of $1.05 billion for the latest quarter. The per-share loss came to 26 cents, against a year-earlier loss...

A federal grand jury indicted seven Twitter users and a podcaster Wednesday on behalf of the Securities and Exchange Commission, charging the eight men with conspiracy to commit securities fraud. The eight influencers are alleged to have used their presence on social media platforms Discord and Twitter to run a “pump and dump” scheme from at least January 2020 to April 2022. So-called meme stocks mentioned by their accounts included GameStop and AMC...

AMC Networks told its employees Tuesday that it is planning significant layoffs, according to people familiar with the matter and a memo obtained by CNBC. The memo, sent by AMC Networks Chairman James Dolan, came shortly after the company announced that CEO Christina Spade stepped down from her role less than three months after being promoted to the position. The layoffs are expected to happen in the coming days and amount to about 20% of its U.S. staff, said one of the people, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.

Twitter adopted a limited duration shareholder rights plan, often called a “poison pill,” a day after billionaire Elon Musk offered to buy the company for $43 billion, the company announced Friday. The board voted unanimously to adopt the plan. Under the new structure, if any person or group acquires beneficial ownership of at least 15% of Twitter’s outstanding common stock without the board’s approval, other shareholders will be allowed to purchase additional shares at a discount. The plan is set to expire on April 14, 2023.

AMC, Regal, and Cinemark will no longer require fully vaccinated guests to wear face masks. The movie chains' guidelines are in line with the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) updated recommendations: Masks are optional for vaccinated individuals, while they are "strongly encouraged" for everyone else.

Major corporations in Texas and Mississippi are reassuring their customers they will continue to enforce mask mandates and other CDC guidelines in reaction to the state governors’ recent announcements. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott led the way, and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves followed soon after, by repealing state-wide mask mandates and lifting lockdown orders on Tuesday. The new state guideliness give businesses the green light to return to 100% capacity. The following 13 major corporations have already released statements or responded to inquiries that confirm their mask mandates and other coronavirus guidelines will continue to be in force despite states lifting...

"Diversity and inclusion are crucial to our force and our mission. Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, AMC commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Brian Kruzelnick, AMC command chief, talked about the Air Force Racial Disparity Report and AMC's actions to improve the culture of inclusion." Video: AMC Twitter

You Guys Saved AMC. Now Save Movies.Build your own Hollywood—or else!I’m writing this on a manual typewriter a fellow dissident smuggled into my cell here at Gitmo. No one told me booing the TV while Biden stared at the camera was a dangerous act of insurrection, so here I am. The weather’s balmy and the food’s fresh. Try the goat, it’s delicious.Frankly, I don’t mind getting out of the house. I was stuck inside four walls with the kids for 10 months, so I’m treating this as a vacation—plus I got my COVID vaccine along with the other terrorists. Win-win!...

GameStop shares are surging again, after the 'Bounty Hunter of Wall Street' conceded defeat and said he will no longer bet against companies, as the Securities and Exchange Commission is warning of 'severe' risk to investors amid the volatility. GameStop shares soared as much as 113 percent in early trading on Friday as Robinhood lifted its restrictions on the unlikely stock, which has surged by 1,700 percent this month thanks to the 'Wolves of Reddit.' Stock in theater chain AMC, which like GameStop had been heavily shorted, also jumped on Friday, rising as much as 85 percent. The Reddit insurgency...