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Dozens of Regal Cinemas Closures Include A Las Vegas Favorite

Carla Rea January 22nd

Dozens of Regal Cinemas locations across the country are set to close after the theater’s parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy late last year. The closures include one of our own Las Vegas Theaters.

The pandemic changed our country – our world – in many ways. One big change was the way we watched movies. The pandemic devastated the movie industry and public screenings as we once knew them.

I have always been a movie lover, and by that I mean actually going to the theater, ordering movie popcorn (the BEST popcorn) and watching it on the big screen. Even the sticky floors couldn’t keep me away!

It seems everyone has their own big screen now, along with every streaming app available – so why go to the theater? Sad question, and one we never dreamed we’d be asking only a few short years ago.

Movie theaters across the country are now closing their doors, because they are just not making money.

According to Business Insider, Regal’s parent company, Cineworld, made the announcement of the 39 Regal Cinemas locations that will close their doors in a new bankruptcy filing last week.

According to Business Insider, in last week’s latest filing, Cineworld informed the court that it would reject the leases for the locations in an effort that would reportedly save $22 million per year.

These are the locations across the US that Regal plans to close:

  • Tikahtnu Stadium 16 in Anchorage, Alaska
  • Metro Point in Costa Mesa, California
  • Berkeley 7 in Berkeley, California
  • Parkway Plaza Stadium 18 and Imax in El Cajon, California
  • Escondido Stadium 16 and Imax in Escondido, California
  • Hemet Cinema 12 in Hemet, California
  • Sherman Oaks Galleria 16 in Los Angeles, California
  • Yorba Linda and Imax in Yorba Linda, California
  • Meadows Stadium 12 in Littleton, Colorado
  • SouthGlenn Stadium 14 in Centennial, Colorado
  • Shadowood 16 in Boca Raton, Florida
  • South Beach Stadium 18 and Imax in Miami, Florida
  • Keauhou Stadium 7 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
  • Bolingbrook Stadium 12 in Bolingbrook, Illinois
  • Round Lake Beach Stadium 18 in Round Lake Beach, Illinois
  • Fenway Stadium 13 and RPX in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Bowie Stadium 14 in Bowie, Maryland
  • Rockville Center Stadium 13 in Rockville, Maryland
  • Brunswick 10 in Brunswick, Maine
  • Beaver Creek Stadium 12 in Apex, North Carolina
  • Omaha Stadium 16 in Omaha, Nebraska
  • Concord 10 in Concord, New Hampshire
  • Hamilton Commons Stadium 14 in Landing, New Jersey
  • Pohatcong Stadium 12 in Phillipsburg, New Jersey
  • Santa Fe Stadium 14 in Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Village Square Stadium 18 in Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Elmwood Center 16 in Buffalo, New York
  • Ithaca Mall Stadium 14 in Ithaca, New York
  • Cortlandt Town Center in Mohegan Lake, New York
  • Union Square Stadium 14 in New York, New York
  • Greece Ridge Stadium 12 in Rochester, New York
  • Transit Center Stadium 18 and Imax in Williamsville, New York
  • Montrose Movies Stadium 12 in Akron, Ohio
  • Barn Plaza Stadium 14 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania
  • Oaks Stadium 24 in Oaks, Pennsylvania
  • Greenbrier Stadium 13 in Chesapeake, Virginia
  • Stonefield Stadium 14 and Imax in Charlottesville, Virginia
  • Meridian 16 in Seattle, Washington
  • Gallery Place Stadium 14 in Washington, DC

-Carla Rea

Rocks Most Hated Songs -- Is Yours On The Short List?

What are rock’s most hated songs and albums? Ultimate Classic Rock has ranked them. Their opinion, of course, but you might agree.

First off, there is definitely a difference between rock’s worst records and rock’s most hated records. There could certainly be crossover, that’s for sure, as you’ll see in on this list of Rock’s Most Hated Records, but there’s a whole different place for records that aren’t just bad, but also totally despised!

Terrible records can be ignored, and often they just disappear after their short life span. But hated records? Ohhhh – they can live forever. my friend. FOR-EVER! Younger music fans may not know a single thing about Terry Jacks god-awful 70’s song “Seasons in the Sun,“ or that she ran calling “Wildfire” – wait, it’s a horse?? But they can probably tell you that The Beach Boys “Kokomo” from the following decade is all sorts of awful. And that they really, really hate it.

Neil Young shifted gears, as he had several times in his career, with his  Trans album. He did all-in, speaker-shredding rock ‘n’ roll, and acoustic country ballads – sometimes on the same album. He’s made LPs dedicated to rockabilly, big-band, R&B and grunge music. Many of his albums are adored; and many just ignored. Trans, was exploration into synth sounds, and it’s downright hated – by many Neil Young fans – because of its whiplash-inducing shift.

That’s what you’ll find on this list of Rock’s Most Hated Records. Some of these albums and songs were really just dives into ego-inflating excess.  Remember the album Gregg Allman and Cher made together?  (I actually thought it was fun – especially for the time it was released  – late 70’s, disco, etc. And then there’s “Mr. Roboto”! Why STYX, why?

As I looked at this list of Albums and records it looks more like music that you have a love-hate relationship with, as opposed to just hating. But you decide.

Before we look at the records, here are the “most hated” albums:

1.  “Two the Hard Way”, Gregg Allman and Cher

2.  “Self Portrait”,  Bob Dylan

3.  “Love Beach”,  Emerson Lake & Palmer

4.  “Music from ‘The Elder'”,  Kiss

5.  “Unfinished Music Number 1:  Two Virgins”,  John Lennon and Yoko Ono

6.  “Lulu”,  Lou Reed and Metallica

7.  “Dirty Work”,  The Rolling Stones

8.  “Van Halen 3”,  Van Halen

9.  “Trans”,  Neil Young

10.  “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” 1978 movie soundtrack:  It includes Peter Frampton, The Bee Gees, and Alice Cooper.

And now – in no particular order – the most hated songs. Do you agree?

  • Silly Love Songs - Paul McCartney and Wings

    The story goes, “Silly Love Songs” was written as a rebuttal to music critics who had criticized McCartney for writing lightweight love songs. McCartney is inviting his audience to have a laugh on him.

  •  "Mr. Roboto" - Styx

    What was the story behind Mr. Roboto?  In jail, workers have been replaced by robots called “Robotos,” and Kilroy escapes inside a robot costume (thus, Mr. Roboto). This song is about his escape from jail. It makes a statement about the dehumanizing of the working class.

  • "We Built This City" - Starship

  • "Shiny Happy People",  R.E.M. featuring Kate Pierson of The B-52's

    Michael Stipe hated Shiny Happy People. He called it “A really fruity, kind of bubblegum song.” In one interview, he said that he was a bit embarrassed when it became a big hit, but it’s an important song because it shows a different side of him. Stipe said: “Many people’s idea of R.E.M, and me in particular, is very serious, with me being a very serious kind of poet. But I’m also actually quite funny – hey, my bandmates think so, my family thinks so, my boyfriend thinks so, so I must be – but that doesn’t always come through in the music!”

  • We Didn't Start the Fire" - Billy Joel

  • Sussudio - Phil Collins

    Sussudio doesn’t actually have a particular meaning. It was something Phil Collins made up. The song itself is about a crush he had on a girl at school. Is the song annoying? Maybe -but it’s a catchy song to hate!

  • Kokomo - The Beach Boys

    Kokomo is a city in the middle of Indiana and is also a small resort owned by Sandals Royal Caribbean in Montego Bay. The title was made up. It was supposed to represent all the tropical places and images that people think of when wishing to get away to some paradise island to escape the dreary work life. John Phillips thought the name sounded good and wanted to use it for the title.

     

  • "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith

    “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” was originally supposed to be a radio-only single from Armageddon: The Album, but due to popular demand, Columbia Records issued the song commercially in August 1998. It subsequently debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Aerosmith their first and only number-one single in their home country.

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