Trump Confirms the Appointment President Donald Trump has confirmed Katie Zacharia as the next White House press secretary, replacing Karoline Leavitt. In a statement on Truth Social, Trump said he was confident Zacharia would deliver strong results and work well with the media, the American people, and his administration. He also praised her current work as a senior communications adviser to Trump Media & Technology Group, which operates Truth Social. Trump called Leavitt fabulous and said she had done a fantastic job. The official praise was glowing enough to make a corporate award ceremony look restrained. Zacharia Brings Government and Media Experience Zacharia is a California native, attorney, Pepperdine University graduate, and graduate of the Pepperdine Caruso School of Law. Trump said she previously served as a spokesperson and deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security. She is also a frequent commentator on Fox News and Newsmax. Trump said she worked on his campaigns in key swing states, where he said the campaign won seven out of seven. Her current role with Trump Media gives her experience inside the president’s media operation before taking over the official briefing room. The Timeline Had a Brief Bureaucratic…

Theater Numbers Tell a Fast Story Alan Ritchson’s action film Runner is heading to streaming after a brief theatrical run, and the numbers explain why the studio is not waiting around for a miracle. The movie, which co-stars Owen Wilson and was distributed by Angel Studios, opened in more than 2,500 theaters on Sept. 11. Three weeks later, it was down to 340 theaters and ranked 24th in ticket sales last weekend, according to Box Office Mojo. It has taken in $17.7 million against a reported budget of $35 million to $45 million. Audiences were kinder than the cash register, giving the film a 90 percent positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes. https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews/status/2081806631940104262? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2c7PBT9Uxg&t=215s Another Costly Miss Runner is also Ritchson’s second straight movie to struggle in theaters. His gangster film Motor City, in which he played the lead, brought in just over $3 million against a reported $30 million budget, Collider reported. That is a wide gap, even by Hollywood standards, where “wait for streaming” can sometimes sound less like a strategy and more like a corporate escape hatch. Both films can still earn additional money through video-on-demand sales, but the available figures do not yet show whether that revenue…