Showbiz Sandbox 136: Crafting A Story For The Grammys Through Triumph and Tragedy
February 13, 2012
Los Angeles Times entertainment reporter Geoff Boucher was on assignment at the Grammy Awards when he heard about the the sudden death of pop star Whitney Houston over the weekend. While still covering music’s biggest night, Boucher was given two hours to write Houston’s obituary for the Sunday paper.
At the same time, David Wild was backstage at the Grammys putting the finishing touches on his script for the telecast. A contributing editor at Rolling Stone and best-selling author, Wild had less than 24-hours to work with Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich and revise the awards in the wake of Houston’s passing.
After an exhausting weekend Boucher and Wild join us to discuss how this year’s Grammys focused on two voices; one looking to the future with Adele winning six awards and one honoring the past by mourning the fresh tragedy of Houston’s death.
A whopping 40 million people watched this year’s Grammys telecast, though if we were to believe Nielsen few of them were under the age of 24. Brian Stelter of the New York Times stops by to explain why young people are watching television less often.
Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines, including movie tickets reaching an all time high, the Simpson’s being banned in Iran and Lady Gaga’s new social network.
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Graham King On ‘Hugo’s’ Box-Office Woes: ‘It’s Been Painful’
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/02/graham-king-on-hugos-rough-ride-its-been-painful.html
BAFTA Awards: Complete Winners List
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bafta-awards-winners-list-artist-289694
ABC Sells All Of Its Oscar Broadcast Commercial Spots
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2012/02/abc-sells-all-of-its-oscar-broadcast-commercial-spots.html
EXCLUSIVE: Oscars Won’t Perform Both Nominated Songs From ‘Rio’ Or ‘Muppets’
http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/exclusive-oscars-wont-perform-nominated-songs/
The Grammys 2012 Winners List
http://www.vulture.com/2012/02/grammys-2012-winners.html
Diary of a Player by Brad Paisley and David Wild
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1451625529/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=showbsandb-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1451625529
Grammy Awards 2012: Rehearsal Hints At A Promise Of Drama To Come
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/11/entertainment/la-et-grammy-rehearsal-2-20120211
11 Reasons You Should Watch The 54th Grammy Awards
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-wild/11-reasons-you-should-wat_b_1264528.html
Grammys 2012: Adele Is Affirmed, Whitney Houston Is Grieved
http://theenvelope.latimes.com/news/la-et-grammy-main-20120213,0,5075911.story
Grammy Preview: The Best Albums of 2011 From Top to Bottom
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-giltz/grammy-preview-the-best-a_b_1269601.html
Movie Ticket Prices Hit All-Time High In 2011
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/movie-ticket-prices-increase-2011-288569
Verizon Teams Up With Redbox To Cash In On Video
http://gigaom.com/video/verizon-teams-up-with-redbox-to-cash-in-on-video/
Disney May Wait 28 Days Before Selling New DVDs To Redbox, Others
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2012/02/disney-considers-a-28-day-wait-before-selling-new-dvds-to-redbox-others-1.html
With Viacom Deal, Amazon Looks Like A Real Competitor To Netflix
http://gigaom.com/video/amazon-prime-viacom-deal/
Amazon Hiring Creative Execs For Original Programming
http://gigaom.com/video/amazon-original-programming/
Tweet Seat Performance
http://www.godspell.com/news/2012/02/tweet-seat-performance/
La Scala Fires Ballerina After Comments About Pressure To Be Thin
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/la-scala-fires-ballerina-after-comments-about-pressure-to-be-thin/
Simpsons Toys Banned In Iran
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/wont-somebody-please-think-of-the-children-simpsons-toys-banned-in-iran/
Lady Gaga Gets Into Social Media Biz With Website
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-ladygagatre81903z-20120209,0,4991071.story
Kelly Clarkson Drives ‘Stronger’ To Hot 100 Summit
http://www.billboard.com/#/news/kelly-clarkson-drives-stronger-to-hot-100-1006125152.story
‘The Walking Dead’s’ Midseason Premiere Sets Basic Cable Records
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-midseason-premiere-cable-ratings-records-290093
Youths Are Watching, But Less Often On TV
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/business/media/young-people-are-watching-but-less-often-on-tv.html
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