Showbiz Sandbox 336: Telluride and Toronto Reaffirm the Importance of Film Festivals
September 20, 2016
With an ever increasing number of high profile movies competing for awards at the end of each year, film festivals such as those in Telluride and Toronto have never been more important in helping promote a release. Anne Thompson, Indiewire’s editor-at-large, has just returned from both festivals and gives us a complete rundown of all the films creating the most buzz.
And just as the number of movies worth seeing has grown, so too has the number of television shows. There’s so much good TV these days that in fact, the Emmys are more and more like the Academy Awards, where viewers haven’t even seen most of the Best Picture nominees. Maybe that’s why the Emmys keep honoring the same old shows year-after-year.
Meanwhile, the number of books on offer has grown at least 21% recently thanks to self-publishing. That includes both e-books and print. The crowdfunding platform Kickstarter has been responsible for thousands of titles, enough to make them the unofficial fifth largest publisher in North America.
Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment news including why Argentina is sending school-aged children to the movies, how the Rio Olympics proved profitable for NBC after all and the Lady Gaga is booked for the Super Bowl half time show.
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comScore Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of September 18, 2016
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comscore-announces-official-worldwide-box-office-results-for-weekend-of-september-18-2016-300329838.html
China Box Office: ‘Odyssey’ Sequel Dreams up Holiday Weekend Win
http://variety.com/2016/film/asia/china-box-office-odyssey-sequel-weekend-win-1201864452/
Korea Box Office: ‘Shadows’ Holds Holiday Weekend
http://variety.com/2016/film/asia/korea-box-office-shadows-wins-holiday-weekend-1201864335/
Cinemark Drops $700,000 Claim Against Aurora Theater Shooting Victims, Ending Legal Battle
http://variety.com/2016/biz/news/cinemark-aurora-theater-shooting-legal-battle-ends-1201859702/
Geekdom Wins at the 2016 Emmy Awards
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-emmy-2016-awards-geeks-win-20160919-snap-story.html
Emmys 2016 Winners List: ‘Game of Thrones’ Wins Best Drama
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2016/09/18/emmys-2016-winners-list/
The Kept Woman – BookFilter
http://bookfilter.com/2016/08/17/the-kept-woman-5/
Hero of the Empire – BookFilter
http://bookfilter.com/2015/09/14/untitled-on-churchill-in-south-africa-2/
Sales at B&N Down Over 6% in Q1
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/financial-reporting/article/71417-sales-at-b-n-down-over-6-in-q1.html
Bowker Report Shows Self-Publishing Growth
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html
How Kickstarter became one of the biggest powers in publishing
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/14/how-kickstarter-became-one-of-the-biggest-powers-in-publishing-crowdfunding
NBCUniversal CEO: Rio Olympics Profit Exceeded $250M
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nbcuniversal-ceo-rio-olympics-profit-928760
BBC Chair Rona Fairhead to Quit After Snub From U.K. Prime Minister
https://variety.com/2016/tv/global/bbc-chair-rona-fairhead-quit-snub-u-k-prime-minister-1201859412/
Half of U.K. TVs Tuning Into British Baking Show as ABC Renews American Edition
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/great-british-bake-season-7-925624
BBC Loses Rights to U.K.’s Most Popular Show ‘The Great British Bake Off’
https://variety.com/2016/tv/global/bbc-loses-rights-the-great-british-bake-off-1201858259/
‘Jersey Boys’ Will Close in January
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/07/theater/jersey-boys-will-close-in-january.html
Netflix Pushes FCC to Crack Down on Usage Caps
https://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Netflix-Pushes-FCC-to-Crack-Down-on-Usage-Caps-137857
‘Star Wars’ Franchise Heads to Turner in Major Licensing Deal
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/star-wars-franchise-turner-deal-928685
‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ Replaces Its Composer
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-rogue-one-replaces-929387
Netflix Teams With Spike Lee for ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ Series
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/netflix-teams-spike-lee-shes-929188
Lady Gaga Reportedly in Talks to Perform Super Bowl Halftime Show
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/09/13/lady-gaga-reportedly-in-talks-to-perform-super-bowl-halftime-show/
Argentina Offers Cinema to Primary School Children
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/argentina-cinema-primary-school-curriculum-1201864048/
Anne Thompson’s Coverage on Indiewire
http://www.indiewire.com/v/thompsononhollywood/
Screen Talk Podcast
http://www.indiewire.com/t/screen-talk/
Edward Albee, Trenchant Playwright for a Desperate Era, Dies at 88
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/arts/edward-albee-playwright-of-a-desperate-generation-dies-at-88.html
Novelist W.P. Kinsella, Author of ‘Shoeless Joe,’ Dies at 81
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/09/16/world/ap-cn-canada-obit-kinsella.html
Charmian Carr, Actress Who Played Liesl in ‘The Sound of Music,’ Dies at 73
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/charmian-carr-actress-who-played-liesl-in-the-sound-of-music-dies-at-73/2016/09/19/acdd2104-7e71-11e6-8d13-d7c704ef9fd9_story.html
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