Showbiz Sandbox 381: Telluride and Toronto Continue To Shape Awards Season

September 18, 2017

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Each year the Venice, Telluride and Toronto film festivals are held so closely together their programming often overlaps as each vies to land titles that will be in the running for major awards (read: Oscars). Anne Thompson, Indiewire’s editor at large, has just returned from Telluride and Toronto and she fills us in on all the festival season favorites.

While Thompson was in Toronto enjoying movies like “The Shape of Water” from director Guillermo del Toro, film buyers were struggling to find anything to pick up. There was a general sense that all the worthwhile titles had been cherry picked before the festival even began.

Meanwhile the Emmy Awards were held over the weekend honoring the best television from the past year. At this year’s ceremony a disruptive streaming video provider made a big splash, though not the one everyone expected. Hulu took home the Best Drama Emmy for “The Handmaid’s Tale”, despite Netflix having three shows nominated in the category.

Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment news including the head of NBC admitting most of its primetime viewership is not watched live, George R. R. Martin’s new TV series and MoviePass surpsasses 400,000 subscribers in under a month.

South Park trolls Amazon Alexa owners in this week’s episode
https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/16/16318694/south-park-amazon-alexa-google-home

comScore Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of September 17, 2017
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comscore-announces-official-worldwide-box-office-results-for-weekend-of-september-17-2017-300520894.html

Box Office: ‘Mother!’ Crumbles With $7.5 Million, ‘It’ Repeats No. 1
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/box-office-mother-it-american-assassin-1202561464/

Lionsgate Vice Chairman Says Deal With Theaters on Early VOD Is Close
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/lionsgate-vice-chairman-says-deal-with-theaters-on-early-vod-is-close-1202558057/

TV Ratings: 2017 Emmys Avoid New Low With 11.4 Million Viewers
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-emmy-telecast-track-low-1040575

Emmys 2017: The Complete Winners List
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/emmys-winners-list-2017-1035991

Park Bench by Christophe Chabouté – BookFilter
http://bookfilter.com/2017/08/02/park-bench/

Amazon Redacts One-Star Reviews of Hillary Clinton’s What Happened
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/14/amazon-redacts-one-star-reviews-of-hillary-clintons-what-happened

Trevor Noah Scores 5-Year ‘Daily Show’ Contract Extension at Comedy Central
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/trevor-noah-scores-5-year-daily-show-contract-extension-at-comedy-central-1038921

John Oliver Extends HBO Contract Through 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/12/arts/television/john-oliver-hbo-contract.html?_r=0

Apple TV 4K Unveiled: Set-Top to Cost $179, iTunes Will Sell Ultra HD Movies for Same Price as HD
http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/apple-tv-4k-ultra-hd-1202555662/

Disney Is Lone Holdout From Apple’s Plan to Sell 4K Movies for $20
https://www.wsj.com/articles/disney-is-lone-holdout-from-apples-plan-to-sell-4k-movies-for-20-1505243389

George R.R. Martin’s ‘Nightflyers’ Picked Up to Series at Syfy
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/george-rr-martins-nightflyers-picked-up-series-at-syfy-1038855

MoviePass Surpasses over 400,000 Paying Monthly Subscribers in the Last 30 Days
https://celluloidjunkie.com/wire/moviepass-surpasses-over-400000-paying-monthly-subscribers-in-the-last-30-days/

Claiming Liberal Bias, Pub Drops Association with ‘NYT’ Bestseller Lists
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/74706-claiming-liberal-bias-pub-drops-association-with-nyt-s-bestseller-lists.html

NBC’s Bob Greenblatt: Don’t Call the Morgue — Broadcast TV Is Doing Just Fine
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nbcs-bob-greenblatt-dont-call-morgue-broadcast-tv-is-doing-just-fine-guest-column-1037574

Rolling Stone, Once a Counterculture Bible, Will Be Put Up for Sale
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/17/business/rolling-stone-magazine-sale.html?_r=0

TIFF 2017: Here’s the Winners and Losers of the Festival
http://www.indiewire.com/2017/09/toronto-2017-winners-losers-oscars-1201876327/

‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ Wins Toronto Film Festival Audience Award
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/toronto-film-festival-audience-award-three-billboards-1202561527/

Cambodia Picks Angelina Jolie’s ‘First They Killed My Father’ as Oscar Contender
http://variety.com/2017/film/asia/cambodia-sets-angelina-jolies-father-as-oscar-contender-1202562419/

Why the Toronto Film Festival Felt Smaller Than Ever
http://variety.com/2017/film/markets-festivals/toronto-film-festival-netflix-amazon-1202560067/

‘Narcos’ Location Manager Shot and Killed in Mexico
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/narcos-location-manager-shot-killed-mexico-1039877

Harry Dean Stanton, Character Actor Who Became a Star, Dies at 91
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/movies/harry-dean-stanton-dead-actor.html

Grant Hart, Hüsker Dü Drummer and Singer, Dies at 56
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/arts/music/grant-hart-husker-du-drummer-dies.html

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