Showbiz Sandbox 396: Has the #MeToo Movement Pushed Actress Salaries Higher?
January 22, 2018
As Hollywood continues to grapple with how to handle decades of sexual misconduct one immediate benefit for women throughout the industry may come in the form of higher paychecks. Take actress Ellen Pompeo, for instance. The star of “Grey’s Anatomy” for the past 13 years dished the dirt on her contract with ABC and after years of trying to be paid as much as the male leads of the show, she now makes $20 million per season.
Naturally not everyone working in television who is looking to be paid what they are worth, or even what they are owed contractually, is a woman. Frank Darabont, who created the hit series “The Walking Dead” has been suing AMC for years over profit participation in the show he was fired from. Now Darabont is returning to court armed with even more evidence the network tried to hoodwink him.
Meanwhile the awards season plows on with some claiming there are no front runners in the Oscars race. That seems strange when “The Shape of Water” (The Producers Guild) and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (SAG Awards) keep winding up at the top of most lists.
Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment news including why the Huffington Post is saying goodbye to its bloggers, YouTube sets new guidelines for its partner program and MoviePass gets into the film distribution game.
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comScore Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of January 21, 2018
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comscore-announces-official-worldwide-box-office-results-for-weekend-of-january-21-2018-300585651.html
‘The Greatest Showman’ Soundtrack Repeats at No. 1
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/arts/music/greatest-showman-soundtrack-billboard-chart.html
‘Greatest Showman’ Becomes a Sleeper Hit as Disrespected Films Flourish
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/21/movies/greatest-showman-jumanji-box-office-results.html
U.S. Movie Ticket Sales Plunged 6% in 2017, Thanks to Lousy Summer
http://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/u-s-movie-tickets-sold-2017-1202667483/
Average Price of a Movie Ticket Soars to $8.97 in 2017
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/average-price-a-movie-ticket-soars-897-2017-1075458
Visual Effects Society Awards: ‘Apes,’ ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Lead Feature Nominees
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2018-visual-effects-society-awards-nominations-list-full-1067888/item/outstanding-visual-effects-a-photoreal-feature-1067977
SAG Awards: Complete List of Winners
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/sag-award-winners-2018-full-list-1067861
‘Party of Five’ Reboot From Original Series Creators Lands at Freeform
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/party-five-reboot-original-series-creators-lands-at-freeform-1064818
Inside Country Radio’s Secret History Of Sexual Harassment
https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/inside-country-radios-secret-history-of-sexual-harassment-w515439
Producers Guild Issues New Anti-Sexual Harassment Guidelines
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/producers-guild-new-anti-sexual-harassment-guidelines-1075824
Timothée Chalamet Donates Salary from Woody Allen Film to Time’s Up Fund
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/timothee-chalamet-donates-salary-woody-allen-film-times-up-fund-1074913
Assault Is Not a Feeling. The Aziz Ansari Story Shows Why Language Matters
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/17/assault-is-not-a-feeling-the-aziz-ansari-story-shows-why-language-matters
HuffPost, Breaking From Its Roots, Ends Unpaid Contributions
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/business/media/huffpost-unpaid-contributors.html
Michael Wolff’s ‘Fire and Fury’ Book to Become TV Series
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/michael-wolffs-fire-and-fury-book-to-become-tv-series-w515550
After Massive New Printing, ‘Fire and Fury’ Sells 191K Copies
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/75838-after-massive-new-printing-fire-and-fury-sells-nearly-200-000-copies.html
YouTube Unveils Plan to Vet Content, Channel Partners
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/youtube-unveils-plan-vet-content-channel-partners-1075155
Facebook Will Now Ask Users to Rank News Organizations They Trust
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/01/19/facebook-will-now-ask-its-users-to-rank-news-organizations-they-trust/?utm_term=.424c755cc4c6
L.A. Times Publisher Placed on Unpaid Leave Amid Sexual Harassment Investigation
http://variety.com/2018/biz/news/ross-levinsohn-los-angeles-times-unpaid-leave-1202670219/
‘Today’ Executive Producer Don Nash Stepping Down
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/today-executive-producer-don-nash-stepping-down-1075260
MoviePass Hires Marketing Chief as It Looks to Expand
http://variety.com/2018/film/news/moviepass-3-1202664935/
MoviePass Unveils Strategy to Invest in Film at the Sundance Film Festival with the Launch of MoviePass Ventures
https://celluloidjunkie.com/wire/moviepasstm-unveils-strategy-to-invest-in-film-at-the-sundance-film-festival-with-the-launch-of-moviepass-ventures/
Ellen Pompeo, TV’s $20 Million Woman, Reveals Her Behind-the-Scenes Fight for “What I Deserve”
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/ellen-pompeo-tvs-20-million-woman-reveals-her-behind-scenes-fight-what-i-deserve-1074978
How HBO’s ‘Big Little Lies’ Stars Leveraged Apple for Big Paydays
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/how-hbos-big-little-lies-stars-leveraged-apple-big-paydays-1075169
Frank Darabont, CAA Launch Second ‘Walking Dead’ Lawsuit Against AMC
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/frank-darabont-caa-launch-second-walking-dead-lawsuit-amc-1075543
Apple Plants a Flag in Culver City, Further Expanding its Presence in Hollywood
http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-apple-culver-city-20180118-story.html
Hugh Wilson, Creator of ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ and Director of ‘Police Academy,’ Dies at 74
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hugh-wilson-dead-wkrp-cincinnati-creator-police-academy-director-dies-at-74-1075085
Allison Shearmur, ‘Rogue One,’ ‘Hunger Games’ Producer, Dies at 54
http://variety.com/2018/film/news/allison-shearmur-dead-dies-star-wars-hunger-games-1202670745/
Tom Petty died of accidental drug overdose, coroner’s office says
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-tom-petty-drug-cause-death-20180119-story.html
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