Showbiz Sandbox 423: After New Allegations Time Was Up For Les Moonves at CBS

September 10, 2018

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When CBS head Les Moonves was accused of sexual misconduct this past summer his firing seemed inevitable. Instead he over the weekend after six additional women came forward with allegations dating back decades. Now the question is not how much severance Moonves will get but how much money can CBS pay him to go away and avoid a drawn-out lawsuit without angering activists .

Ultimately Moonves may have lost the battle but won the war. His stepping aside allowed for the settlement of an ownership lawsuit which prevents National Amusements, the network’s parent company, from trying to merge CBS and Viacom for at least two years.

Meanwhile Netflix scored big at the Venice Film Festival when their movie “Roma” picked up the Golden Lion, the festival’s top prize. Director Alfonso Cuarón’s film seems like just the type the Academy might fall for come Oscar time, but first it has to find a movie theater willing to show it.

Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment news including why there won’t be a Best Popular Film category at next year’s Oscars, a new “Law & Order” series and all the history made at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

comScore Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of September 9, 2018
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comscore-announces-official-worldwide-box-office-results-for-weekend-of-september-9-2018-300709360.html

Exclusive: China’s Dalian Wanda seeks to reduce AMC stake
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-chinas-dalian-wanda-seeks-161729118.html

Jack Ma Confirms Alibaba Exit and Succession Plan
https://variety.com/2018/biz/asia/jack-ma-confirms-alibaba-exit-plan-1202934453/

Alfonso Cuarón Wins Best Film in Venice for ‘ROMA’
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/movies/alfonso-cuaron-named-best-director-in-venice-for-roma.html

Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma Just Delivered Netflix One of Its First Big Film Festival Wins
https://news.avclub.com/alfonso-cuarons-roma-just-delivered-netflix-its-first-b-1828912235

Academy Retreats on ‘Popular’ Oscar Category for Now
https://variety.com/2018/film/awards/academy-retreats-on-popular-oscar-category-for-now-1202930117/

Johnny Tremain by Esther Hoskins Forbes
http://bookfilter.com/2018/05/23/johnny-tremain-75th-anniversary-edition/

Penguin Random House Changes Library E-book Lending Terms
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/77904-penguin-random-house-changes-its-library-e-book-terms.html

Polk Treasure: Lakeland’s Book Bazaar A Community Bookstore In More Ways Than One
http://www.theledger.com/news/20180904/polk-treasure-lakelands-book-bazaar-community-bookstore-in-more-ways-than-one

NBC Orders ‘Law & Order: Hate Crimes’ From Dick Wolf, Warren Leight
NBC Orders ‘Law & Order: Hate Crimes’ From Dick Wolf, Warren Leight

Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn Exit ‘Project Runway’ for Amazon Fashion Show
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/heidi-klum-tim-gunn-exit-project-runway-amazon-fashion-show-1140770

Eminem’s ‘Kamikaze’ Heading for No. 1 Debut on Billboard 200 Chart With Over 360,000 Units
https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/8473625/eminems-kamikaze-heading-for-no-1-debut-on-billboard-200-chart-with-over-360000

Eminem’s ‘Kamikaze’ On the Brink of Chart History in U.K.
https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/8473303/eminems-kamikaze-on-the-brink-of-chart-history-in-uk

Waterstones Buys Foyles
https://www.thebookseller.com/news/waterstones-buys-foyles-858311

B&N Sees Better Times Ahead
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/77949-b-n-sees-better-times-ahead.html

Anthony Bourdain, ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ and ‘Saturday Night Live’ Win Big on Night 2 of Creative Arts Emmy Awards
https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/creative-arts-emmy-winners-anthony-bourdain-saturday-night-live-1202934301/

‘Beetlejuice’ Is Bringing Its Unholy Struggle to Broadway
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/theater/beetlejuice-broadway.html

‘Be More Chill’ Is Heading to Broadway, Fueled by Social Media
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/theater/be-more-chill-broadway.html

As Leslie Moonves Negotiates His Exit from CBS, Women Raise New Assault and Harassment Claims
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/as-leslie-moonves-negotiates-his-exit-from-cbs-women-raise-new-assault-and-harassment-claims

Leslie Moonves to Step Down As CBS CEO Amid Misconduct Claims
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/leslie-moonves-step-down-as-cbs-ceo-misconduct-claims-1130375

Leslie Moonves Breaks Silence on CBS Ouster: ‘Untrue Allegations … Are Not Consistent With Who I Am’
https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/leslie-moonves-statement-cbs-ouster-allegations-1202934460/

CBS Won’t Release Investigatory Report Into Leslie Moonves Claims
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/cbs-wont-release-investigatory-report-leslie-moonves-1141639

Analysis: CBS, NAI and Leslie Moonves Prodded into Settlement Talks as War Takes Toll
https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/leslie-moonves-cbs-settlement-redstone-national-amusements-1202931120/

Amy Powell and Paramount TV Reach Settlement Over Her Firing
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/amy-powell-paramount-tv-reach-settlement-her-firing-1140632

The Louis C.K. Effect on Dealmaking: “There’s a Heightened Sense of Caution”
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/louis-ck-effect-dealmaking-a-heightened-sense-caution-1139454

‘It Was A Porn Movie’: Atlantic’s First Female A&R Exec Reveals the Worst of the Music Industry
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/anything-for-a-hit-dorothy-carvello-exposes-music-industry-metoo-712886/

Mac Miller Dead at 26
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mac-miller-dead-at-26-720756/

Dolores O’Riordan of the Cranberries Died Accidentally, Coroner Finds
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/arts/music/dolores-oriordan-cranberries-death-drowning.html

Bill Daily, Major Healey in ‘I Dream of Jeannie,’ Dies at 91
https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/bill-daily-dead-dies-major-healey-i-dream-of-jeannie-1202933026/

Burt Reynolds Dies at 82; Made Hearts Throb and Audiences Laugh
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/obituaries/burt-reynolds-dead.html

Roles Burt Reynolds Turned Down, From Bond to Solo
https://variety.com/2018/film/news/burt-reynolds-turned-down-roles-bond-solo-1202930436/

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