Showbiz Sandbox 439: Fox Suffers “Bones” Shaking Legal Defeat
March 4, 2019
Fox lost a blockbuster lawsuit to the stars and creative talent behind their smash television series “Bones.” An independent arbitrator used scathing language to describe 21st Century Fox executives, calling them out for lying, cheating and “reprehensible” studio fraud.
Though Fox says the will appeal the ruling, it could have a big impact on sweetheart deals between studios, their own networks, their own cable channels and their own streamers. There’s no bones about it.
Meanwhile book publishers and the National Writers Union, along with many others, are decrying the practice of Controlled Digital Lending, or CDL. As publishers restrict e-book access and raise their prices, libraries that own a physical copy of a book are making a digital PDF available for loans to patrons. When a digital PDF is borrowed, the physical copy is removed from circulation until the digital copy is returned. So what’s the problem?
Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including why a hologram of Amy Winehouse will not be going on tour, why the movie theater chain Cineworld dumped BAFTA and box office in China is down 5% this year despite rosier forecasts.
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The End of an Era for HBO—And for Television
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/03/hbo-ceo-richard-plepler-steps-down-att/583894/
Writers Guild Declares It’s ‘at an Impasse’ With Talent Agencies Over New Rules
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/writers-guild-impasse-talent-agency-rules-1203154540/
Comscore Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of March 3, 2019
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comscore-announces-official-worldwide-box-office-results-for-weekend-of-march-3-2019-300805557.html
Cineworld Withdraws Support for BAFTAs
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/cineworld-withdraws-support-bafta-over-192712296.html
Netflix Responds to Steven Spielberg’s Push to Bar It From Oscars
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/netflix-steven-spielberg-oscars-1203154092/
Beverly Hills 90210 Includes Most Of Original cast
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/90210-revival-lands-at-fox-summer-debut-1191050
Rambo: Last Blood Opens Sept 27
https://deadline.com/2019/02/rambo-last-blood-release-date-sylvester-stallone-paz-vega-lionsgate-1202567293/
Will Smith Out Of Suicide Squad
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/will-smith-the-suicide-squad-sequel-exits-1203151442/
Publisher, Author Groups Protest Library Book Scanning Program
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/79262-could-library-book-scanning-be-headed-back-to-court.html
Booker Prize Finds New Funder in Billionaire Sir Michael Moritz
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47393880
To Honor Gift, Public Library Will Add Donor’s Name a 6th Time
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/arts/design/to-honor-gift-public-library-will-add-donors-name-a-6th-time.html
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s ‘A Star Is Born’ Soundtrack Back at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Post-Oscars
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8500768/a-star-is-born-soundtrack-back-at-no-1-billboard-200-chart
U.S. Music Industry Generated $9.8 Billion in 2018, Third Straight Year of Double-Digit Growth: RIAA
https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8500502/riaa-us-music-industry-2018-revenue-streaming-cds-vinyl-digital-growth
Legal Threats From Broadway’s ‘Mockingbird’ Sink Productions Around the Country
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/theater/scott-rudin-mockingbird-broadway.html
Morrissey To Perform On Broadway In May
https://broadway.news/2019/03/04/morrissey-to-play-broadway-engagement-at-the-lunt-fontanne-theatre/
Scott Rudin Responds to ‘Mockingbird’ Controversy With a Solution (Exclusive)
“https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/scott-rudin-responds-mockingbird-controversy-a-solution-1191752″ rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/scott-rudin-responds-mockingbird-controversy-a-solution-1191752
Hulu, YouTube Sign Up 3MN For Live TV Services
https://www.rapidtvnews.com/2019030255318/hulu-youtube-sign-up-3mn-for-live-tv-services.html
Amy Winehouse Hologram Tour Canceled Over ‘Challenges and Sensitivities’
https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/amy-winehouse-hologram-tour-canceled-1203145094/
Frank Zappa: See First Glimpse of Guitarist’s Hologram in Tour Promo
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/frank-zappa-hologram-tour-promo-802053/
Fox Rocked by $179M ‘Bones’ Ruling: Lying, Cheating and “Reprehensible” Studio Fraud
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/fox-rocked-by-179-million-bones-ruling-lying-cheating-reprehensible-studio-fraud-1190346
André Previn, Whose Music Knew No Boundaries, Dies at 89
https://variety.com/2019/music/news/andre-previn-dead-dies-composer-gigi-porgy-and-bess-1203152006/
Katherine Helmond Dies: ‘Soap’ & ‘Who’s The Boss?’ Star Was 89
https://deadline.com/2019/03/katherine-helmond-dead-soap-whos-the-boss-jessica-tate-was-1202567973/
Keith Flint: Prodigy Vocalist Dies Aged 49
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/04/prodigy-singer-keith-flint-dies-aged-49
Luke Perry, ‘90210’ and ‘Riverdale’ Star, Dies at 52
https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/luke-perry-dead-dies-90210-riverdale-1203154263/
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