Showbiz Sandbox 478: Setting Records at Sundance and the Grammys
January 27, 2020
With the Winter Olympics causing an abbreviated and frantic awards season, the film took a brief respite from Oscar-talk to head to Park City, Utah for this year’s Sundance Film Festival. We give you an update on all the hot titles and buzz being generated at this year’s festival, including a record breaking price for a Sundance film.
Meanwhile, the Grammys were held under a scandalous cloud due to the fallout from the Recording Academy dismissing its top exec, Deborah Dugan. The evening belonged to 18-year-old Billie Eilish who became the youngest person to win four of the top awards at the event including Best Pop Vocal Album, Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year.
In China, the Chinese New Year usually marks the highest grossing week on the calendar, however not this year. A highly contagious virus caused the government to quarantine large cities and the country’s cinema chains shuttered out of precaution leading to a loss of hundreds of millions yuan.
Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including why country radio stations won’t play female artists, more talent agencies sign on to the Writers Guild code of conduct, and Netflix continues to gain subscribers.
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Bad Boys For Life, The Gentlemen, The Turning
https://www.boxofficepro.com/weekend-box-office-results-bad-boys-for-life-gentlemen-turning/
‘Bad Boys’ Rides To $215M Global; ‘1917’ Storms $201M WW; Lack Of Chinese New Year Pics Impacts Overseas
https://deadline.com/2020/01/bad-boys-for-life-1917-dolittle-chinese-new-year-movies-coronavirus-global-international-box-office-1202841893/
Chinese New Year Film Releases Canceled in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chinese-new-year-film-releases-canceled-response-coronavirus-outbreak-1272282
APA Agency Signs Agreement With The WGA
https://deadline.com/2020/01/apa-deal-the-wga-agreement-1202837404/
10 Years Later, an Oscar Experiment That Actually Worked
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/movies/expanded-best-picture-oscar.html
Netflix Adds 8.8 Million Subscribers in Q4, Cites Competition for Lower U.S. Gains
https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/netflix-q4-2019-earnings-results-1203474435/
Eminem Scores Historic 10th No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘Music to Be Murdered By’
https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8549077/eminem-scores-10th-no-1-album-billboard-200-chart-music-to-be-murdered-by
Amazon Music Has Over 55m Subscribers Worldwide
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/amazon-music-has-over-55m-customers-worldwide/
Universal Exec Josh Goldstine Wins Massive Legal Award After #MeToo Firing
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/universal-exec-josh-goldstine-wins-massive-legal-award-metoo-firing-1271441
Universal Ordered To Pay Fired Exec Josh Goldstine $20M By Arbitrator; Seth Byers Cleared Of “Inappropriate” Behavior
https://deadline.com/2020/01/universal-josh-goldstine-20million-settlement-fired-marketing-president-donna-langley-1202836379/
Ousted Grammy Chief Asked Recording Academy for $22M to Leave Quietly
https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8548478/grammy-chief-deborah-dugan-buyout-recording-academy
How Deborah Dugan Sealed Her Fate at the Recording Academy
https://variety.com/2020/music/news/deborah-dugan-recording-academy-sealed-her-fate-grammys-1203476568/
Ex-Grammy Boss Neil Portnow Accused of Raping Female Artist in Blockbuster Complaint From Ousted CEO
https://variety.com/2020/music/news/deborah-dugan-lawsuit-grammy-recording-academy-1203474490/
Has #MeToo Gone Too Far? No, It Hasn’t Gone Far Enough
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kim-masters-has-metoo-gone-far-no-it-hasnt-gone-far-1260429
Kobe Bryant, From the Start, Was an Athlete Like No Other
https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/story/2020-01-26/lakers-kobe-bryant-obit
Jim Lehrer, Longtime PBS News Anchor, Is Dead at 85
Margo Lion, Producer of ‘Hairspray’ and More, Dies at 75
Terry Jones of Monty Python Dies at 77
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/terry-jones-dead-monty-python-founder-british-comedy-icon-was-77-963478
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