Showbiz Sandbox 605: The Future For This Year’s Sundance Movies
January 31, 2023
This year’s Sundance Film Festival came to a close over the weekend marking the first time the event has been held in-person since 2020 due to the pandemic. This year’s Sundance was considered light on acquisitions, raising the perennial debate over the viability of the festival’s official selection whether it be theatrically or on streaming. Will anyone ever see the films that won awards at Sundance, and if so where?
Speaking of awards, there were very few surprises in this year’s Oscar nominations. The diverse mix of nominees and titles vying for Hollywood’s top honor includes both commercial hits and small movies few have seen. This is certainly a year where the film that wins Best Picture may come down to the Academy’s preferential balloting system.
Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including a changing of the guard at Netflix, a price hike for Amazon Music and Justin Bieber sells the publishing rights to his music.
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‘Avatar 2’ Tops $2.1B WW; ‘Pathaan’ Breaks Records For Bollywood; Chinese New Year Success Makes Hope Spring
https://deadline.com/2023/01/avatar-the-way-of-water-pathaan-shah-rukh-khan-deepika-padukone-bollywood-china-global-international-box-office-1235243672/
‘Avatar 2’ Flies Past ‘Star Wars: Force Awakens‘ at Global Box Office, ’To Leslie’ Disappears
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/avatar-way-of-water-box-office-infinity-pool-1235312179/
China Box Office Hits $1 Billion Over Lunar New Year, as Zhang Yimou’s ‘Full River Red’ Earns $465 Million in Eight Days
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/china-box-office-lunar-new-year-zhang-yimou-1235506122/
T.J. Holmes And Amy Robach To Exit ‘GMA3,’ Leave ABC News
https://deadline.com/2023/01/t-j-holmes-and-amy-robach-gma3-1235242473/
Adult Swim Cuts Ties With Justin Roiland Following Domestic Abuse Charges
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/adult-swim-ends-relationship-justin-roiland-domestic-abuse-charges-1235308995/
Will This Year’s Sundance Films Ever Play in Movie Theaters?
https://celluloidjunkie.com/newsletter/will-this-years-sundance-films-ever-play-in-movie-theatres/
Razzie Awards Organizers Apologize and Remove 12-Year-Old Ryan Kiera Armstrong From Nominee Ballot After Backlash
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/razzie-awards-remove-yan-kiera-armstrong-nominee-ballot-backlash-1235309549/
Oscars 2023 Nominee List
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/movies/2023-oscar-nominees-list.html
Wizards of the Coast Announces ‘Transparent’ Feedback Process on D&D’s New Game License
https://gizmodo.com/dungeons-and-dragons-ogl-update-license-wotc-feedback-1850001680
D&D Will Move to a Creative Commons License, Requests Feedback on a New OGL
https://www.polygon.com/23562874/dnd-dungeons-dragons-ogl-1-2-release-download-feedback-survey
Public Radio’s Winning Strategy: Music Discovery
https://www.billboard.com/pro/public-radio-kexp-kutx-growing-audiences-new-music/
Justin Bieber Closes Sale to Hipgnosis for $200M — Company’s Biggest Deal to Date
https://www.billboard.com/pro/justin-bieber-sold-publishing-recording-rights-hipgnosis/
Zach Bryan Announces Spring/Summer Tour, Bypassing Ticketmaster, as Vowed
https://variety.com/2023/music/news/zach-bryan-tour-bypassing-ticketmaster-axs-arenas-1235495047/
Belarus Has Basically Legalized Music Piracy — Will Russia Be Next?
https://www.billboard.com/pro/belarus-legalized-music-piracy-will-russia-be-next/
NBCUniversal Projects Peak Losses on Peacock to Hit $3 Billion This Year
https://variety.com/2023/streaming/news/peacock-spending-3-billion-peak-2023-1235503100/
Amazon’s Music Unlimited quietly gets a price hike in the US and UK
https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/20/amazons-music-unlimited-gets-a-price-hike-in-the-us-and-uk/
Netflix’s Reed Hastings Will Cede Co-Chief Executive Role
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/19/business/media/netflix-reed-hastings.html
Tom Verlaine, Founder of Influential Punk-Era Band Television, Dies at 73
https://variety.com/2023/music/obituaries-people-news/tom-verlaine-dead-television-band-1235505443/
Edward R. Pressman, ‘Wall Street’ and ‘American Psycho’ Producer, Dies at 79
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/edward-r-pressman-dead-wall-street-american-psycho-1235303136/
Sandra Seacat, Actress and Beloved Acting Coach, Dies at 86
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sandra-seacat-dead-acting-coach-1235304129/
Actor, Director, and Ridiculous Theatrical Torchbearer Everett Quinton Dies at 71
https://www.theatermania.com/off-off-broadway/news/everett-quinton-dead-ridiculous-theater-ludlam_94796.html
Billy Packer, Provocative College Basketball Broadcaster, Dies at 82
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/billy-packer-dead-college-basketball-broadcaster-1235311134/
Barrett Strong, Motown Artist Known for ‘Money,’ Dies at 81
https://apnews.com/article/barrett-strong-obit-f7864cec55c3fca0cacbd880bd99a5df
Bruce Gowers, Director on Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” Music Video and ‘American Idol,’ Dies at 82
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bruce-gowers-dead-bohemian-rhapsody-american-idol-1235302504/
David Crosby, Iconoclastic Rocker, Dead at 81
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-crosby-dead-obituary-1234664235/
David Crosby, 1941-2023
http://burnwoodtonite.blogspot.com/2023/01/david-crosby-1941-2023.html
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