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When Will Theatrical Find Its New Normal? (as of Sept. 2021)
I was pleased to hear Jeffrey Katzenberg interviewed by angry, middle-aged onanist Kara Swisher and saying, "I think for anybody to sit here today and…
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27 Weeks To Oscar: The Trouble With Award Shows (Emmy Edition)
Once again, after a forgettable evening of "thank you"s and whining by the permanently aggrieved, Hollywood's media tries to figure out what went wrong…
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29 Weeks To Oscar: The Oscar Season Starts... Or Does It?
Venice and Telluride are off to rip-roaring starts. Well... Here are the films that survived the weekend, between the two festivals. Not frontrunners…
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Tweeted: Academy & Oscar (September 3)
The problem with The Academy Awards, as a popular TV event, is not the difference between a 2hr 30min show and a 3hr 15min show. It’s about a failure to…
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When Chaos Came To Town - Episode II: If 100 Million People Watch A Tree Fall For Two Minutes, Does It Make A Sound?
Monday, I looked at what the studios are chasing in streaming (the world)... and the long road ahead. Today, a little about how they are chasing it and…
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When Chaos Came To Town - Episode I: Everybody Wants To Rule The World
There once was a time in this business when they had the eyes of the whole world in theaters! But that wasn't good enough for them, oh no! They had to…
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Uncle David's House Of Box Office: Reboot
I haven't written about weekly box office in a really long time. Even before the pandemic, it became an overwrought exercise. But Disney has triggered…
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