Archive - THB Sidebar of The Hot Button

Paul Giamatti 's Loving Intro For Alexander Payne

I don’t go to award season events much. Not my thing. (Every year I think it’s my thing for a second… and then come to my senses.) But I went to the…

Feb 11 •

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January 2024

Gone Sundancin'

Sorry if I have been less prolific than usual this week… the Sundance streaming portal opened Wednesday and I am jamming through as many movies as I…

Jan 26 •

Jan 23 •

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

It’s endlessly complex… and incredibly simple… I believe in everyone’s right to their personal feelings and thoughts and faith… and that none of us have…

Jan 15 •

December 2023

THB #449 Sidebar: Some Recent HFPA History

In 2004, The Golden Globes had its highest rating ever, 26.8 million viewers. The Academy had 43.5 million. It was actually an improvement on the year…

Dec 12, 2023 •

September 2023

THB Sidebar: Byron Allen's Math

So… Byron Allen has apparently offered $10 billion for ABC, its owned and operated stations, and FX and Nat Geo. The theory they have is that this…

Sep 15, 2023 •

THB Sidebar: Corrections!!!

So… first thing… earlier today, I mis-attributed domestic distribution of Perfect Days to Mubi. It’s Neon. I am responsible. But in my previous Oscar…

Sep 7, 2023 •

August 2023

THB Sidebar - My Monthly Streams (Why Cable Must Die)

My personal perspective on Streaming spending… I have been paying $20 a month for the Disney Bundle with no ads on D+ or Hulu since D+ launched. My…

Aug 17, 2023 •

July 2023

THB Sidebar: The Longest Strike... FIGHT!

I ran into this on Wikipedia and thought I pulled this clipping… but do feel free to read it all. The Conference of Studio Unions was then an…

Jul 2, 2023 •

June 2023

Invite your friends to read The Hot Button

Thank you for reading The Hot Button — your support allows me to keep doing this work. If you enjoy (is “enjoy” the word?) The Hot Button, it would make…

Jun 23, 2023 •

I was about 90 minutes from pushing the “publish” button yesterday when the Trump indictment news landed. Couldn’t focus on anything after that. Today…

Jun 9, 2023 •

February 2023

THB Sidebar: The 10 Questions The Academy Needs To Be Asking About Its Show & Its Future

If I am your ideal Oscar viewer, who is not currently likely to watch the show or see all the movies, how can The Academy and the Oscar participants…

Feb 21, 2023 •

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