The Globes have long had a reputation for booziness and irreverence. Will the revived ceremony still be seen as a less-staid alternative to the Academy Awards? Or will the Hollywood Foreign Press take the show more seriously? - The New York Times
Why? "Film and TV sets can be stressful and dangerous places to work. The pandemic added a raft of anxieties as cast and crews returned to work to face rigorous safety protocols." And then there's intense pressure from the streaming boom. - Los Angeles Times
Sure, heck, it's only a time of rampant inflation. Tell us, current CFO, just how much more should we be paying for Warner Bros. Discovery? Well, "this phase of dumping pricing is over." - Los Angeles Times
Danielle Deadwyler plays Mamie Till in the movie Till. She says, "It is a bigger thing to combat racism, right? And racism is seedy, it’s systemic. I have no doubt been impacted by it. ... Awards? It’s all good. We got bigger fish to fry." - Irish Times
In the run-up to the Oscars, and the film Tár, its lead actor Cate Blanchett, and Everything Everywhere All at Once's Ke Huy Quan have swept film critic awards in L.A., N.Y., and now at the National Film Critics Circle. - Variety
"Strangely enough, while the number of ham operators is declining globally, it's growing in the United States, as is Morse code, by all accounts. … Equipment sellers have noticed this trend, too." - Smithsonian Magazine
Not one of the people running streaming TV services think there are going to be a ton of TV services in the future. They think they will eventually consolidate into a few big players. - Vox
A wrongful termination lawsuit against production company New Republic Pictures by its founder has revealed that billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev — major art collector, soccer team owner, and the guy who wildly overpaid Donald Trump for a Palm Beach mansion — has helped finance some serious blockbusters. - Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)
“There was a lot of thinking of, you know, let’s do more more more, not necessarily ‘let’s do the exact right things, let’s do what works,” he added. “We have the the ability, the benefit, to be Monday morning quarterbacks here.” - The Hollywood Reporter
"The decision represents a dramatic U-turn by Rishi Sunak's Conservative government to that of Boris Johnson, which was forging ahead with privatization proposals last year under then-culture secretary Nadine Dorries." - The Hollywood Reporter
E.U. regulators found that Meta’s decision to place the clause allowing it to collect personalized user data deep in its terms of service more or less forced users to consent. - New York Magazine
"Compared with 2013, the number of events has gone up by 2,000%, no doubt helped along in the past year by the COVID-driven rise in podcasting's popularity. … It seems the mark of success for a podcast or radio show now is whether or not it tours." - The Guardian
Cineworld has closed 23 theaters since filing and reached new lease agreements with 25% of landlords — a percentage that clearly failed to impress the judge. - Deadline
