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Watson is set for life financially. I wouldn't say she is not into acting anymore, but at the moment seems more passionate about social causes (feminism, the environment, etc.). EW has the luxury to only take on roles when she really wants to, either because they are a challenge for her (she gets to sing, or play a "complicated" character) or the role aligns with her beliefs in some way. I still find her being almost totally MIA from the Little Women promo tour strange, it was a very good movie and her reviews were mostly positive, even if she wasn't the star. Other A-listers in this situation have been savvy enough to steer the interviews so that the less famous person gets to shine. Of course, it could turn out there was some secret health thing she was dealing with at the time, or she could pop onto Instagram in a few months all, "Surprise, I have a baby! Sorry for the disappearing act these last few months, but I could not deal with a million 'Pregnant Hermione-Magic or Magic Stick?' headlines during this precious moment in my life...." And that is a whole different, totally understandable story. But, barring that, if I were a colleague who had to do all those interviews and appearances, traveling thousands of miles, while she had some social media team hit send on a few Insta posts, it would NOT endear her to me one bit. The industry is a lot less forgiving of women in general, even the extraordinary talented ones, and memories can be long. Not to say she'll never work again, but Hollywood can be a small town in some ways. Stars can develop reputations over time and people remember who will go the extra mile vs. who can't be bothered...

AMC Theatres Bankruptcy Rumors Grow, But That Move Wouldn’t Be The End Of The Chain Or The Biz (Deadline):

Since there aren't many new numbers, might as well look at old ones. The awards reporter from The Hollywood Reporter regularly tweets vintage articles about the industry. The main one here (from 1935) was a debate on the merits of onscreen kissing, but a little article alongside it is about US/worldwide movie attendance and expenditures: "Survey, recently released by the department of commerce, says that 200,000,000 attend motion picture shows weekly. The same report lists the world investment in pictures and the accompanying business to be $2,500,000,000. In this country alone, daily attendance is 10,000,000 and there are 262,000 employed in the production and exhibition of films. The U. S. annual boxoffice gross is $700,000,000 and the business is one of the largest taxpayers, digging into that gross to the extent of $100,000,000 per year. Studio capital investment is $95,000,000, and about $70,000,000 is spent annually in advertising pictures. The country is overseated, says the survey, because there is a seat for every thirteen inhabitants."

What percentage of Tom Brady going to Tampa Bay is so he could really play up the TB12 branding?

Those theater counts are based on last Thursday's info, right? The Tuesday numbers are going to be brutal.

The "You Must Remember This" podcast did a short episode on how the Spanish Flu epidemic affected the film industry and movie attendance back in 1918: theater closures, a shutdown of movie production, industry figures getting sick/dying, snarky coverage, to wear masks or not to wear masks.... The more things change, the more they stay the same. It had a huge impact on the business side of exhibition once the pandemic was over.

Best Actor Ben Affleck! But really, if the awards field is depleted, he could show up at some precursors for The Way Back. If King Richard manages to be released this year and he's good in it, I think it might be Big Willie's time. Jada dissed the Oscars when Will got snubbed for Tell Da Troof Concussion, but he probably still cares about winning and will campaign like crazy, whatever form that takes in a post-pandemic era. I guess we will see how much of a Netflix bias there is with Oscar voters. I think the movie industry will be feeling the pain this year due to the dropoff in theater attendance this spring (and summer?) and the voting could be a reaction to that. Maybe they will rush to reward any well made thing that sells tickets in droves and wouldn't have had a prayer in 2019. We have had wild pendulum swings with Best Picture recently, from The Shape of Water to Green Book to Parasite and 2020's winner could fit that pattern.

I did, Moss was younger and could believably change up her appearance compared to her Mad Men days more than Hamm/Hendricks/Slattery, which always helps. Also, she was brilliant on the show and managed to draw something interesting out of Jessica Pare (Megan), even Hamm couldn't do that. Of course, there was always the chance it would be another Alias, where the person who played a sidekick character ended up becoming the show's breakout movie star. So, the Mad Men equivalent of Will Tippin would have been...Ken Cosgrove, accounts? Anyway, not surprised Elisabeth has the most acclaimed career post-show. Mad Men winning ONE Emmy for acting in its entire run was a real shame, but Kartheiser never being nominated for Pete Campbell was a disgrace. Huge sign the industry wasn't dying to make him the next big thing at the time, and that's sadly panned out post-show. The first death in the US from coronavirus was announced yesterday, it's a big country but you wonder if/when theater attendance will drop.

How mad were Matt and Ben after getting their first look at Driver in full costume? Surely, they agreed to their hair/makeup after being convinced it was accurate to the period, but there's a way to navigate that while still allowing your stars to look good...

Facially, I see it, but...is Maggie going to wear a fat suit (which is kind of not cool these days), will Mama Presley just be thin onscreen or is Gyllenhaal really going to pack on the pounds when it's not even a lead role?

Wondering what message he got from Sunset Blvd, probably not the one it was sending...

Adele had the vocal chord surgery in 2011. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/08/adele-undergoes-surgery-throat-problems Big numbers for "No Time to Die" so far, very good, these Bond songs can be nice ads for the movie.

IIRC, Adele had her baby the same month that they released the song, I guess she wasn't feeling up to a video shoot during late pregnancy. "No Time to Die" sounds exactly like you'd expect from a Billie Eilish Bond song, but it's not bad.

lmao... I feel like I've barely heard about this, surprised it's opening in so many theaters.

An erotic thriller directed by Adrian Lyne, best known for Fatal Attraction, Indecent Proposal, 9 1/2 Weeks and Unfaithful. Based on a book by Patricia Highsmith, author of The Talented Mr. Ripley, Strangers on a Train and The Price of Salt (which became Carol on film). Honestly, Deep Water seems wildly on brand for Affleck but a total WTF from Disney. So far, they aren't shifting it off to Searchlight, but I guess it's not prestigious enough. Adam Driver has been picking wisely lately but not everything has hit. Not his fault, he's always good. Ridley Scott could go either way. The premise here with The Last Duel still makes me very leery.

The only thing I'd keep was the montages for the actor awards, I really liked seeing multiple clips of the performances. Having the newcomers present the presenters was stupid and a waste of time; I liked how George MacKay pointed this out. Also, next year they won't be caught up in competing with the shadow of Best Original Songs past, none of the musical performances in 2021 will really have the "tough act to follow" problem and they can just chill instead of trying to be the Grammys 2.0.

Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando for The Godfather and Robert De Niro for The Godfather Part II). Also one win for Best Actor and one in Best Supporting Actor, like with the Joker. That was last awards season, they announced it in August 2018 and walked it back very quickly after pretty much everyone hated the idea, from awards purists to comic book movie fans. There was confusion about what "popular" even meant and if a movie could be in both categories, plus worry it was a way to relegate certain movies out of the "real" categories. AMPAS said Popular Film was under review for next year but it didn't really come up. Maybe it will now that a non-English language film has won the big prize.

Screamin A Smith is co-hosting some Oscars post-show on ABC right now. He thought Once Upon Time in Hollywood should have won Director over Parasite because it had more locations, apparently.

I'm not even getting my hopes up for the BCoops as Leonard Bernstein thing. Even before it was Netflix, I was just "whatever" about it and I stan. Bradley, just take a hiatus from acting and go do music as yourself like you clearly want to. Maybe Nightmare Alley will be a winning role for him before that...

Just as well, its long-term reputation would not have survived winning Best Picture this year. I think it's unfortunate 1917 got reduced to being a gimmick when IMO it offered more than that. Very nice to see a World War I movie be a commercial success.

True Grit (2010) also went 0-for-10, but The Color Purple and The Turning Point went 0-for-11. Not looking forward to the crowd who hates the Liberal Hollywood Oscars anyway being mad a non-English movie won Best Picture.

LOL, a true jinx this turned out to be: https://amp.tmz.com/2020/02/09/sam-mendes-broadway-play-instagram-ad-early-oscars-victory-1917/

Yesssss! And somewhere Christipher Nolan does a Nelson Muntz laugh. Hope that Mendes play made up some different ads, lol.

Seeing Bernie Taupin up there reminds me of how the movie didn't even hint at his receding hairline, the movie just jumps from Jamie Bell in his 90s ponytail wig to the pic of the real Bernie in his Q-ball state. With Taron they at least tried.