Oscar Stuff
Trailer for Peter Farrelly’s The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Academy CEO Bill Kramer Lays Out Some Goals, Talks 2023 Oscar Show Producers & Plans In “Exclusive” Interview To Membership
As to whether he could ever imagine the Oscars going live on a steaming service, rather than a broadcast network as has been the case since 1953 (mostly ABC, as it is currently): “The Oscars are a live television show and there are already streaming extensions of the show. Our partner company, Disney-ABC, has two great streaming services — Disney+ and Hulu. Streaming gives the show a life beyond the live broadcast — but nothing replicates the experience of watching the Oscars live. I love the idea of the world coming together around cinema — not unlike what the Olympics and the Super Bowl do for sports. I think this model will continue to evolve, and linear and streaming will coexist together for the foreseeable future. A lot of this is tied to ad sales and how to provide the most value for our sponsors. I look forward to working with Disney-ABC to define what this looks like moving forward.”
Featurette on the crafts of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis
Movie Stuff
Wolfgang Peterson dies at 81 [Variety]
American French Film Festival Unveils Documentary Lineup
French action films for cinemas and TV are headed to Los Angeles in the 26th annual showcase to run Oct. 10-16. [HR]
Viola Davis joins cast of 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' [GMA]
Young Black Women Roar in Idris Elba and Will Packer’s ‘Beast’: ‘We’re Leading a Movie and It’s Not Anything Degrading’ [Variety]
Other Stuff
The Daily Wire Hires Former Disney Exec as CMO
Eric Caballero joins the conservative media company from Disney's media and entertainment distribution group. [HR]
Trailer for Netflix’s Wednesday Adams [YT]
Ruth Wilson & ‘Peaky Blinders’ Star Daryl McCormack Lead BBC & Showtime Thriller Series ‘The Woman In The Wall’ Inspired By Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries Scandal [Deadline]
Rising South African Streamer Showmax Talks Co-Production And “‘Black Panther’ Effect” As Firm Reveals First Trailer For African Fantasy Drama ‘Blood Psalms’ [Deadline]
Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ Subscriptions Fell By 350,000 Last Quarter In UK After Record Year For High-End TV Production – Ofcom Report [Deadline]
Today in Apology Culture
J.K. Rowling, ‘Chocolat’ Author Joanne Harris in War of Words Over Gender Identity Issues [Variety]
YouTuber Banned Over Viral $2 Empanada Tantrum Says His Apology Was Fake
After posting the ‘woe-is-me’ apology video on Monday—the same day YouTube terminated his channel over the empanada incident—Escalona, a self-proclaimed influencer, apparently uploaded another 2-minute video. In the second, shorter video, which was reportedly published on Monday after the 8-minute apology, Escalona reiterated that he didn’t think he deserved all the hate he was receiving. He has defended himself by saying that the entire incident was planned with the bar in question, A Tapa do Barril, a bar in the city of Vigo in northern Spain, something the owner denies. However, after theatrically blowing his nose, Escalona states that he couldn’t maintain the “stupid act” of seeming sorry much longer. [Gizmodo]
Posing Expert Calls Out Millennials for Using Outdated Angles and Postures [petapixel]
Opera America says Sorry
We apologize. Language used last weekend by participants on one of our listservs, an OPERA America platform, was hurtful, disrespectful, and plainly transphobic. In our statement of response, we did not effectively call it out for what it is. We’re truly sorry. In the clearest of terms, we condemn any language or opinion that questions the dignity, identity, or human value of anyone in our field [slippedisc.com]
Sorry, but [brides who take their husband’s name, like Jennifer Affleck’s aren’t] ‘feminist.’ They’re sexist.
Every choice to conform to sexist social norms makes it harder for other women to choose otherwise. Every woman who has plastic surgery or Botox or gets her hair dyed or, yes, changes her name makes it harder for other women not to. [Washington Post]
The AP settles the ongoing debate:
Alec Baldwin calls out ‘trash press’ and insists he did not pull trigger on Rust set [Yahoo movies]