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Today In Entertainment FEBRUARY 03, 2021
What's news: This year's Golden Globe nominees, Netflix and streamers dominate, the snubs and surprises. Plus: Sundance winners, how Hollywood is capitalizing on market mayhem, the high cost of chasing Netflix, layoffs at NBCU, another Buck Rogers pic in the works, big day for movie musical news, Jeff Bezos to step aside as CEO of Amazon. --Alex Weprin  Golden Globe Nominees This year's crop of Golden Globe nominees had record-breakers, new entrants, shocking snubs and some favorites playing the part, but it was also dominated by one particular company... Golden Globe nominees by the numbers... --By film distributor: Netflix (22 nominations), Amazon (7), Focus Features, Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics, Walt Disney Sudios (5 each), Warner Bros. (4), Universal (3), NEON, Hulu, STXFilms, Vertical Entertainment/Imax (2 each), A24, Apple/A24, Apple/GKIDS, Magnolia Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Shudder (1 each)... --By film: Mank (6 nominations), The Trial of the Chicago 7 (5), The Father, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman (4 each), Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, One Night In Miami (3 each), Hamilton, Judas and the Black Messiah, The Life Ahead, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Music, The Mauritanian, News of the World, Palm Springs, The Prom, Soul, The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2 each)... --By TV distributor: Netflix (20 nominations), HBO (7), Hulu (6), Pop TV, Showtime (5 each), Amazon Studios (3), Apple TV+, HBO Max (2 each), AMC, BBC America, Disney+, FX Networks, NBC (1 each)... --By TV show: The Crown (6 nominations), Schitt's Creek (5), Ozark, The Undoing (4 each), The Great, Ratched, (3 each), The Comey Rule, Emily In Paris, The Flight Attendant, Normal People, Queen's Gambit, Small Axe, Ted Lasso, Unorthodox (2 each)... The full list of Golden Globe nominees... ►Streamers steamroll: In a year in which most Americans were homebound due to the coronavirus pandemic, the streamers dominated the 78th annual Golden Globe Awards nominations with an overwhelming 68 mentions spanning film and TV. Still, when it came to the top film category, best motion picture drama, the traditional theatrical distributors accounted for three of the five nominations. The story. +Also: Disney+ and HBO Max scored their first nominations for The Mandalorian, Hamilton and The Flight Attendant. More. +Flashback: Why Hamilton is eligible for the Golden Globe and SAG Awards, but not the Oscars... ►In a Golden Globes twist, the directing category is more diverse than the actor nominations. More than half of the 14 acting races were shut out to people of color, while a diverse trio of women become Globes-nominated directors for the first time, Rebecca Sun writes. The story. +For the first time in the history of the Golden Globe awards, more than one woman has been nominated in the best director category in any one year. Chloe Zhao (Nomadland), Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) and Regina King (One Night in Miami) were all nominated in the category. This year, female directors make up the majority of the category, which also includes nominees David Fincher (Mank) and Aaron Sorkin (Trial of the Chicago 7). The story. +Meanwhile: Chadwick Boseman on Wednesday was posthumously nominated for a Golden Globe for his work in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. More. +The snubs and surprises: Emily in Paris and Music earn nods while Da 5 Bloods and I May Destroy You were shut out. Meanwhile, The Prom's James Corden earned an unexpected nomination over fellow star Meryl Streep with Rosamund Pike sneaking into the best actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy, as Tom Hanks, Malcolm & Marie, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Fargo and Insecure weren't nominated. The snubs list. +The Globes will be bicoastal this year. Tina Fey will be in New York at the Rainbow Room atop 30 Rockefeller Plaza, and her co-host Amy Poehler will post up inside the Beverly Hilton, where the Globes typically take place. Meanwhile, nominees are expected to appear from various locations around the world, though it remains to be seen if they will be gathered at central locations in other major cities. More. ►Sundance winners: CODA has won the top award at the Sundance Film Festival, taking this year's U.S. Grand Jury prize. The title, which made headlines earlier in the fest for its record-breaking $25 million sale to Apple, also took the dramatic audience award, while director Sian Heder honored with the directing award for U.S. dramatic competition. Meanwhile, Questlove's Summer of Soul won the U.S. grand jury documentary prize. The full list of winners.  How Hollywood Is Tackling Wall Street Madness ►How will Hollywood cash in on Wall Street's investor frenzy? Multiple TV show and movie concepts are in the works, actors are becoming day-traders, and financial firms that do business with Hollywood are making bank, Tatiana Siegel, Ashley Cullins and I report. --"That subject would seem ripe for writer-director Adam McKay, whose 2015 film The Big Short chronicled market manipulation in the lead-up to the 2007-08 financial crisis. 'Wall Street has been pushing this ridiculous idea of a perfect free market for years to justify shredding basic regulations so they can rip off most Americans,' McKay says. 'So, it’s hard not to love what that Reddit group is doing to the hedge funders. You want a free market? You got it.'" The story. ►Hollywood may be doubling up on Buck Rogers. Even as Legendary and George Clooney are developing a multi-medium take on the classic man-out-of-time pulp hero, Skydance is working on its own, competing, version. Skydance is working with the estate of Philip Francis Nowlan, the man who introduced the hero in the late 1920s. On Tuesday, the Nowlans sent a cease-and-desist letter to Legendary that noted their new Skydance deal. The estate’s attorney warned Legendary that moving forward with a Buck Rogers project would constitute "slander of title of the rights." The story. +After directing In the Heights, Jon M. Chu is set to direct another movie musical. The Crazy Rich Asians director will helm the feature adaptation of Wicked, replacing Stephen Daldry, who has long been attached to the movie and exited the project in October after the production timeline was adjusted and he was unable to commit to the new schedule. The story. +In other movie musical news: Entertainment One is set to produce and finance a live filming of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Come From Away. As New York City's theater district remains dark amid the pandemic, the Broadway cast will reprise their roles in the live capture set for May 2021, ahead of a planned September 2021 release. More.  Chasing Netflix ►The high cost of chasing Netflix. NBCU’s Peacock and WarnerMedia’s HBO Max are touting notable subscriber gains but also forecasting billions in investment charges to establish a streaming presence, Natalie Jarvey writes. The story. ►The expected layoffs in Susan Rovner's Entertainment Content Division at NBCUniversal have begun. Sources tell Lesley Goldberg that 50 employees were let go Tuesday from Rovner's newly consolidated team. The merged programming team was the hardest hit with Tuesday's layoffs. Other divisions, including scheduling and acquisitions, were also impacted. --The moves come after Rovner's senior leaders of scripted, unscripted and late night solidified their respective teams. Cara Dellaverson and Alex Sepiol (who headed drama for Peacock under former head of originals Bill McGoldrick) will co-lead drama and current development under head of scripted Lisa Katz. Jeff Myerson will oversee comedy current and development, with Michael Sluchin overseeing kids programming and co-productions, with both also reporting to Katz. Jenny Groom's unscripted competition/game show unit will include Sharon Vuong overseeing development and Shelby Shaftel leading current. Rod Aissa's lifestyle and docuseries group will see Rachel Smith run development and Shari Levine overseeing current. The story. ►Netflix is set to tackle the Fourteenth Amendment with the help of Will Smith. On Feb. 17, the streaming service will debut a six-part doc series titled Amend: The Fight for America, which counts the Suicide Squad star as a producer and host. The hour-long episodes will explore the amendment, which, in 1868, promised "liberty and equal protection for all persons." The story. +Keshet Studios has renewed its first-look overall deal with Universal Television. The deal, which is the company's third with UTV, will see the Peter Traugott-led production arm of Keshet International develop two new dramas for NBC: The A Word and Ties That Bind. More. +PBS chief “cautiously optimistic” about funding under Biden administration. Paula Kerger also echoed the platform’s commitment to educational programming as millions of children are still dealing with remote schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic. More. Awards roundup... +NAACP Image Awards: Netflix holiday movie Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey earned 10 nominations on Tuesday, the most of any film. Other top film nominees include Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and Soul (nine nominations each with Ma Rainey star Viola Davis also up for Entertainer of the Year), Da 5 Bloods and Sylvie's Love (five nods each) and four-time nominees One Night in Miami, The Banker and Hamilton. --On the TV side Black-ish leads with 11 nominations, followed by Lovecraft Country with eight nods, Insecure with seven nominations, P-Valley and The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel with six nods each and Little Fires Everywhere with five nods. The nominees. +Producers Guild Awards documentary nominees: The nominees for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures are, in alphabetical order, David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet, Dick Johnson Is Dead, My Octopus Teacher, Softie, A Thousand Cuts, Time and The Truffle Hunters. It's still being determined which individual producers are eligible for the nomination and award. More. +Oscars SciTech awards: Seventeen scientific and technical developments representing 55 individuals—including three women, which may be a first in a single season—will be honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with Scientific and Technical Awards. The honorees and their work, which includes advancement in hair simulation and sound tech, will be recognized during a virtual presentation hosted by filmmaker Nia DaCosta (Little Woods) on Feb. 13 starting at 1PM P.T. on the Oscars website. The honorees. +Also: Eight actors and actresses "whose noteworthy performances in film have elevated them into the national cinematic dialogue" will be feted with the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's Virtuosos Award, SBIFF announced on Tuesday. More. ►Marilyn Manson has been dropped by CAA. The move comes as Manson is facing abuse claims from Evan Rachel Wood and four other women. The news comes the day after Manson's record label, Loma Vista Recordings, said they will no longer promote Manson's recent album or work with him on future projects. The story. ►Sony Pictures saw its fiscal third-quarter profit jump to $212 million despite the novel coronavirus pandemic continuing to weigh heavily on the theatrical film business. Sony Corp. reported the film unit's October-to-December results Wednesday in Tokyo. The results represent a significant increase from the studio's profit of $51 million in the same period in 2019, buoyed by lower advertising and marketing costs as cinemas in major markets remained shut amid the pandemic. The story. +In other earnings news: Music streaming giant Spotify said on Wednesday that it ended 2020 with 155 million premium, or paid, subscribers, a 24 percent gain over the past year that exceeded company estimates, and 345 million total active monthly users. More. +Related: Five months after walking away from his exclusive podcast deal with Spotify, Joe Budden is launching a membership business in partnership with Patreon. More. ►Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon's CEO. The founder of the world's largest e-commerce site announced the move Feb. 2, telling investors that he would transition into the role of executive chairman at the end of September. Andy Jassy, who has served as CEO of Amazon Web Services, will take over as CEO. More. +Analyst reactions: Analysts called the move a "big surprise," but also lauded the choice of Jassy as successor. More. +Flashback: Bezos spoke to THR's Natalie Jarvey in 2015 about his ambitions for entertainment and video. "I would never say no to something the team wanted to do, but I might say yes to something the team didn't want to do. You want there to be multiple ways to get to "yes" because you want to encourage risk-taking." The interview. +Revolving door: FaZe Clan, the global esports and gaming entertainment organization, has signed with UTA...Tommy Finkelstein has been named executive vp, head of global business & legal affairs at APA... Endeavor Content has named Eric Pertilla as vp of television development and production... Riot Games has appointed Hulu veteran Gaude Lydia Paez to lead its global communications team... UTA has hired Erik Telford from CAA... ►TV review: Inkoo Kang reviews Netflix's Firefly Lane, writing that "this Seattle-set adaptation of Kristin Hannah’s 2008 novel often feels like a Lifetime treatment of My Brilliant Friend. It’s a rich premise squandered by awkward casting, tearjerking storylines and knee-high ambitions." The review. In other news... --CBS Evening News anchor Norah O'Donnell will interview President Biden in his first TV interview since taking office. It will air during Sunday's Super Bowl pregame show on CBS. --Nickelodeon on Tuesday unveiled the nominees and format for its 2021 Kids' Choice Awards, adding that Kenan Thompson has been tapped to host the show. --A new initiative, EFM Goes Global, will see Berlin set up four "market hubs" at participating cinemas in Australia, Japan, Brazil, and Mexico — four countries where in-person screenings are still possible — during this year's event running March 1-March 5. --Here's an early look at the Wayne's World Super Bowl ad for Uber Eats. --Ramin Bahrani is set to adapt, direct and produce the film adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s latest novel, Amnesty, for Netflix. --Idris Elba is branching out into anime with the help of Crunchyroll. The actor and his wife Sabrina have inked a deal with the anime-centric streamer to develop dark fantasy series Dantai. --Twilight actor Booboo Stewart has grabbed the lead role in Radar Pictures' movie adaptation of Geraldine Brooks' historical novel Caleb's Crossing. What else we're reading... --"Andrea Mitchell is Washington's most resilient institution" [Glamour] --"Robinhood will air Super Bowl ad amid GameStop saga" [WSJ] --"E.A. Sports will resurrect college football video game" [NY Times] --"Apple, its control over the iPhone, the internet and the metaverse" [Matthew Ball] Today's birthdays: Isla Fisher, 45, Morgan Fairchild, 71, Blythe Danner, 78, Amal Clooney, 43, Warwick Davis, 51. 
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