We can't watch them - for very good reason, as the organization that put them on is ... problematic, to say the least - and publicists have been avoiding them. Do they matter to Hollywood? - Vulture
Of course, the Mouse - Pixar's parent company - is putting a good spin on it: "Subscribers around the world enthusiastically embraced Pixar’s Academy Award-winning Soul and the critically-acclaimed Luca when they premiered exclusively on the service." - Variety
For the right kind of movie, people really want a cultural, theatrical experience. Period. And they want to see the right kind of movie in a communal way with their friends and their family, and they want to share it the way they’ve always shared it. - Fast Company
In its second week on the streaming platform, the disaster movie has recorded 152,290,000 hours streamed between Dec. 27 and Jan 2, putting it right at the top of its leaderboard of globally viewed English-language films. - Variety
"I have had a great run with a company full of people I respect and admire. And I am ready to try something new. I also understand that 4 hosts leaving in a year – three of them POC women – is a red flag." - MSN (Los Angeles Times)
Colorado Public Radio and KOSU in Stillwater, Okla. are taking part in the first two pilot projects of the new venture, in (respectively) water use/scarcity and the economics of Native American communities. More than 20 other public radio stations have expressed interest. - Current
Subscription podcasting offers a new digital business model for NPR and its member stations. But its long-standing mission to inform the public limits how much content the non-profit can put behind a paywall. - Axios
The network's spokesperson says hosts such as Audie Cornish and Noel King simply left for competitors who can pay better. But another departed host, Lulu Garcia-Navarro, tweeted, "People leave jobs for other opportunities if they are unhappy with the opportunities they have." - The Washington Post
"He has re-enacted the photograph in exchange for a fee, many times; he has had the album title... tattooed across his chest; and he has used the connection to try to pick up women." - BBC
When the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. hands out this year’s awards on Sunday, there will be no party atmosphere: No TV show. No stars. No host. - Los Angeles Times
She joined the network as a reporter in 2005 and began hosting the flagship evening program in 2012. She gave no specific reason for her departure, but other well-known hosts who've left NPR in the past few years have gone on to jobs with other outlets. - The Hill
The list includes a couple of huge movie stars whose work this year hasn't caught fire, a few lesser-known talents, a couple of very respected actors who ought to be more famous, and an English heartthrob performing an entire role in German. - The Guardian
In prior years, the Göteborg Film Festival, in Sweden's second city, has put viewers in coffins and kept one lucky attendee alone in an island lighthouse. For 2022, at three gala evenings, a professional hypnotist will attempt to mesmerize the entire room before the screenings. - The Hollywood Reporter
Disney had its worst year since 2008. Discovery, ViacomCBS, AT&T and AMC Networks also ended down. Netflix, Fox, Lionsgate and Sony rose. Comcast was flat. Fubo, a leader last year, took a hiding. Newcomer Endeavor, which went public in April, had a great run, as did Live Nation. - Deadline
