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
Of course, there has been grumbling for decades about Nielsen’s methods or the validity of box office projections, but there was generally some kind of verdict once a show aired or a movie opened. Today, not so much. - Deadline
Bob Chapek must simultaneously steer Disney through a cataclysmic transformation while keeping it the world’s most powerful and recognizable entertainment company — despite incursions from powerful and deep-pocketed streaming competitors Netflix, Apple and Amazon. - Los Angeles Times
"It's about more than who you see on screen, she said, but how those characters are written. And who's doing the writing. And what (if any) studio notes they are required to heed — and what's motivating those notes." - Yahoo! (Chicago Tribune)
Regardless of where it sits, TikTok is no joke when it comes to popularity. It had a surge of growth during the pandemic which has seen its demographics expand from mostly just Gen Z to countless people around the planet looking to connect and kill time. - PC Gamer
For Hollywood studios, 2021 was a year of great experimentation and the rare chance to relentlessly test movie distribution patterns in ways they had salivated over prior to the pandemic. - Variety
"They don't want another NeverTrump Republican who will chummily respond to the liberal hosts' musings with 'yes, but' qualifications (their focus groups suggest that viewers like clash). But they also don't want an unvaccinated authoritarian who's going to spit venom in Joy Behar's face." - New York Magazine
It shouldn’t have to be restated every time a lackluster movie is released that a critic’s job is to evaluate a film’s quality and how well it conveys the ideas it presents, not applaud filmmakers on the basis that the ideas they present are correct. - The Daily Beast
