http://www.showbizsandbox.com Showbiz Sandbox is a podcast featuring industry professionals J. Sperling Reich, Karen Woodward and Michael Giltz’s humorous viewpoints, insightful analysis and insider opinions on the latest entertainment news headlines. The weekly podcast features renowned industry guests, as well as phone calls and emails from listeners who voice their own opinions on the child’s play of the entertainment business. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:48:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Showbiz Sandbox is a podcast featuring industry professionals J. Sperling Reich, Karen Woodward and Michael Giltz’s humorous viewpoints, insightful analysis and insider opinions on the latest entertainment news headlines. The weekly podcast features renowned industry guests, as well as phone calls and emails from listeners who voice their own opinions on the child’s play of the entertainment business. J. Sperling Reich, Karen Woodward & Michael Giltz no J. Sperling Reich, Karen Woodward & Michael Giltz sperling@showbizsandbox.com sperling@showbizsandbox.com (J. Sperling Reich, Karen Woodward & Michael Giltz) 2009 The podcast that brings you all the dirt on the news making headlines around the entertainment world. Entertainment, Movies, Film, Television, TV, Music, Theater, Broadway http://www.showbizsandbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/showbiz-sandbox-podcast-artwork-with-photos.png http://www.showbizsandbox.com http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/07/26/showbiz-sandbox-64-buzzing-about-comic-con-digital-comics-and-e-books/ http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/07/26/showbiz-sandbox-64-buzzing-about-comic-con-digital-comics-and-e-books/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:32:52 +0000 J. Sperling Reich http://www.showbizsandbox.com/?p=938 http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/07/26/showbiz-sandbox-64-buzzing-about-comic-con-digital-comics-and-e-books/feed/ 0 "Animal Farm","Batman 3","Catfish","Green Hornet","Inception","Salt","Scott Pilgrim vs. The World","The Avengers","The Walking Dead",Alex Billington,Alex Pham,Amazon Geoff Boucher of the Los Angeles Times, Alex Billington of First Showing and Anne Thompson of indieWIRE all attended the 41st annual Comic-Con. They stop by to fill us in on all the the movies and television shows that managed to generate a lot of buz... Geoff Boucher (http://twitter.com/LATherocomplex) of the Los Angeles Times (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/), Alex Billington (http://twitter.com/firstshowing) of First Showing (http://twitter.com/firstshowing) and Anne Thompson (http://twitter.com/akstanwyck) of indieWIRE (http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/) all attended the 41st annual Comic-Con (http://www.comic-con.org/). They stop by to fill us in on all the the movies and television shows that managed to generate a lot of buzz (as well as a few that fizzled). We recap the pop-culture convention's highlights and breaking news items. Of course, before Comic-Con invited movies and television shows to the party, it used to be about buying and selling comic books. However, as Alex Pham (http://twitter.com/alexpham) of the Los Angeles Times (http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fiw-0718-reading-20100718,0,1216316,full.story) informs us, physical comic books may be an endangered item thanks to the growing popularity of digital comics. These newfangled comics have animation, sound effects and narration. Pham also explains how e-books are changing the future of how and what we read. E-books were the source of major controversy in the publishing world this past week. Literary agent Andrew Wylie announced he would bypass traditional publishing firms and form his own digital publishing company to release e-book versions of his client's work, including out of print work from the likes of John Updike and and Philip Roth. Rachel Deahl (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rachel-deahl/1/b13/a16), senior news editor at Publishers Weekly (http://www.publishersweekly.com), tells us why this move was so controversial within the publishing industry. During Big Deal or Big Whoop we rant about the week's top entertainment headlines, including Justin Bieber's acting debut, Netflix's Canadian venture as well as some jail time for Lindsey Lohan and Wesley Snipes. Comical voicemail messages from Viacom head Sumner Redstone are the topic of this week's Inside Baseball segment. Comic-Con 2010: The Hero Complex Version http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/07/comiccon-2010-the.... (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/07/comiccon-2010-the-hero-complex-collection.html) First Showing's Comic-Con Coverage http://www.firstshowing.net/category/comic-con10/ (http://www.firstshowing.net/category/comic-con10/) Thompson On Hollywood's Comic-Con Coverage http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/category/comic-con/ (http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/category/comic-con/) Digital Comics: Nemesis Or Sidekick To Comic Book Culture? http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-digital-comics-20100723,0,3873557.story (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-digital-comics-20100723,0,3873557.story) Electronic Reading Devices Transforming The Concept Of A Book http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/18/business/la-fiw-0718-reading-20100718 (http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/18/business/la-fiw-0718-reading-20100718) Literary Agency Plans E-Book Editions http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/books/22odyssey.html?_r=1 (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/books/22odyssey.html?_r=1) Agency Publishes 20 'Modern Classics' On Kindle, Cutting Out Publishers http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20011313-1.html (http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20011313-1.html) Random House Prepared To Challenge Wylie Agency's New Publishing Biz http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content.... (http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/43925-random-house-prepared-to-challenge-wylie-agency-s-new-publishing-biz.html) Stampede At German Love Parade Festival Kills 19 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10751899 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10751899) After Media Frenzy Lindsay Lohan Begins Life In Jail http://insession.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/22/after-media-frenzy.... J. Sperling Reich, Karen Woodward & Michael Giltz no 1:09:32 http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/05/11/showbiz-sandbox-53-im-sleeping-with-richard-dreyfuss/ http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/05/11/showbiz-sandbox-53-im-sleeping-with-richard-dreyfuss/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 13:14:23 +0000 J. Sperling Reich http://www.showbizsandbox.com/?p=814 http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/05/11/showbiz-sandbox-53-im-sleeping-with-richard-dreyfuss/feed/ 0 Air France,American Idol,Bret Michaels,Cannes Film Festival,FCC,IndieWire,Julia Louis-Dreyfus,Lena Horne,Lindsey Lohan,MetroLyrics,Newsweek,Slate The Cannes Film Festival kicks off in France this week and our very own Michael Giltz and J. Sperling Reich are on the Croisette to cover all the news. When they're not sharing a bed they'll be seeing all the big movies and speaking with all the filmm... The Cannes Film Festival kicks off in France this week and our very own Michael Giltz (http://www.michaelgiltz.com/) and J. Sperling Reich (http://www.twitter.com/sperling) are on the Croisette to cover all the news. When they're not sharing a bed they'll be seeing all the big movies and speaking with all the filmmakers. Back in North America "Iron Man 2" opened to huge numbers, earning $128 million over the weekend, giving it the fifth biggest opening of all time. Meanwhile, the Washington Post is struggling with it's own numbers. The media company has decided to put Newsweek magazine up for sale as its profit has declined 30%. On the other hand, their online property Slate.com has seen ad revenue increase 30%. Another group looking to make money online are music publishers. They're going after websites that publish music lyrics without permission. Even though song lyrics are copyrighted, how much money could there possibly be in such sites? On television, 88-year-old actress Betty White continued her improbable comeback by scoring huge ratings when she hosted last week's "Saturday Night Live". Another actress making a comeback is Lindsay Lohan who was just cast in a porn film. . . sort of. She'll be playing Linda Lovelace in a biopic about the porn star. During Inside Baseball we discuss the recent FCC ruling allowing movie studios to prevent home viewers from recording their video-on-demand purchases. On paper, the wavier granted to the studios is meant to prevent piracy, though what it will really allow is movies to be released in theatres and on VOD at the same time. Legendary Jazz Singer Lena Horne Dies At 92 http://www.billboard.com/news/legendary-jazz-singer-lena-horne-dies-at.... (http://www.billboard.com/news/legendary-jazz-singer-lena-horne-dies-at-1004089663.story) Cannes Film Festival Makes Do With A Lighter Lineup http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126720373&ft=1&f=1045 (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126720373&ft=1&f=1045) Newsweek For Sale http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/magazines.... (http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/magazines-newspapers/e3ia9f1b586d3151064e15aed4076b56491) Slate Reports 30% Ad Revenue Increase http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/entry/50980/slate-reports-30.... (http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/entry/50980/slate-reports-30-ad-revenue-increase-while-slate-group-jumps-52/) Indiewire Blog Network Grows http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/2010/05/10/cannes.... (http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/2010/05/10/cannes_veteran_sydney_levine_joins_indiewire_blog_network/) Lyrics Sites At Center of Fight Over Royalties http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/business/media/10lyrics.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/business/media/10lyrics.html) 'Idol' Builds Heading Into Season Finale http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Overnights.... (http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Overnights_50/-Idol-builds-heading-into-season-finale.asp) http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/media/.... (http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/media/e3i0b2233969ec82f2c9e9a02a5cd17cc13) Julia Louis-Dreyfus Gets Walk of Fame Typo http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/.... (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/05/julia-louis-dreyfus-gets-walk-of-fame-typo/1) Betty White Hosts SNL and Pulls In Huge Ratings http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/comments_blog/2010/05/.... (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/comments_blog/2010/05/facebook-betty-white-snl-ratings-tina-fey.html) Glam Metal Star Bret Michaels Reveals I'm Lucky To Be Alive http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1553767.php.... (http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1553767.php/Glam-metal-star-Bret-Michaels-reveals-Im-lucky-to-be-alive) Taylor Swift To Receive Award At Songwriter's Hall Of Fame http://news. J. Sperling Reich, Karen Woodward & Michael Giltz no 59:56 http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/01/18/showbiz-sandbox-38-gender-matters-in-hollywood/ http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/01/18/showbiz-sandbox-38-gender-matters-in-hollywood/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:13:36 +0000 J. Sperling Reich http://www.showbizsandbox.com/?p=623 http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/01/18/showbiz-sandbox-38-gender-matters-in-hollywood/feed/ 0 "Avatar","Spider-Man 4","The Hurt Locker",Academy Awards,Ann Hornaday,Conan O'Brien,David Letterman,Dylan Stableford,Golden Globes,Guy Lodge,In Contention,IndieWire The New Year may have started off slow, but 2010 is heating up! “Avatar” is on track to top “Titanic” as the highest grossing film of all time, The Golden Globes were handed out on Sunday and of course the late night talk show war has really taken some... The New Year may have started off slow, but 2010 is heating up! “Avatar” is on track to top “Titanic” as the highest grossing film of all time, The Golden Globes were handed out on Sunday and of course the late night talk show war has really taken some interesting turns. Dylan Stableford (http://twitter.com/stableford) who writes The Wrap’s Media Alley (http://www.thewrap.com/column/media-alley) column joins us to talk about his post, “The Vilification of Leno: Loud, Nasty and Fleeting (http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/vilification-jay-leno-does-it-matter-12930).” Will audiences warm up to Jay Leno again? Who was the bad guy in all this fracas? Leno, Conan O’Brien, or NBC? In movie news, director Sam Raimi and star Tobey Maguire dropped out of “Spider-Man 4” and Sony now says it plans to reboot the franchise with a younger actor. Finally, though she didn’t win a Golden Globe, director Kathryn Bigelow is earning critical praise for her film “The Hurt Locker.” Academy Award nominations have yet to be announced, but she appears to have a lock on one, and may be the first woman to win the best director Oscar in the history of the awards show. Women in Hollywood and the film industry is a topic we discuss frequently here on Showbiz Sandbox thanks in part to Karen Woodward. Joining us to discuss the issue today is Matthew Hammett Knott a London-based writer and guest columnist at indieWIRE who wrote a post titled, “Is Kathryn Bigelow a Female Director? (http://www.indiewire.com/article/for_your_consideration_is_kathryn_bigelow_a_female_director/)” Picking up where Matthew left off is Guy Lodge, a freelance writer and screenwriter based in London, who is a contributor to the In Contention Blog, which covers the awards season. He wrote a post recently on In Contention titled “How Relevant is Kathryn Bigelow's Gender? (http://incontention.com/?p=20468)” Finally, we are joined by Ann Hornaday (http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/articles/ann+hornaday/), film critic for the Washington Post, whose article on women in film (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/23/AR2009102300194.html?sid=ST2009102204685) we discussed a few weeks ago on Showbiz Sandbox. Let the debates begin. Spider-Man Gets A Reboot http://www.sonypictures.com/corp/press_releases/2010/01_10/011220.... (http://www.sonypictures.com/corp/press_releases/2010/01_10/01122010_spm4.html) It's Over! NBC To Pay Conan $30 Million http://www.thewrap.com/article/breaking-nbc-pay-conan-30m-13048 (http://www.thewrap.com/article/breaking-nbc-pay-conan-30m-13048) Tallying The NBC Damage http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-01-15/.... (http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-01-15/tallying-the-nbc-damage/) The Vilification of Leno: Loud, Nasty and Fleeting http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/vilification-jay-leno-does-it-matter-12930 (http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/vilification-jay-leno-does-it-matter-12930) Guess Who Said It? Late Night Edition http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/guess-who-said-it-late-night-edition/ (http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/guess-who-said-it-late-night-edition/ ) Did TMZ gain glory or did they lose face by jumping gun before it was actually settled? http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news.... (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ia62d19a7acb838db6035b952fde09415) Beyonce Performs for Gadaffi http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/beyonce-performing-gaddafi-photos-surface/ (http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/beyonce-performing-gaddafi-photos-surface/) Glee's Matthew Morrison Signs To Mercury Records http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/2008-12-6-the-beat-goes-on/posts/glee-s.... (http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/2008-12-6-the-beat-goes-on/posts/glee-s-matthew-morrison-signs-to-mercury-records) For Your Consideration: Is Kathryn Bigelow A Female Director? http://www.indiewire. J. Sperling Reich, Karen Woodward & Michael Giltz no 1:18:26 http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/12/07/showbiz-sandbox-32-grammys-and-spirits-and-comcast-oh-my/ http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/12/07/showbiz-sandbox-32-grammys-and-spirits-and-comcast-oh-my/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:26:10 +0000 J. Sperling Reich http://www.showbizsandbox.com/?p=538 http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/12/07/showbiz-sandbox-32-grammys-and-spirits-and-comcast-oh-my/feed/ 0 "The Blind Side","The Princess and the Frog","Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn","Twilight Saga: New Moon",ABC,Adam Lambert,Comcast,David Wild,Eugene Hernandez,IndieWire,Lala,NBC Universal Rolling Stone contributing editor David Wild joins us this week to talk about the 52nd Annual Grammy nominations, a subject he knows a lot about since he's one of the writers on the awards show. If music isn't your thing than maybe independent film is. Rolling Stone contributing editor David Wild (http://www.twitter.com/wildaboutmusic) joins us this week to talk about the 52nd Annual Grammy nominations, a subject he knows a lot about since he's one of the writers on the awards show. If music isn't your thing than maybe independent film is. Eugene Hernandez (http://www.twitter.com/eug), editor of indieWIRE (http://www.indiewire.com) drops by to discuss the Spirit Award nominees as well as the official selections of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. In other news, Sandra Bullock continues to impress moviegoing audiences in "The Blind Side" which knocked "Twilight Saga: New Moon" out of first place in the North American box office over the weekend. Speaking of "Twilight" who would you like to see direct the fourth installment of the franchise, "Breaking Dawn"? J. Sperling Reich (http://www.twitter.com/sperling), Michael Giltz (http://www.michaelgiltz.com) and Karen Woodward (http://www.twitter.com/kwoody3939) agree that it's probably not going to be Tim Burton, Peter Jackson or Quenten Tarantino as Moviefone suggests. But then stranger things have happened. Kind of like Apple buying Lala (http://www.lala.com). What could they possibly be planning to do with the struggling music social network?  Singer Adam Lambert's performance controversy gets moved back to Big Deal or Big Whoop this week where we also debate whether an Entourage movie and Alec Baldwin's acting future are worth our attention. Finally, we end with some Inside Baseball and review Comcast’s proposed purchase of NBC Universal. Should anti-trust regulators be concerned? Is this the beginning of the end or the beginning of the beginning? David Wild's Book: He Is . . . I Say: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neil Diamond (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002ECEUT4?ie=UTF8&tag=showbsandb-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002ECEUT4)(http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=showbsandb-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B002ECEUT4) Surprise! Few Surprises In Grammy Nominations http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/arts/music/04grammys.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/arts/music/04grammys.html) Spirit Awards: The Nominees http://www.indiewire.com/article/spirit_awards_the_nominees/ (http://www.indiewire.com/article/spirit_awards_the_nominees/) Fewer Films And A New Section For Sundance 2010: Competitions Lineup Announced http://www.indiewire.com/sundance_10_competitions_lineup_announced/ (http://www.indiewire.com/article/fewer_films_and_a_new_section_for_sundance_10_competitions_lineup_announced/) 5 Directors Who Could Tackle 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn' http://insidemovies.moviefone.com/2009/12/02/directors-who-could-tackle.... (http://insidemovies.moviefone.com/2009/12/02/directors-who-could-tackle-the-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn/) Apple Buys Music Service Lala At A Fire Sale Price http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091204/apple-in-talks-to-buy-lala/ (http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091204/confirmed-apple-in-talks-to-buy-music-service-lala-com/) Apple Strikes Deal To Buy Music Startup Lala http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/05/technology/.... (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/05/technology/companies/05apple.html?_r=2&hpw) ABC Drops Lambert From Kimmel and New Year's Eve Slates http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/2008-12-6-the-beat-goes-on/posts/abc-drops-adam.... (http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/2008-12-6-the-beat-goes-on/posts/abc-drops-adam-lambert-from-kimmel-and-new-year-s-eve-slates) FCC Complaint Is At Center of ABC and Adam Lambert's Woes http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/12/even-though-lambert-was.... (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/12/even-though-lambert-was-received-well-last-week-for-his-performances-on-the-early-show-and-the-ellen-degeneres-show-abc-has-o.html) Alec Baldwin Says He'll Quite Acting After '30 Rock' http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/01/alec.baldwin.quits/index.html (http://www.cnn. J. Sperling Reich, Karen Woodward & Michael Giltz no http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/08/24/showbiz-sandbox-17-twitter-makes-movie-critics-important-again/ http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/08/24/showbiz-sandbox-17-twitter-makes-movie-critics-important-again/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:36:52 +0000 J. Sperling Reich http://www.showbizsandbox.com/?p=329 http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/08/24/showbiz-sandbox-17-twitter-makes-movie-critics-important-again/feed/ 0 "Avatar","Dancing With The Stars","Dirty Dancing","Inglorious Basterds","Shutter Island","Yellow Submarine",Anne Thompson,IndieWire,Paramount Pictures,Radiohead,Redbox,Thom Yorke Anne Thompson of “Thompson On Hollywood” joins us again this week, with big news of her own: Her blog is now a part of the indieWire network, where she will shine the Hollywood light on outlet which has traditionally covered the indie scene. Anne Thompson of “Thompson On Hollywood” joins us again this week, with big news of her own: Her blog is now a part of the indieWire network, where she will shine the Hollywood light on outlet which has traditionally covered the indie scene. Thompson can now be read at http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood (http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood), and you can always follow her on twitter at twitter.com/akstanwyck (http://www.twitter.com/akstanwyck). Speaking of Twitter, is the social media platform responsible for the successful opening weekend of “Inglorious Basterds”? “Bruno” and “GI Joe” plummeted at the box office within their opening weekends, and box office watchers posit that social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook have a lot to do with it. Bad news travels fast. Obviously so does good news – and the best news is that studios may have to start making – gasp – watchable movies! Friday, August 21st was Avatar Day, when fans could hustle over to their nearest IMAX theatre to watch 16 minutes of 3D footage from James Cameron’s “Avatar.” The web site on which people could reserve tickets crashed on the first day because demand was so high, but apparently many theaters were near empty. Could that have anything to do with the trailer being available online beforehand? Entertainment journalist Michael Giltz (http://www.twitter.com/michaelgiltz) saw both versions of the trailer and didn't think either were engaging. Paramount is pushing “Shutter Island,” the Leonardo DiCaprio movie directed by Martin Scorsese, to February. This may be a sign that the film isn’t Oscar worthy, or perhaps it’s not meant to be Oscar worthy. It's certainly ture that Paramount doesn’t have the budget to both market the movie's release and promote an Oscar campaign. Paramount seems to be doing a lot of dumping these days following the shuttering of Paramount Vantage. Of course when one of those movies is “The Goods” starring Jeremy Piven, it probably deserves to be dumped. Studios are clearly looking at the bottom line these days, as the recent hulabalu over Redbox demonstrates. TimeWarner chairman Jeff Bewkes compared Redbox to second-run movie theatres. According to Patrick Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times, by trying to keep their product away from Redbox for as long as possible, the studios are doing what all businesses do when threatened by dramatic change -- they're trying to hang on to their business model for as long as possible. Meanwhile, the Redbox antitrust suit against Universal was upheld… This is starting to sound like a movie that should star George Clooney. And we start our remake watch in this episode! Disney is in negotiations with Bob Zemeckis to direct a remake of the Beatles’ animated movie “Yellow Submarine,” Lionsgate is putting Baby back in the corner again (“Dirty Dancing”), and Bryan Singer is developing an “Excalibur” remake. Meanwhile in television is giving us plenty of reality shows, such as “Dancing with Stars,” which announced the line up for its ninth season, a list that included disgraced Congressman Tom Delay. In music news, Radiohead’s Thom York dissed the album format but that doesn’t mean free business models don't work…just ask, well, Radiohead and Thom York. Turns out they leaked their latest song on bittorrent. Someone who still believes in records is Willie Nelson, who is now following Giltz on Twitter. Giltz (http://www.michaelgiltz.com) thinks Nelson's new record "American Classic" is one of his best. And our Inside Baseball news this week focuses on the Hollywood Health Report. When this many deck chairs are about to be rearranged, folks in Hollywood start speculating which studios are on the rise and which might be in trouble. Anne Thompson helps us sort it all out. Twittering May Have Impact At The Box Office http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/19/AR2009081904279.html?hpid=artsliving (http://www.washingtonpost. J. Sperling Reich, Karen Woodward & Michael Giltz no http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/07/20/episdoe-12-i-want-to-be-korbi/ http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/07/20/episdoe-12-i-want-to-be-korbi/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:30:05 +0000 J. Sperling Reich http://www.showbizsandbox.com/?p=201 http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/07/20/episdoe-12-i-want-to-be-korbi/feed/ 0 "30 Rock","Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince",Anne Thompson,Comcast,Deadline Hollywood Daily,Emmys,IndieWire,James Rainey,Korbi Ghosh,Korbi TV,Nikki Finke,Thompson On Hollywood Korbi Ghosh of Zap2it's Korbi TV blog joins us this week to discuss a bunch of television news including the Emmy nominations.  Korbi's blog shares scoops, spoilers and breaking news with a community of fellow TV fanatics. Korbi Ghosh of Zap2it's Korbi TV (http://blog.zap2it.com/korbitv/) blog joins us this week to discuss a bunch of television news including the Emmy nominations.  Korbi (http://www.twitter.com/korbigirl)'s blog shares scoops, spoilers and breaking news with a community of fellow TV fanatics. She often appears on the TV Guide Channel, delivering her expert opinion on the television topic of the day and has filmed guest spot appearances on series such as "Scrubs" and "Greek."  Michael Giltz (http://www.michaelgiltz.com), whose writing appears in the New York Daily News, the Huffington Post and the Advocate also joins us this week. The Emmy nominations were led by “30 Rock” which garnered a total of 22 (plus, noms for supporting cast Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer and Tracy Morgan!) A surprise nomination for Jim Parsons for Actor in a Comedy Series (the the underrated “Big Bang Theory”), Simon Baker (“The Mentalist”),  and Farrah Fawcett, nominated posthumously for “Farrah’s Story.”  Snubbed one again were “Friday Night Lights,”  “Battlestar Galactica,” “So You Think You Can Dance,” and that show’s host, Cat Deeley. A big nod to Twitter, the technology microblogging platform, that allowed nominees to make their own statements instead of issuing a standard press release written by their publicists. In other entertainment news, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” won the weekly box office war, Paul Adbul fights for a larger salary, more networks are joining Comcast Corp.'s nationwide test of an online-video subscription offering (do you watch television online?) and “Being Relentless and Sharp Pays Off  For Deadline Hollywood Daily's Nikki Finke. '30 Rock' Gets Record 22 Emmy Nominations http://theenvelope.latimes.com/la-et-emmys-main17-2009jul17,0,4737929.story (http://theenvelope.latimes.com/la-et-emmys-main17-2009jul17,0,4737929.story) Full List of 2009 Emmy Nominations http://www.zap2it.com/news/env-09-emmy-list16-2009jul16-html,0,2217888.htmlstory (http://www.zap2it.com/news/env-09-emmy-list16-2009jul16-html,0,2217888.htmlstory) Emmy Noms 2009: Who Was Robbed & Who Will You Be Rooting For http://blog.zap2it.com/korbitv/2009/07/emmy-noms-2009-who-was-robbed-who-will-you-be-rooting-for.html (http://blog.zap2it.com/korbitv/2009/07/emmy-noms-2009-who-was-robbed-who-will-you-be-rooting-for.html) Emmy Nominees Slow To Share On Twitter http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2009/07/emmy-nominees-slow-to-share-on-twitter.html (http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2009/07/emmy-nominees-slow-to-share-on-twitter.html) Farrah Fawcett Receives Posthumous Emmy Award Nomination For 'Farrahs Story' http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/07/farrah-fawcett-receives-posthumous-emmy-award-nomination-for-farrahs-story-tv-news-1357986.htm (http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/07/farrah-fawcett-receives-posthumous-emmy-award-nomination-for-farrahs-story-tv-news-1357986.htm) 'Idol' Might Lose Paula Abdul If Producers Don't Step Up With New Deal http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/americanidoltracker/2009/07/paula-abduls-manager-shell-leave-idol-if-producers-dont-step-up-new-deal.html (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/americanidoltracker/2009/07/paula-abduls-manager-shell-leave-idol-if-producers-dont-step-up-new-deal.html) TV Networks Join Comcast Web Test http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124760866232541453.html?mod=googlenews_wsj (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124760866232541453.html?mod=googlenews_wsj) Tony Hale In 'CTRL' of NBC Digital's New Series http://news.tubefilter.tv/2009/07/15/tony-hale-in-ctrl-of-nbc-digitals-new-series/ (http://news.tubefilter.tv/2009/07/15/tony-hale-in-ctrl-of-nbc-digitals-new-series/) 'Harry Potter' Breaks Hollywood Midnight Ticket Sales Record http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/07/harry-potter-midnight-ticket-sales.html (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/07/harry-potter-midnight-ticket-sales.html) J. 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