“Caleb Landry Jones on His Demented, Lysergic Musical Debut, Not Unlike Background Music at a Haunted Circus”

“CBS, which broadcasts the awards show, hasn’t expressed interest in a lo-fi version.”
 2020 Tonys Could Be Cancelled

“Publishers receive just half the money spent on their digital ads by premium brands such as Unilever and Nestlé. The two-year study by PwC, prompted by the deep concerns of publishers and advertisers, is the first end-to-end look at the inner workings of a market worth £2 billion in the UK and about $123 billion worldwide. As well as finding that at least half of a brand’s digital marketing spend is absorbed before reaching a publisher, the researchers also discovered that almost a third of those ad-placing costs were untraceable.”

Pre-Show Commercials Vendor National CineMedia Troubled By Widening Losses

“Most industry figures believe the matter will resolve itself once cooler heads prevail. One distribution veteran said: “AMC could punish Universal for a couple of films, but the big dinosaur is the James Bond film that Universal has internationally. I just can’t imagine that AMC or Cineworld would not play that film.” The twenty-fifth 007 installment was postponed until November and will open in the US through United Artists Releasing and across the rest of the world via Universal. Insiders agree AMC, reportedly facing bankruptcy after it closed its doors in mid-March due to the coronavirus outbreak, is in no position to pick a fight with a franchise-rich studio backed by a telecoms giant.”

Disney Billion-Dollar Revenue Hit Enough To Cancel Semi-Annual $1.6 Billion Dividend Payout

NASA Elated About Space Cruise

Brian Newman: “If you are launching a brand-new film that is still seeking distribution, no. If you have a short, or an older film, or one where you have locked in distribution (and if your distributor agrees), or one where you are doing a DIY release — sure, consider it. But if you are trying to premiere a feature film, and you don’t yet have distribution, then as of now you can’t consider these online festivals because buyers consider them a conflict with their distribution of your film. They do not see it as word-of-mouth building, or good PR, or a way to test or prove audience demand. They see it as a distraction at best, and lost income, or a loss of control or a loss of premiere status at worst.”

“As the virus swept China during Lunar New Year, typically one of the year’s biggest moviegoing periods, the country’s most engaging content ended up on mobile. Would-be moviegoers posted video clips of themselves going curling in their kitchen with pots and wet mops, or playing pool on the dining room table with cups and cherry tomatoes. From January 25 to 27, 600 million viewers tuned into digital giant Bytedance’s platforms to watch, for free, the only new blockbuster they’d have access to for months: director Xu Zheng’s family comedy Lost in Russia. People across the country watched a theatrical tentpole premiere on their phones.”

Trump Pal Pecker’s National Enquirer, Which Passed Along At Least $150,000 In Trump Sex Scandal Hush Money, Cadges For $5 Million Federal Pandemic Payout

“CEO Bob Chapek announced on the earnings call that Disney Cruise Line will be the last portion of their businesses to reopen.”

Apple Issues Cheap Bonds To Further Stock Buybacks and Dividends

“Are the new owners of the Chicago Tribune using the cover of virus to gut the newspaper’s staff?”

“We haven’t planned anything with that show, I kind of feel like if I did that tour. I know they look very casual and easy but they’re actually kind of a lot of work to make, the editing is very intense. I don’t know, I feel like I may have done that exploration at this point.” 
Seinfeld Articulates Why His Crackle-Originated Netflix Series Is Likely Done

Comcast NBCUniversal Cuts Executive Pay; Also Claws Back Raises For Those Making Over $100,000 By Twenty Percent

“The more I think about it, it’s just completely futile. At least a big seated venue has space where they can keep people apart. But I don’t know how that works for a general admission venue. Are you going to stop them from using the restroom?”
LA Troubadour Club Doesn’t Expect To Weather Crisis

Kim Morgan on “Jean Arthur, the Nonconformist”

Roger Deakins Has A Podcast

Five-Year MSNBC and NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack, 73, Fired; Hired Megyn Kelly, In Charge When Weinstein Story Quashed And Ronan Farrow Rebuffed; Also Supervised Matt Lauer Harassment Era; Noah Oppenheim Left in Wings As NBC News President

“Cesar Conde, the company’s new chairman, is the first Latino to hold that position”

“All of these [scandals] happened on Lack’s watch, and dominated the public’s understanding of NBC News. In the case of Kelly, the decision to hire her was explicitly his. And Lack’s own judgment and behavior came under scrutiny after Farrow reported on allegations that Lack had an extramarital affair with a subordinate while he was an executive at CBS News.”

“Tribune Publishing dropped a bomb on its journalists today: They not only want permanent pay cuts but to furlough half of sports and features along with some photographers until 7/25 without job protections or cutting corporate dividend.”

“Tribune Publishing wants to furlough half of the Chicago Tribune’s features and sports departments, plus an unspecified number of photographers, for three straight months. Their proposal does not include provisions for job protection or any back pay if the company declares a dividend.We are fighting Alden now. The economic downturn opened the door for them to try to gut us despite our union protections.”

“Every Tribune photographer is on the street covering this pandemic five days a week. There are no slow days, and no safe days. The company would like to thank us with unpaid, three-month furloughs.”