☀️'Beetlejuice' Rules Again as LGF Goes 0 for 3
PAR gets next Colleen Hoover pic / AMAZON's big TNF debut / DISNEY-DIRECTV stalemate ends
Evenin! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LinkedIn here if ya like), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on SUNDAY, September 15, 2024.
Where the NY GIANTS now have the same record this season as the team that was one game away from the Super Bowl last year (BALTIMORE RAVENS), and the team that was one win away in 2022 (CINCINNATI BENGALS).
Unfortunately, that record is 0-2.
AND: Obviously the Emmys are ongoing here tonight — the list of winners will update at this link if helpful. Also Katey Rich will be doing a special Monday Emmys edition of her Prestige Junkie podcast tomorrow. It’ll be on APPLE here, SPOTIFY here, or just search Prestige Junkie wherever you listen.
PLUS: The TIFF Audience Award reinforced that this Oscar season has no frontrunner . . . and will likely be a year of surprises, as the people gave it to Tom Hiddleston’s The Life of Chuck from Mike Flanagan, based on a Stephen King novella, set in a crumbling world that is told in 3 chapters — in reverse. The pic still doesn’t have a U.S. distributor.
NETFLIX’s Emilia Pérez and NEON’s Anora were the two runners-up.
THEN: 60 Minutes started off the season with a banger tonight — highly recommend.
All segments are available here, but this one 👇 on January 6th prosecutions . . . and a reminder of exactly what happened that day, was something I particularly hope voters in Ohio, Wisconsin and other swing states stayed tuned for after the NFL.
WAKEUP BOX OFFICE POLL
No surprises with Speak No Evil, the vox populi choice here had it:
FINALLY: Just in case you wonder what tech billionaire dinner conversation is like — it’s probably pretty similar to what you’d think.
The bigger question of course:
📽 THE SILVER SCREEN
