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☀️FOCUS buys Alexander Payne pic for $30 Mil at TIFF

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☀️FOCUS buys Alexander Payne pic for $30 Mil at TIFF

A24's Sofia Coppola PRISCILLA PRESLEY pic / NFL returns big on Sunday night / EMMYS repeat Series winners, but show SQUID love

Sean McNulty
Sep 13, 2022
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☀️FOCUS buys Alexander Payne pic for $30 Mil at TIFF

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Mornin! This is Sean McNulty and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on TUESDAY September 13, 2022.

Where how about that competition last night? Yeah the SEAHAWKS / BRONCOS Monday Night Football game was a real nailbiter… oh right! The EMMYS. Your winners are here. And more importantly of course, which outlets won how many, is here. (hint: HBOMAX 37, NETFLIX 26)

And if there’s any way we can implement a rule that all presenter shtick has to be kept to certified comedy professionals, that’d be great. It just looks more painful when you following something like this… with a way-too-long “Law & Order” uh, ‘sketch’.

AS FOR THE RATINGS: We’ll have to wait until tomorrow to see if you cynical realist 75% of respondents were correct on your prediction of an EMMYS audience below 7.5 Million from my Wakeup poll yesterday.

JUST IN TIME: iOS 16 dropped today in case you want upgrade your iPhone software - which now allows you to edit an iMessage text (EMMY related or not) within 15 mins of sending, or delete it I think within a minute or so. Because as we all know… no one in HOLLYWOOD is on their phones all the time, immediately looking at things as soon as they come in 😳.

ALSO: SNL will return on Oct 1, no host or music guest info avail yet. Lorne is expecting to add at least 4 new members to the cast in the next 2 weeks.

AND: Chris Stapleton, Luke Bryan, Kane Brown and frankly a bunch of other dudes will headline CA’s STAGECOACH festival this April. Tix go on sale this Friday.

PLUS: MORGAN WALLEN set a new Billboard record for consecutive weeks in the Top 10 Albums chart by an artist at… 86 weeks. It’s actually back up to #2 this week. #cancelculture? However it falls far short of the all-time record for any album, as 6 soundtrack or cast albums had longer runs. You go “My Fair Lady” cast album! #173Weeks

IN THIS EDITION:

  • FOX gets… OK “Monarch” launch post-NFL on Sunday while NBC NFL ratings boom to make up for Thursday.

  • Sophia Coppola casts “Euphoria” star to play Elvis in her new A24 pic.

  • Internal FB data shows just how much TIKTOK is crushing Reels.

  • PAR+ putting Sanaa Lathan directed pic in theaters this month.

  • UTA partner departs for PARADIGM, and more

AND: The Ankler will have a new Hot Seat podcast up today with Richard & Janice breaking down the EMMYS while I probably offer some additional unwanted NFL commentary from Monday Night Football (which I would argue was more exciting #17-16!), and Richard will further detail his key takeaways from his experiences outlined in his column on the big TIFF 4-day launch weekend.

  • Subscribe at SPOTIFY or APPLE or wherever you listen and you’ll get it as soon as it’s up TODAY as always.


📽 THE SILVER SCREEN

I mean, Paul’s never one for big deal news exuberance energy. via giphy

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