Mornin! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LinkedIn here if ya like), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on THURSDAY January 26, 2023.

Where you know it’s tough when they come for the massages… Yes, among the 12,000 GOOGLE layoffs were unfortunately 27 on-staff massage therapists at the home campus in Silicon Valley. But the hot tub attendants are still good right?

AND: Here are your WGA AWARDS nominees.

ALSO: The internet informed the RAZZIES that nominating a 12 year-old girl is a bad idea.

HUH: This is just a fun read from The Huddle Up (no relation) that I found super interesting for any fellow NFL fans, about how all footballs have a tracking / GPS chip in them to help with stats and calls.

PLUS: Here’s the initial list of GRAMMYS performers this year on Feb 5 from the Crypto.com arena (still goin with that name huh?): Bad Bunny, Mary J. Blige, Brandi Carlile, Luke Combs, Steve Lacy, Lizzo, Kim Petras, and Sam Smith.

NEW FRONTIERS: Mrs. Bezos Lauren Sanchez gave what’s billed as her first solo interview post-ya know to the WSJ. And yes, apparently she’s going to space too.

UMMM: Taking the clickbait a little far here PENSKE empire?

This image is actually a link to a “story” for an SNL promo (with MBJ hosting), in which he fake punches an SNL cast member. For the uh, record - No actual noses were broken… nor was there any involvement of “Creed” cast members (other than MBJ).

IN TODAY’S EDITION:

• NEW LINE gets next film from “Barbarian” writer/director

• The full dive into this morning’s COMCAST Q4 numbers… from PEACOCK loss projections, to lack of Broadband growth, to their best Mobile growth yet and a lot more.

• #2 US movie theater chain indicates it’ll need a buyer, casts a wide net

• Aubrey Plaza nets impressive SNL numbers

• MEMORIAL DAY wknd gets its 4th wide release film and more.

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