Taking his seat for a panel on the subject of women in country music at Country Radio Seminar last week, one of the speakers, Damon Moberly, VP of promotion at the Mercury Nashville label, made a quip about what a minefield the topic has been. 14 more words
via A Country Music Conference Dares Wonder: Could 2020 Be ‘the Year of the Woman’? — Variety
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched the ninth episode of Season 24 of “The Bachelor” And then there were three. Last week, titular bachelor Peter Weber survived a round-robin of meet the parents, and chose to continue his journey with three women: Madison Prewett, Hannah Ann Sluss and Victoria Fuller.…
Robbie Robertson recalls his earliest music memory of being on the Six Nation Indian Reserve in New York and everyone around him could play an instrument. 33 more words
Netflix has swooped in and taken global rights outside Australia to the Cate Blanchett-starring and exec-produced refugee drama series “Stateless,” following its world premiere in Berlin this week. 30 more words
Leading Russian animation company Riki Group, home of brands such as “Kikoriki” and “BabyRiki,” has acquired Aeroplane Prods., the producer of cartoon franchise “The Fixies.” In Berlin, Riki Group is selling “Finnick,” a feature film about a mischievous furry creature who plays pranks on the family who lives in his house. 7 more words
via Animation Company Riki Buys ‘The Fixies’ Producer Aeroplane (EXCLUSIVE) — Variety
After its usual slow start, Berlin’s European Film Market came to closely resemble the state of the underlying film industry: unsettled, angry and uneasily attempting to adjust to major change. 27 more words
via Berlin Film Market: Unsettled, Angry and Adjusting to Upheaval — Variety
These days, the horror-fantasy thriller tends to be a junk metaphysical spook show that throws a whole lot of scary clutter at the audience — ghosts, “demons,” mad killers — without necessarily adding up to an experience that’s about anything. 21 more words
via Elisabeth Moss in ‘The Invisible Man’: Film Review — Variety
Young Italian director Chiara Bellosi is at the Berlinale with “Ordinary Justice” which examines the lives of two families on opposite sides of a murder case who intersect on the benches outside the room where the case is being tried. 24 more words
via ‘Ordinary Justice’ Director Chiara Bellosi on Fascination With Courthouses — Variety
Hillary Clinton has said that the jury’s verdict in the trial of Harvey Weinstein, formerly one of her primary Hollywood donors, “really speaks for itself.” “It is obviously something that people have looked at and followed, because it was time for an accounting and the jury clearly found that,” said Clinton, who was speaking Tuesday…
via Hillary Clinton on Harvey Weinstein: ‘It Was Time for An Accounting’ — Variety
After a close box office battle, Paramount’s “Sonic the Hedgehog” pulled ahead of Disney and 20th Century’s “The Call of the Wild” on North American charts. 34 more words
via Box Office: ‘Sonic’ Narrowly Beats Harrison Ford’s ‘Call of the Wild’ — Variety
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