The latest Hollywood + Media Business news to know each Weekday Morning in under 10 minutes (usually).
Episodes
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
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LISTEN TO:
ANT CLEMONS + JT “Better Days” on Spotify
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
TRAILER HOUSE:
APPLE TV+ “For All Mankind” season 2 trailer
LISTEN TO:
BLAKE SHELTON “Minimum Wage” on Spotify
Today’s HEADLINES:
WILLY WONKA prequel a go at WB
NETFLIX sets new subscriber records
SAVED BY THE BELL renewed
PARAMOUNT PLUS sets launch plans. Sorta
It’s New President day!
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Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
TRAILER HOUSE:
NETFLIX “I Care a Lot” trailer
"Despicable Me" via Universal Pictures
Today’s HEADLINES:
GODZILLA V KONG release moved up
MARVEL Disney+ show adds Ethan Hawke
PEAKY BLINDERS series ending, doing a movie
Gal Gadot + NETFLIX spy movie
APPLE TV+ giving you 5 more free months
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Friday Jan 15, 2021
Friday Jan 15, 2021
NEW TRAILER:
APPLE TV+ “Cherry” trailer
LISTEN TO:
FOO FIGHTERS “The Pretender” on Spotify
Buy ATHLETIC BREWING here
TODAY’s HEADLINES:
CARDI B doing PARAMOUNT movie
NOMADLAND goes to HULU
Ridley Scott + Joaquin Phoenix NAPOLEON movie sold
DISNEY+ DOOGIE HOWSER reboot cast
New TV + Movies to Watch this Weekend
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Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
NEW TRAILER:
NETFLIX “To All The Boys: Always and Forever” trailer
LISTEN TO:
MORGAN WALLEN “Wasted On You” on Spotify
TODAY'S HEADLINES:
SOPRANOS prequel pushed
SXSW 2021 Lineup
DAVID O RUSSELL movie adds cast
ARMIE HAMMER out of JLO movie
Celeb JEOPARDY hosts announced
COX Cable owes $1bil to Music Labels
SXSW 2021 LINEUP
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Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
NEW TRAILERS:
NETFLIX 2021 movie preview trailer
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH trailer 2
LISTEN TO:
HASTA LA VISTA, AMERICA Alec Baldwin audiobook
Today’s HEADLINES:
Chris Pratt PARAMOUNT movie going to streaming
BATMAN HBOMax show gets new leader
NETFLIX releasing 71 movies in 2021
UNIVISION launching Free streaming service
AT&T TV NOW over
WARNER BROS / HBO Max talent payout details
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
TRAILER HOUSE:
HULU’s “The United States Vs. Billie Holiday” trailer
TNT “Snowpiercer” Season 2 trailer
LISTEN TO:
OLIVIA RODRIGO “Drivers License” on Spotify
Today’s HEADLINES:
WILLOW director departs at Disney+
David E Kelley + NETFLIX + Lincoln Lawyer series
Danny Boyle + FX Sex Pistols miniseries
SONY moves MORBIUS
Aronofsky + Brendan Fraser for A24 movie
SATC stars get huge HBOMax payday
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Monday Jan 11, 2021
Monday Jan 11, 2021
TRAILER HOUSE:
NETFLIX “Malcolm and Marie” trailer
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Today’s HEADLINES:
SATC series a go at HBO...Max
VOGUE Kamala Harris cover kerfluffle
ROKU sets SmartTV user record
WONDER WOMAN faltering at global box office
PARLER loses all tech support
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Friday Jan 08, 2021
Friday Jan 08, 2021
LISTEN TO:
KINGS OF LEON “The Bandit” on Spotify
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Today’s HEADLINES:
STAR WARS movie gets writer
MEAN GIRLS over
ROKU buys QUIBI
SIRIUS XM writes down $1Bil
New TV + Movies this Weekend
New Presidents at WB + PARAMOUNT
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Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Today’s HEADLINES:
ROKU sets new user record
SPAMALOT movie gets greenlight
AMY RYAN, CATHERINE ZETA JONES sign on to TV shows
Agency exec moves
New TV to watch tonight
LISTEN TO:
MAREN MORRIS “Better than we found it” on Spotify
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Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Today’s HEADLINES:
DEXTER revival casts villain
GRAMMYS moved
DR DRE admitted to the ICU
NYE TV ratings report
MEREDITH sell TRAVEL + LEISURE
New Trailers + TV tonight
LISTEN TO:
2PAC/DR. DRE “California Love” on Spotify
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TRAILER HOUSE:
HBO MAX “Locked Down” trailer
HBO MAX “Search Party” s4 trailer
Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
Today’s HEADLINES:
HULU+ Live adds MTV, 13 other Viacom networks
TIFFANY HADDISH joins MGM sci fi pic
MARCH MADNESS is a go...in Indiana
Another big departure at WME
ESPN+ raising prices
VoxMedia’s THE CUT gets new EIC
LISTEN TO:
JULIA MICHAELS “Lie Like This” on Spotify
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Monday Jan 04, 2021
Monday Jan 04, 2021
Today’s HEADLINES:
ROKU buying QUIBI shows?
AMAZON buys podcast producer WONDERY
US + Global BOX OFFICE updates
New Harry Styles + Phoebe Waller Bridge music video
LISTEN TO:
HARRY STYLES “Treat people with Kindness” video
TRAILER HOUSE:
FOCUS FEATURES “Land” trailer
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Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
Tatum + Bullock for action-romance at PAR
HBOMax doing more SATC?
WONDER WOMAN flops in China, WB orders part 3
PARAMOUNT sells off another movie
WSJ Amazon imitation practices piece
LISTEN TO:
SAINT MOTEL “Just My Type” on Spotify
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Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
What to watch over Christmas break
FX orders Taika Waititi series
4 Big New Trailers!
DISCOVERY buys rest of OWN
BLUMHOUSE wins NYT article rights
TRAILER HOUSE:
HBO “Tiger” documentary trailer
WB “The Little Things” Trailer
AMAZON PRIME “Coming to America 2” trailer
NETFLIX “History of Swear Words” trailer
LISTEN TO:
RUN DMC “Christmas in Hollis” on Spotify
BUY ATHLETIC BREWING January Survival Kit here
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Tuesday Dec 22, 2020
Tuesday Dec 22, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
MGM makes moves to sell
Changes at top of DISNEY Studio
Paul Feig sets cast for NETFLIX movie
B POSITIVE renewed at CBS
New ED SHEERAN music
GROUP NINE MEDIA looking to buy more companies
LISTEN TO:
ED SHEERAN “Afterglow” on Spotify
TRAILER HOUSE:
SOME GOOD NEWS Christmas edition
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Monday Dec 21, 2020
Monday Dec 21, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
Russo Bros + Millie Bobbie Brown + UNIVERSAL
WONDER WOMAN China trouble
Charlie D’Amico + HULU
NY + LA Film Critics awards
Weekend Box Office
LISTEN TO:
ARIANA GRANDE “Breathin” on Spotify
TRAILER HOUSE:
NETFLIX “Death to 2020” trailer
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Monday Dec 21, 2020
Monday Dec 21, 2020
I invited my friend Josh Horowitz from MTV News & Comedy Central to talk all things movie business as we end 2020, and what's ahead for the Oscars and movie theaters in general in 2021.
From the episode:
Comedy Central's STIR CRAZY series
Paramount Network's ON LOCATION
Friday Dec 18, 2020
Friday Dec 18, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
JLO + Netflix FBI movie
LA LAW & NIGHT COURT reboots?
SAM JACKSON + AppleTV series
New Justin Timberlake APPLE TV movie trailer
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP now 20% Chinese owned
Exec departures at Spotify and NBC Universal
The New Movies + TV to watch this weekend,
plus THE SOPRANOS reunite tonight!
LISTEN TO/WATCH:
DUA LIPA “Levitating” on Spotify
SOPRANO’S cast reunion
WSJ Roku read
TRAILER HOUSE:
APPLE TV “Palmer” trailer
BUY ATHLETIC BREWING “Survival Kit” here
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Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
HBOMax comes to ROKU
Kate Beckinsdale + PARAMOUNT+ Series
LIZZIE MAGUIRE series dead at Disney+
Paul McCartney + Rick Rubin for docuseries /
CAA + WGA agreement
Layoffs hit SOLSTICE STUDIOS
New WME partner list
LISTEN TO:
TAYLOR SWIFT “Tis the Damn Season” on Spotify
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