Box Office Wars; Another Hostless Oscars; 'Megxit' To H'Wood?; $400M More For Quibi

What's news: It's World War I versus Star Wars at the box office this weekend, the Oscars will go hostess again and more from ABC's TCA day, Quibi officially pulls back the curtain, could a Hollywood production deal follow "Megxit"? Plus: What's an Oscar really worth? There's a Nanny Broadway musical in the works, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Just Mercy. --Alex Weprin [The Hollywood Reporter]( [The Hollywood Reporter]( Today In Entertainment JANUARY 09, 2020 What's news: It's World War I versus Star Wars at the box office this weekend, the Oscars will go hostess again and more from ABC's TCA day, Quibi officially pulls back the curtain, could a Hollywood production deal follow "Megxit"? Plus: What's an Oscar really worth? There's a Nanny Broadway musical in the works, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Just Mercy. --Alex Weprin What's news: It's World War I versus Star Wars at the box office this weekend, the Oscars will go hostess again and more from ABC's TCA day, Quibi officially pulls back the curtain, could a Hollywood production deal follow "Megxit"? Plus: What's an Oscar really worth? There's a Nanny Broadway musical in the works, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Just Mercy. --Alex Weprin [Box Office Wars] Box Office Wars ►Box office preview: 1917 to march past Star Wars after Golden Globes victory. Sam Mendes' acclaimed World War I drama expands nationwide this weekend after pulling off a surprise upset at the Jan. 5 Golden Globes ceremony and winning top honors for best motion picture and best director. It already pulled in $2.5 million in a limited run over Christmas. --1917, from Universal and Amblin Entertainment, is tracking to gross $20 million to $25 million for the weekend, enough to topple Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and marking one of the best starts of all time for a period war drama, not adjusted for inflation, per Pamela McClintock. --Elsewhere: Just Mercy, another awards hopeful that opened in select cinemas over the holidays, also expands nationwide this weekend and is tracking to gross in the high teens after earning roughly $418,000 to date from four theaters in New York and Los Angeles. Comedy Like a Boss is tracking for almost $15 million, with thriller Underwater tracking for between $8-$10 million.[The preview](. ►Oscars to go hostless again for 2020 ceremony on ABC. ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke made the announcement Wednesday during her time before press at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour in Pasadena. ABC will again broadcast the ceremony as part of its long-term agreement with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [The story](. +The other big award show news out of ABC's TCA day: ABC and the Television Academy have firmed plans for the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards, scheduling the live telecast for Sunday, Sept. 20. [The details](. +Burke also spoke about the network's live push (more below) and "bringing swagger back to broadcast." "The strategy we've adopted [is to have] at least one monthly tentpole event. Some months we'll have more. Some are legacy parts of our history, some are new like Live in Front of a Studio Audience and The Little Mermaid," Burke said. "Eventizing franchises is part of that strategy. … It's a combination of looking for new properties that feel that they can thrive specifically on broadcast and cater to tens of millions of viewers." [The story](. ^Thirtysomething sequel with original cast gets ABC pilot pickup. The network has handed out a pilot order for a sequel — called Thirtysomething(else) — to its former late '80s/early '90s family drama, featuring many of the show's original cast. The pickup arrives more than three months after producers MGM TV first shopped the project to potential buyers. [More](. The rest of the news from ABC's TCA day... +ABC is expanding its commitment to live programming, slating two events for 2020: a live episode of The Conners in February and a presentation of Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein musical in the fall. [More](. Meanwhile: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is returning to television. The network has ordered a new, primetime, celebrity-driven special batch of eight episodes and tapped Jimmy Kimmel as the revived show's host.[Details](. +ABC is also getting back into the Greg Berlanti business. The network on Wednesday handed out a pilot order to drama The Brides, a Dracula-inspired drama from Riverdale creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and prolific producer Berlanti. [More](. +It is also expanding The Bachelor franchise. The Bachelor: Listen to Your Heart, a music-themed spinoff of the network's long-running reality franchise, will be coming to ABC in the spring. [Details](. +The full cast of Modern Family, minus patriarch Ed O'Neill — joined co-creator Steve Levitan on stage at the 2020 Television Critics Association winter press tour[to say goodbye]( to their groundbreaking series, which ends in April after 11 seasons. +Alex Trebek on retirement question: "We'll see what happens." During his 45 minutes before the press corps, the 79-year-old game show host was asked about retirement — "thinking about retiring and retiring are two different things," he said — as well as an update on his health after he received treatment following his March stage IV pancreatic cancer diagnosis. [More](. ^How much is an Oscar actually worth? As campaign spending soars in a shorter awards season, Stephen Galloway conducts an analysis of who actually benefits financially from a win. Quote: "The real value of Oscar today lies with the streamers. If Toy Story 4 gets its expected nomination for best animated feature, that will drive viewers to Disney+. And if The Irishman or Marriage Story wins big for Netflix, that will likely add new subscribers."[The column](. Elsewhere in film... --John DeFore reviews the[comedy Like a Boss](. --National CineMedia CEO [touts big-screen advertising]( closer to movies. --Warner Bros. has [signed a deal]( for an AI driven film management system. --Rodney Barnes, who has worked on The Boondocks and Chris Rock series Everybody Hates Chris, [has been tapped]( to write New Regency’s creature feature begin developed by director Jordan Vogt-Roberts. --Percentage of films featuring female protagonists [increased in 2019](: study. --Bombshell director Jay Roach[is secretly writing]( an "epic" musical. Box Office Wars ►Box office preview: 1917 to march past Star Wars after Golden Globes victory. Sam Mendes' acclaimed World War I drama expands nationwide this weekend after pulling off a surprise upset at the Jan. 5 Golden Globes ceremony and winning top honors for best motion picture and best director. It already pulled in $2.5 million in a limited run over Christmas. --1917, from Universal and Amblin Entertainment, is tracking to gross $20 million to $25 million for the weekend, enough to topple Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and marking one of the best starts of all time for a period war drama, not adjusted for inflation, per Pamela McClintock. --Elsewhere: Just Mercy, another awards hopeful that opened in select cinemas over the holidays, also expands nationwide this weekend and is tracking to gross in the high teens after earning roughly $418,000 to date from four theaters in New York and Los Angeles. Comedy Like a Boss is tracking for almost $15 million, with thriller Underwater tracking for between $8-$10 million.[The preview](. ►Oscars to go hostless again for 2020 ceremony on ABC. ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke made the announcement Wednesday during her time before press at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour in Pasadena. ABC will again broadcast the ceremony as part of its long-term agreement with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [The story](. +The other big award show news out of ABC's TCA day: ABC and the Television Academy have firmed plans for the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards, scheduling the live telecast for Sunday, Sept. 20. [The details](. +Burke also spoke about the network's live push (more below) and "bringing swagger back to broadcast." "The strategy we've adopted [is to have] at least one monthly tentpole event. Some months we'll have more. Some are legacy parts of our history, some are new like Live in Front of a Studio Audience and The Little Mermaid," Burke said. "Eventizing franchises is part of that strategy. … It's a combination of looking for new properties that feel that they can thrive specifically on broadcast and cater to tens of millions of viewers." [The story](. ^Thirtysomething sequel with original cast gets ABC pilot pickup. The network has handed out a pilot order for a sequel — called Thirtysomething(else) — to its former late '80s/early '90s family drama, featuring many of the show's original cast. The pickup arrives more than three months after producers MGM TV first shopped the project to potential buyers. [More](. The rest of the news from ABC's TCA day... +ABC is expanding its commitment to live programming, slating two events for 2020: a live episode of The Conners in February and a presentation of Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein musical in the fall. [More](. Meanwhile: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is returning to television. The network has ordered a new, primetime, celebrity-driven special batch of eight episodes and tapped Jimmy Kimmel as the revived show's host.[Details](. +ABC is also getting back into the Greg Berlanti business. The network on Wednesday handed out a pilot order to drama The Brides, a Dracula-inspired drama from Riverdale creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and prolific producer Berlanti. [More](. +It is also expanding The Bachelor franchise. The Bachelor: Listen to Your Heart, a music-themed spinoff of the network's long-running reality franchise, will be coming to ABC in the spring. [Details](. +The full cast of Modern Family, minus patriarch Ed O'Neill — joined co-creator Steve Levitan on stage at the 2020 Television Critics Association winter press tour[to say goodbye]( to their groundbreaking series, which ends in April after 11 seasons. +Alex Trebek on retirement question: "We'll see what happens." During his 45 minutes before the press corps, the 79-year-old game show host was asked about retirement — "thinking about retiring and retiring are two different things," he said — as well as an update on his health after he received treatment following his March stage IV pancreatic cancer diagnosis. [More](. ^How much is an Oscar actually worth? As campaign spending soars in a shorter awards season, Stephen Galloway conducts an analysis of who actually benefits financially from a win. Quote: "The real value of Oscar today lies with the streamers. If Toy Story 4 gets its expected nomination for best animated feature, that will drive viewers to Disney+. And if The Irishman or Marriage Story wins big for Netflix, that will likely add new subscribers."[The column](. Elsewhere in film... --John DeFore reviews the[comedy Like a Boss](. --National CineMedia CEO [touts big-screen advertising]( closer to movies. --Warner Bros. has [signed a deal]( for an AI driven film management system. --Rodney Barnes, who has worked on The Boondocks and Chris Rock series Everybody Hates Chris, [has been tapped]( to write New Regency’s creature feature begin developed by director Jordan Vogt-Roberts. --Percentage of films featuring female protagonists [increased in 2019](: study. --Bombshell director Jay Roach[is secretly writing]( an "epic" musical. [Quibi Pulls Back The Curtain] Quibi Pulls Back The Curtain ►Quibi unveils Turnstyle video technology. Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg have been talking about their plans for mobile video startup Quibi for the last year-and-a-half. On Wednesday morning, they stood on stage at CES in Las Vegas and revealed the first public look at what they’ve been building, and announced another $400 million in funding. --Given how much Katzenberg and Whitman have already shared about Quibi ahead of its launch, the most noteworthy portion of their keynote came as executives showed off a clever feature called Turnstyle, which effectively allows its videos to instantly flip between vertical portrait framing and horizontal landscape framing as the phone moves. [The story](. +The other big CES news: Spotify is introducing new podcast advertising technology that the company touts as helping producers and brands better track the performance of the spots that air during audio shows on its platform. [More](. ►Just Mercy and the difference between black and white legal dramas. THR columnist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, after seeing the new film Just Mercy, writes that "[m]ovies about racial injustice can 'exonerate us' when set in the past, but the evils are more urgent than ever." Quote: "When the wrongfully accused black men in Just Mercy and Marshall are freed at the end, we can rejoice that the bad ol' days of open racism are over. We are redeemed, hallelujah! At the same time that the movie is telling us about the overwhelming foundational racism in our judicial system, it implies that justice will always prevail, that faith in the American judicial system will be rewarded — eventually." [The column](. Revolving door... --Ronna Kress [has left her role]( as executive vp casting at Fox Film. Kress, who had been in the position since June 2016, was notified in December that her contract would not be renewed and left the company. Her replacement has not yet been announced. --Judd Apatow's HBO-based production company is [bringing in a new face](. Jeff Stern has been hired to oversee TV development at the prolific producer's HBO-based production company. --Sony Interactive Entertainment [has tapped]( former Microsoft exec Veronica Rogers to oversee the company's global business operations. HBO Max had some news of its own Wednesday... ►Last of the Mohicans TV series lands at HBO Max. Emmy winner Cary Joji Fukunaga and Watchmen director Nicole Kassell are behind the update from Paramount Television. [More](. +Audience Network to become HBO Max preview channel; scripted originals may to move to streamer. Audience Network, the AT&T-backed channel available to DirecTV subscribers, is being transformed into a marketing channel designed to promote corporate sibling HBO Max. The move, which impacts both its linear and streaming offerings, will become effective at a date to be determined in the spring. [The story](. Elsewhere in TV... --Daniel Fienberg reviews [Freeform's reboot of Party of Five](... He also reviews[Comedy Central's Awkwafina is Nora From Queens](. --Two key members of the creative team for Showtime's Kidding have [signed a first-look deal](with the premium cable outlet. --Discovery CEO David Zaslav predicts [few platforms will survive]( the streaming wars. Speaking of Zaslav, [he purchased]( the storied Beverly Hills estate of the late Robert Evans for $16 million. --Ratings: The opening round of Jeopardy: The Greatest of All Time [drew big ratings]( for ABC on Tuesday night — bigger, in fact, than any other primetime series telecast this season. --Netflix on Wednesday [released the trailer]( for its adaptation of the beloved IDW comic Locke & Key from exec producer Carlton Cuse. Quibi Pulls Back The Curtain ►Quibi unveils Turnstyle video technology. Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg have been talking about their plans for mobile video startup Quibi for the last year-and-a-half. On Wednesday morning, they stood on stage at CES in Las Vegas and revealed the first public look at what they’ve been building, and announced another $400 million in funding. --Given how much Katzenberg and Whitman have already shared about Quibi ahead of its launch, the most noteworthy portion of their keynote came as executives showed off a clever feature called Turnstyle, which effectively allows its videos to instantly flip between vertical portrait framing and horizontal landscape framing as the phone moves. [The story](. +The other big CES news: Spotify is introducing new podcast advertising technology that the company touts as helping producers and brands better track the performance of the spots that air during audio shows on its platform. [More](. ►Just Mercy and the difference between black and white legal dramas. THR columnist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, after seeing the new film Just Mercy, writes that "[m]ovies about racial injustice can 'exonerate us' when set in the past, but the evils are more urgent than ever." Quote: "When the wrongfully accused black men in Just Mercy and Marshall are freed at the end, we can rejoice that the bad ol' days of open racism are over. We are redeemed, hallelujah! At the same time that the movie is telling us about the overwhelming foundational racism in our judicial system, it implies that justice will always prevail, that faith in the American judicial system will be rewarded — eventually." [The column](. Revolving door... --Ronna Kress [has left her role]( as executive vp casting at Fox Film. Kress, who had been in the position since June 2016, was notified in December that her contract would not be renewed and left the company. Her replacement has not yet been announced. --Judd Apatow's HBO-based production company is [bringing in a new face](. Jeff Stern has been hired to oversee TV development at the prolific producer's HBO-based production company. --Sony Interactive Entertainment [has tapped]( former Microsoft exec Veronica Rogers to oversee the company's global business operations. HBO Max had some news of its own Wednesday... ►Last of the Mohicans TV series lands at HBO Max. Emmy winner Cary Joji Fukunaga and Watchmen director Nicole Kassell are behind the update from Paramount Television. [More](. +Audience Network to become HBO Max preview channel; scripted originals may to move to streamer. Audience Network, the AT&T-backed channel available to DirecTV subscribers, is being transformed into a marketing channel designed to promote corporate sibling HBO Max. The move, which impacts both its linear and streaming offerings, will become effective at a date to be determined in the spring. [The story](. Elsewhere in TV... --Daniel Fienberg reviews [Freeform's reboot of Party of Five](... He also reviews[Comedy Central's Awkwafina is Nora From Queens](. --Two key members of the creative team for Showtime's Kidding have [signed a first-look deal](with the premium cable outlet. --Discovery CEO David Zaslav predicts [few platforms will survive]( the streaming wars. Speaking of Zaslav, [he purchased]( the storied Beverly Hills estate of the late Robert Evans for $16 million. --Ratings: The opening round of Jeopardy: The Greatest of All Time [drew big ratings]( for ABC on Tuesday night — bigger, in fact, than any other primetime series telecast this season. --Netflix on Wednesday [released the trailer]( for its adaptation of the beloved IDW comic Locke & Key from exec producer Carlton Cuse. "MEGXIT" ►Prince Harry, Meghan Markle announce shock decision to step down as senior royals. The two have said they would work to become financially independent of the royal family. “After many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution," they said in a statement. --Could a Hollywood production deal be in their future? "We have an office waiting for them in the animation studios building should they be looking to produce television," ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke said Wednesday in response to the news while at the network's Television Critics Association's winter press tour. [The story](. +Related: Could The Crown [be extended]( to include Harry and Meghan's royal exit?... From "Megxit" to "Battle Royale": Shocked [U.K. media reacts]( to Prince Harry, Meghan Markle move... Obituary: Buck Henry, the impish screenwriter whose wry, satirical sensibility brought comic electricity to The Graduate, What’s Up, Doc?, To Die For and TV’s Get Smart, has died. He was 89. Henry, a two-time Oscar nominee who often appeared onscreen — perhaps most memorably as a 10-time host (all in the show’s first four years) on Saturday Night Live — died of a heart attack Wednesday at a Los Angeles hospital, his wife, Irene, told The Washington Post. He had suffered a stroke in November 2014. [The obituary](. Jennifer Lopez's turn as a street savvy stripper in Hustlers has already earned her a Golden Globe nomination and she's expected to get an Oscar nod too — but the woman her character is based on doesn't share that enthusiasm. In fact, the real-life Ramona is so unhappy about her on-screen portrayal that she's suing for defamation. Samantha Barbash on Tuesday sued STX, Gloria Sanchez productions and JLo's Nuyorican Productions. The film is based on a 2015 New York Magazine article by Jessica Pressler titled "The Hustlers at Scores" that's based on Barbash's experience working in gentlemen's clubs. [The story](. +Can the Church of Scientology escape the U.S. civil justice system? On Tuesday, in a lawsuit that alleges four women were stalked and harassed after they told the Los Angeles Police Department about sexual assaults by That '70s Show actor Danny Masterson, the Church of Scientology pushed to compel "religious arbitration." [More](. ►The Nanny in development as a Broadway musical. Original series creators Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson will adapt the '90s sitcom, while the score will feature lyrics by Rachel Bloom with music by Bloom and Adam Schlesinger.[More](. ►In Grammy Awards news: The Grammys red carpet preshow will live-stream exclusively on Twitter for the first time. The social networking platform has partnered with the Recording Academy and CBS to offer Grammys Live From the Red Carpet ahead of the music awards show. [More](. +Also: Aerosmith, Billie Eilish, Lizzo, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are among the[first group of performers](announced to take the stage at the 2020 Grammys. ^Power publicists Jennifer Allen and Melissa Kates on lessons learned and how to spin a scandal in 2020. Ten years after exiting PMK to launch their own talent publicity firm, the Viewpoint co-founders open up about client challenges (including firings) and the delicate art of navigating negative news: "The key decision is in timing." [The interview](. BAFTA urged to reform voting system in wake of diversity criticism. The head of Brit filmmakers body Directors UK has called on BAFTA to overhaul its voting procedures in the wake of Tuesday's film awards nominations, which were widely criticized for seeing all-white nominees make up the top acting categories and failing to include a single female filmmaker in the best director category. [More](. +And: Publicists who worked on campaigns for The Irishman, Joker and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood are [among the nominees]( for the 57th annual ICG Publicists Awards. They'll compete with the teams who worked on campaigns for Avengers: Endgame, Rocketman and Us for the Maxwell Weinberg Award for Motion Picture Publicity Campaign. +Also: Groundbreaking stand-up comedian Tig Notaro [will be honored]( at the 15th annual Oscar Wilde Awards next month, it was announced Thursday.... The Game Developers Conference (GDC), an annual gathering of video game developers and media held in San Francisco, [has unveiled]( the nominees for its 20th annual Game Developers Choice Awards... Bong Joon Ho's Parasite was [named best film]( of the year by the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics for the group's annual Dorian Awards... Television writer, director and producer Brad Falchuk has [been named the recipient](of Writers Guild of America West’s 2020 Valentine Davies Award... What else we're reading... --"LGBTQ characters on TV used to keep family at arm’s length. Not anymore" [[LA Times](] --"May the score be with you: How John Williams defined the sound of Star Wars" [[The Ringer](] --"Bud Light will share a Super Bowl ad with its new hard seltzer extension" [[WSJ](] --"The mystery of Teen Vogue’s disappearing Facebook article" [[NY Times](] Today's birthdays: Al Jean, 59, Dave Matthews, 53, J.K. Simmons, 65, Jimmy Page, 76, Joan Baez, 79. "MEGXIT" ►Prince Harry, Meghan Markle announce shock decision to step down as senior royals. The two have said they would work to become financially independent of the royal family. “After many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution," they said in a statement. --Could a Hollywood production deal be in their future? "We have an office waiting for them in the animation studios building should they be looking to produce television," ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke said Wednesday in response to the news while at the network's Television Critics Association's winter press tour. [The story](. +Related: Could The Crown [be extended]( to include Harry and Meghan's royal exit?... From "Megxit" to "Battle Royale": Shocked [U.K. media reacts]( to Prince Harry, Meghan Markle move... Obituary: Buck Henry, the impish screenwriter whose wry, satirical sensibility brought comic electricity to The Graduate, What’s Up, Doc?, To Die For and TV’s Get Smart, has died. He was 89. Henry, a two-time Oscar nominee who often appeared onscreen — perhaps most memorably as a 10-time host (all in the show’s first four years) on Saturday Night Live — died of a heart attack Wednesday at a Los Angeles hospital, his wife, Irene, told The Washington Post. He had suffered a stroke in November 2014. [The obituary](. Jennifer Lopez's turn as a street savvy stripper in Hustlers has already earned her a Golden Globe nomination and she's expected to get an Oscar nod too — but the woman her character is based on doesn't share that enthusiasm. In fact, the real-life Ramona is so unhappy about her on-screen portrayal that she's suing for defamation. Samantha Barbash on Tuesday sued STX, Gloria Sanchez productions and JLo's Nuyorican Productions. The film is based on a 2015 New York Magazine article by Jessica Pressler titled "The Hustlers at Scores" that's based on Barbash's experience working in gentlemen's clubs. [The story](. +Can the Church of Scientology escape the U.S. civil justice system? On Tuesday, in a lawsuit that alleges four women were stalked and harassed after they told the Los Angeles Police Department about sexual assaults by That '70s Show actor Danny Masterson, the Church of Scientology pushed to compel "religious arbitration." [More](. ►The Nanny in development as a Broadway musical. Original series creators Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson will adapt the '90s sitcom, while the score will feature lyrics by Rachel Bloom with music by Bloom and Adam Schlesinger.[More](. ►In Grammy Awards news: The Grammys red carpet preshow will live-stream exclusively on Twitter for the first time. The social networking platform has partnered with the Recording Academy and CBS to offer Grammys Live From the Red Carpet ahead of the music awards show. [More](. +Also: Aerosmith, Billie Eilish, Lizzo, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are among the[first group of performers](announced to take the stage at the 2020 Grammys. ^Power publicists Jennifer Allen and Melissa Kates on lessons learned and how to spin a scandal in 2020. Ten years after exiting PMK to launch their own talent publicity firm, the Viewpoint co-founders open up about client challenges (including firings) and the delicate art of navigating negative news: "The key decision is in timing." [The interview](. BAFTA urged to reform voting system in wake of diversity criticism. The head of Brit filmmakers body Directors UK has called on BAFTA to overhaul its voting procedures in the wake of Tuesday's film awards nominations, which were widely criticized for seeing all-white nominees make up the top acting categories and failing to include a single female filmmaker in the best director category. [More](. +And: Publicists who worked on campaigns for The Irishman, Joker and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood are [among the nominees]( for the 57th annual ICG Publicists Awards. They'll compete with the teams who worked on campaigns for Avengers: Endgame, Rocketman and Us for the Maxwell Weinberg Award for Motion Picture Publicity Campaign. +Also: Groundbreaking stand-up comedian Tig Notaro [will be honored]( at the 15th annual Oscar Wilde Awards next month, it was announced Thursday.... The Game Developers Conference (GDC), an annual gathering of video game developers and media held in San Francisco, [has unveiled]( the nominees for its 20th annual Game Developers Choice Awards... Bong Joon Ho's Parasite was [named best film]( of the year by the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics for the group's annual Dorian Awards... Television writer, director and producer Brad Falchuk has [been named the recipient](of Writers Guild of America West’s 2020 Valentine Davies Award... What else we're reading... --"LGBTQ characters on TV used to keep family at arm’s length. Not anymore" [[LA Times](] --"May the score be with you: How John Williams defined the sound of Star Wars" [[The Ringer](] --"Bud Light will share a Super Bowl ad with its new hard seltzer extension" [[WSJ](] --"The mystery of Teen Vogue’s disappearing Facebook article" [[NY Times](] Today's birthdays: Al Jean, 59, Dave Matthews, 53, J.K. Simmons, 65, Jimmy Page, 76, Joan Baez, 79. 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