☀️Blum & Wan in excl Wakeup interview, & uh The GLOBES happened 🤷♂️PALE BLUE EYE tops GLASS ONION on NFLX chart / DISNEY adjusts park tix policies / WBD stock gets positive Wall Street nodsMornin! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LinkedIn here if ya like), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on WEDNESDAY January 11, 2023. Where the GLOBES 2023 are a wrap (here is your winners list). Place your bets on 2024… but according to the Wakeup Poll crew yesterday, 80% of you are expecting an audience under 9 Million, with pretty much all of you expecting below 11 Million.
Special shout out to Mike White who reminded the room that everyone in that room passed on “The White Lotus” besides HBO, and to Eddie Murphy who used the end of his speech to remind everyone of Will Smith. But sadly Ben Affleck couldn’t make it - he apparently had to pull a shift at DUNKIN’ outside Boston. Yes seriously, why do you ask? AND NEW PODCAST!So we’re launching a new thing! After a 2022 full of… 😭 headlines, I want to start shining more light on things that are succeeding in the industry as we go forward in 2023, and dive into why they’re working from the people behind them! SO: I asked the 2 big names behind 2023’s first huge success story“M3GAN”, JASON BLUM and JAMES WAN to join me on The Ankler podcast to talk about:
PAID Ankler subscribers get an exclusive Wakeup early link below in THE SILVER SCREEN section. BACK TO OUR SCHEDULED PROGRAMMINGALSO: SAG AWARD noms are announced this morning at 10a ET live via the show’s Insta account here. AND: BONNAROO announced that the FOO FIGHTERS, KENDRICK LAMAR and ODESZA are headlining this June in TN. Full roster is in the link.
PLUS: COACHELLA has set BAD BUNNY, BLACKPINK and FRANK OCEAN as the 3 main headliners for the gathering this April. Info on additional acts is in the link, or get out your reading glasses: Ugh was stuck in drafts 🫠 Register now for access to passes at coachella.com. Presale begins Friday, 1/13 at 11am PT. Very limited Weekend 1 passes remain. For your best chance at passes, look to Weekend 2. IN TODAY’S EDITION:
2022 TV RECAP: Live @NFL games accounted for 82 of the 100 most-watched TV broadcasts of 2022 Full list: bit.ly/3Zjnnaw 📽 THE SILVER SCREENAt the NETFLIX Global Box Office
“Glass Onion” fell about 65% from the holiday week-off where everyone was home, with “The Pale Blue Eye” proving to be a formidable challenger in its first full week, especially compared with other NETFLIX OSCAR hopeful pics. “Onion” has a little under 2 weeks… To read the rest of today’s WAKEUP newsletter, we invite you to become a paid subscriber to The Ankler and not miss a single beat from the full suite of our analysis, stories or podcasts.Got a tip or story pitch? Email tips@theankler.com. To advertise to our nearly 40,000 subscribers, email info@theankler.com. ICYMI
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