AWARDS HEADLINES
Golden Globes 2016: The Complete Winners List
The Revenant, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brie Larson were big winners last night, but who else took home statues? Here’s a round-up of all the winners at last night’s Golden Globes in one tidy place. (DL)
All the Golden Globes’ Highlights (and Lowlights) in One Place, Including Denzel, Leo and Mel Gibson
The Golden Globes represent the free-wheeling, booze-flowing, no rules side of an awards season that all too often takes itself too seriously. Here’s a summary with a critical eye on the Ricky Gervais-hosted telecast last night. (THR)
The 15 Biggest Golden Globes Snubs and Surprises
The Golden Globes are known for their unpredictability, and this year’s awards were among the Golden Globe-iest in that regard. While many of the top film champs can hardly be dubbed surprises, the TV picks were considerably more left field. And there were a couple of stunners in the movie races too. (VAR)
The Berlin Film Festival Reveals Nine New Competition Titles
The 66th Berlin International Film Festival unveiled nine new competition titles Monday, including Thomas Vinterberg’s The Commune, Mia Hansen-Love’s Things To Come and Danis Tanovic’s Death in Sarajevo. (DL)
OTHER HEADLINES
Box Office: ‘The Force Awakens’ Narrowly Beats ‘The Revenant’ to become the Third-Biggest Film Ever
Star Wars: The Force Awakens managed to hang on to its box office crown for the fourth weekend in a row, but just barely. On Friday, The Revenant actually became the first movie to unseat The Force Awakens, even if it was only for one day. (EW)
Here’s David Bowie’s Final Music Video For ‘Lazarus’, Part Of An Impeccable Farewell
Now filled with posthumous poignancy, David Bowie’s video for his new song “Lazarus” appears to be part of a carefully planned farewell from the world. Released along with the cultural genius’ final album Blackstar, this past Saturday — also Bowie’s 69th birthday — the song opens with the lyrics, “Look up here, I’m in Heaven!” (DL)
Pilot Season 2016 Hits the Ground Running With Early Orders- What to Expect
Every year, the broadcast networks vow to get in front of the pilot season craziness with off-season and early pilot orders but that rarely happens. This year, there actually were more off-cycle and early pickups, and the January orders started coming several days earlier than last year. (DL)
NATPE Study Says Hollywood Sees VR as a Game Changer, But There Are Some Issues
A new joint VR research study by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) was released today. CTA expects unit sales of VR headsets to increase by 500 percent in 2016, but there are still issues that need to be addressed. (VI)
Trailer Buzz: ‘House of Cards’ Trailer Airs During ‘Golden Globes’
Netflix dropped a thoroughly haunting trailer for season 4 of House of Cards during the Golden Globes on Sunday night. Here’s the full trailer. (THR)
Screenwriters: Tips for Writing a Commercial Screenplay
While there is no such thing as offering a true how-to when it comes to writing commercial scripts, there are some patterns we can examine, commonalities among spec scripts that seem to have a higher or lower chance of getting traction in the current market. (SM)