Summary: This year’s Sundance Film Festival wrapped up over the weekend in historic fashion by awarding the dramatic competition grand jury and audience prizes to “The Birth of a Nation”, a historical biopic a Virginian slave revolt. The film made headlines earlier in the week when Fox Searchlight purchased the film for a record $17.5 million after beating out Netflix in a heated bidding war.<br> We’ll tell you about all the big Sundance awards and continue the Oscar season slog, in which this year’s front runners are as mixed up as a Republican presidential primary. SAG added to the confusion, making “Spotlight” this week’s hero, after “The Big Short” looked like a winner the week before.<br> Meanwhile the Federal Communications Commission is about to vote on ending the monopoly of set top boxes for US cable subscribers, a decision that could have big ramifications for everything from what you watch to the stock prices of numerous tech companies, including Apple and Roku.<br> Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment news including Louis CK bypasses television networks and brings his new series directly to viewers, Pope Francis gets ready for his closeup in a feature film and sales of new music were outpaced by catalogue titles over the past year.<br> <br> ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Nears $2 Billion in Worldwide Box Office<br><br> <a href="https://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/star-wars-the-force-awakens-worldwide-box-office-2-billion-1201693347/" target="_blank">https://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/star-wars-the-force-awakens-worldwide-box-office-2-billion-1201693347/</a><br> ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ Scores Biggest Animated Film Opening in China<br><br> <a href="https://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/kung-fu-panda-china-box-office-opening-1201693281/" target="_blank">https://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/kung-fu-panda-china-box-office-opening-1201693281/</a><br> SAG Awards: The Complete Winners List<br><br> <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2016-sag-winners-complete-list-856945" target="_blank">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2016-sag-winners-complete-list-856945</a><br> France’s Cesar Awards Nominations Spotlight Women and Ethnic Minorities<br><br> <a href="http://variety.com/2016/film/news/cesar-awards-nominations-2016-france-diversity-1201689840/" target="_blank">http://variety.com/2016/film/news/cesar-awards-nominations-2016-france-diversity-1201689840/</a><br> Michael Douglas to Receive Honorary Cesar Award From French Academy<br><br> <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-douglas-honorary-cesar-award-859737" target="_blank">http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-douglas-honorary-cesar-award-859737</a><br> ‘Golden Years,’ ‘Marguerite,’ ‘Dheepan,’ ‘Mustang’ Lead Cesar Nominations<br><br> <a href="https://variety.com/2016/film/global/golden-years-marguerite-dheepan-mustang-lead-cesar-nominations-1201689761/" target="_blank">https://variety.com/2016/film/global/golden-years-marguerite-dheepan-mustang-lead-cesar-nominations-1201689761/</a><br> ‘The Birth of a Nation’ Sweeps Top Prizes<br><br> <a href="https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/sundance-film-festival-awards-1201693027/" target="_blank">https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/sundance-film-festival-awards-1201693027/</a><br> Sundance Wrap: Why Netflix and Amazon Dominance Matters<br><br> <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sundance-wrap-why-netflix-amazon-860987" target="_blank">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sundance-wrap-why-netflix-amazon-860987</a><br> The 21 Best Films of Sundance 2016<br><br> <a href="https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/best-films-of-sundance-2016-1201693354/" target="_blank">https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/best-films-of-sundance-2016-1201693354/</a><br> Sundance: 19 Biggest Breakthrough Performances<br><br> <a href="https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/sundance-breakthrough-perf..."></a>
