Summary: Each year the Venice, Telluride and Toronto film festivals are held so closely together their programming often overlaps as each vies to land titles that will be in the running for major awards (read: Oscars). <a href="https://twitter.com/akstanwyck" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Anne Thompson</a>, Indiewire’s editor at large, has just returned from Telluride and Toronto and she fills us in on all the festival season favorites.<br> While Thompson was in Toronto enjoying movies like “The Shape of Water” from director Guillermo del Toro, film buyers were struggling to find anything to pick up. There was a general sense that all the worthwhile titles had been cherry picked before the festival even began.<br> Meanwhile the Emmy Awards were held over the weekend honoring the best television from the past year. At this year’s ceremony a disruptive streaming video provider made a big splash, though not the one everyone expected. Hulu took home the Best Drama Emmy for “The Handmaid’s Tale”, despite Netflix having three shows nominated in the category.<br> Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment news including the head of NBC admitting most of its primetime viewership is not watched live, George R. R. Martin’s new TV series and MoviePass surpsasses 400,000 subscribers in under a month.<br> <br> South Park trolls Amazon Alexa owners in this week’s episode<br><br> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/16/16318694/south-park-amazon-alexa-google-home" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/16/16318694/south-park-amazon-alexa-google-home</a><br> comScore Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of September 17, 2017<br><br> <a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comscore-announces-official-worldwide-box-office-results-for-weekend-of-september-17-2017-300520894.html" target="_blank">http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comscore-announces-official-worldwide-box-office-results-for-weekend-of-september-17-2017-300520894.html</a><br> Box Office: ‘Mother!’ Crumbles With $7.5 Million, ‘It’ Repeats No. 1<br><br> <a href="http://variety.com/2017/film/news/box-office-mother-it-american-assassin-1202561464/" target="_blank">http://variety.com/2017/film/news/box-office-mother-it-american-assassin-1202561464/</a><br> Lionsgate Vice Chairman Says Deal With Theaters on Early VOD Is Close<br><br> <a href="http://variety.com/2017/film/news/lionsgate-vice-chairman-says-deal-with-theaters-on-early-vod-is-close-1202558057/" target="_blank">http://variety.com/2017/film/news/lionsgate-vice-chairman-says-deal-with-theaters-on-early-vod-is-close-1202558057/</a><br> TV Ratings: 2017 Emmys Avoid New Low With 11.4 Million Viewers<br><br> <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-emmy-telecast-track-low-1040575" target="_blank">http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-emmy-telecast-track-low-1040575</a><br> Emmys 2017: The Complete Winners List<br><br> <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/emmys-winners-list-2017-1035991" target="_blank">http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/emmys-winners-list-2017-1035991</a><br> Park Bench by Christophe Chabouté – BookFilter<br><br> <a href="http://bookfilter.com/2017/08/02/park-bench/" target="_blank">http://bookfilter.com/2017/08/02/park-bench/</a><br> Amazon Redacts One-Star Reviews of Hillary Clinton’s What Happened<br><br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/14/amazon-redacts-one-star-reviews-of-hillary-clintons-what-happened" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/14/amazon-redacts-one-star-reviews-of-hillary-clintons-what-happened</a><br> Trevor Noah Scores 5-Year ‘Daily Show’ Contract Extension at Comedy Central<br><br> <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/trevor-noah-scores-5-year-daily-show-contract-extension-at-comedy-central-1038921" target="_blank">http://www.hollywoodreporter.</a>
