Showbiz Sandbox 593: This Year’s Emmy Awards Turns Into A Rerun




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Summary: The 74th Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards were held this week and they managed to honor most of the winners from last year’s ceremony. The same shows, and at times the same actors, continue to top most of the big categories. This begs the perennial question, what is the actual purpose of the Emmy Awards?<br> Meanwhile, the world’s second largest movie theater chain officially filed for bankruptcy. We discuss what this will mean not only for Cineworld, but also whether the move will affect the industry-at-large.<br> Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including how “CoComelon” is creating video games for toddlers, the Sundance Film Festival names a new head director and a Bollywood movie tops the worldwide box office.<br> <br> ‘Brahmastra’ Fires Up $26.5M WW Bow, ‘Minions: Rise Of Gru’ Passes $900M, ‘Top Gun’ Tops $1.45B<br> <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/09/brahmastra-minion-rise-of-gru-top-gun-maverick-jurassic-world-dominion-spider-man-no-way-home-global-international-box-office-1235114924/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://deadline.com/2022/09/brahmastra-minion-rise-of-gru-top-gun-maverick-jurassic-world-dominion-spider-man-no-way-home-global-international-box-office-1235114924/</a><br> Box Office Doldrums Continue as ‘Barbarian’ Debuts With $10 Million<br> <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/box-office/box-office-barbarian-1235367673/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://variety.com/2022/film/box-office/box-office-barbarian-1235367673/</a><br> Cineworld Commences Chapter 11 Cases<br> <a href="https://celluloidjunkie.com/wire/cineworld-commences-chapter-11-cases-with-approximately-1-94-billion-in-debtor-in-possession-financing-commitments-to-facilitate-a-significant-de-leveraging-transaction-and-position-company-for-long/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://celluloidjunkie.com/wire/cineworld-commences-chapter-11-cases-with-approximately-1-94-billion-in-debtor-in-possession-financing-commitments-to-facilitate-a-significant-de-leveraging-transaction-and-position-company-for-long/</a><br> Arab States Demand That Netflix Drop ‘Offensive Content’<br> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/07/world/middleeast/egypt-arab-gulf-states-netflix.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/07/world/middleeast/egypt-arab-gulf-states-netflix.html</a><br> Emmys 2022 Winners: See the Full List Here<br> <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/emmys-2022-winners-list" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/emmys-2022-winners-list</a><br> The Emmys Featured Forward-Looking Winners but a Retro Production<br> <a href="https://variety.com/2022/tv/reviews/2022-emmys-review-boring-show-1235370460/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://variety.com/2022/tv/reviews/2022-emmys-review-boring-show-1235370460/</a><br> ‘CoComelon’ Video Game Is a First for Fast-Growing Moonbug<br> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/business/cococomelon-video-game-is-a-first-for-fast-growing-moonbug.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/business/cococomelon-video-game-is-a-first-for-fast-growing-moonbug.html</a><br> MUBI Founder on Evolving Into a Studio, Building Global Cinemas and Outbidding Competitors<br> <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/global/mubi-strategy-efe-cakarel-toronto-decision-to-leave-1235369417/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://variety.com/2022/film/global/mubi-strategy-efe-cakarel-toronto-decision-to-leave-1235369417/</a><br> Hugh Jackman-led ‘Music Man’ Sets Final Performance Date<br> <a href="https://broadwaynews.com/2022/09/13/hugh-jackman-led-music-man-sets-final-performance-date-on-broadway/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://broadwaynews.com/2022/09/13/hugh-jackman-led-music-man-sets-final-performance-date-on-broadway/</a><br>