Showbiz Sandbox 609: Consumers Are Spending A Fortune on Home Entertainment




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Summary: According to Digital Entertainment Group, consumers in North America spent $37 billion on home entertainment in 2022. That includes not only spending on streaming services, but also DVD, Blu-ray and digital sales. Not to mention physical and digital rentals. And none of these figures includes spending on cable television.<br> Meanwhile, awards season is in full swing with the SAG Awards, PGA Awards, Annies and the Cesars all being handed out over the past week. We’ll give you the quick summary and what it all means for the Oscars. <br> Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including how Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramout are in a dispute over “South Park,” Stephen Fry will host “Jeopardy” in the United Kingdom and new “Lord of the Rings” movies are in the works.<br> <br> <br> ‘Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania’ Reaches $364M WW On Way To $500M+ Final; ‘Cocaine Bear’ Starts Sniffing Overseas &amp; WB’s ‘Mummies’ Awakens<br> <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/02/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania-second-weekend-cocaine-bear-china-global-international-box-office-1235271793/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://deadline.com/2023/02/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania-second-weekend-cocaine-bear-china-global-international-box-office-1235271793/</a><br> Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man 3’ Gets Mauled by ‘Cocaine Bear,’ Suffers Record 69.7 Percent Drop<br> <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ant-man-wasp-quantumania-box-office-cocaine-bear-1235334642/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ant-man-wasp-quantumania-box-office-cocaine-bear-1235334642/</a><br> Kristen Stewart’s Berlin Jury Awards Golden Bear to ‘On the Adamant’<br> <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/2023/02/berlin-film-festival-2023-winners-list-1234813307/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.indiewire.com/2023/02/berlin-film-festival-2023-winners-list-1234813307/</a><br> NAACP Image Awards 2023: See the Complete List of Winners<br> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/25/entertainment/naacp-image-award-winners-list/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/25/entertainment/naacp-image-award-winners-list/index.html</a><br> ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Takes Producers Guild Award<br> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/movies/producers-guild-awards.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/movies/producers-guild-awards.html</a><br> SAG Awards 2023: See the Complete Winners List<br> <a href="https://ew.com/awards/sag-awards/sag-awards-2023-winners-list/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ew.com/awards/sag-awards/sag-awards-2023-winners-list/</a><br> ‘The Night of the 12th’ Wins Best Picture at France’s Cesar Awards<br> <a href="http://%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Bhttps://variety.com/2023/film/news/cesar-awards-2023-announced-1235534915/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">​​https://variety.com/2023/film/news/cesar-awards-2023-announced-1235534915/</a><br> The Trouble With the Rewrites to the James Bond Books<br> <a href="https://time.com/6258547/james-bond-books-rewritten/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://time.com/6258547/james-bond-books-rewritten/</a><br> Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 16 Years In Prison for Los Angeles Rape<br> <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-23/harvey-weinstein-sentenced-to-xx-in-los-angeles-rape-case" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-23/harvey-weinstein-sentenced-to-xx-in-los-angeles-rape-case</a><br> As Criticism Mounts, Roald Dahl’s Publisher Offers a Messy Compromise<br> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/02/24/roald-dahl-book-changes/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/02/24/roald-dahl-book-changes/</a><br>