Summary: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association held its first Golden Globes awards ceremony under a new and supposedly improved organization under new ownership. Organizers scrambled to find both a network to broadcast this year’s show, not to mention a host. In the end, the winners weren’t surprising with “Oppenheimer” and “Succession” each taking home five, but the show itself was incredibly bland.<br> Realistically, neither the Golden Globes or groups like the National Society of Film Critics are good predictors of which films will be favorites at this year’s Academy Awards. <br> Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including the best selling books of 2023, a major radio station operator files for bankruptcy and Prince’s “Purple Rain” heads to Broadway.<br> <br> <br> 125 Best Romance Books Of All Time<br> <a href="https://parade.com/books/best-romance-books-of-all-time" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://parade.com/books/best-romance-books-of-all-time</a><br> ‘Wonka’ On Way To $500M WW, ‘Wish’ Tops $200M; ‘Taylor Swift: Eras Tour’ Overtakes ‘This Is It’<br> <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/01/wonka-aquaman-2-wish-taylor-swift-eras-tour-global-international-box-office-1235698776/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://deadline.com/2024/01/wonka-aquaman-2-wish-taylor-swift-eras-tour-global-international-box-office-1235698776/</a><br> Box Office: ‘Night Swim’ Opens to $12M, ‘Wonka’ Leads Overall as Post-Holiday Doldrums Begin<br> <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/night-swim-box-office-wonka-1235780767/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/night-swim-box-office-wonka-1235780767/</a><br> ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Will Go On Without Nigel Lythgoe Amid Sexual Assault Allegations<br> <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-01-05/nigel-lythgoe-sytycd-sexual-assault-so-you-think-you-can-dance" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-01-05/nigel-lythgoe-sytycd-sexual-assault-so-you-think-you-can-dance</a><br> These Are the Bestselling (New) Books of 2023<br> <a href="https://lithub.com/these-are-the-bestselling-new-books-of-2023/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lithub.com/these-are-the-bestselling-new-books-of-2023/</a><br> Radio Giant Audacy — Owner of KROQ and KCBS — Files for Bankruptcy<br> <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/audacy-kroq-wfan-files-bankruptcy-1235781045/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/audacy-kroq-wfan-files-bankruptcy-1235781045/</a><br> Prince Movie Classic ‘Purple Rain’ Becoming a Stage Musical<br> <a href="https://variety.com/2024/legit/news/prince-movie-purple-rain-stage-musical-branden-jacobs-jenkins-1235863878/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://variety.com/2024/legit/news/prince-movie-purple-rain-stage-musical-branden-jacobs-jenkins-1235863878/</a><br> David Soul, ‘Starsky & Hutch’ Star, Dies at 80<br> <a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/obituaries-people-news/david-soul-dead-starsky-hutch-1235862532/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://variety.com/2024/tv/obituaries-people-news/david-soul-dead-starsky-hutch-1235862532/</a><br> Glynis Johns, Tony Winner for ‘A Little Night Music,’ Dies at 100<br> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/theater/glynis-johns-dead.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/theater/glynis-johns-dead.html</a><br> MGMT’s “Mother Nature.”<br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDzIO5ahGE8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDzIO5ahGE8</a><br>
