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​* Many insiders are trying to wreck the chances for "Joker" come this award season. It feels like the same attacks that tried to doom "Bohemian Rhapsody." It is not ruining the box office, so awards are the way they seek to destroy. 
* Martin Scorsese is correct when he said theme-park movies are taking over. Not necessarily a negative comment but many take it that way. Superhero films are all the same with special effects, etc. The story can get lost and the effects, though are real cool, can be distracting and repetitious.
Tim's TV 
* Only 8.3 million viewers for the CNN debate. Ouch!
​* Hallmark is already at it when it comes to Christmas. 
* Trace Gallagher is doing a fine job in the 3 p.m ET slot.
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TV LISTINGS
Streamers May Be Real Home For Adult-Targeted Films
by Wayne Friedman, Staff Writer
Director Martin Scorsese decried the decreasing emphasis on "narrative" adult films. They may just have moved venues  Read the whole story
32 ANIMATED FEATURES SUBMITTED FOR 2019 OSCAR® RACE LOS ANGELES, CA — Thirty-two features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 92nd Academy Awards®. From AMPAS - The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“Abominable”
“The Addams Family”
“The Angry Birds Movie 2”
“Another Day of Life”
“Away”
“Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles”
“Children of the Sea”
“Dilili in Paris”
“Frozen II”
“Funan”
“Genndy Tartakovsky’s ‘Primal’ – Tales of Savagery”
“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
“I Lost My Body”
“Klaus”
“The Last Fiction”
“The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part”
“Marona’s Fantastic Tale”
“Missing Link”
“Ne Zha”
“Okko’s Inn”
“Pachamama”
“Promare”
“Rezo”
“The Secret Life of Pets 2”
“Spies in Disguise”
“The Swallows of Kabul”
“This Magnificent Cake!”
“The Tower”
“Toy Story 4”
“Upin & Ipin: The Lone Gibbon Kris”
“Weathering with You”
“White Snake”
Several of the films have not yet had their required Los Angeles seven-day qualifying run.  Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and comply with all of the category’s other qualifying rules before they can advance in the nominations voting process.  To determine the five nominees, members of the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch are automatically eligible to vote in the category.  Academy members outside of the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch are invited to opt-in to participate and must meet a minimum viewing requirement to be eligible to vote in the category.
  Films submitted in the Animated Feature Film category also qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture.
  Nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards will be announced on Monday, January 13, 2020.
  The 92nd Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network.  The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
Big Movies May Find A Home At Streamers, Not Movie Theaters
by Wayne Friedman, Staff Writer
Movie studios are mulling different distribution for . Read the whole story
YouTube Is Bigger Among Teens Than Netflix
by Wayne Friedman, Staff Writer
Teens' daily video consumption with  Read the whole story
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