Industry publicists tell the Hollywood Foreign Press Association: reform or we will abandon you
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-03-15/hollywood-publicists-warn-golden-globes-group-to-change-or-lose-access-to-star-clients Narrator: But they didn’t abandon the HFPA, because the most dangerous thing to do in Hollywood is deny celebrities a photo op On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 10:30 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Right. But your point is totally plausible as well. TV watching is a > behavioral habit, and this pandemic has disrupted so many behavioral > patterns. Very hard to say which of the old habits will return unchanged > and which won’t. I’m wondering if I will ever go back to wearing real pants > again to work. > > On Sat, 6 Mar 2021 at 9:53 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 3:59 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> No way to prove, but I think we can make a reasonable inference. Ticket >>> sales at my local theater were down in 2020, and I guess its possible they >>> will continue at that level after the pandemic, but I think its reasonable >>> to infer they will go back up. I’m not saying the inference is as strong >>> for major television events, but still reasonable. >>> >>> This is why I included a hypothesis (a specific, testable prediction). >>> If GGA ratings go up next time, but are still lower than the time before, I >>> will be right; if they stay the same or go down, then you will be. >>> >> >> I want to point out that there is a major difference between activities >> that have been shut down, like theater and live music, and TV. Of course >> people will return to those venues as soon as they reopen and it's >> pointless to draw any conclusions from comparing 2019 attendance to 2020 >> attendance. >> >> After further reflection (God knows why this takes up any space in my >> mind) the Golden Globes ceremony was always sold as a big party with a red >> carpet ceremony and boozing at the tables was encouraged to give an >> anything-can-happen attitude. All of that was missing this year and that >> could have depressed viewership. If next year's ceremony can be sold as a >> celebration of show biz stars getting back together and having a good time >> that could drive up the number of viewers. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiEtwjMN-4UMBxA5-N_Wo5b9BrEL%3DmenwpErGKKWvzcK8Q%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiEtwjMN-4UMBxA5-N_Wo5b9BrEL%3DmenwpErGKKWvzcK8Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLH%3DWa%3D4y_7G3%3DJXL35FcdYpkCBWaXrMgj2nVh30ATC5Q%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLH%3DWa%3D4y_7G3%3DJXL35FcdYpkCBWaXrMgj2nVh30ATC5Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BS8D8L3re6j%2BLG6B5f36uDcqoD1_aeF8x%3DnddKc8dt9w%40mail.gmail.com.
