{"id":25921,"date":"2020-10-11T22:24:28","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T05:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=25921"},"modified":"2020-10-11T22:24:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T05:24:28","slug":"award-shows-juggle-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2020\/10\/11\/award-shows-juggle-around\/","title":{"rendered":"Award Shows Juggle Around"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meanwhile, the world of entertainment continues limping along.  You may be wondering what will happen to all those year-end blockbusters?  Many studios continue to bank on bringing these films to the public, and the folks at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences <\/em>want to help them along.  As you probably know, the Oscars <\/em><\/strong>have been pushed from February to April 25th.  In the past, films needed to qualify by screening in a Los Angeles cinema three times a day for at least one week.  However, the Academy<\/em>\u2019s new rules allow films which are shown in cinemas OR drive-ins in LA, NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami and Atlanta for a week.  In addition, films that had scheduled theatrical releases but were seen on a streaming service due to the pandemic also qualify.<\/p>\n

Some members of the Academy <\/em>are asking that the Oscars <\/em>not take place at all.  The awards should still be given out.  But due to the pandemic, most believe a live ceremony cannot take place safely.  They also believe that doing a virtual event would tarnish the reputation of the Oscars<\/em>.  Stay tuned.<\/p>\n

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Remember the Tonys<\/em>?  Of course you don\u2019t \u2013 Broadway<\/em>\u2019s biggest night traditionally happens during June (coincidentally, gay pride month).  Meanwhile, we haven\u2019t even had nominations from the truncated season.  That\u2019s all about to change.  The Tony <\/em>nominations will be announced live at 3PM Eastern on YouTube on October 15th.  Wait a second – that\u2019s this Thursday.  Hopefully it\u2019ll be done by 3PM so you can watch Billy Masters LIVE<\/em><\/strong> with Ed Asner!<\/p>\n

As to the ceremony itself, God only knows.  Originally, it was supposed to air on CBS<\/em>.  Here is the latest official statement: \u201cThe 74th Annual Tony Awards <\/em>will take place digitally in fall 2020.\u201d  Well, doesn\u2019t that sound vague and unfulfilling!  It\u2019s not like I haven\u2019t had memorable moments digitally.  Frankly, it depends on the digits.<\/p>\n

The latest on Broadway <\/em>is that theatres will not open any earlier than May 30, 2021 \u2013 and the phrase \u201cdon\u2019t hold your breath\u201d springs to mind.  What would this mean for the 2021 Tonys<\/em>, which would typically take place in June?  Perhaps whatever shows can open on one weekend will sweep the awards.  In light of these delays, it\u2019s no surprise that the Hugh Jackman<\/strong>\/Sutton Foster <\/strong>revival of The Music Man<\/em><\/strong> will now open on February 10, 2022.  And the new musical about Michael Jackson <\/strong>will bow sometime in September 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meanwhile, the world of entertainment continues limping along.  You may be wondering what will happen to all those year-end blockbusters?  Many studios continue to bank on bringing these films to the public, and the folks at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences want to help them along.  As you probably know, the Oscars<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25921"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25923,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25921\/revisions\/25923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}