ICYMI: The Art of the Dealmakers Catch up on our recent best RICHARD RUSHFIELD AND JANICE MIN JAN 21

Our great weeklong series on the representation business of agents and managers got people talking (and subscribing). Today’s the day to catch up in case you missed any of it: Big Managers of the Moment 2024 NICOLE LAPORTE, PETER KIEFER, AND ELAINE LOW · JAN 16 Read full story Tales from the Agency Mailroom. Still a Thing ELAINE LOW · JAN 17 Read full story Why Do Deals Take So Long To Sign? ENTERTAINMENT STRATEGY GUY · JAN 18 Read full story Agents' New Big Deal: Quitting PETER KIEFER · JAN 18 Notes From the Home Office Our new weekly TV marketplace newsletter, Series Business, debuts tomorrow morning from Elaine Low for paid subscribers only. Manori Ravindran has joined Team Ankler as our London correspondent. Formerly executive editor of international at Variety, Manori will be contributing to Series Business. Reach her at Manori@theankler.com. Look for Gregg Kilday’s last word before Tuesday’s Oscar noms in a new Prestige Junkie tomorrow; his quick analysis of the noms hits Tuesday afternoon. Today in Park City: Richard moderates an official Sundance panel, “Storytelling and Gun Safety: Changing the Narrative to Save Lives”, with Gen Z sensation, U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10), Brady president Kris Brown, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), actor-filmmaker Clark Gregg and think tank founder Lorna Randlett. It’s today at 4:30 PM at the Filmmakers Lounge on Main Street. RSVP here and arrive early. Now, our rest of the best of the week: Why is Color Purple Getting Snubbed? Musicals have a rough go of it, both historically at the box office, but also on the awards circuit. Gregg Kilday examined resistance to the genre, and how it’s likely hurt The Color Purple: 'Color Purple' and Oscar's Musical Curse GREGG KILDAY · JAN 15 Read full story Postcard from Sundance Richard starts with the saga of a Hollywood-filled plane delay out of Burbank Airport (and the execs who came to the rescue) before commending the festival on its continued significance to indie film: Postcard from Sundance... Starting with H'wood Agents at Burbank Airport RICHARD RUSHFIELD · JAN 20 Read full story Share ☀️THE WAKEUP ☀️The NETFLIX Films 2023 List - What Dominated, What Missed SEAN MCNULTY · JAN 19 Read full story ☀️AMAZON Upheaval Continues, Pulls Plug on 2nd Global Region SEAN MCNULTY · JAN 18 Read full story ☀️NETFLIX Oscar hopeful is bonafide global hit ...