1
00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,400
Speaker 1: Welcome to Daily Variety, your daily dose of news and

2
00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:18,000
Speaker 1: analysis for entertainment industry insiders. It's Monday, March sixteenth, twenty

3
00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,120
Speaker 1: twenty six. I'm your host, Cynthia Littleton. I am co

4
00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,759
Speaker 1: editor in chief of Variety alongside Ramin Setuda. I'm in

5
00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:27,920
Speaker 1: LA He's in New York, and Bridy has reporters around

6
00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,400
Speaker 1: the world covering the business of entertainment. In today's episode,

7
00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:34,400
Speaker 1: in our box Office segment, we'll hear from Variety's Rebecca

8
00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:37,720
Speaker 1: Rubin on a breakdown of the weekend. The calling Hoover

9
00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:41,479
Speaker 1: Cinematic Universe is real and Rebecca has the receipts. But

10
00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:43,720
Speaker 1: before we get to all of that, here are a

11
00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:46,440
Speaker 1: few headlines just in this morning that you need to know.

12
00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,880
Speaker 1: The Oscars are over. Long, Live the Oscars. It was

13
00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,559
Speaker 1: a big night for one battle after another, and a

14
00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,840
Speaker 1: big night for Sinners. For this Oscar viewer, the moment

15
00:00:55,880 --> 00:01:00,440
Speaker 1: of the night was Sinner's cinematographer Autumn Dawn Archipa, raking

16
00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:04,960
Speaker 1: the gender barrier for women in cinematography after ninety eight years.

17
00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:09,919
Speaker 1: It's about time. Congrats to Arkapa. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr

18
00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:14,080
Speaker 1: went on another verbal tear this weekend, threatening broadcast network

19
00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:17,880
Speaker 1: TV station licenses for news coverage that President Trump and

20
00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,440
Speaker 1: other conservatives don't like. Carr doesn't have the power to

21
00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:24,640
Speaker 1: yank stations off the air tomorrow, but this is still

22
00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:28,200
Speaker 1: a troubling level of partisanship for a regulator who is

23
00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:32,640
Speaker 1: ostensibly leading an independent agency. My colleague Todd Spangler has

24
00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,480
Speaker 1: just posted a good analysis piece on this subject on

25
00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:39,000
Speaker 1: Variety dot com. Sag After has ended its first round

26
00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,319
Speaker 1: of talks with Hollywood's major studios and streamers without reaching

27
00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:46,120
Speaker 1: a contract agreement. As of today, March sixteenth, the Writer's

28
00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:49,080
Speaker 1: Guild of America comes to the bargaining table. The writers

29
00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,520
Speaker 1: are up against a May first contract deadline. Gag AFTER

30
00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,720
Speaker 1: and the Director's Guild of America have a June thirtieth

31
00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:59,160
Speaker 1: contract expiration date. Tag After will go back at it

32
00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:02,280
Speaker 1: in talks. After the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television

33
00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,480
Speaker 1: Producers conducts a round of talks with the WGA, and

34
00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:07,640
Speaker 1: then the DGA is lined up to come in on

35
00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:12,359
Speaker 1: May eleventh. Hulu's planned Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot has collapsed.

36
00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:17,119
Speaker 1: Chloe Jao had been developing a reimagining of the beloved franchise,

37
00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:21,000
Speaker 1: but per original star Sarah Michelle Geller, the project has

38
00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,560
Speaker 1: simply fallen apart. This isn't the first Buffy reboot that

39
00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:27,760
Speaker 1: didn't happen. It probably won't be the last. All of

40
00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,240
Speaker 1: these stories and so much more can be found on

41
00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:38,000
Speaker 1: Variety dot com right now. And now it's time for

42
00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,640
Speaker 1: conversations with Friday journalists about news and trends and show business.

43
00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:48,040
Speaker 1: If it's Monday, we're talking box office with Rebecca Rubin,

44
00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:51,760
Speaker 1: Variety's resident expert, who is senior film and media reporter.

45
00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,440
Speaker 1: She works hard every Sunday to bring us the box

46
00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,240
Speaker 1: office numbers, and not even the Oscars gets in the

47
00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:01,400
Speaker 1: way of this chronicle of the Turnstiles Kerubin, thank you

48
00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,440
Speaker 1: as ever for joining me to talk about the box office.

49
00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:05,360
Speaker 2: Thank you for having me.

50
00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,840
Speaker 1: Well. It was a busy weekend. It wasn't the most

51
00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:10,920
Speaker 1: blockbuster weekend of numbers, but it was an interesting weekend

52
00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,000
Speaker 1: in new titles and genres. It was a big weekend

53
00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:18,119
Speaker 1: for Colleen Hoover fans. Her latest romantic drama, Reminders of Him,

54
00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:22,560
Speaker 1: opened very successfully topped the box office. Rebecca, once again,

55
00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,360
Speaker 1: you had your finger on the pulse. You wrote a

56
00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,760
Speaker 1: great piece for varieties print edition, in print and online,

57
00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,959
Speaker 1: looking at how Colleen Hoover had become a real secret weapon,

58
00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,400
Speaker 1: now not so secret weapon at the box office. What

59
00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,480
Speaker 1: gave reminders of him the oop to make it open

60
00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:38,640
Speaker 1: at number one this week?

61
00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,600
Speaker 2: This movie really does solidify Colleen Hoover as an in

62
00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:46,760
Speaker 2: demand talent for Hollywood. This, as you mentioned, is her

63
00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,720
Speaker 2: third film that has opened at the box office to

64
00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,840
Speaker 2: successful results, and part of what's working here is really

65
00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,440
Speaker 2: just at her Her work is filling a void that

66
00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:01,920
Speaker 2: has mostly gone to streaming, and it's these female skewing

67
00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:06,040
Speaker 2: romance drama titles that have for the most part, become

68
00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,600
Speaker 2: very prominent on Netflix and Amazon Prime. And so when

69
00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:11,560
Speaker 2: they are in theaters, even if they don't have the

70
00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,040
Speaker 2: best reviews in the world, people are going out to

71
00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,960
Speaker 2: see them. And it just speaks to this female audience

72
00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,039
Speaker 2: that I think is underserved. Here eighty percent of the

73
00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:23,600
Speaker 2: opening week in crowds were women, and so it just

74
00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:27,599
Speaker 2: shows that they really do feel like when something is

75
00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:28,839
Speaker 2: for them, they'll come out.

76
00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,320
Speaker 1: To see it. Look at what you see on the

77
00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:35,120
Speaker 1: top ten of Netflix's original movies most weeks, not every week,

78
00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,919
Speaker 1: but most week. It's a lot of romantic dramas and

79
00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:41,320
Speaker 1: a lot of romantic comedies, and this really does feel

80
00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:45,160
Speaker 1: like green shoots for people being able to open a movie.

81
00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,400
Speaker 1: I gotta believe this is modestly budgeted.

82
00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:51,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was twenty five million dollars, and so it

83
00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:55,599
Speaker 2: opened this weekend globally to twenty eight million dollars and

84
00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:58,279
Speaker 2: it definitely sets it on a great track for Universal,

85
00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,640
Speaker 2: which back to the film, this kind of movie, this

86
00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:04,320
Speaker 2: mid budget movie that was designed to kind of be

87
00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:07,600
Speaker 2: an easy win for studios, has also kind of fallen

88
00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,320
Speaker 2: by the wayside, and so we might see more of

89
00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:14,320
Speaker 2: these moving forward. The marquee talent here is Colleen Hoover,

90
00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:18,080
Speaker 2: and she's showing that people were obsessed with her on

91
00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:21,320
Speaker 2: book Talk. That's where she really blew up. And then

92
00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,200
Speaker 2: those fans want to see how their favorite novels are

93
00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,720
Speaker 2: translated to the big screen. And so she's really the

94
00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:29,880
Speaker 2: one driving people to theaters.

95
00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,560
Speaker 1: And I'm guessing she has a pretty sweet deal in

96
00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:36,039
Speaker 1: movies because I know she's very aware of the value

97
00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:37,840
Speaker 1: of Colleen Hoover over the title.

98
00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:41,560
Speaker 2: This is actually something I wrote about in my Marquis story.

99
00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:46,200
Speaker 2: But her asking price definitely has risen considerably. But one

100
00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,119
Speaker 2: thing that's interesting to know is for the first three

101
00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:51,800
Speaker 2: films that she's had adapted and that it ends with

102
00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:56,160
Speaker 2: Us Regretting You and Verity, which actually comes out in October.

103
00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:59,520
Speaker 2: Those movies she sold the rights to, and she said

104
00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:02,159
Speaker 2: that early in her career she kind of just felt like, Ooh,

105
00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,960
Speaker 2: somebody's interested in adapting my work. Great, have fun with it.

106
00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,599
Speaker 2: Do your thing, and then she realized what she was

107
00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:13,080
Speaker 2: giving away, and so she ended up starting her own

108
00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:17,480
Speaker 2: production company where she's the one developing the films, and

109
00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:22,000
Speaker 2: so she's no longer selling or licensing the rights anymore.

110
00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:26,760
Speaker 2: She's trying to take the initiative and adapting the films

111
00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,279
Speaker 2: and then going to the market. And that's what she

112
00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:33,240
Speaker 2: did with Reminders of Him. Her and her producing partner,

113
00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:37,280
Speaker 2: whose name is Lauren Levine, they wrote this screenplay together,

114
00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:40,800
Speaker 2: they took it to the market, and then Universal bought

115
00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:44,039
Speaker 2: the screenplay. She's very savvy in the space because she

116
00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,039
Speaker 2: was a self published author for a while, and so

117
00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,680
Speaker 2: it's very interesting to see how her business sense is developing.

118
00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,400
Speaker 1: Another great story here is this is a big moment

119
00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:56,880
Speaker 1: for director Vanessa Caswill. Somebody who's absolutely worked has very

120
00:06:57,279 --> 00:06:59,640
Speaker 1: respectable credits, but obviously this is going to be a

121
00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:02,960
Speaker 1: big opening at number one. Interesting to see in this

122
00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:08,640
Speaker 1: moment of incredible consolidation, to see entrepreneurial efforts making a

123
00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:11,880
Speaker 1: big impact, so really interesting. We'll of course be interesting

124
00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:15,239
Speaker 1: to see if this movie has legs. And speaking of legs,

125
00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,600
Speaker 1: for leged and otherwise, Hoppers seems to be that family

126
00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:20,480
Speaker 1: film that is going to hang in there. It had

127
00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:22,160
Speaker 1: a pretty good hold from week to week.

128
00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,320
Speaker 2: Yes, Hoppers was the number one film for the second

129
00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,239
Speaker 2: weekend in a row. It earned about twenty eight million

130
00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:32,320
Speaker 2: dollars and that is down just thirty six percent from

131
00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,440
Speaker 2: its debut, and so that's a pretty good hold for

132
00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,920
Speaker 2: a family film. And as you said, it's looking to

133
00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:42,720
Speaker 2: have legs. To use a funny a little pun, but

134
00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:45,960
Speaker 2: it's really important for Pixar at a time when they've

135
00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:50,000
Speaker 2: had really, really big success with sequels. Inside Out two

136
00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:53,680
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty four was one of the biggest movies

137
00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,600
Speaker 2: of the year, but they haven't really had a ton

138
00:07:56,640 --> 00:08:00,800
Speaker 2: of success in the original space since twenty seven teen's Coco,

139
00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:03,760
Speaker 2: and so this looks like it's shaping up to be

140
00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:06,679
Speaker 2: the first original win in quite a while.

141
00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:10,320
Speaker 1: For them priming the pump. That's super important for Disney.

142
00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:14,240
Speaker 1: This is a nice little incoming gift to incoming CEO

143
00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:17,880
Speaker 1: Josh Tomorrow. The baton will formally be passed on Wednesday.

144
00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,560
Speaker 1: That's definitely a nice way to start with the potential

145
00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,880
Speaker 1: for a super strong animation franchise to be born just

146
00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,640
Speaker 1: as you take over. Not bad. Another movie that stood

147
00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,080
Speaker 1: out to me and your box office report was another

148
00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:32,559
Speaker 1: from eight twenty four movie Undertone. What do you think

149
00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:34,160
Speaker 1: made that stand out to horror fans.

150
00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:36,760
Speaker 2: I'm not really sure what made it stand out, but

151
00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:41,520
Speaker 2: it opened to just above nine million, and that's a

152
00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:45,440
Speaker 2: pretty killer start for a movie like this was micro

153
00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:49,280
Speaker 2: budgeted under a million dollars to make a twenty four

154
00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:53,000
Speaker 2: acquired the film for three to four millions. The fact

155
00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,439
Speaker 2: that the box office is really at its best when

156
00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:59,240
Speaker 2: all kinds of genres are being served, and so we

157
00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,880
Speaker 2: just had a big horror movie in Scream seven that's

158
00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:05,079
Speaker 2: a little bit more of a slasher film, and then

159
00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:08,839
Speaker 2: this one has a more paranormal undertone, and so I

160
00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:12,559
Speaker 2: think you're able to have especially with the horror genre,

161
00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,240
Speaker 2: people love watching scary movies in a communal setting, and

162
00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,120
Speaker 2: so I think it's really just the fact that they're

163
00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:23,120
Speaker 2: striking during what was a pretty quiet weekend and getting

164
00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,400
Speaker 2: the people who probably have already seen Scream twice.

165
00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:29,960
Speaker 1: Your story ends this week with a pretty positive prediction

166
00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:33,120
Speaker 1: from Paul dere Garabedian, who has been doing this a

167
00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:36,880
Speaker 1: long time in overseas box office forecasting for comScore. He

168
00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:40,200
Speaker 1: is really predicting big things for Project Hail Mary, the

169
00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:44,000
Speaker 1: latest from Ryan Gosling, which opens next weekend. Rebecca, what

170
00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:45,720
Speaker 1: is your forecast for this movie?

171
00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:49,080
Speaker 2: Yes, Paul is not alone in suggesting that it's going

172
00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:52,640
Speaker 2: to be a very significant debut for Project Hail Mary.

173
00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:55,840
Speaker 2: I have heard, as Tim it's so far of fifty

174
00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:59,960
Speaker 2: million to sixty million, but word of mouth is very positive,

175
00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:03,840
Speaker 2: and so there are independent tracking services who believe that

176
00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:07,520
Speaker 2: the initial number could be even above sixty million, maybe

177
00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:11,120
Speaker 2: getting in this seventy million range, which would be fantastic

178
00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:14,600
Speaker 2: for Amazon MGM, because they've just had a bit of

179
00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:19,400
Speaker 2: a rough go at theatrical and it's this situation where

180
00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:23,679
Speaker 2: nobody wants them to give up on their theatrical ambitions.

181
00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,440
Speaker 2: It's really encouraging for the industry that there is a

182
00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:29,760
Speaker 2: studio who is putting out thirteen new movies a year

183
00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:33,400
Speaker 2: like Amazon is this year. But at the same time,

184
00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:38,320
Speaker 2: they've been very expensive movies that haven't necessarily justified how

185
00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,960
Speaker 2: much the studio has paid for them. And so this movie,

186
00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,760
Speaker 2: Project tail Mary, is shaping up to be the first

187
00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:49,640
Speaker 2: commercial win for Amazon, and internally at the studio, they're

188
00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,960
Speaker 2: just hoping it turns the conversation around a bit about

189
00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:57,600
Speaker 2: their theatrical ambitions and what kind of things they're putting out,

190
00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:00,640
Speaker 2: and so it really does seem like the kind of

191
00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:05,160
Speaker 2: movie that has great reviews and is an all audience film,

192
00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:06,880
Speaker 2: and we don't get that many of those.

193
00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,600
Speaker 1: I'm gonna name drop here, Rebecca. I saw Sue Kroll,

194
00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,720
Speaker 1: who heads all of marketing for Amazon MGM Studios, and

195
00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:16,120
Speaker 1: Courtney Valenti, who is the engine of their film division.

196
00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:19,000
Speaker 1: I would definitely bet on those two knowing how to

197
00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,160
Speaker 1: open this movie. And then of course Ryan Gosling, and

198
00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:25,280
Speaker 1: as he proved last week on SNL, he can turn

199
00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,679
Speaker 1: on the charm like few others. So here's really really

200
00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:32,200
Speaker 1: hoping for a strong box office debut. And with that, Rebecca,

201
00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:35,120
Speaker 1: I will wish you a happy Oscars because we are

202
00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:38,280
Speaker 1: talking here on Sunday before all the prizes are handed out.

203
00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:41,520
Speaker 1: We will both be eagerly watching and helping the team

204
00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:43,600
Speaker 1: Variety cover this and I just want to thank you

205
00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,079
Speaker 1: for all your hard work and the box office never

206
00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:47,840
Speaker 1: stops even on Oscar Sunday.

207
00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:48,920
Speaker 2: Thank you for having me.

208
00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:00,080
Speaker 1: As we close out today's episode, here's a few things

209
00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,959
Speaker 1: we're watching for Hong Kong Film mart begins tomorrow. Variety

210
00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,160
Speaker 1: will produce three print dailies out of the Asian Content

211
00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:11,440
Speaker 1: Conference in Marketplace starting March seventeenth, and will also produce

212
00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,640
Speaker 1: three digital dailies. You can find all of this content

213
00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:18,199
Speaker 1: on Variety dot Com and our social platforms. We'll hear

214
00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:21,760
Speaker 1: from our great correspondent Nomen Rama Chandron later this week

215
00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,439
Speaker 1: with an on the ground report from Hong Kong Film Mark.

216
00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:28,839
Speaker 1: Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aid's Red Bucket Campaign is coming

217
00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:32,080
Speaker 1: back to Broadway theaters. This is the annual six week

218
00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:36,439
Speaker 1: spring fundraising campaign where actors bring out red buckets at

219
00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:39,640
Speaker 1: the end of performances to raise money for two great

220
00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:43,960
Speaker 1: charitable organizations. The most recent campaign last fall, raised seven

221
00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,200
Speaker 1: point five million dollars. The Spring Fling runs through April

222
00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,959
Speaker 1: twenty six and Finally, a salute to Sweet Judy Blue Eyes.

223
00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:55,440
Speaker 1: Judy Collins, she of that angelic voice, has announced plans

224
00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:58,040
Speaker 1: for her final tour. It will kick off on July

225
00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:02,160
Speaker 1: fourth in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, as part of an America

226
00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:05,840
Speaker 1: at two fifty celebration. So far, the Collins Tour is

227
00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:08,920
Speaker 1: scheduled to run through November, with more dates to come.

228
00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,520
Speaker 1: We love to hear from listeners, so please send thoughts, scripes,

229
00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:16,240
Speaker 1: and other feedback about Daily Variety to podcasts at Variety

230
00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:19,600
Speaker 1: dot com Before we go. Congrats to Paul Reader. He's

231
00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:23,520
Speaker 1: been promoted to Senior executive vice president and Chief Communications

232
00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:27,000
Speaker 1: Officer for the Walt Disney Company. As of Thursday, he'll

233
00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,960
Speaker 1: be the chief mouthpiece for the Mouse and its new CEO,

234
00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:33,560
Speaker 1: Josh Tomorrow. Reader started his career at Disney in the

235
00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:37,120
Speaker 1: publicity office of ABC in two thousand and one. He

236
00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:40,439
Speaker 1: worked for Disney's Corporate Communications department from two thousand and

237
00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,200
Speaker 1: two to twenty ten, and then he became head of

238
00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:47,160
Speaker 1: PR for Walt Disney Studios. Thanks for listening. This episode

239
00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:50,800
Speaker 1: was written and reported by me Cynthia Littleton, with contributions

240
00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:54,600
Speaker 1: from Rebecca Rubin Stick snick's hick picks. Please leave us

241
00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:57,200
Speaker 1: a review at the podcast platform of your choice, and

242
00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:00,000
Speaker 1: please tune in tomorrow for another episode of Daily Life

243
00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:01,760
Speaker 1: Variety