Episode 255 - In Bad Taste
The Academy Awards just happened and they were pretty good. Host Jimmy Kimmel, while good, spent way too much time on the Will Smith/Chris Rock slap. There was superb representation for the Asian and Indian communities. And there was a donkey. Plus: Paramount might want to off load BET; Spotify's yearly event; and streaming isn't necessarily helping out Oscar hopefuls.
- Tyler Perry and Byron Allen seek to acquire major stakes BET after Paramount shows interest in dropping theirs
- Spotify announced a slew of news at their 2023 Stream On event
- “Elvis” is the most streamed Oscar movie, though it may not mean anything
- Streaming isn’t helping Oscar movies
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