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The Big Gets Bigger, Part 1: The Mouse House becomes mightier with the announced acquisition of this movie studio:
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Paramount
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Universal
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Sony
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20th Century Fox
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The Big Gets Bigger, Part 2: Apple learned that all the cool kids are buying things, so they went ahead an purchased this music app:
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Spotify
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Shazam
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Slacker Radio
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Pandora
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And sometimes, The Big kind of creep people out. Take this video company, who announced they knew exactly how many people watched the obscure title The Christmas Prince
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Amazon
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Hulu
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Netflix
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YouTube
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Speaking of Netflix, the video purveyors unleashed the second season of the critically and popular loved The Crown. Remind us which British monarch the series is about?
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Elizabeth I
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Elizabeth II
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Mary Queen of Scots
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Victoria
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"Everybody, chill!" Thus spake J.K. Rowling, defending the continued casting of this man for the Magical Beasts film series:
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Robert Downey, Jr.
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Johnny Depp
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Tom Cruise
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Alec Baldwin
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If you are a band that was admitted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this week, please step forward. Whoa, not so fast there......
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Bon Jovi
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The Cars
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Moody Blues
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Def Leppard
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Welcome to one of the two weeks a year where your awareness of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association rises 1000%. The HFPA's Golden Globe awards came out this week, and the most nominated film is:
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The Shape of Water
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Three Billboards
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The Post
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Dunkirk
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Eyebrows shot up that this actor won a Supporting Actor nomination, even though he shot his scenes only a few weeks ago (after being brought in to reshoot Kevin Space's scenes):
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Patrick Stewart
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Christopher Plummer
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Martin Sheen
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Robert Redford
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On the TV side of the globes, this network reigns supreme with 12 overall nominations:
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Netflix
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ABC
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HBO
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NBC
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And this lady will be your Cecil B. DeMille Award recipient at January's Globes. Perhaps you have heard of her:
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Meryl Streep
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Tina Fey
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Oprah Winfrey
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Cher
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