When the nominations for the 59th Grammy Awards were announced last week Beyoncé continued her annus mirabilis by picking up no fewer than nine nods including one for album of the year. She’s in the mix with the likes of Adele, Drake, Justin Bieber and Sturgill Simpson. With musical acts that include Rihanna, Kanye West and Radiohead also up for awards, producers have a wealth of talent to choose from when selecting performers for next year’s ceremony.
The Golden Globe nominations were also announced recently and this year the Hollywood Foreign Press Association actually managed to categorize their film entries properly, unlike last year when the space drama “The Martian” won the prize for best comedy.
Meanwhile, the 2016 Black List survey was published on Monday, highlighting some of the best unproduced screenplays from the past year. Nine of the last 18 Best Screenplay Oscars were featured on the annual list, including “Spotlight”, “Juno” and “Slumdog Millionaire”.
Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment news including the winners of the European Film Awards, why the CBS-Viacom merger collapsed and actress Emmy Rossum demands to be paid as much as her mail co-stars.

comScore Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of December 11, 2016
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comscore-announces-official-worldwide-box-office-results-for-weekend-of-december-11-2016-300376361.html
Box Office: ‘Moana’ Beats ‘Office Christmas Party’ With $18.8M; ‘La La Land’ Breaks Records
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-moana-beats-office-christmas-party-188m-la-la-land-breaks-records-955042
‘Toni Erdmann,’ Politics Dominate European Film Awards
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/toni-erdmann-politics-dominate-european-film-awards-955028
Golden Globes 2017: Complete List of Nominees
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-et-mn-golden-globes-2017-nominees-winners-list-20161212-story.html
Madonna Biopic ‘Blond Ambition’ Tops 2016 Black List
https://variety.com/2016/film/news/2016-black-list-scripts-announced-updating-live-1201939817/
The Neuro Diaries by Casey Schwartz – BookFilter
http://bookfilter.com/2016/02/17/the-neuro-diaries/
Word of Mouse by James Patterson – BookFilter
http://bookfilter.com/2016/04/05/word-of-mouse/
Viacom, CBS Scrap Talks on Recombining After Redstones Withdraw Support
https://variety.com/2016/biz/news/cbs-viacom-merger-shari-redstone-national-amusements-1201939636/
Viacom Names Bob Bakish Permanent CEO
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/viacom-names-bob-bakish-permanent-ceo-932383
‘An Inconvenient Truth’ Sequel to Debut at Sundance Opening Night