Fox lost a blockbuster lawsuit to the stars and creative talent behind their smash television series “Bones.” An independent arbitrator used scathing language to describe 21st Century Fox executives, calling them out for lying, cheating and “reprehensible” studio fraud.

Though Fox says the will appeal the ruling, it could have a big impact on sweetheart deals between studios, their own networks, their own cable channels and their own streamers. There’s no bones about it.

Meanwhile book publishers and the National Writers Union, along with many others, are decrying the practice of Controlled Digital Lending, or CDL. As publishers restrict e-book access and raise their prices, libraries that own a physical copy of a book are making a digital PDF available for loans to patrons. When a digital PDF is borrowed, the physical copy is removed from circulation until the digital copy is returned. So what’s the problem?

Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including why a hologram of Amy Winehouse will not be going on tour, why the movie theater chain Cineworld dumped BAFTA and box office in China is down 5% this year despite rosier forecasts.

The End of an Era for HBO—And for Television

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/03/hbo-ceo-richard-plepler-steps-down-att/583894/

Writers Guild Declares It’s ‘at an Impasse’ With Talent Agencies Over New Rules

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/writers-guild-impasse-talent-agency-rules-1203154540/

Comscore Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of March 3, 2019

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comscore-announces-official-worldwide-box-office-results-for-weekend-of-march-3-2019-300805557.html

Cineworld Withdraws Support for BAFTAs

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/cineworld-withdraws-support-bafta-over-192712296.html

Netflix Responds to Steven Spielberg’s Push to Bar It From Oscars

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/netflix-steven-spielberg-oscars-1203154092/

Beverly Hills 90210 Includes Most Of Original cast

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/90210-revival-lands-at-fox-summer-debut-1191050

Rambo: Last Blood Opens Sept 27

https://deadline.com/2019/02/rambo-last-blood-release-date-sylvester-stallone-paz-vega-lionsgate-1202567293/

Will Smith Out Of Suicide Squad

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/will-smith-the-suicide-squad-sequel-exits-1203151442/

Publisher, Author Groups Protest Library Book Scanning Program

https://www.publishersweekly.