The showdown between the Writers Guild of America and talent agents is growing ever more heated. The WGA wants to upend the way business has been done in Hollywood for decades while agents continue to increase their conflicts of interest through lucrative television packaging fees. Thankfully we have Jonathan Handel, an entertainment attorney and a contributing editor at the Hollywood Reporter, to help figure out what all the bickering is about.

Actually, the WGA has been quite busy lately, making headlines after filing an arbitration claim against Netflix over how the streamer calculates (or more specifically, doesn’t calculate) residuals on residuals. Apparently Netflix has a conflict of interest too.

Meanwhile, the MoviePass rival Sinemia has jettisoned it’s one-movie-per-day subscription plan and replaced it with a buffet of options that are harder to explain but perhaps easier on the bottom line.

Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including why the creators of the hit 1970s TV show “Columbo” are taking Universal Studios to court, Amazon Prime gets serious about India and the nominees for this year’s Olivier Awards.

Comscore Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of March 10, 2019

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comscore-announces-official-worldwide-box-office-results-for-weekend-of-march-10-2019-300809680.html

WGA Files Arbitration Claim Against Netflix Over Residuals From 33 Original Films

https://deadline.com/2019/03/wga-files-arbitration-claim-against-netflix-over-residuals-from-original-films-1202570957/

‘Columbo’ Creators Win First Phase of $135M Profits Trial Against Universal

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/columbo-creators-win-first-phase-135-million-profits-trial-universal-1193685

Hozier Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart With ‘Wasteland, Baby!’

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8501829/hozier-debuts-no-1-billboard-200-chart-wasteland-baby

Come From Away, Company & The Inheritance Lead 2019 Olivier Award Nominations

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/195046/come-from-away-company-the-inheritance-lead-2019-olivier-award-nominations/

DVR Viewing Collapses After Three Day Window

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/dvr-viewing-falls-a-lot-3-days-1193462

‘Mockingbird’ Play Publisher Demands $500,000 From Harper Lee Estate

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/theater/mockingbird-broadway-harper-lee-dispute.html

Entertainment Lawyers Nervous After Meeting With Writers Guild Over Agent Feud

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/entertainment-lawyers-nervous-meeting-writers-guil...