When this year’s Grammy nominations were announced last week the Recording Academy made a last minute decision to expand some of its biggest categories from eight to 10 nominees. This allowed popular artists like Taylor Swift, Kanye West and Lil Nas X to be included in this year’s list. While this generates a small amount of grumbling, we discuss why it may not be such a bad move.

Meanwhile the Thanksgiving weekend helped the worldwide box office continue to recover from the ongoing pandemic. Still some industry watchers are dismayed that popular releases like Disney’s “Encanto” and the latest “Ghostbusters” aren’t opening to bigger numbers. Though, when you have studios claiming blockbusters such as the Queen biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” are still in the red after earning nearly a billion dollars, would it really matter if they doubled their opening weekend gross?

Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including how Adele got Spotify to stop shuffling around, The Weeknd breaks a long-standing record on the music charts and Netflix (sort of) becomes more transparent with viewership data.

‘Encanto’ Chimes In With $70M Global Bow; ‘No Time To Die’ Overtakes ‘Spectre’ In UK

https://deadline.com/2021/11/encanto-house-of-gucci-no-time-to-die-international-box-office-china-global-international-box-office-1234881090/

Box Office: Thanksgiving Winners and Losers, From ‘House of Gucci’ to ‘King Richard’

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/box-office-winners-losers-house-of-gucci-1235053651/

Dune Is Returning to IMAX for a Limited Time

https://gizmodo.com/dune-is-returning-to-imax-for-a-limited-time-1848119751

‘Licorice Pizza’ Delivers: Paul Thomas Anderson Pic’s Opening Among Filmmaker’s Best With Record Screen Average

https://deadline.com/2021/11/licorice-pizza-paul-thomas-anderson-thanksgiving-indie-box-office-1234881070/

‘House of Cards’ Producer Wins $31 Million in Arbitration Against Kevin Spacey

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/house-of-cards-kevin-spacey-arbitration-1235117425/

At Last Minute, Kanye West, Taylor Swift Added as Top Grammy Nominees

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/24/arts/music/grammy-nominations-taylor-swift-kanye-west.html

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’s Anthony McCarten Sues Queen Biopic Producers Over Profits

https://deadline.com/2021/11/bohemian-rhapsody-profits-lawsuit-queen-freddie-mercury-writer-anthony-mccarten-fox-1234876595/

Adele Single-Handedly Made Spotify Change How Albums Are Played on the Streaming Service

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/adele-spotify-shuffle-1260816/

The Greatest Hit: The New No. 1 Song of All Time

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