Summary: Despite an endless debate as to precisely when the movie awards season begins each year, everyone agrees that the Independent Spirit Awards are one of the more important events. Though not all of the indie films honored by the Spirit Awards will go on to be nominated for Oscars, each year’s nominees provide a list of worthwhile movies on which to catch up.<br> With 2016 entering the homestretch Hollywood movie studios have begun releasing titles they hope will win big awards or big box office… or both. Disney continues to fire on all cylinders with it’s latest animated release “Moana” as well as “Doctor Strange” minting money during their record breaking year. And “Star Wars: Rogue One” is still a month off.<br> Meanwhile the media fallout from the U.S. presidential election continues to make headlines, not all of which are accurate. In fact, Facebook and Google are making efforts to crack down on fake news stories as news organizations begin to look at the role they played in recent political events.<br> Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment news including this year’s International Emmy Award winners, why television networks aren’t canceling this season’s failing shows and animator Hayao Miyazaki comes out of retirement to make another movie.<br> <br> comScore Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of November 27, 2016<br><br> <a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comscore-announces-official-worldwide-box-office-results-for-weekend-of-november-27-2016-300368732.html" target="_blank">http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comscore-announces-official-worldwide-box-office-results-for-weekend-of-november-27-2016-300368732.html</a><br> U.S. Box Office Tops $10 Billion for 2016, Led by ‘Finding Dory’<br><br> <a href="https://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-finding-dory-star-wars-rogue-one-1201926858/" target="_blank">https://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-finding-dory-star-wars-rogue-one-1201926858/</a><br> Foreign Box Office: ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Soars With $132 Million<br><br> <a href="https://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/fantastic-beasts-box-office-1201927411/" target="_blank">https://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/fantastic-beasts-box-office-1201927411/</a><br> ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Sees Powerful Chinese Opening Day<br><br> <a href="http://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/fantastic-beasts-china-opening-warner-bros-1201926838/" target="_blank">http://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/fantastic-beasts-china-opening-warner-bros-1201926838/</a><br> ‘Madame Bovary’ Release Exposes Rivalry Between China’s Huayi and Wanda<br><br> <a href="https://variety.com/2016/film/asia/madame-bovary-release-china-huayi-wanda-1201921828/" target="_blank">https://variety.com/2016/film/asia/madame-bovary-release-china-huayi-wanda-1201921828/</a><br> Disney’s ‘Moana’ Surpasses ‘Frozen’ in Pre-Thanksgiving Box Office<br><br> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/24/movies/disneys-moana-surpasses-frozen-in-pre-thanksgiving-box-office.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/24/movies/disneys-moana-surpasses-frozen-in-pre-thanksgiving-box-office.html</a><br> 2017 Indie Spirit Awards Nominees Are Announced<br><br> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-2017-indie-spirit-awards-nominations-20161122-story.html" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-2017-indie-spirit-awards-nominations-20161122-story.html</a><br> BookFilter – The Whole Town’s Talking by Fannie Flagg<br><br> <a href="http://bookfilter.com/2016/02/08/the-whole-towns-talking-2/" target="_blank">http://bookfilter.com/2016/02/08/the-whole-towns-talking-2/</a><br> BookFilter – Searching for John Hughes by Jason Diamond<br><br> <a href="http://bookfilter.com/2016/02/17/searching-for-john-hughes-2/" target="_blank">http://bookfilter.com/2016/02/17/searching-for-john-hughes-2/</a><br>
