Innholdsfortegnelse for 5/20/2016 i The Hollywood Reporter

THE BROADCAST NETWORKS HEAD INTO THE critical upfront advertising market with one debatable new hit (NBC’s Blindspot), while the last series to break out (Fox’s Empire) is showing weaker live ratings compared with its meteoric inaugural run. CBS is the only Big Four network that isn’t down in the critical 18-to-49 demographic, thanks to airing the 2016 Super Bowl, while ABC has fallen the most (nearly 20 percent). The industry is in a state of flux — yet the market still is expected to be good to broadcast TV this year. NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke asserted that NBC will be “in the pole position” going into negotiations. And CBS Corp. president, chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves says he’s “salivating” at the chance to dive into the upfront season. Despite the…

ON MAY 9, FOR A FLEETING FEW MINUTES, it seemed like the legal saga engulfing media mogul Sumner Redstone was about to fade away. A judge tossed out former girlfriend Manuela Herzer’s lawsuit demanding she be reinstated as his health agent, removing a distraction that dogged investors and employees of Viacom and CBS for nearly six months. Then the next wave hit: Herzer’s attorneys immediately filed a new lawsuit, this time against daughter Shari Redstone, her two sons and several of Sumner’s home staffers. The legal action seeking $100 million in compensation claims the defendants conspired to turn the 92-year-old billionaire against her. As if that wasn’t enough, gossip website Radar Online released a salacious series of phone calls purportedly made by Sumner Redstone trying to set up orgies for…

IS THERE LIFE after The Good Wife? Following seven seasons of complex cases and shocking plot twists, the CBS drama ended May 8, freeing the schedules of its acclaimed ensemble. Jeffrey Dean Morgan already made his Walking Dead debut as the infamous Negan in the hit zombie drama’s season-six finale before he joins the show full time, and his Good Wife romantic rival Chris Noth has boarded the upcoming third season of the FX drama Tyrant. Christine Baranski lends her voice to DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls, and Matt Czuchry will return to Stars Hollow for Netflix’s highly anticipated Gilmore Girls revival. Alan Cumming is filming the tennis biopic Battle of the Sexes. Recent cast addition Cush Jumbo will star opposite Janet McTeer in Central Park’s all-female production of Shakespeare’s The Taming…

1. Panic and anxiety Blume says several of his patients are fearful of what might happen and suffer more frequent panic attacks because of feelings of helplessness and inability to control their personal presence online. 2. Relationship damage Patients can “withdraw,” says Blume. It’s worse if the social media lashing stems from a betrayal: “They never know who it’s going to be. It could be part of their staff who turned against them and shared a personal photo.” 3. Loss of creativity and motivation Social media shame “doesn’t just hurt their sense of self. They don’t want to do more creative projects — that’s a problem.” Blume says he “tries to keep them focused on their creative self and not get caught up in the noise.” 4. Depression “I’ve had…

RICKY GERVAIS TRULY DOES NOT care if he’s offended you. “That’s on you,” he’ll say with his trademark cackle. Same goes for critics. Since the breakout success of The Office and its fatuous, boss-from-hell hero David Brent, Gervais’ work has been all over the critical map — adored, despised, put on a pedestal and torn to shreds. Jokes in his stand-up routine about the disabled have drawn harsh rebukes; so have the barbs he’s thrown at Jennifer Lawrence and Caitlyn Jenner during his four turns as host of the Golden Globes. (Asked if he’d return for a fifth time, he says, “If not next year, then one day, sure.”) But the actor, writer, producer, director and comedian is fine with all that. “I’m not the person who thinks, ‘Now I’m…

1 True Jack (Universal TV): Jason Katims “True Jack is named for our beloved family dog, Jack. In search of a logo, I found a photo I always loved of my daughter Phoebe joyfully running on the beach with Jack. Phoebe was so excited we were using the image until she realized that she had been completely Photoshopped out — something she still hasn’t forgiven me for.” 2 Teakwood Lane (20th Century Fox TV): Howard Gordon “I grew up on Long Island, at 18 Teakwood Lane. My logo features that house at night, the light turned on in what was my bedroom window. It reflects my adolescence: anxiety-filled, dream-laden and industrious.” 3 Picador Productions (20th Century Fox TV): Christopher Lloyd “In the bullfight, there is the matador and the bull…

DEAL OF THE WEEK WHEN ACTOR Alden Ehrenreich was emerging as a finalist in the hunt for Han Solo this year, the 26-yearold sent an email to his close friends. He asked them to change their email addresses, especially if their handles included their names, because what he potentially was doing would bring them undue scrutiny. That proved a prophetic move after Lucasfilm and Disney indeed settled on Ehrenreich (CAA, Brillstein, Felker Toczek) to play one of cinema’s most iconic characters in their stand-alone Star Wars movie about the roguish space smuggler, set for a May 25, 2018, release. It was one of the widest casting calls to date, according to sources, beginning in the fall and culminating in more than 2,500 actors meeting in person or putting themselves on…

FILM Arnold Schwarzenegger (CAA, Bloom Hergott) will star in the action comedy Why We’re Killing Gunther, the directorial debut of Saturday Night Live star Taran Killam. Julia Roberts (CAA, Hirsch Wallerstein) will play Room breakout Jacob Tremblay’s mother in Lionsgate’s Wonder. Jon M. Chu (WME, Principato Young, Stone Genow) is in talks to direct Color Force’s Crazy Rich Asians. Michael Shannon (CAA, Wetzel, Morris Yorn) is in talks to play the villain in Guillermo del Toro’s untitled Cold War-era love story for Fox Searchlight. Ben Affleck (WME, Ziffren Brittenham) has added executive producer duties on Warner Bros.’ Justice League. Harry Potter’s Mike Newell (WME, the U.K.’s Independent, Bloom Hergott) will direct Disney’s The One and Only Ivan. F. Scott Frazier (CAA, DMG, McKuin Frankel) will adapt Mark Millar’s latest comic…

WHEN IT COMES TO THE man-jean scene these days, stylist Ilaria Urbinati says guys are going for “slim over skinny,” favoring styles that “aren’t quite as painted-on.” Even with wiggle room, though, it’s important to maintain a narrow fit at the hem: “Unlike suit pants, which we usually tailor with half a break to no break, on jeans a little length works as long as they’re quite tapered at the ankle,” says Urbinati, whose go-to styles for such clients as Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Tom Hiddleston and Rami Malek include J Brand, Acne and Simon Miller (“for a looser silhouette”). Also trending is the “carrot cut,” a style that’s extra slouchy in the crotch and thigh area but narrow at the bottom. “Levi’s is doing a good version that’s only…

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THEY’RE ACCUSATIONS. There’s no obligation to mention them.” It was September 2014, and I was preparing to interview a journalist about his biography of Bill Cosby, which omitted allegations of rape and sexual abuse against the entertainer. A producer at my network was warning me against focusing on the omissions. There was no conviction. It wasn’t news. So we compromised. I would raise the allegations with just one question late in the interview. On air, the author said he’d looked into the allegations, and they didn’t check out. A month later, those allegations were everywhere. The author apologized. And reporters covering Cosby (myself included) were forced to examine decades of questions unasked, stories untold. Shortly before the Cosby story exploded, my sister Dylan had told her own story — alleging…

Meternity (Mira) BY Meghann Foye AGENCY Gersh The Redbook editor’s lighthearted novel about an overworked New York City magazine editor faking a pregnancy to carve out some “me time” has generated buzz as well as outraged backlash from real-life overworked moms. Spindle Fire (HarperCollins) BY Lexa Hillyer AGENCY UTA The solo effort from the co-founder of literary incubator Paper Lantern (Legacy of Kings), out in 2017, is a multibook YA reimagining of Sleeping Beauty in which the title princess must save her dream realm from a mad faerie while her blind half-sister embarks on a dangerous journey in the real world.…

“People know who I am.” CHLOE GRACE MORETZ The Neighbors 2 actress, firing another round in her ongoing feud with Kim Kardashian West. West had tweeted, “No one knows who she is” after Moretz criticized a naked photo West posted on Instagram. “Can you adjust his dentures?” ANNE LEFTON The interpreter at Sumner Redstone’s deposition, complaining that the 92-year-old Viacom mogul’s false teeth made him difficult to understand. “Go eat your mayonnaise on white bread. Stop race baiting.” ROSE MCGOWAN The actress, tweeting at Donald Trump after his Cinco de Mayo tweet where he claimed that “the best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill,” then added, “I love Hispanics!” “Look at what’s going on with Stephen Colbert and that show. What is that?” CHELSEA HANDLER The host of…

MGM president Jonathan Glickman joined scribe Aline Brosh McKenna at Sycamore Kitchen. Boom! Studios head Stephen Christy and Katharine McPhee also were in. … Stephen Huvane met with Stephen Amell at Soho House. On another day, Topher Grace broke bread with director Kyle Newman. In at other times: Kevin Bacon and producer Todd Lieberman. … Kristen Stewart ordered at Cafe Figaro one day, Jordan Peele visited on another. … John Slattery stopped by Little Dom’s. … Francis Ford Coppola hit Musso & Frank’s east room after putting his hand- and footprints in cement at the Chinese Theatre. … Maura Tierney ordered at Kifune sushi in Venice. … Producer Korin Huggins visited Republique. … John Legend ate breakfast on the rooftop of the Peninsula. … In Manhattan, Christina Hendricks hit Vandal…

AT THE END OF NEWFRONTS, THE HEADLINE SHOULD READ … EMMERICH Live and Snapchat and VR, Oh My! GRANT Five Years In: Are the NewFronts More Like an Auto Show or a TV Upfront, and Does It Matter? HENICK We’ll All Work for Ellen One Day HOLT Digital Companies Take Evolved Approach to Solving Advertiser and Consumer Needs Across Landscapes MAYMANN It’s Time to Show, Not Tell HORBACZEWSKI We Need to Rename NewFronts STROMPOLOS The 2016 NewFronts Were Just OK Until THIS Happened (clickbait spoiler: Fullscreen presented) MY BIGGEST CONCERN FOR THE DIGITAL BUSINESS IS … IZAD Context is everything. Buyers may intellectually understand the consumer shift at hand, but they may not understand the cultural relevance of the content that is being produced for digital platforms. It’s a generational…

THEY SAY WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW. BUT IF WHAT YOU know is not the experience of a middle-aged white male, good luck getting a greenlight. Yes, even in a 400-plus-series universe that has made considerably bigger strides than the film world, that white-guy voice remains the loudest and most often heard. Jokes Fresh Off the Boat showrunner Nahnatchka Khan, 42, “If I waited to write only for a Persian lesbian, I’d still be waiting.” On two days this spring, THR gathered 12 showrunners for spirited conversations that touched on opportunities afforded to various subsets of the population. Among them: Black-ish creator Kenya Barris, 41, who suggested white writers long have been allowed to write for black voices but not so for black writers who’d like to write for white characters.…

2000 THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB Sony Berlanti’s Hollywood career began in earnest with a deeply personal romantic comedy that he wrote and directed about a group of gay friends in West Hollywood. 1998-2003 DAWSON’S CREEK The WB By age 28, he had risen to the role of showrunner. Asked where the characters would be today, he says Dawson would be out in Hollywood while Joey and Pacey still would be back in Capeside. 2002-2006 EVERWOOD The WB The drama marked Berlanti’s first TV creation, and it remains the one he’d most like to revive. His pitch: a wedding for Amy (Emily VanCamp) and Ephram (Gregory Smith). 2006-2011 BROTHERS & SISTERS ABC The long-running family ensemble allowed Berlanti to continue to push boundaries, with storylines about infidelity, homosexuality and dark family…

1987 LETHAL WEAPON Gross: $120M* Director Richard Donner barely changed a word of Black’s script, but he did add a scene — the kung fu showdown between Riggs and Joshua. Says Black, “I never thought that was exciting.” 1989 LETHAL WEAPON 2 Gross: $227M Black walked off the project when Warners wanted to change the ending (in Black’s draft, Riggs dies). “I said: ‘Guys, you want a comedy. I can’t. That’s just not me.’ It felt like a feelgood version of a cop movie.” 1996 THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT Gross: $89M When Black sold the spec script for a record-breaking $4 million, critics pounced. “Script Fee Vomits Upward for Mayhem-Meister,” sneered one trade headline. Acknowledges Black, “There was blowback.” 2005 KISS KISS BANG BANG Gross: $15.8M Despite studio resistance, Black…