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Behind the Headlines Film The Great Disaster How much Matt Damon’s latest will lose p. 26 Festivals SXSW Must-Sees James Comey, Terrence Malick and more p. 28 Heat Index Jordan Peele Get Out, the Key and Peele alum’s directorial debut, bows to a huge $33.4 million weekend and a rare 99 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Katherine Heigl The actress’ latest broadcast TV vehicle, CBS’ Doubt, becomes the first to officially get canceled this season — after airing only two episodes. Stephen Colbert CBS’ Late Show host celebrates his fourth consecutive week with the most viewers in late night (though he still trails Jimmy Fallon in the 18-to-49 demo). Dan O’Toole (left) and Jay Onrait FS1 cancels their low-rated Fox Sports Live With Jay and Dan, which once was…
1 9:03 p.m. As with every Oscars since 1973, the evening’s final award is best picture (1). La La Land was the heavy favorite going into the evening. 2 9:08 p.m. Fifty years after making Bonnie and Clyde, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway (2) reunite to present the most coveted award. 3 9:08 p.m. Beatty opens the envelope (3), seems confused while examining the card and shows it to Dunaway, who says, “La La Land.” 4 9:10 p.m. Beatty and Dunaway hand Oscars to two of La La Land’s producers, Fred Berger and Jordan Horowitz (4), as cast and crew join onstage. 5 9:11 p.m. Horowitz speaks, then producer Marc Platt (5); PwC reps and a stage manager rush onto the stage to intervene. Berger starts his speech. 6 9:11…
Behind the Headlines Unlikely as it is, I find myself rising to defend Warren Beatty. It’s unlikely because, while Beatty can be charming, I’ve found him to be challenging in some of our interactions. He is more or less incapable of uttering a simple declarative sentence; ask him a question and he has a tendency to launch into a meandering response. I used to have a rule: Never get on the phone with him unless you’ve gone to the bathroom first. Once, during a four-hour conversation while I was researching my book Hit & Run, I developed a blinding headache and fought the urge to say, “Whatever I learn won’t have been worth it!” Another time, I told a studio chief I’d just had a five-hour lunch with Beatty. “Oh,”…
Best picture is a producer’s award, so I didn’t plan to say much. Given the possibility of going up for adapted screenplay, I assumed there was a chance I wouldn’t speak at all, that I would have already said my piece. The plan was to have Adele Romanski speak first, then Jeremy Kleiner and, finally, briefly, myself. I planned to keep it personal, repeating and evolving a story I’ve told throughout the season: “Tarell [Alvin McCraney] and I are Chiron. We are that boy. And when you watch Moonlight, you don’t assume a boy who grew up how and where we did would grow up and make a piece of art that wins an Academy Award. I’ve said that a lot, and what I’ve had to admit is that I placed…
Behind the Headlines The collapse of The Great Wall at the domestic box office (it has made $34.8 million in North America) has iced any notion of a significant future for U.S.- China co-productions. The movie likely will end up with losses of more than $75 million, sources say, and Universal Pictures will be on the hook for at least $10 million. The studio funded about 25 percent of the film’s $150 million production budget, the rest coming in equal parts from Legendary Entertainment, China Film Group and Le Vision Pictures. But Universal also covered Wall’s global marketing expenses, conservatively estimated at $80 million-plus. The film earned $171 million in China (a disappointment) and is expected to top out at about $320 million globally. That’s way less than investors had…
A year after hosting then-President Barack Obama, the Austin festival (which kicks off March 10) has a full slate of stars and talks by the likes of FBI Director James Comey, CNN’s Van Jones and more. SONG TO SONG Austin-based director Terrence Malick’s new movie is the opening film. Set in the city’s music scene, it stars Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara and Natalie Portman. BABY DRIVER The Edgar Wright picture, starring Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Jamie Foxx and Ansel Elgort, will debut at the fest, while high-wattage actors including Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal will be there for Daniel Espinosa’s Life. LEE DANIELS The Empire creator delivers a keynote, as does Rogue One director Gareth Edwards. DAVID BENIOFF AND D.B. WEISS The Game of Thrones series creators will speak along…
