Innholdsfortegnelse for 7/22/2016 i The Hollywood Reporter

SOME YEARS AGO, AT A LUNCHEON SPONSORED by New York magazine in the Four Seasons Restaurant pool room, I found myself in an unlikely seat between Fox News anchor Paula Zahn, in the headlines for a public dustup with her boss, Roger Ailes, and the then New York Sen. Hillary Clinton. Indeed, we were talking about Ailes, who had greeted Zahn’s just-announced move to CNN with a swirl of brutal and profane denunciations. Ailes happened to be lunching in another part of the restaurant. Suddenly there he was, with the kind of everywhere presence that can strike fear into his staff, slowly, in his pained gait, coming across the room toward us. He paid his respects to Sen. Clinton, introduced himself to me, pulled up a chair and sat down,…

JERRY SEINFELD RECENTLY SAID HE took home the sofa from his sitcom set and was looking for a place to exhibit it. Incredibly, there’s no collecting institution dedicated to TV in Southern California. Shouldn’t Seinfeld’s iconic apartment be on view where TV always has been innovated? The bar from Cheers? Don Draper’s office from Mad Men? You may be surprised that they are already here, conserved and ready for their spotlight. I’ve spent the past 30 years rescuing the original costumes, props and sets from the most memorable TV shows of all time. Forbes recently crowned ours “the world’s greatest collection of TV memorabilia,” but our only goal was to gather what Hollywood routinely relegated to its dumpsters. There is a system in place for hiring crews to demolish sets…

MEDIA MOGUL John Malone is optimistic about the $4.4 billion combination of ministudio Lionsgate and premium cable outlet Starz. He told reporters July 7 at the Allen & Co. retreat in Sun Valley that it would give Starz “the opportunity to be bigger, be a little more aggressive in investing in content.” Malone, who owns big stakes in both companies, is hoping the deal will create a new major player. If only Wall Street was on board. So far, several analysts have cast doubt on the pair coming together. They feel it might not be enough to stave off financial hemorrhaging in the era of streaming and cord-cutting. Cowen & Co. analyst Doug Creutz doesn’t see anchoring Lionsgate to a “second or third tier” premium cable network as helping much…

FILM Javier Bardem (WME, Bloom Hergott) is in talks to join Universal’s monsters universe as a Frankenstein character. Steven Soderbergh (Anonymous, Lichter Grossman) will produce and possibly direct a Panama Papers movie written by Side Effects’ Scott Z. Burns. Kung Fu Panda 2’s Jennifer Yuh Nelson (WME) will make her live-action directorial debut with Fox’s YA adaptation Darkest Minds. Zendaya (CAA, Monster Talent, Skrzyniarz Mallean) and Michelle Williams (WME, Brillstein, Bloom Hergott) are in talks to join Hugh Jackman in Fox’s P.T. Barnum musical The Greatest Showman. Owen Wilson (UTA, Hirsch Wallerstein) and The Night Manager’s Noah Jupe (Grandview, Shepherd, Hansen Jacobson) have joined Jacob Tremblay and Julia Roberts in Lionsgate’s YA adaptation Wonder. Nice Guys’ Angourie Rice (WME, Australia’s Catherine Poulton) has joined Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming. 13 Hours’ James…

CLEVELAND COULDN’T be riding higher as it welcomes the Republican National Convention from July 18 to 21. Its NBA championship by the Cavaliers is the city’s first major sports coup in more than 50 years. Heightening local spirits, the state of Ohio just doubled its annual production incentive (to $40 million), so the once-derided “Mistake on the Lake,” beautified by city-center investment and now better known as “Believeland,” is more than ready for its close-up. The convention, during which Donald Trump is expected to be anointed — if still not fully embraced — as his party’s nominee, will attract about 50,000 visitors to the downtown Quicken Loans Arena (“The Q”) and to ancillary events filling venues in the hipster neighborhoods of Tremont and Ohio City to the west and the…

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Some of entertainment’s finest have pivoted to tech, from former Fox Networks exec and current Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins to indie powerhouses Ted Hope and Bob Berney, both now of Amazon. For those contemplating the move from Hollywood to Silicon Valley (or Beach or Alley), experts advise tweaking dress, communication and dealmaking styles. CLOTHES Lose those Zegna dress shirts, says Christina Mongini, costume designer on HBO’s Silicon Valley, as jeans and chinos are the go-to with “always some Patagonia,” like fleece vests. Ladies can put away the YSL stilettos: Nancy Tellem, the former Warner Bros. and CBS exec and now executive chair at interactive startup Interlude, first ditched her business suits to run Xbox Entertainment Studios. “There’s a concern of overdressing. It’s like when you go to a casual party…

HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS HAVE been wading into virtual reality cautiously, using it mostly as a tool to promote movies as Sony Pictures did with its Ghostbusters: Dimension VR experience at Madame Tussauds. But that’s changing quickly. On June 27, Sony tapped Jake Zim as its first senior executive dedicated solely to VR production. Fox is in the game as well, with Ted Schilowitz heading the studio’s Innovation Lab. On the TV front, NBC will provide VR coverage of the Rio Olympics to users with Samsung Galaxy phones. With so much activity, talent agencies are jockeying to stake their claims. But with commissions all but nonexistent until now, the biggest challenge has been finding internal support despite little or no immediate return on investment. “If you’re working with a director who’s making…

LEGENDARY PICTURES’ WARCRAFT easily is the most lopsided Hollywood release in recent years. As it winds down its global run, fully 89 percent of its $430.1 million global gross has come from international. And more than half of all revenue ($220.8 million) came from China after the film bombed in the U.S. with $46.6 million. “Warcraft is a strange box-office beast and unlike anything the industry has seen,” says analyst Jeff Bock. “If China didn’t end up grossing what it did, this would have been an utter failure. Now it’s only a mild concussion.” Those close to the $160 million-budgeted video game adaptation say the loss only will be about $15 million. But any deficit stings because Warcraft is the first movie Legendary’s Thomas Tull has released since the company…

The Spy (Knopf) BY Paulo Coelho AGENT Monica Antunes (Sant Jordi Asociados) The Brazilian writer known for abstract inspirational tales like The Alchemist turns his attention to Mata Hari, executed as a German spy 100 years ago. Inspired by newly released documents, this World War I thriller, out in November, has modern appeal. In Twenty Years (Lake Union) BY Allison Winn Scotch AGENCY CAA The best-selling author of The Theory of Opposites is back with a female-centered update on The Big Chill. Six Penn alums reunite after 20 years to mourn the death of frenemy and group ringleader Bea and revisit old grudges and buried secrets.…

“We came here on a religiousrefugee visa, and I’m not going to blow this country up.” MILA KUNIS The actress, whose family fled Ukraine amid rising anti-Semitism, protesting anti-refugee sentiments stirred up by Donald Trump. “I was disappointed by the fact that George was disappointed.” ZACHARY QUINTO The Star Trek Beyond actor, who is gay, responding to George Takei, also gay, telling THR that he finds it “unfortunate” that Sulu is revealed to be gay in the new movie. “How dare you bully a woman who has done nothing but try to entertain people like you.” ROSE MCGOWAN The actress, excoriating, in an essay on THR.com, movie critic Owen Gleiberman for his piece on Renee Zellweger widely criticized as sexist. “Where is the outrage for this Disney book? Is this…

Recent arrivals at Bouchon: Stacey Snider, Nick Cannon, Mike Medavoy, Kelsey Grammer and Antonio Villaraigosa. … Huddling at Giorgio Baldi: Fox Sports’ Jamie Horowitz, ESPN’s Rachel Nichols, CAA’s Nick Khan and LeBron James’ adviser Adam Mendelsohn. … Ron Meyer visited Culina. … Larry David popped in to STK. … UTA’s Billy Lazarus took a seat at Dan Tana’s. … Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello were spotted at Maradentro in Studio City. … CAA’s Bryan Lourd and WME’s Sara Newkirk Simon shared the room at Mr Chow. … Newlyweds Ciara and Russell Wilson dined at Republique. … Paradigm’s Bob Bookman hit Porta Via. … Warner Bros. Records’ Dan McCarroll joined Robert Plant at Craig’s. … Awards consultant Michele Robertson met Brilliant Consulting’s Danielle Pelland at Ray’s & Stark Bar. … Attorney…

ROCKY MIGHT HAVE immortalized Philadelphia’s grit on the silver screen, but the city has come a long way since those hardscrabble days. Thanks to Top Chefs, new public spaces, shiny skyscrapers and the pope’s September visit, the City of Brotherly Love is getting a lot of it. More than 50,000 delegates, politicians, members of the media and Bernie diehards are expected to descend on South Philly to make Hillary Clinton America’s first female major party presidential nominee. The Democrats’ big confab will be held July 25 to 28 at the Wells Fargo Center, where the 76ers and Flyers play. The city put up a no-drive parameter around a huge chunk of downtown when the pope came but won’t go to those lengths for the DNC — though the blocks around…

01 GAYLE KING The CBS This Morning host (@gayleking) offers candid shots of her best friend, Oprah Winfrey (including the mogul cleaning up dog poop). 02 DANA BRUNETTI The Fifty Shades of Grey producer (@danabrunetti) snaps selfies entertaining EL James and pics of his adorable daughter. 03 RICHARD WEITZ The WME agent (@richard weitzla) mixes clients like LL Cool J and Sean Hayes with a globe-trotting lifestyle. Hawaii one day, NBA Finals the next. 04 CRISTINA EHRLICH Anna Kendrick’s stylist (@cristinaehrlich) goes way behind the scenes of runways and red carpets. 05 EMMANUEL LUBEZKI The Revenant cinematographer (@chivexp) uses the app as an art gallery of scenery. 06 BRIAN GRAZER The producer (@briangrazer) is active, posting selfies with people like Malcolm Gladwell and DJ Khaled (pictured left). 07 GREG NICOTERO…

1. HEATHERS (1989) ▼ Ryder’s popular girl pairs with Christian Slater’s enigmatic new kid for murderous mischief in Michael Lehmann’s pitch-black teen-com. It’s the actress’ most “Winonic” performance: cult, kooky and smarter than it looks. 2. BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (1992) Playing both the Victorian Mina and the medieval Elisabeta — the eternal loves of Gary Oldman’s Dracula in Francis Ford Coppola’s camp-goth extravaganza — Ryder is enchanting, the type of girl one would risk damnation for. 3. THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (1993) Ryder’s turn in Martin Scorsese’s Edith Wharton adaptation, as the scheming debutante Daniel Day-Lewis’ high-society New Yorker is supposed to marry (before he falls for Michelle Pfeiffer’s divorcee), demonstrated her great range. 4. REALITY BITES (1994) Ryder’s natural grunge-cool made her a perfect fit for this witty look…

JAMIE ERLICHT WAS on vacation in Oregon when he got the call from Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton. Erlicht and his partner of more than a decade, Zack Van Amburg, officially were being elevated at Sony Pictures Television, assuming the duties of ousted chief Steve Mosko. When the news was announced June 2, a deluge of congratulatory calls and comical gifts followed. “Why didn’t they consult me first because I may have some things to share,” Rescue Me co-creator Peter Tolan emailed. The Goldbergs’ Adam F. Goldberg sent over a vintage standup arcade game with a big bow to house in their lobby; A+E Networks CEO Nancy Dubuc had a batch of cookies with their faces etched onto them delivered to their offices. And so began a new era at…

THE AMAZON STUDIOS-WOODY ALLEN relationship isn’t a fling. Sources say the streaming giant is in talks for North American rights to Allen’s (ICM) next film, which will star Kate Winslet, Jim Belushi, Justin Timberlake and Juno Temple. It’s a bold move given their first collaboration, the Kristen Stewart-Jesse Eisenberg starrer Cafe Society, doesn’t bow theatrically until July 15 via Lionsgate (it will land on Amazon’s Prime service after the theatrical window). Further, the new untitled film, set in Coney Island, won’t begin shooting until the fall, whereas Cafe Society already was finished when Amazon paid a whopping $15 million for it in February. Despite Allen’s recent PR headaches involving renewed sex abuse claims, Amazon execs are confident in Cafe Society, as well as his upcoming Prime series in which he…

RIGHT UP FRONT, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT NOT EVERYBODY on this list is in love with the phrase “Silicon Beach” (nobody makes chips here after all, unless you’re talking about Warner Bros.’ upcoming CHiPs movie). But no matter what you call them, the men and women on the following pages — in THR’s second such rankings — are the most powerful online players in Hollywood. That last bit — in Hollywood — is key: The magazine limited its scope to those who deal and wield influence predominantly in L.A. Editors also disqualified a few extremely powerful folks from previous years’ rankings who since have grown too big for any one Beach or even Valley (sorry, Ted Sarandos, but you were No. 5 on the THR 100 less than a…

LOS ANGELES, $8.8M This 8,110-square-foot Hidden Hills home is being sold by reality star Scott Disick, who purchased it in late 2015 for $5.6 million. “He completely remansioned it. He’s very meticulous about design,” says listing agent Tomer Fridman of Sotheby’s International. “It now looks like it’s out of a Nancy Meyers movie.” The seven-bedroom, seven-and-a-half bath home also comes furnished. “Every room has a TV in it, custom artwork, the family room has children’s games.” The biggest draw? Privacy. “Because of the way the house is situated, it’s on a null in Hidden Hills on a private street. It’s beyond private.” That’s the pro of the gated ’hood for neighbors Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Lopez and, yes, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. How does the home compare to its NorCal…