Innholdsfortegnelse for Wednesday March 7 2018 i The Hollywood Reporter

STUDIO WIN TALLY Viral Moments INSTAGRAM 1,126,000+ Likes that Ansel Elgort’s Instagram post with Timothee Chalamet (center) and Armie Hammer (left) has received, making it the most liked photo from the evening. 1,061,000+ In the night’s most liked Instagram video, Gal Gadot revealed her preshow makeup application. TWITTER 207,000+ Number of mentions of the #MeToo hashtag during the ceremony. 163,000+ Retweets that Jordan Peele’s tweet (“I just won an Oscar. WTF?!?”) has received since Sunday night, making it the most retweeted of the show. NIELSEN 23,000,000 Interactions on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter about the Oscars (up from 22 million interactions across Facebook/Twitter in 2017). Source: Instagram. Twitter, Nielsen Source: Nielsen Event TV? Not Really Must-See It hasn’t been a great year for marquee live events, with the four major spectacles…

Georgia’s annual Film Day — which on Feb. 27 celebrated the state’s $7 billion film industry — fell at an awkward time this year, as controversial legislation threatens business as usual. On Feb. 23, the state Senate passed a bill that would make it legal for adoption agencies to not work with same-sex couples. Lawmakers also approved a bill March 1 stripping a major tax break for Delta, an unsubtle punishment for the airline’s decision to ax its discount for National Rifle Association members after the Parkland, Florida, shooting. That one-two punch of GOP-led bills has drawn ire from Hollywood toward a state that boasted 17 features (Marvel Studios’ Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War) and multiple TV series (AMC’s The Walking Dead, Netflix’s Stranger Things) shooting locally in 2016, thanks…

Viola Davis (CAA, Lasher, Lichter Grossman) and Lupita Nyong’o (CAA, Del Shaw) will star as mother and daughter in TriStar’s The Woman King. Bryan Cranston (UTA, Ziffren Brittenham) has joined Sam Rockwell in Disney’s adaptation of The One and Only Ivan. Queen Latifah (CAA, Flavor Unit, Eisenberg Tanchum) will star in Alcon’s true-life drama Hope’s Wish. Boyd Holbrook (CAA, Morris Yorn) is in talks to star in, write and executive produce The Thirst for Fox. Brad Pitt (CAA, Brillstein, Bloom Hergott) will join Leonardo DiCaprio in Quentin Tarantino’s Sharon Tate pic Once Upon a Time in Hollywood for Sony. Dope’s Rick Famuyiwa (WME, Oasis, Del Shaw) will write and direct New Regency and Plan B’s adaptation of graphic novel Black Hole. Danny Boyle (WME, the U.K.’s Independent) and Richard Curtis…

On March 7, the fashion runway will become the Happiest Place on Earth as Disneyland kicks off a yearlong celebration of Mickey Mouse’s 90th birthday by hosting the second fashion show in the park’s 53-year history (the first was in 1978). “The Happiest Show on Earth” will feature the spring collection from Opening Ceremony, designed by SoCal natives Humberto Leon and Carol Lim (repped by WME-IMG, the New York-based pair also design LVMH-owned Kenzo). Jessica Alba, Spike Jonze and Chance the Rapper will be among some 700 guests surveying the whimsical 16-year-old brand’s gowns, faux fur jackets, sweatshirts and more inspired by Mickey. “Doing something at Disneyland, we’ve dreamed of for years,” says Leon, 42, a self-described mall rat. “Growing up, I even made my own Mickey Mouse bow tie…

“I would just stand in front of my fridge.”CHARLIZE THERON The actress, revealing to E! News why she decided to stop smoking marijuana. “How’s it going so far?”BRIAN DUNKLEMAN The comedian (and first-season American Idol co-host), taking a swipe at Ryan Seacrest on Twitter for posting a selfie just before E!’s Oscar red carpet show. Seacrest has been publicly accused of sexual harassment. “Fake tattoo proofreading position available. Experience with apostrophes a must.”EMMA WATSON The actress, tweeting a joke help-wanted ad after the grammatically incorrect fake tattoo she wore to the Oscars — it read “Times Up” instead of “Time’s Up” — drew jeers on social media. “Fuck off!”SIR ELTON JOHN The singer, kicking a too-touchy fan offstage during a performance of “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting” in Las Vegas.…

Top Hollywood dealmakers Craig Emanuel, Mickey Mayerson, Stephen Saltzman and Susan Zuckerman Williams, who have been featured among the best attorneys in the business on THR’s annual Power Lawyers list, are leaving Loeb & Loeb for the L.A.-based Paul Hastings law firm. Emanuel represents such A-list talent as Ryan Murphy, who Feb. 13 signed an overall deal with Netflix reportedly worth $300 million, while Mayerson, Saltzman and Zuckerman Williams are major players in corporate deal making (recent clients include China’s Huayi Bros., CIT Bank and The Weinstein Co., which just sold for $500 million amid the Harvey Weinstein fallout). Says Loeb chairman Kenneth Florin, “These are well-respected partners, and we wish them well.” To submit, send email to hhh@thr.com…

1 Barely-there blush Heavy bronzer and contouring take a back seat to a hint of flush. Seen on: Nicole Kidman at the Golden Globes and Jessica Chastain at the Critics’ Choice Awards. Try it: Bobbi Brown All Over Glow in Sole; $39, at Bobbi Brown Studio, Beverly Hills, and Chantecaille Philanthropy Cheek Shade in Grace; $40, at Nordstrom 2 Cat-eye flicks From dramatically extended to subtly drawn out, cat eyes are on fleek. Seen on: Lupita Nyong’o at the BAFTAs and Yara Shahidi at the Critics’ Choice Awards. Try it: Pat McGrath Labs Perma Precision Liquid Eyeliner; $28, patmcgrath.com 3 Nails to match A color-coordinated look works with black, white, pinks and reds. Seen on: Lady Gaga at the Grammys and Millie Bobby Brown at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.…

OSCAR THIEF ATTENDED LAST YEAR’S BALL, TOO Best actress winner Frances McDormand didn’t wait to recover her Oscar that was stolen at the Governors Ball (a Facebook video by alleged thief Terry Bryant bragging, “This is mine,” was followed by his arrest). Instead, she decamped to Vanity Fair, arriving at 11:30 p.m. with husband Joel Coen and son Pedro but without the little golden man, which Fox Searchlight’s Barry Dale Johnson recovered and hand-delivered after midnight. Bryant, whose Instagram profile says he’s a “TV, film and music producer, editor, actor, TV host and U.N. Ambassador,” apparently had a ticket to the ball, which wasn’t his first: A24’s Nicolette Aizenberg posted a photo on Instagram of her with Bryant holding a Moonlight Oscar at last year’s ball. “I just found out…

Film Inclusion Riders Frances McDormand’s push for the clause Television ESPN’s Pick Can the new quarterback score with digital? Steve Gilula/Nancy Utley The Fox Searchlight chiefs land their third best picture Oscar in five years with The Shape of Water (and six wins total) just as Disney is determining their future. Rich Ross The Discovery channels group topper exits and Kathleen Finch adds to a purview including HGTV, TLC and Food Network as the company acquires Scripps Networks. Lisa Nishimura Netflix’s head of docs nabs an Oscar win for Russia doping pic Icarus, only the second in company history and first in a feature category. Adam Stotsky The E! president sees Oscars red carpet viewership drop 35 percent from 2017 as host Ryan Seacrest becomes a distraction after a harassment…

WEINSTEIN CO. SALE COLLAPSES AGAIN AS BANKRUPTCY NOW LOOMS The Weinstein Co. sale is off again — this time seemingly for good. TWC’s board had agreed March 1 to sell Harvey Weinstein’s former company to a group of investors led by former Obama administration official Maria Contreras-Sweet and Ron Burkle for $500 million (including the assumption of at least $225 million in debt), but five days later Contreras-Sweet issued a surprise statement that her group had “decided to terminate the transaction.” “After signing and entering into the confirmatory diligence phase, we have received disappointing information about the viability of completing this transaction,” wrote Contreras-Sweet. Sources say that after taking a closer look at TWC’s books, the buyers discovered at least an additional $50 million worth of liabilities, bringing TWC’s total…

“Worst Roommate Ever” (NEW YORK, FEB. 19, 2018) BY William Brennan AGENCY ICM Partners Think Single White Female for the Airbnb era. In this viral true magazine tale, Jamison Bachman moves in, stops paying rent, threatens legal action and never leaves. That is, until he meets Alex Miller. The nightmare scenario includes a murderous twist. To Night Owl From Dogfish (DIAL/DUTTON, 2019) BY Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer AGENCY WME A TV writer and best-selling author team up for this kids book that’s The Parent Trap by way of Modern Family’s Mitchell and Cam. It’s about two very different girls from opposite sides of the country who are forced to become friends when their dads fall in love.…

Growing up under communism in Czechoslovakia, Robert Kyncl saw his first-ever Hollywood movie via a pirated copy of The Terminator dubbed into Czech by a single voice actor. Today, Kyncl, 47, presides over all business aspects of YouTube, including its relationship with advertisers and creators. “I imagine if I had YouTube growing up, how cool it would be,” he says. But in the past year, the wonders of YouTube’s cornucopia of video entertainment have been overshadowed by the Google-owned company’s challenges policing the 400 hours of content uploaded every minute. As a result, several brands pulled their ads from the platform, part of a larger cutback in digital ad spending that led P&G to slash its 2017 budget by $200 million. In January, those concerns became worldwide news after a…

Data Compiled By Source: The week’s most active and talked-about entertainers on leading social networking sites Facebook, Google Plus, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube for the week ending date Feb. 27. Rankings are based on a formula blending weekly additions of fans as well as cumulative weekly reactions and conversations, as tracked by MVP Index.…

It might just be the most famous contract clause no one’s ever seen. When Frances McDormand uttered the words “inclusion rider” on the Oscar stage March 4, the Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri star left viewers (and some in the industry) baffled. The concept, however, is simple: Stars — or anyone with leverage, really, such as show runners and top movie directors — can negotiate a contract addendum, or rider, that commits a studio or producer to recruit and hire diverse actors and crew on a project. It’s the brainchild of USC professor Stacy Smith and Cohen Milstein civil rights employment attorney Kalpana Kotagal. Smith first introduced the idea in a 2014 THR guest column, but it lay mostly dormant until Oscar night. Smith says she’s not aware of any…

Big Deal Comedy Central’s losses are Netflix’s gains. On March 1, the streaming giant announced it had signed The Daily Show breakout Hasan Minhaj, 32, to his own weekly show. That news came two and a half weeks after Netflix revealed it had lured another Daily Show correspondent and rising star, Michelle Wolf, to front her own talk show. Sure, Comedy Central has gotten used to launching careers only to watch that talent — be it John Oliver, Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee or Jessica Williams — head elsewhere. It at least partially explains the net’s recent decision to extend Daily Show host Trevor Noah’s contract through 2022. And in the case of Minhaj, multiple sources say the Viacom-owned network — which lost 19 percent of its primetime audience in 2017…

After catapulting into the zeitgeist on Atlanta’s first season, Zazie Beetz found herself a bit disoriented. “It all happened incredibly quickly, which I wouldn’t necessarily say is a good thing,” she says. “There’s this element of wondering if you’ve earned your place.” She ticks off possible explanations for her rising profile: She’s hardworking and passionate, she says — but could it be that her look (Beetz is a vocal proponent of black women wearing natural hair) was coming into vogue just as she was? “It’s up to you to torture yourself to try to figure which it is,” she says with a laugh. The 26-year-old, who was born in Berlin and moved to New York while in kindergarten, was just two years out of Skidmore College when she landed her…

Dining Scene After an eight-month, $10 million renovation, Crustacean Beverly Hills (468 N. Bedford Drive), which first opened in 1997, bows anew March 13 with an airy new look and refreshed menu. Friends-and-family dinners have hosted execs including Jim Berk, and Emma Stone and Women in Film’s Cathy Schulman hosted the group’s pre-Oscars soiree there March 2 (restaurant owners the An family also announced an annual gift to support a WIF fellowship for “a female student who is a first-or second-generation immigrant,” says WIF’s Kirsten Schaffer). As part of the nip/tuck, the entrance now is on Bedford Drive, and the restaurant’s signature “Walk on Water” fish pond has doubled in size and runs the length of the dining room. During renovations, the resident koi were kept at a local fish…

The swan song for American Idol was supposed to be two years ago. That’s when more than 13 million viewers watched host Ryan Seacrest sign off from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood for the final time. But as many suspected, Seacrest’s cryptic “Goodbye — for now” was prophetic. Now ABC, which quickly snapped up Idol despite its age and high production cost, prepares to relaunch TV’s one-time “Death Star” March 11 into a primetime landscape that has only become more challenging. And it will do so with an entirely new and untested judging panel and a host at the center of allegations of sexual harassment from a former stylist at NBCUniversal’s E! ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey and Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of the show’s producer, FremantleMedia, voice support for Seacrest.…

The Dresses 1 NICOLE KIDMAN The presenter stood out in shimmery cobalt Armani Prive with more than 84 carats of Harry Winston diamonds. 2 MARGOT ROBBIE The I, Tonya nominee and newly minted Chanel ambassador donned an embroidered Haute Couture gown that took 550 hours and seven seamstresses to create. Says Robbie’s stylist, Kate Young: “I love the plastic embroidery on the dress — it feels fancy without being heavy or old.” 3 LUPITA NYONG’O The presenter wowed in Atelier Versace with Niwaka jewels. “It felt like the perfect dress on the heels of our Black Panther press tour,” says Nyong’o’s stylist, Micaela Erlanger. “The chainmail is strong, confident and powerful.” 4 EMMA STONE The presenter eschewed a gown in favor of a pink-and-red Louis Vuitton satin tuxedo teamed with…

HBO’s decision to back out of its new headquarters had everything to do with the AT&TTime Warner deal, according to sources familiar with the real estate transaction. “With the merger looming, HBO’s future is uncertain right now, and this resulted in them pulling out of the Culver City deal,” says a source familiar with the media company. Last year’s announcement that HBO would be the sole tenant at Lincoln Property Co.’s four-story project was hailed for adding another big-ticket tenant in a city that has several (Amazon recently took 280,000 square feet at Culver Studios). For now, HBO’s West Coast HQ will remain at Santa Monica’s Colorado Center, where its lease expires in 2019. Once HBO backed out, Apple “grabbed the building quickly,” says the source, and is looking to…