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Having lunch outside with a film studio chief a few years ago, I asked for a candid assessment of The Hollywood Reporter’s coverage of the Cannes Film Festival. His response: “I always read it with my first glass of rosé.” (I won’t reveal what time of day said rosé was consumed.) THR has been part of Cannes since the world’s biggest film event began 71 years ago — that inaugural fest was abruptly canceled after opening night when Adolf Hitler invaded Poland — and I’m proud to say our coverage this year is as robust and aggressive as ever. Led by international editor Kevin Cassidy, we are sending about 30 reporters, editors, critics, designers and photographers to the South of France (tough gig, right?), more than any other outlet, and…
THR’s presence on the Croisette will reach far beyond daily magazines and ground coverage, with two exclusive events planned. On May 9, Nadja Swarovski and THR will co-host a screening of Waterschool, followed by a panel discussion moderated by THR’s Tatiana Siegel and reception. The documentary, which examines the global water crisis and a community investment program launched by the Austrian crystal jewelry company, was created by seven UCLA graduate students mentored by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Lucy Walker. The week’s festivities also include a reception held by THR and DirecTV, and the two will co-host a lounge on the terrace of the JW Marriott throughout the fest.…
TATIANA SIEGEL THR’s senior film writer sat with Spike Lee for the cover story (page 70) on BlacKkKlansman days after joining Pamela Anderson in Marseille, where the actress says her life is “Under the Tuscan Sun, but in France” (page 90). Siegel also explores the future of amfAR’s Cannes gala post-Weinstein (page 80). DAVID LACHAPELLE The pop-art photographer extraordinaire snapped Anderson, his frequent muse, alongside her WikiLeaks-founder pal Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in 2017 (page 90). LaChapelle also directed the 2005 dance doc Rize and has shot music videos for Elton John and Mariah Carey. SCOTT ROXBOROUGH Now in his 17th year on THR’s international beat, Roxborough wrote several features for this Cannes issue, including one on a backlash to the #MeToo movement brewing in Europe (page 76).…
Back in 2004, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts bid $54 billion to acquire The Walt Disney Co. with a vision to “accelerate the digital future.” It was a 22 percent premium to what the Magic Kingdom was worth at the time, though then-CEO Michael Eisner — who was fighting efforts to dethrone him — rebuffed the offer anyway. Roberts, some observers say, has been smoldering ever since, and now he can seek revenge by chucking a wrench into Disney’s quest to pay about the same price ($52.4 billion) to acquire most of 21st Century Fox. In what could kick off a bidding war, the cable giant April 25 made official its $31 billion bid for Sky, even though the European pay TV company already has agreed to let Fox, a 39…
Tina Fey The auteur’s Mean Girls nabs 12 Tony nominations, tying it with SpongeBob SquarePants in a year when all four musical nominees (with Frozen and The Band’s Visit) are based on films or TV shows. Margaret Talev The president of the White House Correspondents’ Association takes fire after criticizing Michelle Wolf’s roast for being “not in the spirit” of its mission. Good luck booking a comic in 2019. Kevin Feige The Marvel Studios maestro’s Avengers: Infinity War topples The Force Awakens with the biggest opening weekend ever ($637.7 million worldwide), and China’s still ahead. R. Kelly The hip-hop artist and his label, RCA Records, are facing a boycott urged by the anti-harassment initiative Time’s Up over the singer’s history of alleged sexual abuse. Showbiz Stocks $99.71 (+2%) TAKE-TWO (TTWO)…
It’s an unlikely place to find star power, but a May 8 Delaware Bankruptcy Court hearing will have quite a lot of it when Lantern Capital is likely to be revealed as the winner of an auction for The Weinstein Co. film and TV assets for about $310 million. There are multiple thorny aspects to the proceedings. For one, Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Meryl Streep are among those lodging concerns about what they are owed and how they will be taken care of by whoever wins the auction for the assets. Tarantino, for example, is seeking $1.25 million in royalties for Django Unchained and nearly $2.5 million for The Hateful Eight. The projects included in the sale also carry asterisks. Take Project Runway: The owner of Lifetime…
