Innholdsfortegnelse for September 20, 2023 i The Hollywood Reporter

“I have no words.”DREW BARRYMORE The talk show host, in an Instagram post, reversing her decision to return The Drew Barrymore Show to the air amid the writers strike, following massive backlash on social media. “We think there could be some opportunities depending on how things fall out.”TOM CARTER The Nexstar former exec and current adviser, at a Bank of America conference, claiming that if Disney decides to sell ABC’s news stations, Nexstar would be able to buy them with “little friction.” “None of them were as articulate enough on this intellectual level.”JANN WENNER The Rolling Stone co-founder, to The New York Times, on why he excluded Black and female musicians from his book The Masters. The statement led to outrage and to the foundation that runs the Rock &…

Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger had a date night at Giorgio Baldi. … Ed Sheeran shared a meal with Courteney Cox and her partner, Johnny McDaid, at Nobu Malibu. … Lizzo met up with friends at Matsuhisa.… In New York, Taylor Swift, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, Zoë Kravitz, Channing Tatum and Gigi Hadid had a night out at Emilio’s Ballato. … Justin Long and Kate Bosworth dined at Eleven Madison Park. … Paul Mescal paid a visit to Bar Pisellino. … The Summer I Turned Pretty star Lola Tung stopped by Maman. … Jon Hamm broke bread at L’Artusi. Xuntos The Quick Pitch Chef Sandra Cordero, whose Gasolina Café has generated serious buzz, conceived this Northern Spain-style tapas and pintxos bar at a nearly century-old Santa Monica address. Dishes range…

JEAN DOUSSET The jeweler, who designed Paris Hilton’s engagement ring, showcases his designs featuring lab-grown diamonds. 607 N. La Cienega Blvd., jeandousset.com L’AGENCE Melding laid-back Cali style and European sophistication, the clothing brand has opened its second L.A. store, in Beverly Hills. 371 N. Beverly Drive, lagence.com TRUDON The French candle and fragrance brand’s new store in West Hollywood spotlights a new collaboration with tea master Yu Hui Tseng. 8443 Melrose Ave., trudon.com…

“We are thankful for the Californians, because you are helping our market,” says real estate agent Trish Nash, of Douglas Elliman. “What started all this was COVID. We started to see people make lifestyle changes and really take a look at what their living situation was. And we started to see this influx of buyers from California, and it was just absolutely crazy.” The craze for luxury homes continues. Las Vegas recorded its highest number of $1 million-plus sales in the first quarter of 2023, though median home sale prices have declined recently to around $415,000, after peaking in 2022 at $482,000. (In contrast, the current median sales price for a home in Los Angeles is around $980,000.) It’s no longer just a place for Strip regulars like Wayne Newton…

“Remember who you are working for.” — MITCHELL SCHUSTER “There needs to be some tougher love. Strong, sometimes scary, neutrals have a way of getting things done. Don’t be shy when reminding either side where they have exposure and how poorly things can go if a settlement is not reached.” — LAURA WASSER “Identify the responsible adults on both sides who are more interested in getting to ‘yes’ than useless grandstanding and public posturing. Nobody else should have a seat at the table.” — TOM CLARE “Take a 10-year view on your position, from each side’s points of view, before insisting that something is ‘non-negotiable.’ Things often seem insurmountable when we stare at them up close, but with perspective, the path forward reveals itself.” — PRIYA CHAUDHRY “Always keep in…

Casey Wasserman The mogul’s deal to acquire Brillstein Entertainment Partners gives his namesake company a foothold in production and major new management clients, including Brad Pitt. Max Borenstein HBO pulls the plug on the Winning Time co-creator’s Lakers drama after a sevenepisode season two that didn’t make enough of a dent in viewership at Max. Olivia Rodrigo The artist’s second album, Guts, tops the Billboard 200 chart with the equivalent of nearly 200 million streams of its 12 songs, per Luminate data. Kenneth Branagh A Haunting in Venice, the third whodunit film in his Agatha Christie series, can’t conjure box office magic in its opening weekend with a $14.2 million bow. Showbiz Stocks $105.53 (+4.1%) TKO GROUP (TKO) The newly formed UFC and WWE owner saw its stock price pop…

Jordan Firstman is sitting on a couch in a sterile corporate office after a photo shoot, wearing just a pink beach towel and cowboy boots, talking about recreational drugs. The juxtaposition is both funny and an apt metaphor for his career path. He spent eight years working in the writers rooms of irreverent comedies like Search Party, Big Mouth and The Other Two before falling into internet fame when his Instagram impressions went viral during the pandemic. Now, after two years of catering to followers he felt were increasingly interested in more of the same content — “No one gave a fuck about anything [that] wasn’t banana bread,” he says in reference to a clip where he pretends to be the publicist for the treat — he’s pivoting to something…

SHARP SUITING “Crisp, clean lines have never looked better or more refined. Classic jackets cinched tightly at the waist, structured suits and bold shoulders are everywhere!” says stylist Tara Swennen, whose clients include Kristen Stewart and Ali Wong. RIBBED KNITS Ilaria Urbinati (Donald Glover, Chris Evans) loves “chunky” ribbed knits for men for fall, especially turtlenecks, roll necks and half-zip necks: “Throw it on over jeans or a casual trouser with a boot or a loafer, and it’s very cool in a French fisherman sort of way.” MONOCHROMATIC LOOKS “For an elevated casual look, keep it monochromatic on top with a cashmere burgundy bomber and a lightweight burgundy knit underpinning. Break it up with dark denim to pull the outfit together,” says Andrew Weitz (Tom Brady, Ari Emanuel). John Cho…

During her Renaissance World Tour stops in L.A., Beyoncé caused a run on sparkly fashion with a silver dress code directive. It’s a favored metallic the megastar also rocked back in March when she offered a peek into hubby Jay-Z’s ultra-exclusive post-Oscars Gold Party. In the GIF she posted, she’s wearing a customized mirrored mini covered in feathery paillettes by Retrofete. “I design what I like to call over-the-top ready-to-wear — catering to both the everyday and life’s biggest moments,” says Israel-born Ohad Seroya, who co-founded the New York City-based label in 2018 with his husband, Aviad Klin. Beyoncé’s outfit reveal to 316 million ardent followers went viral immediately — the brand itself gained 5 million followers from reposting it — and influenced the influencers. Requests for Retrofete silver pieces,…

SPHERE An instantly iconic addition to Las Vegas’ skyline, Sphere is not only the world’s largest spherical structure but also a technological marvel whose innovations could offer a glimpse of entertainment’s future. The venue near The Venetian will make its long-anticipated debut Sept. 29 with a U2 residency, closely followed by the launch of the first movie designed for its all-encompassing screen, Postcard From Earth, helmed by filmmaker Darren Aronofsky. Conceptualized by Madison Square Garden mogul James Dolan, the $2.3 billion structure contains the world’s largest interior and exterior wraparound LED displays. Outside, the LED-coated globe lights up the city at night with ever-shifting imagery. Inside, the viewer is immersed in a jaw-dropping phantasmagoria. Sphere’s bleeding-edge sound system even enables audience members to have different sonic experiences in different parts…

Forget the clichés about the Vegas residency being a déclassé prelude to retirement. Since 2003, when Celine Dion began her $681.3 million residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, talent has been clamoring for coveted spots on Vegas stages. Chart toppers who could fill arenas across the country are setting up shop in Vegas to take advantage of state-of-the-art venues such as Dolby Live at Park MGM (see sidebar, page 46) or the new Resorts World Theatre. Among the megastars with recent runs are Silk Sonic, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Usher, whose kinetic show was a celebrity magnet, attracting the likes of Tom Holland and Zendaya. But with all of the above moving on, who will take their place as Sin City’s must-see resident artists? The most…

Anderson Cooper has spent much of his career roaming the globe, documenting the kind of stories few others are eager to cover — disease, natural disasters, genocide, war. Comfort has never been his mainstay. But he has his moments. In 2008, Cooper traveled to Cameroon for the CNN docuseries Planet in Peril, looking for bush hunters whom epidemiologists were following in their study of viruses that jump from animals to humans, with his longtime executive producer Charlie Moore, CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta and Gupta’s producer. Their temporary headquarters was a ramshackle hut deep in the jungle with no cell service. Once there, they split up to find the bush hunters and made a plan to reunite at the hut. Gupta and his producer returned, but didn’t find Cooper…

Although NCIS was well liked from the get-go, not even an elite investigation could have foreseen the show becoming a hit that would span decades and launch a franchise. It began in spring 2003 as a backdoor pilot for CBS’ sturdy military-law procedural JAG. Co-created by JAG mastermind Donald P. Bellisario (Magnum, P.I. and Quantum Leap) and Don McGill, NCIS follows special agents from D.C.’s Naval Criminal Investigative Service, led by Mark Harmon as Leroy Jethro Gibbs. In the two-part JAG episode that introduced Gibbs, Harmon — who was cast after actors including Scott Glenn passed — starred opposite Robyn Lively (Blake Lively’s older half sister), but for the series, Sasha Alexander took on the role of new character Caitlin Todd. THR’s review praised the first episode as “anything but…

Savannah Yarborough, a classically trained, Central Saint Martins-educated tailor, is sitting on a calf-hair-covered sofa thinking about the one-year anniversary of the Melrose Avenue outpost of her leatherwear store, Savas. “It may be a cliché,” she says, “but everybody came to L.A. to be someone and to do something, and a leather jacket is kind of a boost of that power.” Yarborough, who grew up in Alabama, is known for her meticulously crafted custom leather jackets, first sold at her Nashville store, which opened in 2015. Yarborough likes to say that she “makes leather jackets for people who don’t wear leather jackets. “People say they don’t wear leather jackets because in their mind, they’re envisioning a Marlon Brando vibe, but when I make them in a super-soft, suede shirt jacket…

LANA DEL REY NEVER INTENDED TO PUNCH IN FOR A QUICKIE WAFFLE HOUSE SHIFT. BUT AFTER SEVEN DAYS OF SEEING THE SAME FACES DURING A VISIT TO FLORENCE, Alabama, and a July morning’s worth of shooting the shit with her brother and sister in the same plastic booth, the singer-songwriter found herself wearing the Southern chain’s familiar uniform: a polycotton, working-class blue button-up garnished with a name tag bearing the crudely stickered letters L-A-N-A. “We were on our third hour, and the servers asked, ‘Do you guys want shirts?’” she says. “Hell yeah! We were thrilled.” The resulting video didn’t last 10 seconds. But after the restaurant’s manager posted the clip to Facebook and a few fan selfies featuring Del Rey in uniform popped up on the usual platforms, a narrative…

The cinematic arc of the long journey to open the doors of Fontainebleau Las Vegas is not lost on Jeff Soffer, the resort’s chairman and CEO. “It could be a very good book or movie,” Soffer says of the dramatic sequence of events that may be one of the greatest comeback stories in the history of the hospitality business. Intended to be the sister property of the legendary Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel — the Southeast stomping grounds of Rat Pack legends Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr., regarded as America’s first mega-resort — the Fontainebleau Las Vegas broke ground under Soffer’s direction in 2007. The hotel tower topped out in 2008. By the following year, banks collapsed, funding dried up, lawsuits were filed and construction stopped. What was planned as…