Innholdsfortegnelse for January 26, 2024 i The Hollywood Reporter

The end of Scott Stuber’s seven-year tenure as head of film at Netflix did not come as a shock. But it had seemed to be coming for so long that one producer who’s done business with the streamer says when he heard that it had finally happened, he didn’t know whether to believe it. “I sort of tuned out when anyone said Scott was out,” he says, “because I had been hearing that for over two years.” When the time finally came, the most remarkable thing about Stuber’s exit was how it differed from the usual abrupt Netflix defenestration: This time, there was a laudatory press release, Stuber’s company email account still works, and he is supposed to stick around until March. Despite the lack of drama and despite co-CEO…

The Environmental Media Association will once again recognize Hollywood productions for environmental excellence, both onscreen and behind the scenes, at its annual awards gala, to be held Jan. 27 at Los Angeles’ Sunset Las Palmas Studios. Hosted by Lance Bass with entertainment by Samantha Ronson, the event will also present Laura Dern with the EMA Ongoing Commitment Award for her devotion to environmental activism. Netflix leads the way with seven EMA nominations, including those for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, White Noise, Queer Eye and Down to Earth With Zac Efron. Avatar: The Way of Water scored a nom in the features category, and on the TV side, HBO’s The Last of Us, A Black Lady Sketch Show and What Am I Eating? With Zooey Deschanel are among the…

Hollywood took a brief break from awards season to look ahead to a new crop of movies as a star-studded group of projects hit the annual Park City festival. Will Ferrell, Pedro Pascal, Kieran Culkin, Sebastian Stan, Aubrey Plaza, Steven Yeun, Glen Powell, Lionel Richie, Normani and Malia Obama were among those who premiered movies at Sundance, as the festival celebrated 40 years of uplifting independent film. Kristen Stewart, who received the festival’s Visionary Award, declared, “Sundance is the fucking shit,” during her acceptance speech on opening night and explained what makes it special, saying, “I came here for the first time 20 years ago, I realized today. I could barely speak English when spoken to. I got my first pair of Ugg boots, and I actually got to be…

No 1 We Give Social Media Something to Fight About (That Isn’t Politics) BY PETER BISKIND Since the silent era, a century’s worth of movies has told us how to love, how to die, how to dress, how to behave. But things have changed a lot since the silent era, which raises the question: Are movies still vital to our lives? Are they still at the core of our cultural life? Do they still matter? Beyond Hollywood’s scrambled economics, one of the biggest threats to its hegemony is social media — TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and X-formerly-known-as-Twitter — with which it has always had an uncomfortable relationship, alternately its victim or master. Thanks to the gravitational pull of social media, as well as the pandemic and two strikes, the studios and…

BEST PICTURE Anatomy of a Fall Seven BAFTA noms (including best film, director and actress) presaged five Oscar noms (including those same three), a formidable showing for the film. France must regret not submitting it for the international feature Oscar; The Taste of Things wasn’t nominated. The Color Purple Despite producer Oprah Winfrey’s best efforts to boost Blitz Bazawule’s film, this musical version of Alice Walker’s novel, which was made into a nonmusical film that received 11 Oscar noms 37 years ago, landed just one this cycle: best supporting actress, for Danielle Brooks. Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan’s masterpiece, on the heels of landing a field-leading 13 BAFTA nominations, garnered the same number of Oscar noms (a number exceeded only by All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land, which each received…

“My boobs opened a lot of doors for me.” SOFÍA VERGARA The Griselda actress, in El País, suggesting that her looks may have helped launch her career but have not been what has sustained it: “I’m still here because I’m not afraid of taking a risk, and I work harder than anyone.” “I thought they had endless resources.” SOFIA COPPOLA The filmmaker, in The New Yorker, lamenting Apple’s decision to nix her planned adaptation of Edith Wharton’s The Custom of the Country over budget concerns. “I don’t know how good I would have been.” JODIE FOSTER The actress and director, on The Tonight Show, revealing that she was offered the Princess Leia role in Star Wars before Carrie Fisher but had a scheduling conflict. “I’m not a big internet guy.”…

Jim Carrey celebrated his birthday alongside Adam Sandler, Jimmy Kimmel and Bill Burr at the San Vicente Bungalows. … Chris Evans and his wife, Alba Baptista, had a night out with Robert Pattinson, Suki Waterhouse, Adrien Brody and Georgina Chapman at Funke. … Mila Kunis stopped by Beverly Glen Deli. … Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart had a date night at Giorgio Baldi. … Dua Lipa and Callum Turner dined at R+D Kitchen. … Charlie Hunnam visited Gigi’s. … Jason Momoa and Dave Chappelle were (separately) spotted at The Bird Streets Club. HOT NEW RESTAURANT Uchi The Quick Pitch Tyson Cole — founder of this neo-Japanese endeavor in Austin (one of SXSW’s hottest tables) — has already expanded to Dallas, Houston, Miami and Denver; now he’s aiming to compete in…

In a town focused on the fountain of youth, personal trainer Malin Svensson has made a career out of catering to the 50-plus. With clients who include Maria Shriver, Barbara Handler (daughter of Barbie doll creator Ruth Handler), Jamie Lee Curtis and even ’80s fitness icon Jane Fonda, the Marina del Rey-based Nordic Body founder has a refreshing fitness philosophy and approach to life. “Age is just a chronological number. It doesn’t say who you are, how young you are at heart and how good of shape you are in,” says Svensson. “I’m empowering the 50-plus crowd to live a fun, healthy and fulfilling life. We want to not only be able to look good, but we want to continue with all the activities that we used to do in…

SUNDANCE PORTFOLIO 2024 1 Pedro Pascal Freaky Tales The actor says the indie, a genre-bending story about punks, Nazis and rappers in 1987 Oakland, felt much more intimate than his experience making big-budget projects like The Last of Us and The Mandalorian. “You’re fast-tracking a connection to one another,” he tells THR. 2 Chiwetel Ejiofor (left), Camila Cabello, Jay Will Rob Peace Ejiofor wrote, directed and acted in this real-life story about a Yale student (Will) who begins selling weed on campus in an effort to help free his incarcerated father. “A lot of people reached into their own understandings of these circumstances and their full lives lived,” he says of the performances, which also include Mary J. Blige as Rob’s mother. “And Jay [as Rob] for me, he made…

A DIFFERENT MAN Writer-director Aaron Schimberg offers an endearingly twisted take on actors, playwrights, egos and the plight of the disfigured. The provocative, dark A24 comedy centers on an aspiring thespian with neurofibromatosis (played with tongue-in-cheek gravitas by Sebastian Stan) who finds a cure, only to long for the life he had when his face was still deformed. Renate Reinsve and Adam Pearson (who has neurofibromatosis himself) shine in key supporting roles. — JORDAN MINTZER EXHIBITING FORGIVENESS Artist Titus Kaphar’s tender directorial debut feature is bolstered by a stellar André Holland as a painter who attempts to reconcile with his father (the wonderful John Earl Jelks) at the urging of his mother (an always invaluable Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor). Preoccupied by questions of love and attachment — and flaunting a breathtaking sense…

Come Feb. 1, Aaron Pierre joins the ranks of storied British thespians — Daniel Day-Lewis, Cynthia Erivo, David Oyelowo — to play icons of U.S. history. This trend has rankled some American performers in the past. But, as the 29-year-old sees it, he’s just as qualified as any Black actor to tackle Malcolm X. “My perspective has always been that we are one diaspora,” says Pierre, who stars as Malcolm X in National Geographic’s Genius: MLK/X. “I have always been somebody who’s felt a deep emotional response to any hardships experienced by someone who has the same skin as me. And Malcolm’s legacy, his tremendous ability to empower and his skill as an orator, that found its way to where I grew up.” Where Pierre grew up and first dabbled…

Weddings ID publicist Montana Rispoli married Elias Loucagos, manager of technical operations at Thermo Fisher Scientific, in Kalamata, Greece, on Aug. 25. His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco wed the couple of nine years in a Greek Orthodox ceremony in front of 130 guests. Births Weston Garret Gonzalez, owner and creative director of westhaus, and Miles Guidon, president of Hollywood 3D Printing, welcomed Willa Heywood Guidon-Gonzalez on Jan. 4 at Loma Linda University Medical Center. Congrats Courtney Sanchez joined Tubi as chief strategy officer and executive vp operations on Jan. 18. Jeff Collins was tapped to take over as head of Fox Corp. ad sales, after Marianne Gambelli’s retirement, on Jan. 22. Anne Globe was hired as chief marketing officer for Imax on Jan. 16. Terry Press was named…

Music elevates the storytelling of everything,” says Issa Rae, whose shows Insecure and the all-too-short-lived Rap Sh!t (which was abruptly canceled in January after two critically acclaimed seasons) regularly drew attention for their expertly curated needle drops. “There are so many songs that I associate with specific scenes that have also, in turn, affected my life and my memories, and it just adds an extra feeling to that song. So, they really work hand in hand beautifully.” Rae is so connected to music that it’s hard to not think of her when you look at the nominees at the 2024 Grammy Awards. SZA, the top contender with nine nominations, was featured throughout season two of Insecure. Other nominees whose tracks have been heard on Rae’s shows include Victoria Monét, 6lack,…

Babe Paley, Slim Keith and C.Z. Guest are a few of the iconic jet-set women who conjure images of wealth, glamour, high society … and Truman Capote. Known as “The Swans,” they dominated New York society, with the acclaimed author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s a part of their inner circle. Ryan Murphy’s second installment of his Feud anthology, FX’s Feud: Capote vs. The Swans (see page 26 for an interview with series director Gus Van Sant) centers on the author’s complex relationship with the socialites, which was upended with his 1975 Esquire article “La Côte Basque, 1965.” Capote’s exposure of their secrets — including intimating that Babe Paley’s husband, CBS’ Bill Paley, had an affair with the wife of New York’s governor — led to a fallout and Capote’s subsequent…

FRED ROSEN DOESN’T MIND IF PEOPLE CONSIDER HIM A VILLAIN. He made that clear during his fortune-making run at Ticketmaster, which he turned into a polarizing behemoth. “I was running ‘the evil empire’? I was running a business. You know who liked me? My clients. Did I love being called an asshole? Not particularly. Could I live with it? Sure.” He adds, “You can’t build a business without pissing somebody off.” The same attitude prevails in his current venture: attempting to kill a proposed subway through his Bel-Air neighborhood. “You have to come to grips with the fact that not everyone’s going to like you,” he says. Rosen, an 80-year-old grandfather, is aware of his pugnacious intensity. “Guys like me make coffee nervous,” he jokes during lunch in a booth…