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the WGA, a ﬁght that has sparked lawsuits and a mass exodus of writers from agen- Top Hollywood Execs Look cy representation. “It makes no sense to me that they’re not talking to each other,” says NBCUniversal vice chairman Ron Meyer, a co-founder of CAA. “Every deal can be made. Ahead to Year of Disruption Both sides have reasonable arguments. I say get everybody in a room, and don’t let them leave until they resolve it.” Comcast chairman-CEO Brian Roberts New ways of delivering entertainment — and the relationships says he is encouraged by the trends he sees between talent and companies — will deﬁne 2020 By Cynthia Littleton in Comcast’s core cable-systems business and in the prospects for NBCUniversal’s growth in streaming. The fact that consum- WITH ALL THE glam and glitz of the just- the Globes red carpet this year ranged from ers have so eagerly embraced the streaming wrapped Golden Globes ceremony giving laying odds on winners and losers in the revolution is good news for Comcast, he says,

way to the coming madness of January — direct-to-consumer gold rush, to the shifting because all of that content consumption VARIETY.COM TCA! CES! Sundance! NATPE! — Hollywood sands in the ﬁlm business, to hand-wringing requires a robust broadband connection. is bracing for a momentous year ahead. over the possibility of a work stoppage “The momentum of broadband and The largest media conglomerates crippling the town later this year as the streaming is pretty exciting,” Roberts says. are in the throes of a transition that Writers Guild of America, the Directors “With all the streaming that’s happening, has been simplistically described as the Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA head into people love their broadband. We really

onset of “streaming wars,” a response to master contract negotiations. have a lot of momentum, and I hope we 8, 2020 JANUARY the disruption that has touched every Of course, there’s the lingering impasse carry that forward.”

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shake-up to NBCUniversal, as longtime CEO Steve Burke hands the mantle of chief executive to Jeff Shell. “Having that transition be as successful as I hope for is a real priority to start the year,” says Roberts. ViacomCBS president-CEO Bob Bakish says he’s prepared for tough decisions in the coming months about where the newly enlarged media company focuses its energy and resources. The merger consummated in December greatly eases Viacom’s depen- dence on domestic cable channels as its big driver of earnings. The entertainment cable-programming business remains a strong source of cash flow for the major media conglomerates. But it’s now seen as a melting ice cube Selling It for brands that don’t have the cachet Sony Pictures Classics co-founder Tom with viewers to make the leap to an on- Bernard (right), here demand streaming world. Disney is exper- with co-founder Michael imenting with branding some of FX’s Barker, thinks exhibitors need to do a better job highest-end adult scripted programs as of promoting the films “FX on Hulu” and presenting them as they screen. streaming exclusives. That decision, unveiled in November, is sure to rankle some of Disney and FX’s longtime cable ent companies WarnerMedia and AT&T put out before it opens,” Bernard says. “The distribution partners. And ViacomCBS, their focus on delivering a fire hose of con- newspapers don’t have ads anymore. The AT&T, NBCUniversal and others have to tent to the HBO Max streaming platform, set theaters are still selling candy and popcorn. contend with existing cable assets that do to bow in May, Sarnoff says Warner Bros. has They should be monetizing their data to not have the same marquee value as FX. to examine its options. The studio has had get to every person they can. But that’s not “We’re an industry in transition,” remarks a string of disappointing outings at the box happening, and until that happens we are in Bakish. “We’re moving from overwhelming- office with midrange-budget adult movies, big trouble.” ly linear consumption to on-demand con- including Clint Eastwood’s “Richard Jewell” Bernard cites Canada’s Cineplex sumption. So we’ll evolve our product line and “Just Mercy.” The struggles of adult- Cinemas as a shining example of an and how we invest. The good news is that oriented titles at the multiplexes fuel exhibitor that has embraced technology because of the breadth of the assets of the industry talk that those kinds of titles to learn more about moviegoers and to combined company, we’re now very well are now destined for opening weekends market titles more effectively to customers positioned to do that.” on Netflix, Amazon, Apple, et al. who are already inclined to give them But it’s not just the old guard that has Sarnoff sees the widening window of repeat business. “That’s the new commercial stumbled in the face of overwhelming opportunity for content on streaming plat- for marketing a film,” Bernard says with competition for consumer attention. Face- forms — HBO Max and otherwise — as a indignation. “And they can make money by book is working to find the sweet spot for good thing for Warner Bros. because it gives selling their data. But they’re oblivious,” he the Facebook Watch platform. Fidji Simo, the creatives on the studio’s roster more says of major U.S. exhibitors, although he head of Facebook’s app and its video efforts, places to sell shows. “It keeps us challenged, does not name names. notes that Facebook Watch draws some and it keeps the talent we’re working with As a newcomer to the film side of the 720 million people every month. But the more interested,” says Sarnoff. “They now industry, Sarnoff says she’s been inspired social media giant has yet to field a major have wider opportunities to make movies by watching the growth of video game hit among its original programming efforts, and TV shows.” sensation “Fortnite.” She sees potential which are limited in scope compared with The needs of HBO Max will influence for Warner Bros. to prosper with material those of its FAANG rivals. Warners’ long-term approach to navigat- that is immersive across multiple formats, “We see Facebook as a great complement ing the box office and the types of movies which could be a key to keeping younger to all the great activity happening in TV,” it makes. “We’re evaluating,” she says. “We’ll consumers engaged with traditional movies says Simo. “There’s actually a lot of space have to see what HBO Max’s appetite for and TV properties. “You’re seeing a fusion for a lot of players taking a lot of different movies is. Maybe some [titles] will go straight of different entertainment offerings, and approaches.” to HBO Max.” the lines are getting more and more blurred For Facebook, the overriding criterion for Tom Bernard, co-president and co- for the next generation,” she says. “We its programming is whether it helps corral a founder of Sony Pictures Classics, doesn’t are in all of those businesses already, so fandom online to discuss — or, rather, obsess hold back when asked his view of the health we’re looking to be more integrated going over — every detail of the show. Facebook of the film business. He puts the blame forward to produce across the platforms in Watch has had success with “Red Table Talk,” squarely on “oblivious” exhibitors who have a more fluid way.” the frank talk show hosted by actor Jada dropped the ball in the retail marketing Perhaps the hardest part about steering Pinkett Smith. That encouraged the compa- of movies. content and distribution strategies at a time ny to partner with Endeavor on the launch “The exhibitors have not realized that of upheaval is the need to make bets on of a property hosted by Steve Harvey. they now have to reach out to the audience projects and deals that may not come to fru-

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programs. In August, it struck a multiyear NFL Helps Broadcasters Even partnership with Roc Nation, the entertainment company founded by Jay-Z, who had denounced the NFL’s treatment of Kaeper- nick. While many raised eyebrows over the the Score After Scripted Losses pact, Roc Nation helped the league book Jennifer Lopez and Shakira for its halftime show at Super Bowl LIV in Miami, a widely praised decision that may breathe new life Viewership of the league’s games has increased 5% over the previous year into NFL’s biggest event. “To the extent the NFL can allow its fans to focus on the action itself, rather than off- By ELAINE LOW and WILL THORNE likes of Jackson and the Kansas City Chiefs’ field issues connected to social justice and @elainelow @willhmthorne Patrick Mahomes. player health and welfare issues, then the WHILE IT’S NOT quite fourth down and “At the end of the day, excitement around league should be well positioned to contin- long for broadcast networks, lackluster young players is really what fuels the sport,” ue the recent rebound,” says David Carter, an scripted-programming ratings and cord- says Meyers, pointing to Jackson, Mahomes associate professor of sports business at USC. cutting woes are weighing heavily on the and Carolina Panthers running back Chris- He also cites the recent legalization of sports industry’s collective consciousness. So tian McCaffrey. betting as a boon to viewership. it’s particularly good news that one broad- The NFL has also likely benefited from At this stage, it’s too soon to say if the cast mainstay seems to have regained its the struggles of its main sports rival: the added eyeballs might mean an increase mojo: live football. After a bumpy year or NBA. Pro basketball ratings so far this season in annual fees for the NFL in its contract two, the 2019 NFL regular season grabbed have been sliding, perhaps due to an alarm- renegotiations with the networks over the an average of 16.7 million TV and digital next couple years. “This viewers, according to the league, marking season’s ratings, while 5% growth from the prior year. Never More Electric important, are just Bereft of “Game of Thrones” and devoid The dynamic play part of the overall sto- of Baltimore Ravens of a successor to a scripted Sunday night quarterback Lamar ry when it comes to gladiator match, audiences may hold that Jackson has helped assessing future rights live sports in general — and the NFL in par- boost NFL ratings. fees,” says Carter. What ticular, with its breakout stars and fast-paced might matter even action — are the last bastion of appoint- more than ratings, ment television. he says, is the grow- “The NFL is driven by storylines, and ing interest the Silicon there are so many different reasons, so many Valley giants — Face- connection points for people, regardless book, Apple, Amazon, of age, ethnicity, gender or geography,” says Netflix and Google — Cary Meyers, ESPN’s senior vice president of might have in sports research and insights. programming. Ama- On Fox, which airs almost all of its NFL zon livestreamed 11 games on Sundays, viewership grew 7% from “Thursday Night Foot- the 2018 regular season to an average of 19.2 ball” games on Twitch million viewers, with “America’s Game of this season, marking the Week” leading the way with 24.4 million its third year in the viewers, up 10% year over year. Studio pro- game, and debuted grams “Fox NFL Sunday” and “Fox NFL Kick- a half-hour live pre- off” have gone along for the ratings ride, game show, “NFL Next.” with viewership up 6% and 3%, respectively. “Because they are On CBS, NFL games have attracted 4% ingly long list of injured stars and the col- likely to be formidable bidders, the NFL is more viewers, with an average of 17.2 mil- lapse of the Golden State Warriors dynasty. poised to substantially increase its media lion. The Buffalo-Dallas matchup on Thanks- The football league mostly sidelined the revenues,” he notes. giving Day provided a football feast for 32.6 kind of politics that had been blamed for For now, the major broadcasters of live million viewers, taking home the title of ratings losses in prior years. Colin Kaeper- football are pretty happy with the league’s most-watched regular season game. On NBC, nick’s protests against racial inequality and increased viewership. “Sunday Night Football” continued to pull police brutality sparked a firestorm in 2016 “I don’t have any reason to think that’s in its biggest numbers since 2015, averaging and ended with him as a free agent. Contro- ending anytime soon,” says ESPN’s Meyers. 20.5 million viewers in 2019, a 5% increase versy also swirled around long-term brain “It’s a systemic level of enthusiasm around from last season. And ESPN’s “Monday Night trauma caused by the concussive sport. Sub- the sport. It’s just delivering, and there are Football” averaged 12.6 million viewers, up sequent rule changes have targeted a reduc- players that are captivating people’s atten- 8% for the second consecutive year — its best tion in head injuries, and the NFL has tion and driving a lot of conversation. The regular-season performance in four years. donated millions of dollars to social justice NFL is must-see TV again.” A new generation of dual-threat quarterbacks — and their thrilling play — contribut- ed to the NFL’s strong numbers. The biggest Average Viewers per Regular Season by Network VARIETY.COM surprise this season has been the meteoric rise of Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, who seems poised to run away with Monday Night Sunday Night the league MVP award in only his second sea- Fox NFL* NFL on CBS* Football (ESPN) Football (NBC) son. Jackson’s ability to run and throw the football with equal brilliance is symbolic of 2019 19.2 (+7%) 17.2 (+4%) 12.6 (+8%) 20.5 (+5%)

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there were just 12,000 clicks on the “Want shot on location in Changchun, China, but Will China Roll to see” button on the China-based online most of the dialogue is in Mandarin. “It’s ticketing service Maoyan. It’s a far cry from about family love,” said Zhao via an inter- the minimum 100,000 clicks usually needed preter during an interview at the BAFTA Tea Out Welcome Mat to indicate that a film has real commercial Party. “That theme is a universal one, and potential. Even Lou Ye’s “Saturday Fiction,” hopefully it will resonate across the board.” a small Chinese black-and-white art-house During Zhao’s first trip to the U.S. in film that wasn’t well received on the festival November, she spent a couple of weeks for ‘The Farewell’? circuit, is doing better than “The Farewell,” in Los Angeles working the awards circuit. with 29,000 clicks. She participated in post-screening Q&As, Chinese distributors know it won’t be an met with the press and attended taste- easy road to profitability. In fact, Wang’s film maker receptions. A photo of her and Lulu Wang is hopeful her American indie was originally set to hit theaters in Novem- Robert Pattinson at A24’s holiday party will translate to mainland audiences ber, but apparently it was delayed until this went viral after Wang posted it on her Twit- month amid worries about putting it up ter feed with the caption, “Who’s ready for By MARC MALKIN against “Frozen 2.” a @thefarewell sequel, cuz Nai Nai found @marcmalkin If “The Farewell” does scoop up some Billi a husband.” ZHAO SHUZHEN HAS BEEN acting in her Oscar nominations when they’re announced While sipping on a hot breakfast tea at native China since she was 16. In the U.S., she on Jan. 13, interest in the movie in China The London in West Hollywood during became an overnight sensation at age 76. may increase, especially if Zhao earns a sup- that November visit, Zhao, accompanied Until last year, she was a successful televi- porting actress nod. While she was shut out by an interpreter, told Variety she has long sion actor in her homeland — then came her of the Globes and the SAG Awards, she is up dreamed of winning an Oscar. “It’s broad- U.S. debut in “The Farewell,” writer-director for Indie Spirit and Critics’ Choice awards. cast in China, and I watch every year,” she Lulu Wang’s autobiographical drama about It may be tempting to look to “Crazy said. “I’ve thought about what I would say if traveling to China to visit her grandmother Rich Asians” for a hint of things to come for I were up there. … I’ve definitely fantasized after the family decides not to tell her that “The Farewell,” but that Warner Bros. hit and thought about being on that stage and she’s been diagnosed with cancer. Awkwafina was a total flop in China. The disappointing giving acceptance speeches.” portrays Wang (named Billi in the movie), returns were attributed to its lack of recog- If she nabs a nomination, Zhao will likely a role that earned her a lead actress trophy “They’ll nizable stars for Chinese audiences. Local bring her daughter — or “maybe my grand- at the Golden Globes. Zhao takes on the see it’s criticism that the film was told through an son because he speaks much better English” role of her grandmother, affectionately not a fully American lens, one that perpetuated cultur- — to the big show on Feb. 9. known as Nai Nai. Chinese al stereotypes, also dinged ticket sales. And she may also do some networking. The $3 million film, which A24 bought movie, “We’ve gotten a really tremendous Zhao mentioned she’s a fan of Al Pacino. out of Sundance for $7 million, is a certified and I’m response so far,” said Wang of “The Farewell” When it was suggested that she might pos- indie box office hit. It brought in $17.6 mil- interested on the red carpet at the Golden Globes. “But sibly meet the legendary actor at the Dolby lion in the U.S. and an additional $2 million to see they’ll also see it’s not really a fully Chinese — he’s a likely nominee for his work in “The internationally. how they movie, and I’m really interested to see how Irishman” — she brought her hands to her But can it crack the Chinese market? The respond they respond to that.” chest and smiled. “Just the idea of working in film opens in China on Jan. 10, and initial to that.” However, the film may be easier to digest Los Angeles, the movie capital of the world,” prospects are less than stellar. As of Jan. 3, Lulu Wang on the mainland because not only was it she said. “I would love to do more.”

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New Day Dawning Michael Ellenberg (left), optioned Brian Stelter’s book “Top of the Morning” and turned it into Apple TV Plus’ Golden Globe-nominated “The Morning Show,” starring Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carell and Reese Witherspoon (not shown).

Ellenberg, 44, was elbowed out of his post and make it so bad,” he says. Michael Ellenberg as executive VP of drama at HBO in January At the time he was putting Media Res 2016 amid a shake-up of the programming together, Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan ranks. When he considered his options, he were making headlines because of Strahan’s Scripts New Start sought to find something that would blend April departure from “Live With Kelly and the producing chops he’d developed while Michael” for a full-time role on “Good Morn- working on movies with Rudin and Scott ing America.” That real-life drama turned and the production and talent management Ellenberg’s attention to the morning show With Media Res skills he honed at HBO. arena, which led him to option “Top of the Although Apple TV Plus didn’t exist at the Morning,” Brian Stelter’s book about anoth- time, Ellenberg could see that the TV business er “Today” anchor meltdown, the 2012 ouster ‘The Morning Show’ exec producer turns a was heading into an unprecedented period of Ann Curry. career change into an entrepreneurial path of expansion, which made the timing ripe for Ellenberg had a relationship with With- a startup venture. The executive slogged his erspoon after working closely with the By CYNTHIA LITTLETON way through drafting a business plan and hit actor-producer on “Big Little Lies.” After @variety_cynthia the road to drum up cash. He ultimately part- she and Aniston committed to what would FOUR YEARS AGO, Michael Ellenberg faced nered with film financier Bron Studios to help become “Morning Show,” he had no trouble a crossroads. bankroll his vision for Media Res. lining up pitches at HBO, Netflix and other He knew how to be a TV programming In addition to “Morning Show,” Media Res premium players in June 2017. executive, after spending five years at HBO is the studio behind two other Apple TV At the time, Van Amburg and Apple working on shows such as “True Detective,” Plus series: “Pachinko,” a sweeping family Worldwide Video co-head Jamie Erlicht had “Westworld” and “Big Little Lies.” He knew saga set in the U.S., Korea and Japan; and an been on the job only a few days. Ellenberg how to be a producer, after working earlier in untitled CIA officer drama to star Brie Lar- felt a kinship with the former Sony Pictures his career for Scott Rudin and Ridley Scott. son. Media Res has about 20 staffers, all at Television executives as all three were in What he didn’t know was how to be an its Hollywood office. business-launch mode. Witherspoon and entrepreneur. He wasn’t sure if he had the “Michael understands quality storytelling Aniston agreed that in this case, the risk of stomach to start a company from scratch. and has an ability to attract the best talent going with a network that didn’t exist yet Today, Ellenberg’s Media Res banner is a in an era of premium series,” says Zack Van was worth it. wholly independent venture that has three Amburg, Apple’s co-head of worldwide video. “Morning Show” had a bumpy start that series in production — one of which is “He has an ability to understand various per- necessitated a showrunner change early on. Apple’s starry backstage drama “The Morn- spectives brought by actors, writers, directors Then the #MeToo movement exploded, forc- ing Show” — and more on the way. and his network partners. That’s a rare quali- ing the storyline to encompass the great Teaming with Reese Witherspoon and ty, and has given him a jump-start in success- reckoning on sexual misconduct that forced Jennifer Aniston to help launch Apple’s foray fully launching Media Res.” Matt Lauer off “Today” and Charlie Rose into the content business has been heady “Morning Show” became quite a calling from “CBS This Morning.” stuff. But so has arranging health care cover- card for the company once Witherspoon and It wasn’t until Ellenberg sat in the Rita

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Terrific Turns Jamie Foxx in “Just Mercy,” Scarlett Johansson in “Jojo Rabbit” and Adam Sandler in “Uncut Gems” are on the Oscar bubble.

as will “Once Upon a Time,” which went would be more of a surprise than not. home with three Globes. “Marriage Story” Disney isn’t campaigning “The Lion King” MarcM Malkin could also go into Oscars night with multi- for animated feature, but Beyoncé’s “Spirit” ple nominations. is on the best original song shortlist. While IIn the Running The lead actor’s race is tight. Joaquin the tune did snag a Globe nomination, Acad- Phoenix and Adam Driver are likely locks. emy members may be more mindful of the But what about Taron Egerton? Will the criticism the original film’s composer, Elton freshly minted Globe winner make it to John, aimed at the remake’s musical direc- Bracing for the Dolby on Feb. 9? Then there’s Adam tion. The legendary rocket man griped to Sandler. Don’t underestimate him. “Uncut British GQ in October: “The new version of Gems” is not for everyone, but his transfor- ‘The Lion King’ was a huge disappointment mation into a loudmouthed gambling-ad- to me, because I believe they messed the Oscar Noms dicted diamond dealer in New York City music up. Music was so much a part of the is garnering him the best reviews of his original and the music in the current film Hollywood says goodbye to the career, as well as recognition from critics didn’t have the same impact. The magic and Globes and zeroes in on the film groups and the Independent Spirit Awards. joy were lost. The soundtrack hasn’t had industry’s biggest night of the year Antonio Banderas could come through for nearly the same impact in the charts that it his turn in “Pain and Glory” as well. had 25 years ago, when it was the bestselling Eddie Murphy (“Dolomite Is My Name”) album of the year.” ITH THE GLOBES now is also a possible lead actor nominee, but How many movies will be in the best behind us and Oscar how many people of color will be nominat- picture race? As of now, it appears at least noms rapidly approached is a big question looming over the Acad- seven: “The Irishman,” “Once Upon a Time,” W ing on Jan. 13, what emy. Jennifer Lopez (“Hustlers”) and “Par- “Parasite,” “Marriage Story,” “Jojo Rabbit,” should we be paying asite” might very well be in the race, along “Joker” and “1917.” I’ll be very surprised if attention to in Hollywood’s biggest film with “The Farewell.” Cynthia Erivo (“Harri- “Little Women” doesn’t make the cut. Sev- awards race? et”) has a good shot too. “Just Mercy” hasn’t eral films that might also make the list are Surefire bets are Globe winners Renée generated the awards attention Warner Bros. “The Farewell,” “Knives Out,” “Uncut Gems” Zellweger (“Judy”), who already has one had hoped for, but Jamie Foxx has been a and “The Two Popes.” Oscar, and Brad Pitt, who should garner standout, so he could land a supporting nod. Greta Gerwig should also hear her his third acting nomination for his work Scarlett Johansson has never been nom- name when director contenders are

VARIETY.COM in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a inated for an Oscar, but she could be a dou- announced. The love and support for the Time in Hollywood.” ble nominee this year if she’s recognized as “Little Women” helmer has only been But who won or lost at the Golden lead actress for “Marriage Story” and sup- growing since she was shut out of the Globes will likely have very little impact porting for “Jojo Rabbit.” Margot Robbie Globes and the SAG Awards. on Oscar noms. With the shortened awards could end up competing against herself for As Amy March says in the beloved novel, schedule, Oscar nomination voting closed supporting for both “Once Upon a Time in “You don’t need scores of suitors. You need

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Umbrella Policy Josh Thomas shares notes with assistant director Nicole Treston Abranian and executive producer Stephanie Swedlove on the set of “Everything’s Gonna Be Okay.”

What research went into try and find teenage girls who you change it, and if it does feel getting into the minds of your exist and lean into that. right you do it again. Josh Thomas teenage characters? If you were a teenage girl and How much did the character What did you learn on “Please you came near me during that of Matilda change once you Like Me” that you feel informs time, I would engage with you had Kayla Cromer in the role? how you work on “Every- ‘I Know How to for a very long time. For me, the She helps me know what’s thing’s Gonna Be Okay”? really handy thing is you can realistic for someone with “Please Like Me” was my first go on the internet and watch autism and what isn’t. Some- time on a set. Now, I feel more Tell a Story That’s people who are similar to your times she’ll get dialogue she confident that I know how to characters do things and see doesn’t understand, and tell a story that’s sensitive. how they talk. Also, our writers’ that helps me know that’s In “Please Like Me” we had room is all female. I needed something she probably a storyline about a medical Sensitive’ help writing these teenage girl wouldn’t say. She keeps me abortion, and I felt technical experiences, so I felt it was honest, which is really valuable. confidence in the fact that Australian comedian Josh Thomas was just 17 better to get people who used When you get into more we’re all going to be nice when he won the competition at the Melbourne to be teenage girls. adult territory like sex and people and that will shine touching, it helps to have open through. You don’t want to Intl. Comedy Festival — and just 25 when, in 2013, Were you adamant about find- conversation. have episodes like that, or he created and starred in “Please Like Me,” nomi- ing an actor on the spectrum an episode [in “Everything’s nated for ﬁve Australian Academy of Cinema and to portray Matilda? Speaking of that, how did Gonna Be Okay”] about Television Arts Awards during its four-season run. When you’re an outsider and you run the show to ensure consent, if people are going to you don’t know a lot about everyone felt informed and walk away feeling hurt by it. Now he’s back with “Everything’s Gonna Be Okay,” autism, you may be expecting comfortable about perform- in which he stars as a young man named Nich- a cliché or a trope or for them ing such scenes? to be written a certain kind It’s knowing the point of what olas who becomes the guardian to his teenage Things You Didn’t Know of way, but it’s an incredibly every beat is when you film it sisters, one of whom is on the autism spectrum, About Josh Thomas vast, broad spectrum. If you and going in and explaining it. after the untimely death of their father. The show get someone who’s had shared It’s about me being confident AGE: 32 HOMETOWN: Blackwater, Australia CHILDHOOD HERO: VARIETY.COM premieres Jan. 16 on Freeform. living experiences with the so people aren’t out there Shania Twain MOST RECENT character, it’s going to be better. improvising. [As a showrunner] TV BINGE: “Seinfeld” HOW HE If your character is a teenage you’re in a tunnel, and you make UNWINDS ON SET: “I have a Post- girl on the spectrum who lives tiny decisions one after another it note that I put on the door in a nice house in a suburb, you after another, and you hope that just says ‘No,’ and me and should be able to find that. And they come together to make my dog lie down for 10 minutes”

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But hefound after- himselftypecast in adrive totake theEnterprisecrewinto Paramount theshow ended whenitdid, ofthecast regretsthatother members proud” Next of Generation,” “The andlike honor,ary theHugo Award. in 25years towinscience fiction’s top liter- society, thefirst televisionepisode became an entirelifetime ofanalien asamember Picard’s mindandcauseshimtoexperience InnerLight,”“The seizes inwhichaprobe written byMorganGendel,An episode fornominated dramaseriesEmmy. abest eration” was thefirst program syndicated maid’s Tale,” “Watchmen”). Next Gen- “The television (“Game of Thrones,” Hand- “The lative fictionwould make for premium “Star Trek: Voyager.” “StarTrek:spin-offs, Nine”and DeepSpace addition tothefour features, two itspawned Kirk andNimoy’s intoafranchise. In Spock Shatner’s about fromasinglestory Trek” “I felt like Sting.” convention,first “StarTrek” where, hesays, Hehadalsoattended at. tially bristled his toworking heini- approach whose looser withhisAmericancast mates,had bonded invested hadbecome art intheshow. He Club.”Country “Gene talked andtheBel-Air golf about alot, never get it,” himtotalkabout says. Stewart ing himaHoratio Hornblower novel. “Icould by giv- responded Picard was. Roddenberry onwho wanted guidance fromRoddenberry end upwiththisguy?’” ‘Howknew hewas thefuckdidwe thinking, in hisdirector’s at me, chairlooking andI know morethanonce, Icaughthimsitting would “I visitthesetonce aweek. denberry gratitude.” Helaughsandrecallshow Rod- forof respect Gene, andIhave tosay also, when hedid,” says. Stewart “Ihave alot still ontheair. Iwishhehadnotdied “God, Next Generation”in 1991,while“The was died Roddenberry man andRickBerman. art’s advocates, Just- Robert producers ‘Next Generation.’” evermentioned againinconnection with Patricknot want tohear Stewart’s name amemoatlated Paramount “Ido saying, Shatner’s swaggering James T. Kirk. tosucceed bald oldandtoo too to hismind, to Stewart’s TheBritish actorwas, casting. was famouslyresistant Gene Roddenberry ing obstacle, however. creator “StarTrek” the USS onetower- Enterprisecontained freeinghimtoreturnLondon. would tank, Stewart describes himselfas“very describes Stewart anerainwhichspecu- It alsopresaged Next Generation”“The “Star turned Stew- By theendoffirst season, Stewart’s actorbrain classically trained acquiesced toStew- But Roddenberry circu- claimsthatStewart Roddenberry Stewart’s tothecaptain’s path chairof

(TOP) AARON EPSTEIN/CBS; (BOTTOM) TRAE PATTON/CBS Discovery,” a prequel to the original series, Brexit and Trump and feeling, ‘Why hasn’t would become the cornerstone of streaming the Federation changed? Why hasn’t Star- service CBS All Access. fleet changed?’ Maybe they’re not as reliable Stewart had resisted past overtures from and trustworthy as we all thought.” “Star Trek”-curious producers. When he Real-world parallels are not hard to iden- met in his kitchen with Kurtzman and writ- tify. It is one week before the parliamentary ers Michael Chabon and Akiva Goldsman in election that will see British prime minis- 2017, he did so as a courtesy. ter and Brexit hardliner Boris Johnson’s “I explained to them all those elements Conservatives win a staggering victory over STEWART of ‘Next Generation’ which belong in ‘Next their Labour rivals. And Stewart is not feel- Generation,’ and why I didn’t want to go near ing optimistic about the near future. them again,” he says. “But they talked about “I’m not sure which one of us is in the it in such an interesting way. And they talked most trouble,” he says of Britain and the for a long time.” Stewart told the producers United States. “I think it’s actually the U.K. I no, thank you, and sent them on their way. think we’re fucked, completely fucked.” He Then he had an immediate change of heart. points to studies predicting decades-long He told his agent to ask Kurtzman to put economic damage inflicted by the country’s his ideas in writing. Forty-eight hours later, looming withdrawal from the European SOON Kurtzman sent over a more-than-30-page Union. Of the U.S., he says, “There is a time packet outlining a possible Picard series. limit to your fucked state, which is four “Picard” finds its hero living in near-iso- years away.” He expresses hope that “the lation on a very un-cosmic French vineyard. United States that has given us the Trump He is retired and estranged from Starfleet, the administration” can change, but adds, “He interstellar navy to which he devoted most of will likely get reelected.” his life. He’s haunted by a pair of catastro- These are not the opinions of someone phes, one personal, the other societal — the who, on the cusp of 80, is disengaging from BECAME death of his android colleague Lt. Cmdr. Data the world. “Next Generation” alum Jona- (as seen in “Nemesis”) and a refugee cri- than Frakes, who reprises his role as Cmdr. sis spawned by the destruction of the planet William Riker in “Picard” and directed Romulus (as seen in Abrams’ “Star Trek”). two episodes of the new show’s first sea- When those two seemingly disparate strands son, believes that age has only heightened of his life cross, Picard returns to action, this Stewart’s powers. time without the backing of a Starfleet whose “Patrick has become sillier as he’s gotten THE moral center has shifted. older,” Frakes says. “His sense of humor is Roddenberry believed that in the future, wild. His ability to be playful and more vul- human beings would advance to the point nerable makes him and his work more lay- linchpin of another franchise, “X-Men,” that they would, essentially, not have conflict ered. He’s 79 and has a very full résumé, playing Professor Charles Xavier. He contin- with one another. Their biggest challenges so his confidence in his work allows him, I ued to do major work onstage. And his fea- would be external. think, to be confident in his personal life. ture and television roles alternated between Stewart, also an exec producer on And he’s at ease. It’s a great ease to be with those that leaned into his classical train- “Picard,” insists, “We are remaining very him. Anybody who’s in this business as ing and patriarchal image (Captain Ahab in faithful to Gene Roddenberry’s notion of an actor could look to that career and say, an adaptation of “Moby Dick” for USA Net- what the future might be like.” But rigid ‘That’s a success.’” work, a gay Manhattanite living through adherence to that notion is clearly not what In the week ahead, Stewart will not only the height of the AIDS epidemic in Chris- he’s here for. perform “A Christmas Carol” for the first time topher Ashley’s “Jeffrey”) and against it (a “In a way, the world of ‘Next Generation’ in more than a decade and a half, he’ll also white supremacist leader in Jeremy Saul- had been too perfect and too protected,” he entertain Chabon and Goldsman at his home nier’s “Green Room,” a pill-popping cable- says. “It was the Enterprise. It was a safe and hear their pitch for “Picard” Season 2. news jockey in Jonathan Ames and Seth world of respect and communication and He says of Mangold: “I can’t wait to work with MacFarlane’s Starz comedy “Blunt Talk”). It care and, sometimes, fun.” In “Picard,” the James again.” He expresses an enthusiasm for wasn’t until his last “X-Men” exploit, star- Federation — a union of planets bonded by his recent turn in Elizabeth Banks’ “Charlie’s ring in 2017 with Hugh Jackman in director shared democratic values — has taken an Angels” reboot (“Great tongue-in-cheek fun!”) James Mangold’s “Logan,” that he imagined isolationist turn. The new show, Stewart that is undamaged by the photon-torpedo hit a return to Picard could be desirable. says, “was me responding to the world of the movie took at the box office. “Hugh and I were so thrilled when the “I’ve been doing some really interest- last thing we did for ‘X-Men’ was ‘Logan,’” ing work for the last few years,” Stewart he says. “It was the best ‘X-Men’ experience says. He thinks back to 1987, when “The we both had, because we were the same Next Generation” premiered. “There was characters but their world had been blown not a corner of my life, public, private, apart.” He adds, “‘Next Generation’ didn’t “EVERYTHING HE DOES IS that wasn’t touched by this sudden trans- end like that. In fact, our last movie, ‘Nem- formation. And I so enjoyed it. ‘X-Men,’ esis,’ was pretty weak.” FILLED WITH INNATE INTEGRITY. ‘Star Trek’ and then, having come back 18 Released in 2002, “Nemesis” lost money HE FIGHTS FOR THE months ago to do ‘Picard,’ I’ve just ...” for Paramount. But J.J. Abrams’ 2009 film He pauses and places a hand on the reimagining Kirk and Spock, now played THINGS HE BELIEVES IN.” black binder. “God, this is going to be diffi- by Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, cleared cult to say. It’s wonderful work, but it’s not a path for CBS to revive the franchise for TV. Alex Kurtzman, enough. The challenge is great, but I want Kurtzman and Bryan Fuller’s “Star Trek: “Star Trek: Picard” creator something bigger.”

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N NETFLIX MAY HAVE STUMBLED at the Golden The second phase of Netflix’s ”The getting noms,” the source says. Globes with just two wins, but the Irishman” campaign, which was planned As for the film’s writer-director Noah streamer isn’t slowing down its awards before the Globes were handed out, leans Baumbach, the company is still hopeful campaigning anytime soon. heavily on the legacies of Scorsese and for wins for director and screenplay. On the film side, Netflix is going the film’s iconic stars Robert De Niro, Al Netflix wasn’t surprised when the full throttle in its attempt to earn hon- Pacino and Joe Pesci. HFPA ignored “The Two Popes.” How- ors for “The Irishman” and “Marriage One new ad features a photo of De Niro ever, a source says that the movie has Story” along the way to eventual wins at in “Taxi Driver”; another photo shows been playing well with Academy members the Oscars. “It’s still full speed ahead,” Scorsese and the actor on the set of “The at various screenings. a source familiar with Netflix’s strategy Irishman.” The tagline? “You Don’t Know “Netflix continues to have confidence tells Variety. How Fast Time Goes By Until You Get in the caliber and craftsmanship of its The streamer got a jolt of enthusiasm There.” films and is supporting them and film- when Martin Scorsese scored a DGA nom, While the Globe losses definitely sting, makers with great enthusiasm,” says and garnered PGA and BAFTA nomina- most believe that the HFPA event has another source close to the streamer. tions for “Irishman” and “Marriage Story.” never had much impact on the Oscars. Meanwhile, on the TV side, Netflix’s In total, Netflix received 23 BAFTA nom- The win for Laura Dern in “Marriage lackluster performance at the Globes was inations, including for its Anthony Hop- Story” has been celebrated, but it’s not again a surprise. The streamer headed kins-Jonathan Pryce two-hander “The as if Netflix ever doubted her chances into the 2020 competition in the driv- Two Popes”— which also serve as great of being in the Oscar race. “We feel very er’s seat, with 17 nominations — more

momentum–builders for the Oscars. confident about Laura and Adam Driver” than any other programmer. HBO was in MICHAEL BUCKNER/VARIETY/SHUTTERSTOCK

42 VARIETY ROYAL APPEARANCE Olivia Colman celebrates her win for her role in Netflix’s “The Crown.”

second place, with 15 nominations. second place were Netflix’s two streaming heavily with the HFPA, inviting the org’s Helping to fuel Netflix’s tally were two rivals, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu, members to chief content officer Ted dramas, “The Crown” and “Unbeliev- with two apiece. Sarandos’ house for a holiday toast, able,” with four nods each — the most, In the meantime, until Olivia Colman among other events. along with HBO’s “Chernobyl,” of any pro- won for playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Golden Globes are rarely a baro- gram. The Globes battle promised to be a “The Crown” (because Colman wins meter for the Emmys, however. (For one repeat of the Emmy smackdown between almost everything she’s nominated for), thing, most of this year’s contenders were the two TV titans. Netflix looked like it might leave the TV eligible for the 2019 Primetime Emmy But then came Sunday night. HBO Globes empty-handed. competition, not the coming year’s event.) won the evening, receiving four Globes For Netflix, that could be cause for “The Crown,” “Stranger Things” — more than any programmer. In concern — the company campaigned and “Ozark” are among front-runners for this year’s Emmy drama race, while HBO heads into the competition without its two powerhouses, “Game of Thrones” “WHILE THE GLOBE LOSSES and “Veep.” “Thrones” was last year’s Emmy drama DEFINITELY STING, MOST BELIEVE winner, while Amazon’s “Fleabag” landed THAT HFPA KUDOS HAVE NEVER HAD the comedy win and HBO’s “Chernobyl” won the limited series category. None MUCH IMPACT ON THE OSCARS.” of those programs is eligible in 2020,

VARIETY 43 The Winners List THE 77TH GOLDEN GLOBES ANALYSIS BEST MOTION Me Again” PICTURE — DRAMA Rocketman 1917 (UNIVERSAL) BEST TELEVISION which means all three major series fields its Emmy chances. The HFPA tends to SERIES — DRAMA are wide open. embrace major stars like Jennifer Anis- BEST MOTION Succession PICTURE — MUSICAL Still, the conventional wisdom head- ton and Reese Witherspoon, both of whom HBO OR COMEDY ing into the Emmy race, which starts to were nominated but didn’t win. Once Upon a Time in BEST TELEVISION kick off on Feb. 13 as the online entry Nonetheless, the big story this year will Hollywood SERIES — MUSICAL (Sony) process begins, is that Netflix now has a continue to be how the power of streaming OR COMEDY few wounds to lick, while HBO is show- continues to transform the TV awards race. Fleabag BEST ACTRESS IN ing surprising resilience despite the loss Even though Netflix won just one A MOTION PICTURE Amazon of its signature shows. Globe, it combined with Amazon and — DRAMA BEST TELEVISION Netflix will now have to figure out how Hulu for five wins for streaming services, Renée Zellweger Judy LIMITED SERIES to run a massive best drama series cam- while HBO and Showtime scored five for OR MOTION paign for “The Crown,” likely its best pay cable. FX’s win was the sole victory BEST ACTOR IN A PICTURE MADE shot at victory, against HBO’s surging of the evening for a basic cable network. MOTION PICTURE FOR TELEVISION

“Succession.” Broadcast networks were once again — DRAMA Chernobyl Joaquin Phoenix HBO “Succession” was already an Emmy shut out. Joker front-runner for best drama series, and its Here are the numbers to beat in BEST ACTRESS IN A Globes win solidified the position, adding July, when the Emmy nominations are BEST ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES even more momentum to its Season 3 pre- announced: Netflix scored 117 nods last MOTION PICTURE — — DRAMA MUSICAL OR COMEDY Olivia Colman miere later this year. year, its most ever. But that was second to Awkwafina The Crown Netflix, of course, isn’t the only HBO, which landed 137 nominations, its The Farewell streamer perhaps needing to rethink its most ever. Even though Netflix comes out BEST ACTOR IN A BEST ACTOR IN A awards strategy heading into Emmys. of the Golden Globes a bit bruised, expect TELEVISION SERIES MOTION PICTURE — Apple TV Plus’ shut out at the Globes, this year’s campaign for Emmy suprem- — DRAMA MUSICAL OR COMEDY after landing three nominations for “The acy between HBO and Netflix to be the Taron Egerton Brian Cox Succession Morning Show,” doesn’t bode well for fiercest ever. Rocketman

BEST ACTRESS IN A BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN TELEVISION SERIES LAWYER UP ANY MOTION PICTURE — MUSICAL OR COMEDY Laura Dern Phoebe Waller-Bridge Laura Dern hits Marriage Story Fleabag the stage to accept her Globe BEST ACTOR IN A BEST ACTOR IN A for her turn in SUPPORTING ROLE TELEVISION SERIES “Marriage Story.” IN ANY MOTION — MUSICAL OR COMEDY PICTURE Ramy Youssef

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LIMITED SERIES OR BEST DIRECTOR — MOTION PICTURE MADE MOTION PICTURE FOR TELEVISION Sam Mendes Michelle Williams 1917 Fosse/Verdon BEST SCREENPLAY — MOTION PICTURE BEST ACTOR IN Quentin Tarantino A LIMITED SERIES Once Upon a Time OR MOTION in Hollywood PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION BEST MOTION Russell Crowe PICTURE — The Loudest Voice FOREIGN LANGUAGE Parasite BEST ACTRESS IN A (NEON) SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED BEST MOTION SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE — ANIMATED PICTURE MADE FOR Missing Link TELEVISION (United Artists) Patricia Arquette The Act BEST ORIGINAL SCORE — MOTION PICTURE BEST ACTOR IN A Hildur Guðnadóttir SUPPORTING ROLE Joker IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES BEST ORIGINAL OR MOTION PICTURE SONG — MOTION MADE FOR TELEVISION PICTURE Stellan Skarsgård TKTKTKTTKTKTK

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VARIETY TAKES A FRONT ROW SEAT AT THE 77TH GOLDEN GLOBES AS HOLLYWOOD KICKS OFF THE NEW DECADE By Marc Malkin

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From the first sight of the giant green-and-gold bow on Jennifer Lopez’s Valentino ball gown to the fans in the bleachers screaming when Brad Pitt ran into Leonardo DiCaprio, the 77th Golden Globes got off to a glitzy — and very loud — start. Not lost in the excitement was the Australian bush fires. “There’s enormous strength in the country right now in terms of camaraderie and helping each other,” Nicole Kidman told Variety. PITT, HAYEK: MICHAEL BUCKNER/VARIETY/SHUTTERSTOCK (2); DE ROS MICHAEL BUCKNER/VARIETY/SHUTTERSTOCK HAYEK: PITT, BUTCHER/MIRREN, JOHANSSON/JOST, WILSON/HANKS, LOPEZ, KIDMAN/URBAN: SHUTTERSTOCK (6); SNIPES: NINA PROMMER/EPA-EFE/SHUTTERSTOCK SHUTTERSTOCK KIDMAN/URBAN: LOPEZ, WILSON/HANKS, JOHANSSON/JOST, BUTCHER/MIRREN, THE 77TH GOLDEN GLOBES PARTIES

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Beyoncé and Jay-Z KNOWLES-CARTER/JAY Z : HFPA/HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/SHUTTERSTOCK KNOWLES-CARTER/JAY Taylor Swift Inside the Show

The telecast began with host Ricky Gervais hurling some of his trademark zingers, but they were soon forgotten: Winners like Patricia Arquette and Michelle Williams received some of the biggest applause of the night when they delivered impassioned calls to get out the vote. And Brad Pitt closed out his acceptance speech with a plea for goodwill: “Hey, if you see a chance to be kind to someone tomorrow, PIZZELLO/INVISION/AP/SHUTTERSTOCK (2); SWIFT: CHELSEA LAUREN/SHUTTERSTOCK (2); SWIFT: PIZZELLO/INVISION/AP/SHUTTERSTOCK take it. I think we need it.” WILLIAMS, COLMAN, YOUSSEF, TARANTINO, WITHERSPOON/WASHINGTON, GERVAIS,

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Celebs and other invited guests headed to studio and streamer soirees scattered throughout the Beverly Hilton. But first, winners including Awkwafina, Renée Zellweger, Ramy Youssef and Joaquin Phoenix stopped by the HFPA’s official after-party to get their new Golden Globe trophies engraved.

Billy Porter, Zoey Phoebe Waller- Deutch and Ben Bridge at Amazon Platt at Disney

Tiffany Haddish and Snoop Dogg at Amazon

Ava DuVernay, Victoria Mahoney and Lena Waithe at Netflix

Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, ERSTOCK (2); MACKAY/CHAPMAN: ALEX J. BERLINER/ABIMAGES ALEX J. (2); MACKAY/CHAPMAN: ERSTOCK DISH/SNOOP DOGG: TODD WILLIAMSON/JANUARYIMAGES/ DOGG: TODD DISH/SNOOP OUP/SHUTTERSTOCK (2); DUVERNAY/MAHONEY/WAITHE: (2); DUVERNAY/MAHONEY/WAITHE: OUP/SHUTTERSTOCK Jesse Armstrong, Alan Ruck and Sarah Snook at HBO

Taron Egerton with sisters Mari and Rosie at the HFPA party Joaquin Phoenix and

OCK; BUTLER/SUTNER, EGERTONS: MICHAEL BUCKNER/VARIETY/SHUTT EGERTONS: OCK; BUTLER/SUTNER, Sarah Hyland at InStyle

/SNOOK, SKARSGARD/HARRIS: CHELSEA LAUREN/SHUTTERSTOCK (2); HAD CHELSEA LAUREN/SHUTTERSTOCK /SNOOK, SKARSGARD/HARRIS: and Warner Bros.

George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman at NBCUniversal

Yara Shahidi STOCK; PORTER/DEUTCH/PLATT, SHAHIDI/ERIVO: FRANK MICELOTTA/THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY/PICTUREGR WALT FRANK MICELOTTA/THE SHAHIDI/ERIVO: PORTER/DEUTCH/PLATT, STOCK; and Cynthia Erivo at Disney

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Laura Dern and Renée Zellweger at the HFPA party

Jennifer Aniston, Glenn Close Barry Jenkins and and Sandra Bullock at Netflix Lulu Wang at Amazon

Vondie Curtis-Hall and Kasi Lemmons at NBCUniversal

Margot Robbie at InStyle and Warner Bros.

Lisa Bonet, Zoë Kravitz and Jason Momoa at InStyle and Warner Bros. R VEGA/JANUARYIMAGES/SHUTTERSTOCK; ROBBIE: JOHN ROBBIE: JOHN R VEGA/JANUARYIMAGES/SHUTTERSTOCK; CK; SWEENEY/FERREIRA/SCHAFER/APATOW: CHELSEA LAUREN/ CK; SWEENEY/FERREIRA/SCHAFER/APATOW: HE WALT DISNEY COMPANY/PICTUREGROUP/SHUTTERSTOCK HE WALT

Sam Mendes and Alison Balsom at NBCUniversal CK: ROB LATOUR/VARIETY/SHUTTERSTOCK; JENKINS/WANG: OMA JENKINS/WANG: CK: ROB LATOUR/VARIETY/SHUTTERSTOCK;

Harvey Keitel, Irwin Patricia Sydney Sweeney, Barbie Winkler, Martin Scorsese, Arquette and Ferreira, Hunter Schafer Leonardo DiCaprio and Joey King at and Maude Apatow at HBO Robert De Niro at Netflix Disney DERN/ZELLWEGER: MICHAEL BUCKNER/VARIETY/SHUTTERSTOCK; ANISTON/CLOSE/BULLO MICHAEL BUCKNER/VARIETY/SHUTTERSTOCK; DERN/ZELLWEGER: SALANGSANG/SHUTTERSTOCK; HALL/LEMMONS, MENDES/BALSOM: ALEX J. BERLINER/ABIMAGES (2); BONET/KRAVITZ/MOMOA: BROADIMAGE/SHUTTERSTO (2); BONET/KRAVITZ/MOMOA: BERLINER/ABIMAGES ALEX J. HALL/LEMMONS, MENDES/BALSOM: SALANGSANG/SHUTTERSTOCK; FOR NETFLIX; ARQUETTE/KING: FRANK MICELOTTA/T IMAGES ARNOLD TURNER/GETTY KEITEL/WINKLER/SCORSESE/DICAPRIO/DENIRO: SHUTTERSTOCK;

48 VARIETY Elton John, Dexter Fletcher, Bernie Taupin, Taron Egerton and David Furnish at BAFTA

Chris Evans, Natasha Lyonne and Lakeith Stanfield at the W magazine party

Olivia Wilde and Lorene Scafaria at the Greg Spirit Awards Louganis at Nominee Gold Meets Brunch Golden TWELL/INVISION/AP/SHUTTERSTOCK; POMPEO,/TURNER- TWELL/INVISION/AP/SHUTTERSTOCK; Pedro FOR BAFTA LA; WILDE/SCAFARIA: MICHAEL BUCKNER/ LA; WILDE/SCAFARIA: FOR BAFTA Almodóvar and Antonio Banderas at BAFTA

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After the new year, Hollywood got back to hobnobbing at thee events RachelRachel WeiszWeisz leading up to the Globes, including the Independent Spirit Awards andand DanielDaniel CCraigra at LionsgateLionsgate EVANS/LYONNE/STANFIELD: OWEN KOLASINSKI/BFA.COM; FURNISH/TAUPIN/FLETCHER/EGERTON/JOHN: KEVORK DJANSEZIAN/BAFTA LA/GETTY IMAGES IMAGES LA/GETTY DJANSEZIAN/BAFTA KEVORK FURNISH/TAUPIN/FLETCHER/EGERTON/JOHN: OWEN KOLASINSKI/BFA.COM; EVANS/LYONNE/STANFIELD: VARIETY/SHUTTERSTOCK; LOUGANIS: MATT BARON/SHUTTERSTOCK; BARON/SHUTTERSTOCK; MATT LOUGANIS: VARIETY/SHUTTERSTOCK; SMITH/JACKSON: OWEN KOLASINSKI/BFA.COM; WEISZ/CRAIG: ERIC CHARBONNEAU/SHUTTERSTOCK WEISZ/CRAIG: OWEN KOLASINSKI/BFA.COM; SMITH/JACKSON: brunch, W magazine’s fete and the BAFTA Tea Party with Eltonon John.John.

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Ruth E. Carter and Alfre Woodard at Netflix

Beanie Feldstein and Zhao Shuzhen at Bonnie Chance Roberts the Spirit Awards at Gold Meets Golden Nominee Brunch

Justina Machado Da’Vine Joy Randolph at Showtime at Showtime BOYNTON: DONATO SARDELLA/GETTY IMAGES FOR SAINT LAURENT FOR SAINT IMAGES SARDELLA/GETTY DONATO BOYNTON: MAGES FOR NETFLIX; MACHADO: MICHAEL BUCKNER/VARIETY/ FOR NETFLIX; MACHADO: MAGES TERSTOCK: DE ARMAS/COLLETTE: ERIC CHARBONNEAU/ DE ARMAS/COLLETTE: TERSTOCK: YAMAGUCHI: STEWART COOK/VARIETY/SHUTTERSTOCK; MALEK/ COOK/VARIETY/SHUTTERSTOCK; STEWART YAMAGUCHI: Lauren “Lolo” Spencer Ana de Armas at the Spirit Awards and Toni Collette Nominee Brunch at Lionsgate STOCK; SPENCER: CHELSEA LAUREN/SHUTTERSTOCK; DAVIS/WAITITI: ROB LATOUR/SHUT DAVIS/WAITITI: SPENCER: CHELSEA LAUREN/SHUTTERSTOCK; STOCK;

Roman Griffin Davis and Taika Waititi at BAFTA

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FILM AND TV INDUSTRY LEADERS START THE NEW YEAR WITH A STROLL DOWN THE GOLDEN GLOBES’ RED CARPET

Disney Television KKR’s Richard Sarnoff and Warner Studios/ABC Bros.’ Ann Sarnoff with Warner Netflix’s Ted Entertainment’s Bros. Pictures’ Toby Emmerich and Sarandos and Dana Walden and HBO’s Casey Bloys wife Julie Glucksman Scott Stuber husband Matt

Paramount TV’s Nicole Clemens, ViacomCBS’ Bob Bakish, Paramount’s Jim Gianopulos and Paramount’s Elizabeth Raposo

“Morning Show” star- executive producer Reese Witherspoon flanked by Apple’s Jamie Erlicht, Tim Cook and Eddy Cue

WarnerMedia’s Bob Disney’s Alan Greenblatt and partner Bergman and Stephen Loguidice Alan Horn

Universal Pictures’ Donna CBS/Showtime’s Sony Pictures Television’s Mike NBCUniversal’s Langley and husband David Nevins Hopkins and wife Sheri Ron Meyer Ramin Shamshiri MICHAEL BUCKNER/VARIETY/SHUTTERSTOCK (12) MICHAEL BUCKNER/VARIETY/SHUTTERSTOCK

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Comcast’s Brian Roberts and Mike Cavanagh (second and third from right) with NBCUniversal’s Bonnie Hammer, George Cheeks, Chris McCumber, Mark Lazarus, Jeff Shell, Pearlena Igbokwe, Paul Telegdy and Dawn Olmstead

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BATMAN’S CRIME-FIGHTING SIDEKICK ROBIN WAS famously excitable, with all his “Holy” fill-in-the-blank exclamations during the three-season run of the enduringly popular 1960s “Batman” series. But actor Burt Ward learned early on to take the inevitable highs and lows of showbiz career in stride — and that includes a decades-long wait for a star on the Holly- wood Walk of Fame. “It’s only been 50 years, and I am a patient person,” chuckles Ward, 74, who’ll receive the honor on Jan. 9, in a spot adjacent to the star of his late co-star Adam West. But it’s actually been longer than that: Ward made his performing debut at age 2 as the world’s youngest professional ice skater in his father’s traveling ice show, a precursor to the Ice Capades. Then known as Bert Gervis Jr., Ward recalls regularly surprising the audience when while being escorted onto the ice he’d begin to skate on his own. “People were really stunned to see that,” he says. “There are not too many people that can skate at that age.” After his father sold the ice show and moved the family to Beverly Hills, Ward grew up comfortably ensconced in the industry-centric environs. He remem- bers one early acting coach praising his work ethic, but also pointing out “unlike everybody else, if you don’t succeed, it’s not going to bother you — you just don’t have that ‘I’ve-got-to-do-it’ thing.” Ward admits he “worked really hard” but also “just had fun. As a result, ing cliffhangers twice a week, “Batman” instantly became a things that were great were great, and things that phenomenon among kids and hip adults alike. weren’t so great didn’t bother me.” “I was just a starry-eyed young guy that had a great In 1965, Ward, then 20, was selling real estate on the time, and I loved playing the role,” says Ward. “This was weekend when he sealed a deal with producer Saul when television had just recently come in color. Nobody David, who’d overseen hit films including the “Our Man had ever played with an audience like we did. It was just DUAL DO-GOODER Flint” series and was impressed with Ward’s clean-cut, Burt Ward (above left with electric, an amazing event in my life.” all-American enthusiasm. David sent Ward to an agent, Adam West in “Batman”) Ward largely left acting after “Batman,” but occasion- who told him, “Don’t expect to work for a year, and if fought crime on-screen ally revisits the role of Robin for various reunion projects, and runs a dog rescue in you do, you’re going to get one line.’” It wasn’t exactly real life. including a recent cameo during the CW’s 2019 “Arrowverse” encouraging, but the neophyte’s fortunes quickly took a crossover event. “I just had the best time,” he says. “It was major uptick when he was summoned to a mysterious, short and sweet, and it is a very special thing they’ve done.” secretive audition on the 20th Century Fox lot, and sub- Primarily, he’s been at the helm of various businesses and sequently found himself being introduced to the well- charitable enterprises, including former VFX house Boy Won- liked producer William Dozier, who, Ward later learned, der Visual Effects, which provided effects for 35 films during was trying to bring a comic-book superhero favorite to its run, and Gentle Giants Products, a dog food company and the small screen. dog rescue effort focused on super-sized canines that he runs “I figured everybody got to meet the executive pro- with his wife. (The couple routinely have as many as 50 dogs ducer, though that’s not exactly the case,” says Ward. living with them.) “I just went in very positive, walked right up to him The altruism isn’t accidental. Over the decades since “Bat- and shook his hand. I think he was shocked that I was man,” Ward has come to a deep understanding of what his just so forward — in a nice way, though, but not timid Tipsheet heroic alter ego has meant to generations of viewers. and reserved.” WHAT: Burt Ward gets a star on “I had a gentleman come up to me and say, ‘I could have Within minutes, Ward was being introduced to West, the Walk of Fame. been on the other end of the law, but because I grew up and two screen-tested together — in full superhero rega- WHEN: 11:30 a.m. Jan. 9 watching “Batman,” I got into law enforcement. Now I’ve lia. Again, “I figured everybody got to do the screen test,” WHERE: 6764 Hollywood Blvd. been years with the FBI,’” he says of one recent interaction. he says. “Well, that’s not true, either!” WEB: walkoffame.org “I realized that we really had a great responsibility The rest became pop-culture history: With its campy, when we played those roles to try to be positive influences tongue-in-cheek sensibility, zingy pop art aesthetic, a on people. And I never stopped doing that, whether it’s sav- legion of famous guest stars and exciting caped crusad- ing Gotham City or saving dogs.” BATMAN: MOVIESTORE/SHUTTERSTOCK; WARD: JIM SMEAL/BEI/SHUTTERSTOCK WARD: MOVIESTORE/SHUTTERSTOCK; BATMAN:

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hair. You can have wonderful prosthetics STYLISTS RETURN or wonderful period makeup. If you don’t have the right hair, it won’t work.” Heba Thorisdottir was part of Quentin TO FUNDAMENTALS Tarantino’s crew on nominee “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” Her challenge was “capturing the essences of the actors and Limiting looks helps keep focus on the story making them look like the real people BY JAZZ TANGCAY they portrayed without prosthetics.” Tho- risdottir says her biggest challenge was “to realize Quentin’s visions of rich nuanced characters for his fairytale, a blend of reality, memory and fantasy.” Nicki Ledermann created an entirely BRINGING FICTION AND REAL LIFE termind behind sculpting Charlize Ther- organic and original look for nominee to the big screen was the challenge faced on’s cheekbones in “Bombshell,” which “Joker” as Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) by the nominees at the Make-Up Artists & helped her transform into Megyn Kelly in paints his clown face on. Over the course Hair Stylists Guild Awards. the film. Theron encouraged director Jay of the film, Fleck moves from classic clown “I feel the trend is to get back to basics Roach to hire Kazu. Going full tilt paid off make-up with the white face, nose and and getting back to our roots,” says for all involved, including John Lithgow, light blue outline around his eyes to some- MUAH/IATSE Local 706 guild president who plays Roger Ailes in the pic. Lithgow’s thing more sinister. Julie Socash. prosthetics added jowls and helped turn The trends of real-life stories and back Many of the nominees on the film side him into the Fox News honcho. to basics carried through in TV. Nominee depict real people — from “Bombshell” Wigs and afros were key looks in “Dolem- Daniel Parker used prosthetics to show to “Rocketman.” They lead the noms list ite Is my Name.” When we first meet the horrors of post-nuclear fallout along with “Dolemite Is My Name” and record store manager Rudy Ray Moore in “Chernobyl.” “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” (Eddie Murphy), “his wig was big and syn- “The biggest challenge on the show was “We’ve had to put Taron [Egerton, who thetic and looked hokey — because that’s getting the different stages [of radiation plays Elton John] through prosthetics, what he could afford at that time,” says sickness] looking correct,” Parker says. and balding looks and rougher looks from hair department co-head Stacey Morris. Nominee Debbie Zoller in “Fosse/Ver- when Elton reaches his lowest ebb,” says As the film progresses and Moore evolves don” used a mix of prosthetics and pieces Lizzie Yianni-Georgiou, makeup/hair art- into Dolomite, we see his wigs evolve, and as the cast were playing real people such ist on “Rocketman.” “We’ve done handsome by the end, his look is clean and slick. “He as Roy Scheider, Gwen Verdon, Ann Rein- Elton and young, fashionable, sexy Elton to gets a better wig. And his last look, at the king and Bob Fosse. Director Thomas Kail Elton becoming drug-fueled and not being [movie] premiere, was from sponge rolling called her work on cast members such as able to cope with that and then going into his hair and fingering it out, so he looked Lin-Manuel Miranda and Sam Rockwell, rehab. Then we’ve done the Elton who LOOK-ALIKE more polished. As Rudy progressed in life, “on-point.” comes out the other side as well.” Prosthetics his hair progressed with him.” Socash, who received a nomination transformed Her goal was to limit the number of John Lithgow “I’ve noticed hair in general,” says Socash for “Dancing With the Stars,” jokes, “In our looks for Egerton to keep the focus on the into Fox News in praise of the hairstylists who have cre- category, I look at our competition and topper Roger dazzling array of costumes by Julian Day. Ailes for ated looks from period to modern day. wonder if we even have a chance?” Oscar front-runner Kazu Hiro is the mas- “Bombshell.” “The prosthetics work hand in hand with She adds, “The trends we’re seeing allow us to be so creative, and that gives us and all the artists so many creative opportunities.” Again, Socash remarks on the wig work in TV. “Our hairdressers are doing such amazing work with the lace wigs. Some of it is so subtle, you don’t even notice it.” The guild will also hand out lifetime achievement awards to Emmy-winning make-up artist Thomas Burman (“Nip/ Tuck”) and Oscar-nominated hair stylist Martin Samuel (“Pirates of the Caribbean”). Looking ahead, Socash says, “A lot of things are based in period or are futuris- tic. There’s a lot of sci-fi. That’s the trend in general, and it allows us to be creative.”

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This sort of broad-view approach marks an ambitious step forward for the event, which initially launched in 2011 out of sheer opportunity: Because onsite production tends grind to a halt every dark and dreary January, expo organizers sought to capitalize on the annual lull in order to showcase Paris-based locations to local producers in between shoots. “It started as very regional, then it become very national,” says Film Paris Region executive director Remi Bergues, who is overseeing this year’s event. “And now we want it to be more international.” And so alongside the new moniker comes a fresh oper- ational mandate — to promote the full scope of the French production community to the global industry. “Generally, international productions only come here to shoot one or two scenes,” says Bergues. “Very often, international producers only think of France for its locations and not for its talent and service providers, whereas we have a very strong [production infrastructure]. We want to showcase the full supply chain and show that we can help every step of the way.” This year’s change in name and location is in many ways a product of that ambition. For the first time, the Produc- tion Forum will take place under the same roof as the cine- matography-focused trade show Micro Salon and a series of financing conferences organized by the government audio- visual organization the CNC and Film France. “We decided to combine our visitors in order to make the experience more valuable for them,” Bergues explains. “That way, they can get many different aspects of what they need at the same time, and at the same place.” Of course, it’s also a response to larger industry trends. As global OTT services push to gain — and subsequently keep — footholds in European countries, they’ll do so in part by upping domestic series production within those various markets. But if those streamers stand ready to up their invest- ments, they do require a certain level of scale. “The OTT platforms coming to Europe need soundstages to actually be able to industrialize production,” Bergues says. “[Whereas traditionally we] use less soundstages than other countries, and so we were probably less equipped. But the market is changing.” FORUM DRAWS Indeed, the Production Forum will put a major empha- sis on the myriad construction projects popping up all over the Ile-de-France region. Bergues is quick to mention the GLOBAL PICTURE TSF Backlot 217, a large outdoor production facility in former airbase 20 miles south of Paris. “There, nine sound- Paris event reaches international production stages will be built in the next 24 months,” he says. “They community with ambitious focus will be completely eco-conceived, and completely sustain- able… [And] they will be large-scale, big enough for the BY BEN CROLL American platforms to use.” Alongside programs dedicated to diversity and the promotion of emerging voices, the topic of sustainability will be another significant focus, with a number of green shooting round-tables and conferences planned. The Eco- prod collective — an industry organization dedicated to promoting best practices within the French industry — RUNNING FROM JAN. 16-17 IN PARIS’ PARC FLORAL, will also be given a prominent and highly visible spot on what was previously known as the Paris Images Location the convention floor. Expo will enter its 10th edition with a changed name, a dif- In Bergues’ point of view, it is all part of a plan to unite ferent locale and an expanded industry focus. the larger national industry at the Production Forum. “The Newly rebranded as the Production Forum, the two- big project was to gather all the supply chain [under one day trade show will host more than 100 exhibitors from roof, because] it’s important that we really work bring all throughout the French scene, this year spotlighting film these stakeholders together, in order to be more produc- schools, VFX houses and post-production outfits alongside tive,” he says. “We want this to be a forum for profession- the traditional location representatives and service provid- als to meet and discuss new projects. It’s not only for exhib- GLOBAL AMBITIONS ers in a bid to present global players a more holistic view “Les Miserables” shot in itors, service providers and locations — it’s also a place for of France’s overall production infrastructure. the Ile-de-France region. people to meet and work together.” AMAZON STUDIOS AMAZON

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63 JANUARY 8, 2020 VARIETY.COM 64 JANUARY 8, 2020 VARIETY.COM ARTISANS “As theThird Reichdisintegrates, Taika Waititi score to sound like ‘Up,’” hesays. one simplerequirement. “I wanted the Waititi, alongtimefan ofGiacchino, had Elsa (Thomasin McKenzie). Ultimately, eyes through opened afriendship with from very narrow-minded to having his and evolves withJojo’s worldview, going chino delivered ascore that was intimate through theeyes ofa10-year-old, Giac- ing inmindthemovie isastory told the “Jojo” score andgive itheart. Keep- “Inside Out,” came onboard to compose music for Pixar movies like “Up” and me,” hesays. tor wanted. “That’s really to important minutes, which isjust what thedirec- running timeisatight1hour and48 such ashort amount oftime.” The film’s “He can make things make sense … in also for telling Jojo’s story concisely. just for getting right, theopening but praising hislongtimecollaborator not cutting thingsto music,” Waititi says, played over thescene. “He’s sogreat at Beatles hit “I Want to Hold Your Hand” ing for Hitler. version AGerman ofthe to show crowds screaming andcheer- footage ofNazi propaganda was used the beginning. Black-and-white archival ting thefilm’s satirical tone rightfrom ows.” The most factor important was set- the director’s “What We intheShad- Do ect, Waititi Tom tapped Eagles, who cut take medown afew shades.” were browns andreds, soshe hadto nooneisactuallybecause white. There It’s really hard to whiten up someone his skin tone. “I’m browner thanHitler. the mustache. But she hadto lighten that theeasiest part was sticking on friend.Hitler ashisbest Waititi jokes into Jojo’s early broad perception of ley was responsible for turning Waititi ing “Hunt for theWilderpeople.” Sather- ley onthree previous movies, includ- and makeup head Dannelle Sather- hand-painted.” paper,” Waititi says. “The rooms were all fect, from thefloorboards to thewall- ing. “All thatdetail hecreated was per- and warm tones to make itfeel invit- home, giving itavibrant color palette der withGermany. Healsobuilt Jojo’s to thecountry’s history andits bor- that was accurate thanks to theperiod Czech Republic, which offered alook found what they were for looking inthe scouted for locations theshoot. Vincent “What We intheShadows,” Do also has worked withWaititi since 2014’s into anoutlandish withfeathers. piece attack, hisuniform hastransformed dorf charges forward duringtheAllied says. By thefilm’s end, asKlenzen- to express himselfthatway,” Waititi boyant life. Hewent to clubs andlongs for partying. “He’s hadthisbrief, flam- you theclothesfray. see Bythe end, everything isfalling off.” Michael Giacchino, who created the When itcame to theproj- editing The director worked withhair RaProduction Vincent, designer who “The Rock.”“The 1996 thriller Michael Bay’s for director sweet spot found the Frank Masi On theMoney “What Dreams May Come” andmany “THE WORST THINGYOU honored Jan.18forlifetimeachievementhonored The veteran unitphotographer willbe Loses Cloak of Invisibility For One Night, Frank Masi 25-year career. working onmovies like “I, Tonya,” “The with aLifetime Achievement Award. directly into thelensof motionpic- others. of stars Will Smith, Bruce Willis, Will Fer- Hard” (2007)when Willis fired agun Hangover,” “Hancock,” “War of theWorlds,” send upwards of800images. Not allstill give thestudio alotofoptions,” says unit ture camera. ashemight, Try Masi Hugh Jackman, to namejust afew, over a but ithasworked for him. OnJan. 18, the nize hiscontributions to theindustry photographers share thismethodology, have show helped offmore than70films, photographer Frank Masi, whose stills rell, Cameron Diaz, Dwayne Johnson and from 1995’s “Gordy” to Disney’s upcom- Society ofCamera Operators willrecog- By ZOEHEWITT ing “Jungle Cruise.”Masi hasshot photos @realzoehewitt He recalls aday on “Live Free orDie Masi hasgalleries ofmemories from In asingleday, Masi, 53, can snap and artwork here drops into right here caption style This isthe Headline Xxx Caption could doisnot “Frank’s quality ofwork andsetpresence Willis even asked Masito photograph his 2009 wedding. The studio wanted theshots to look all withjust exterior lighting, noassis- and working withFrank for thefirst time couldn’t capture thesame composition. collaborator —for afew minutes ata on ‘Armageddon,’ Ihadsomuch trust in efforts resulted inagreat shot. down while Bruce unloaded hisgunin Masi’s work from that ofothers inHol- studio,” Masi notes. set andgetting the shot. After meeting says Willis. “He innately understands how glass Lexan],” says Masi, addingthathis tants, andnohairmakeup close time to capture theimages. “We didit the promotional campaign aswell. the actor to fire directly athim. “I lay to balance remaining unobtrusive ona by like you would normally have ina blessing oftheshow’s armorer, asked natural. 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HOLLYWOOD PICTURES/KOBAL/SHUTTERSTOCK Getting the Shot Unit photographer Frank Masi has worked on ‘Up’ Series Editor Mixes Both a number of top projects. These are some of the more recent ones: Fast & Furious Pres- X-Men: First Class ents: Hobbs & Shaw 2011 2019 Old and New to Reach ‘63’ RED Jumanji: The 2010 Next Level The Hangover “We treat each film as if a viewer 2019 2009 Kim Horton renews collaboration hasn’t previously seen the others,” Hor- The Front Runner Hancock 2018 2008 begun in 1984 with director Michael ton says. “Some archive moments are Rampage We Are Marshall Apted on iconic documentary project familiar, because why wouldn’t you use 2018 2006 those? But with each new interview I, Tonya Miss Congeniality 2: come new opportunities. I like to go back 2017 Armed & Fabulous By TIM GRAY into the archives to find stuff we haven’t Whiskey Tango 2005 @timgray_variety used before.” Foxtrot War of the Worlds 2016 2005 IN FILM HISTORY, there’s never been a Horton says that many viewers are A Walk in the Woods Anchorman: The Leg- project like the nine “Up” British docu- longtime fans. “With Twitter you get feed- 2015 end of Ron Burgundy mentaries, which have presented unique back from people, saying, ‘Why didn’t you Blended 2004 challenges for director Michael Apted use the dog chasing the rabbit when Suzy 2014 Van Helsing A Good Day to Die 2004 and editor Kim Horton as they fol- was 14?’” he says. Hard Dumb and low the lives of British individuals in It’s impressive that of the original 2013 Dumberer: When seven-year intervals. Horton, who has 14 participants, only one dropped out — The Expendables 2 Harry Met Lloyd edited the films since the 1984 “28 Up,” interestingly, he’s become a documentary 2012 2003 says, “It’s probably the greatest thing I’ve maker himself. For “56 Up,” 13 of the 14 ever done. Michael refers to it as his life’s participated, but the new edition is down lywood is his ability to capture emo- work, and I see it the same way.” to 12, due to the death of one woman, tions and actions that occur in the The first film, “Seven Up!,” was made marking the first passing in the series. middle of shooting a scene. “He has in 1964 for British TV, and intended as a And while a few “63 Up” interview- great anticipation for moments and one-off to show class differences among ees mention Brexit and Uber, the film- a great eye for beautiful composition,” a group of 7-year-olds. Seven years later, makers downplay current events. “We’re Johnson notes. “And most importantly, someone suggested a follow-up, and it pointing our camera at ordinary lives,” he’s a great dude with a big heart — proved so successful that Apted has been says Horton, “the things all of us go and that matters most to me.” directing new editions every seven years. through: the families, the relationships. For director Todd Phillips’ “The BritBox makes its theatrical debut Out of that comes the emotion; when Hangover,” Masi was shooting on set with “63 Up,” currently in theaters before they’re talking about a child or the when Phillips said he’d also like to its launch on the streaming service. The death of a parent, it’s something all of us include some images at the end of new edition follows the same format as can understand.” Seven-Year Itch the film as part of the credits. The Kim Horton an the others: Each subject is given about Horton marvels at how an editor’s photos needed to look like the charac- Michael Apted 10 minutes, during which Horton must work has changed due to technical ters had taken them, and everything continue their present a recap of their lives from the advances, but the storytelling remains look at the Masi had shot for the project was lives of a select film archives, along with updates via a consistent. The new film runs 138 min- too clean. “I went out and got a small, group of Brits. one-on-one interview and B-roll footage. utes, comparable with the 133 minutes of simple, point-and-shoot camera with “28 Up,” when he began. That’s surprising, a bright flash,” he explains. considering how much more material Phillips says that Masi has an could be covered. uncanny ability to disappear when The filmmakers also have stuck with needed and yet to capture “the stun- one version of each film, rather than ning frames he manages to capture. extended cuts for various platforms. I remember the late nights [when] “We could go much longer if there Frank and I would run around Las were financing for alternate versions, but Vegas with the actors from ‘The Hang- it’s always run on a tight budget,” Horton over,’ coming up with insane ideas says. Besides, “you can’t push an audience and creating wild scenarios of what too hard” with massive running times. may have happened on that fateful Horton praises Apted and the “Up” night. Frank is a true professional, and team, and he’s grateful for the oppor- he understands the code on a cellular tunity to be on it. “The emotion is what level: What happens in Vegas, stays in interests me as an editor. To have that Vegas — unless Frank Masi happens material, it’s the best. You can’t get better to be there with his camera!” than dealing with people’s lives.”

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Home Turf “Les Misérables” takes place in Montfermeil, the Parisian commune where director Ladj Ly grew up.

FILM REVIEW it’s a furious work of social geography bad men inside it. Ly’s screenplay, co-writ- BY GUY LODGE that satisfies slightly less as a character ten with Giordano Gederlini and Alexis piece. In its ambitious attempt to drama- Manenti, takes a rookie’s-first-day struc- tize the violent anxieties of men on both ture familiar from “Training Day” and Les Misérables sides of the law, “Les Misérables” risks sell- countless others of its ilk, introducing a ing some victims a little short. mediating conscience of sorts in the form A certain other “Les Misérables” also of Stéphane (Damien Bonnard), a level- took Montfermeil as its setting, of course: headed, by-the-book policeman newly Director: Ladj Ly Ly’s choice of title is a brash, audacious transferred to Les Bosquets from a less Starring: Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djebril Zonga one, but its invocation of Victor Hugo’s fraught precinct. 1862 opus is no empty gesture. As a state- Though he’s taken off-guard by the vol- ment of new-generation intent, symboli- atile nature of everyday life in the area, cally reclaiming a national-treasure text he’s even less prepared for the extreme ’est moi, la loi!” to reflect the more diverse reality of con- corruption of the two Anti-Crime Squad screams a bent cop temporary France, it makes its point officers he’s assigned to shadow. Chris midway through “Les immediately. The title appears over intro- (played by Manenti, equal parts electri- Misérables.” If he’s try- ductory documentary footage of reveling fying and repulsive) is a nakedly racist, ing to emulate the masses in the wake of France’s 2018 World short-fused bully, given to harassing or “comicC book indomitability of Judge “I am Cup victory, a more positive demonstra- actively assaulting teenagers for sport. His the law” Dredd, his shrill, panicked deliv- tion of the patriotic brio that powered the black partner, Gwada (compelling mod- ery is a dead giveaway to the contrary. In 19th-century tome. It’s the last time you’ll el-turned-actor Djebril Zonga), occasion- both a practical and a moral sense, being hear the people sing in Ly’s film, which ally balks at Chris’ behavior, but recklessly the law counts for less and less as French otherwise makes wholly grave references abuses his own power; even in the course doc-maker Ladj Ly’s first fiction fea- to Hugo’s work: “There are no bad plants of a single day, this close-quarters com-

ture unfolds: A buzzing, sunstruck street or bad men; there are only bad cultiva- plicity threatens to infect the horriﬁed VARIETY.COM thriller, it pits a nervous, trigger-happy tors,” runs a choice on-screen quote. Stéphane too. police force against an aggravated urban Viewers may be inclined to disagree Ly and editor Flora Volpelière begin underclass in a battle of wills and weap- after spending some time in the cop car proceedings at a surprisingly leisurely onry that is all too universally recogniz- that literally drives Ly’s ﬁlm through the but nonetheless engrossing pace, taking able. Exploring the worn-out housing concrete wilds of Les Bosquets, Montfer- nearly an hour to observe and absorb the

projects of the director’s home turf — the meil’s most notorious and crime-ridden 8, 2020 JANUARY outlying Parisian commune of Montfer- social estate: It would take an especially

ZOEY’S: KATIE YU/NBC; LES MISERABLES: AMAZON STUDIOS LES MISERABLES: AMAZON YU/NBC; KATIE ZOEY’S: meil — with a keen eye and an antsy gait, generous judge of character to identify no 67 intricately conflicting power dynamics of TV REVIEW the estate, where the shady local mayor BY DANIEL D’ADDARIO (Steve Tientcheu) enjoys a brittle, mutual look-the-other-way pact with Chris and Gwada, while an assortment of restive Zoey’s Extraordinary gangs — Muslim Brotherhood members, Romany circus workers and, perhaps Playlist most powerfully, overlapping factions of seething teenagers — clash and chafe in their shadow. When the debatably named Anti-Crime Squad gets roped into one of Musical drama: NBC; Jan. 7 sweetening vocals so much that they these initially minor disputes, tensions Starring: Jane Levy, Skylar Astin, Alex Newell sound less like the human voice than on a hot, irritable day boil over to near- like a synthesizer approximating song. riot levels, culminating in a breath-sus- (Levy’s co-star, Skylar Astin, appeared in pending cops-versus-kids standoff that the “Pitch Perfect” films, a forerunner of sees one boy hit in the eye by a police ay this for “Zoey’s Extraordi- the trend.) Flash-Ball. When another kid’s drone cam- nary Playlist”: The expansive- These mixed-bag performances speak era captures the incident, the stakes, and ness of its music-rights budget to obvious emotional beats — Levy’s ensuing chase, are intensified — along S is to be admired. co-worker is sad, so he sings “Mad World,” with the surging hum of Pink Noise’s Zoey (Jane Levy) hears the a contender for the most morose song effectively minimalist electro score. inner thoughts of those around her, as ever — which tends to overshadow what Occasionally recalling the more urgent, expressed through their performances of in the show works well. The plot about ragged work of Spike Lee in its fever- popular songs; in the pilot, it’s the Beat- Zoey’s family life puts the musical con- ish, on-the-ground formal energy, “Les les’ “Help!” It’s a splashy statement of pur- ceit to powerful use. Her father (Peter Misérables” is aptly galling as a study of pose for a show whose willingness to Gallagher), afflicted with a degenerative everyday power structures tested and spend on big-name songs covers over sev- illness, can newly communicate with her exploited to breaking point; its best eral sins. The fact that the show’s tunes through song in a way he no longer can scenes are combative in the discom- come from the familiar songbook of big, through spoken word, and rises to sing fort they raise, prodding viewers to ask recognizable emotions limits just how about what he desires, only to sink back if, when and how they would intervene much complication or shading the pro- into silence. These transitions between in various ugly displays of unchecked gram can achieve. People around Zoey father-daughter communion and emp- authority. Ly’s film has little in the way of are enamored, or happy, or really sad; tiness are movingly done, not least sympathy for the police, yet it’s surpris- they’re too rarely anything that would because, in a detail that is not overdrawn, ing that the bulk of its action is viewed take more than a couple of words to Zoey’s new power may, possibly, be more through their alternately jaded and ter- describe, anything that merits a lengthy than coincidental given a family history rified eyes. We are given far less internal musical performance. The ambitions of of neurological issues. access to the various oppressed groups “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” seem, in It’s a mystery that isn’t solved, nor under their crooked thumb, at least until its early going, more focused on assem- does it need to be; Zoey’s power is com- another June Rebellion of sorts gathers bling that legitimately impressive playlist pelling less for how it arose than for pace. No single resident of Les Bosquets than in making it truly sing. what it can show her about herself and emerges as a character half so vivid and Zoey, a San Francisco-based computer the world around her. The development exposed as either good cop or bad cop; programmer, is given little in the way of of her family story over the series’ first rather, the film winds up grouping them personality other than broadly appealing two hours suggest a drama with a grow- in hurried, imprecise strokes. You might traits for a protagonist. She loves her fam- ing awareness about the most interest- say a negligent social system does the ily and works hard at her job. (Levy is an ing way to use its premise. After a splashy, same thing. engaging enough performer to carry off a somewhat blunt beginning, the show That’s a disappointing oversight, slightly written character, but she’s work- may yet come into its own. since Ly’s debut otherwise bristles aus- ing hard, too.) The performances Zoey piciously with life and wit at the fringes hears tend to fall short of the standard CREDITS: Executive producers: producer: Jason Wang. Producer: of an already frayed society; in collabo- of realism Levy sets. In casting actors not Austin Winsberg, Richard Shep- Dan Magnante. 60 MIN. Cast: ard (pilot only), Paul Feig, Jessie Jane Levy, Skylar Astin, Alex ration with dynamic DP Julien Poupard, known for their singing, the show hews Henderson, Kim Tannenbaum and Newell, John Clarence Stew- Eric Tannenbaum, David Black- art, Peter Gallagher, Mary Ly shoots his chosen terrain with a brisk to the long-standing practice of digitally man, Daniel Inkeles. Co-executive Steenburgen but intimate sense of community that can’t be tourist-faked. (Meanwhile, leave it to a gifted doc-maker to find a genu- inely eerie, narratively integral applica- tion for that most overused of currently trendy camera techniques: the serenely drifting drone shot.) Expanded from a César-nominated short film of the same name, “Les Misérables” has been stylishly and efficiently shaped from — per the film’s press notes — more than 100 hours of rushes. Perhaps, however, it could use a

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CREDITS: A SRAB Films production in co-production with Rect- tor: Flora Volpeliere. Music: Pink angle Prods., Lyly Films in associ- Noise. Reviewed at Cannes Film ation with Cinéventure 4, Cinefeel festival (competing), May 15, 2019. 4. Producers: Toufik Ayadi, Chris- Running time: 104 MIN. Cast: Hearing Things

JANUARY 8, 2020 JANUARY tophe Barral. Co-producer: Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Edouard Weil. Director: Ladj Ly. Djebril Zonga, Steve Tientcheu, Jane Levy stars in “Zoey’s Screenplay: Ly, Alexis Manenti, Issa Perica, Al-Hassan Ly, Almamy Extraordinary Playlist.” Giordano Gederlini. Camera Kanoute, Raymond Lopez, Jeanne

68 (color): Julien Poupard. Edi- Balibar SERGEI BACHLAKOV/NBC Rent-a-Plot yer. You send a lawman, someone who’s Stephen Dorff is actually done the work.” a newly appointed A show that refers to contemporary sheriff in “Deputy.” urban cops as “lawmen” has a very ele- vated sense of itself as part of a sort of Wild West tradition, one that coex- ists uneasily with the present day. For one thing, it seems that in the universe of “Deputy,” lawyers or judges being involved in the legal process is ... bad; all justice should be meted out by cops whom Hollister exhorts as “ass-kickers.” There is an audience for a show like this. In a sense, it’s review-proof, because a negative verdict will only cement the perception among the intended viewership that a certain segment of the country just doesn’t get it. But there is something about watching Stephen Dorff relentlessly gas up rooms full of police officers to be more aggressive, less inhib- ited — coming as it does after years of disturbing examples of police officers using excessive force and worse against people of color — that left me uneasy. (Dorff’s casting here is hardly the headline, but exists balefully in the shadow of his excellent performance in the third season of “True Detective,” a set of episodes with much to say about justice as meted out by the police.) TV REVIEW What’s worse, those clichés tend to Perhaps what will deter even those BY DANIEL D’ADDARIO move only in one direction — toward inclined to like “Deputy” is the funda- an argument in favor of cops as mentally lazy writing. When Hollis- uniquely insightful, and a stance that ter’s deputy (Bex Taylor-Klaus) shows Deputy any restraint on police power, from up, his wife and daughter say, in turn, departmental strictures to coverage by ”This is going to be fun!” and “I like the media, is inherently noxious and her!,” two non-responses meant to indi- naive about the way the world ought cate conflict ahead without doing the Drama: Fox; Jan. 2 to work. “You didn’t come here for the work. And when that deputy tells Hol- Starring: Stephen Dorff, Brian Van Holt, truth,” newly appointed Sheriff Bill lister that their early days together have Bex Taylor-Klaus Hollister (Stephen Dorff) tells report- been “quite a ride,” he replies, “Buckle

ers after an incident. “You thought you up. We’re just getting started.” The pol- VARIETY.COM smelled blood, the same way coyotes itics of “Deputy” may come from a past sniff out a wounded animal.” Earlier, decade, but its writing seems to come urely there has been a show Hollister’s wife (Yara Martinez), while from another century. more reliant on cliché than pinning stars to her husband’s collar, “Deputy,” Fox’s new cop says she thinks his surprise promotion CREDITS: Executive

drama. But none springs to sheriff is a great thing: “You don’t producers: David Ayer, Cast: Stephen Dorff, Brian Van 8, 2020 JANUARY S Chris Long, John Coveny, Kim- Holt, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Shane to mind. hand the job over to a judge or a law- berly Harrison. 60 MIN. Paul McGhie, Yara Martinez 69

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1951 Long before the push for diversity and inclusion, Hollywood had a few Latin/Hispanic stars who made a big impact. One was Katy Jurado, the first Latina actress to win a Golden Globe (for ‘High Noon’ 1952’s “High Noon”) and the first nominated for an Oscar (1954’s “Broken Lance”). She was born Jan. 16, 1924, in Mexico, and began making films as a teenager. Though she was originally cast Was a Golden as spitfires or vamps, her roles got better and she added intelligence and subtlety to her characters. Variety reviewed her in her 1951 “Bullfighter and the Lady,” saying she “makes a very strong VARIETY.COM Hour for Katy impression” in her Hollywood debut. She won three Ariel Awards, the highest honor for Mexican Jurado — and filmmaking, including one for Luis Buñuel’s 1953 “El Bruto”; in 1997, she added a Special Golden Ariel for lifetime achievement. Painted by Diego Rivera and romanced by novelist Louis L’Amour, for Diversity Jurado remained the only Mexican actress to be Oscar nominated for nearly 50 years, until

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