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EVENTS CALENDAR THOUGHT LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS, SCREENINGS AND Q&As JUNE 1 BBC America Killing Eve 2 AMC Dispatches from Elsewhere 2 Rebooting the Entertainment Industry Series Sponsored by PwC and Ad Council Episode 4: The Future of Sports & Live Events 3 HBO Succession 4 HBO Avenue 5 4 Surging Viewership Rewriting TV Strategies 8 HBO We’re Here 9 HBO Outsider 9 Rebooting the Entertainment Industry Series Sponsored by PwC and Ad Council Episode 5: The Outlook for Future Growth Presented by Skydance Media 10 HBO I Know This Much is True 22 HBO Watchmen 23-25 Virtual TV Fest & A Night in the Writers’ Room VARIETY.COM/STREAMINGROOM PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Michelle Fine-Smith [email protected] YEARS State of the Union GABRIELLE UNION SPEAKS OUT ABOUT TOXICITY ON THE SET OF 'AMERICA’S GOT TALENT' AND THE NEED TO BUILD A MORE INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE IN HOLLYWOOD BY MATT DONNELLY P.24 We picked the very best movies and TV shows to stream right now so you don’t have to. POWERED BY LAUNCHING MAY 30 Variety.com/WhatToWatch JENNA GREENE BLOSSOMING CAREER Maude Apatow next stars in “The King of Staten Island.” P.2 4 Breaking STILES/A-FRAME: HAIR CONSULTATION: LARRY SIMS/FORWARD ARTISTS; TOP: THE ROW; JEWELRY: BARE & GOLDEN (THIS PAGE) PHOTOGRAPH BY BY PHOTOGRAPH & GOLDEN (THIS BARE PAGE) JEWELRY: THE ROW; TOP: ARTISTS; SIMS/FORWARD LARRY HAIR CONSULTATION: STILES/A-FRAME: the Silence Gabrielle Union talks about her exit from “America’s Got Talent” and being a voice for change. By MATT DONNELLY P.3 2 Growing Into Her Own Maude Apatow expands her range in “Hollywood,” “Euphoria” and dad’s “King of Staten Island.” By JENELLE RILEY : THOMAS CHRISTOS KIKIS/THE WALL GROUP; MAKEUP CONSULTATION: FIONA MAKEUP CONSULTATION: GROUP; KIKIS/THE WALL CHRISTOS : THOMAS P.3 6 Entering the Mainstream With backing from Sony, Chinese streamer Bilibili looks to broaden its audience but keep its street cred. By REBECCA DAVIS (COVER) PHOTOGRAPH BY MELODIE MCDANIEL; WARDROBE CONSULTATION WARDROBE MCDANIEL; MELODIE BY PHOTOGRAPH (COVER) VARIETY 3 CONTENTS TOP BILLING 11 WORK IN PROGRESS Accustomed to remote contributions, animation pow- ers through the pandemic 14 CINEMA CONUNDRUM Theaters are slowly reopen- ing, but audiences aren’t in a hurry to come back 18 IN THE RUNNING It’s time for the TV Academy to boost the number of nomi- nees in top Emmy categories 19 THE BIG TICKET Aidy Bryant on “Saturday Night Live” and “Shrill” P.3 9 ALSO Jan Komasa, director INSIDE EXPOSURE of the Polish film “Hater,” is one of the artists featured in 8 21 DEVOUR the International FIELD NOTES Elevate your takeout: Filmmakers Update West L.A.’s Kato is offering Musings its tasting menu to go on hot topics 23 DIRT 9 Dakota and Elle Fanning PLUGGED IN put San Fernando Valley What’s trending property on the market at Variety.com P.2 2 FOCUS Real Housewife 46 MY FIRST TIME Kameron Comedy writer Alan Zweibel Westcott talks about his start in showbiz selling Dallas mansion ARTISANS 51 READY FOR LIFTOFF “Space Force” set designer tweaks reality for the new Netflix comedy series P.5 5 53 PERIOD PANACHE “Barkskins” costume designer dug into 17th century to nail “Laurel Canyon” the look of the NatGeo series review REVIEWS “The story is riveting. They appeared to be such an average suburban American family. And yet 55 TV the story ended up being so tragic.” “Laurel Canyon,” “Love Life” Amanda Peet on the real-life couple depicted in the new season of USA anthology series 57 FILM “Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story,” in which “The High Note” she plays Betty Broderick P.58 HATER: JAROSLAW SOSINSKI/NAIMA FILM; LAUREL CANYON: EPIX; DIRTY JOHN: ISABELLA VOSMIKOVA/USA NETWORK VOSMIKOVA/USA JOHN: ISABELLA DIRTY EPIX; CANYON: FILM; LAUREL SOSINSKI/NAIMA JAROSLAW HATER: 4 VARIETY THURSDAY, JUNE 4 10 AM PDT / 1 PM EDT A virtual conversation with TV executives to explore how surging viewership is forcing the industry to rewrite its strategies for advertising, measurement and overall best practices. 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