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By CYNTHIA LITTLETON P.2 8 ‘Season’s’ RA AMADOR/FORWARD ARTISTS; MAKEUP: SOLEIMANI/BOBBI BROWN; SOLEIMANI/BOBBI BROWN; MAKEUP: ARTISTS; RA AMADOR/FORWARD ER WANG; DRESS: NORMA KAMALI; EARRINGS: CHARLOTTE CHESNAIS CHESNAIS NORMA KAMALI; EARRINGS: CHARLOTTE DRESS: ER WANG; Greetings Writer-director Clea DuVall wraps up a unique Christmas comedy centered on a lesbian couple. By KATE AURTHUR P.3 2 Princess Diaries Emma Corrin talks about playing a young Diana Spencer in the new season of “The Crown.” By WILL THORNE P.3 7 Business Managers Elite FESTIVE FILM Hollywood’s rich and famous ponder Writer-director Clea DuVall moving out of New York and L.A. gives Christmas movies a queer because of the virus. Plus: The list twist in “Happiest Season” of top showbiz wranglers. HAIR: MICHAEL SILVA USING KERASTASE; MCCARTHY’S COAT: AMIRI; TURTLENECK: CLUB MONACO; JEANS: RAG AND BONE; DIAZ’S COAT: ALEXAND COAT: AND BONE; DIAZ’S JEANS: RAG MONACO; CLUB AMIRI; TURTLENECK: COAT: MCCARTHY’S USING KERASTASE; MICHAEL SILVA HAIR: RICHARD MARIN/COUTIERREMIX HAIR: GROUP; MAI QUYNH/THE WALL MAKEUP: PFLUGER; RYAN BY PHOTOGRAPH (THIS PAGE) (COVER) PHOTOGRAPH BY BRAD TRENT; MCCARTHY’S STYLING: JASON REMBERT; GROOMING: MARIKO ARAI/THE WALL GROUP; DIAZ’S STYLING: SAND STYLING: DIAZ’S GROUP; ARAI/THE WALL MARIKO GROOMING: REMBERT; JASON STYLING: MCCARTHY’S BRAD TRENT; BY PHOTOGRAPH (COVER) VARIETY 3 CONTENTS TOP BILLING 9 LOOKING AHEAD Cable-news outlets envision coverage after Donald Trump leaves the White House 12 RESULTS ARE IN Civil servants in key states had some memorable TV moments while counting the votes. 16 MEETING OF THE MINDS The leaders of NATAS and ATAS get together for a rare joint interview to talk detente 18 AWARDS CIRCUIT A number of female actors overdue for Oscar love may finally get recognition Variety, VOL. 350, NO. 2 (USPS EXPOSURE 146-820, ISSN 0011-5509) is pub- lished weekly, except the first week of September and the last week of December, with 21 special issues: Jan (6), Feb (1), June (4), 21 DIRT July (5), and Aug (5) by Variety Media LLC, 11175 Santa Monica Chef Emeril Lagasse selling Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025, a division of Penske Business Media. 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Printed in the U.S.A. 82 EYE ON DP’S Variety shares a look at P.2 0 its latest class of 10 Cinema- tographers to Watch Actor Jesse Metcalfe seeks buyer for home above Sunset Strip ARTISANS 89 ALL IN THE FAMILY Max Keane revs up kids animat- ed series “Trash Truck” with dad’s Glen Keane Prods. 90 HAIR LOVE Hair and makeup designer Sharon Martin reimagines Black styles for “Jingle Jangle” 91 JUST LIKE BEING THERE L.A. Castle Studios helps productions stay on track by providing virtual locations REVIEWS P.9 2 “Vampire films and zombie films are 92 FILM like these queer powerhouse “Mank” “Mank” avatars. I feel like horror can really 93 MUSIC review empower queers.” “Starting Over” “Freaky” star Misha Osherovich P.94 GUDVI: PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL BUCKNER; MANK: NIKOLAI LOVEIKIS/NETFLIX; OSHEROVICH: CHRIS BOGARD OSHEROVICH: LOVEIKIS/NETFLIX; NIKOLAI MANK: MICHAEL BUCKNER; BY PHOTOGRAPH GUDVI: 4 VARIETY %+" )00 2) )00 * )"( *&/ )"( %1"3"/ ,*"0 +"51, 4" /"*&+ ,**&11"! 1, /"1&+$ +"4 -,00&&)&1&"0 #,/ ,2/ )&"+10 20&+"00 +$"*"+1 2 ")1% +$"*"+1 Untitled-22 1 11/2/20 5:13 PM FIELD NOTES VARIETY IS OWNED & PUBLISHED BY Going to the Movies Can’t PENSKE MEDIA CORPORATION Jay Penske Be Replicated at Home Chairman & CEO George Grobar Chief Operating Officer Gerry Byrne Vice Chairman BOY, DO I MISS GOING OUT to the and many of our companies are Craig Perreault movies — “out” being the opera- barely breaking air in terms of Chief Digital Officer tive word here. their liquidity right now.” Sarlina See Chief Accounting Officer Of course I enjoy all the stream- Clearly, the economic impact Mark Howard ing offerings at home from Netflix is enormous. Chief Advertising & and the like. But nothing takes the But so is the potentially dev- Partnerships Officer Paul Rainey place of going to my local Land- astating cultural impact. Sitting EVP, Operations & Finance mark theater on a Saturday night in a theater with dozens of peo- Todd Greene EVP, Business Affairs & and running into friends milling ple being fully engaged for an General Counsel about in the lobby before and after uninterrupted two hours is a col- Tom Finn a movie plays. Even though I don’t lective experience that is simply EVP, Operations & Finance Debashish Ghosh often indulge in a large box of pop- not replicable at home. I asked Managing Director, corn, the mere aroma is weirdly Fithian if he’s worried that audi- International Markets satisfying to me. ences won’t ever return en masse Jenny Connelly SVP, Product & Technology Last week brought encouraging because viewing habits have Judith R. Margolin news: that depressed movie the- shifted so dramatically. SVP, Deputy General Counsel ater stocks rallied on an optimistic “I think people are sick of Ken Delalcazar SVP, Finance report from Pfizer that a corona- watching content in their homes,” Nelson Anderson virus vaccine could be available by he said. “What they’ve learned SVP, Creative early spring. The exhibition sec- is what they miss, and what they Anne Doyle VP, HR tor has been battered by the pan- miss is the chance to get out of Brian Levine demic and is struggling to survive their homes and go to cinemas. VP, Revenue Operations after theaters across America were That’s why you saw drive-ins Christina Yeoh VP, Technical Operations forced to shut their doors and fur- thrive, and that’s why you saw Constance Ejuma lough employees in the wake of people put movies up on the VP, SEO the health crisis.