HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY WORKERS ARE JOBLESS AMID THE ECONOMIC WRECKAGE OF THE PANDEMIC BY BRENT LANG AND GENE MADDAUS P.26 APRIL 29, 2020 US $9.99 JAPAN ¥1280 CANADA $11.99 CHINA ¥80 UK £ 8 HONG KONG $95 EUROPE €9 RUSSIA 400 AUSTRALIA $14 INDIA 800 MICHAEL SCHNEIDER VARIETY’S EMMY® EXPERT Michael Schneider has covered the business of television for over 25 years creating content & commentary that TV award voters trust. IN THE RUNNING WEEKLY COLUMN & NEWSLETTER AWARDS HQ WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AWARDS HEAT VIDEO SERIES EMMY DAILY VIDEO SERIES MY GUILTY PLEASURE VIDEO SERIES “THE BIG TICKET PODCAST” SPECIAL EPISODES AWARD SEASON ARTICLES DISTRIBUTED ACROSS VARIETY PLATFORMS READ. WATCH. LISTEN. SHARE. CINEMA VÉRITÉ Small businesses, like this Coxsackie, N.Y., drive-in theater, are especially hard hit by the coronavirus lockdown. P.2 6 P.3 2 P.4 4 Pandemic’s Price All Joking The Essential Hollywood’s actors, artisans and below-the-line crew Aside for Now Val Kilmer Comedy clubs and schools across the A look at the actor’s genre-spanning members have been heavily affected by the lockdown. country have had to shutter due to the career in such films as “Top Gun,” And their post-shutdown prospects are looking grim. coronavirus crisis, with no end in sight. “Tombstone,” “Heat” and “Real Genius.” By BRENT LANG and GENE MADDAUS By ELAINE LOW and JOE OTTERSON By JENELLE RILEY (COVER) ILLUSTRATION BY MARC ASPINALL; (THIS PAGE) LEV RADIN/PACIFIC PRESS/SHUTTERSTOCK LEV RADIN/PACIFIC (THIS PAGE) ASPINALL; MARC BY ILLUSTRATION (COVER) VARIETY 3 CONTENTS TOP BILLING 13 RAISING THE CURTAIN NATO chief John Fithian eyes plan for reopening theaters in July — with a few caveats 18 KUDOS AND COVID-19 The global pandemic will certainly change how Oscar campaigns are handled 20 THE BIG TICKET Variety’s Marc Malkin talks with Jack Osbourne about Ozzy doc and “Osbournes” reboot EXPOSURE ALSO INSIDE 21 DEVOUR Family-friendly film “Abe” cooks up harmony via cultural 8 traditions in the kitchen FIELD NOTES Musings 25 DIRT on hot topics Music star Pharrell spends P.3 7 about $30 million for an 9 estate in Coral Gables, Fla. PLUGGED IN “The Social Dilemma” is What’s trending one of the documentaries at Variety.com that will be featured in FOCUS a Variety and DocLands 10 virtual panel discussion CLOSE UP The big picture 42 SXSW REBORN The fest, canceled last month P.2 3 due to the coronavirus, goes virtual with Amazon partnership Sports stars Lindsey Vonn and P.K. Subban make real estate moves ARTISANS 50 LIFE THROUGH TECH Amazon series “Upload” imagines a future where the dead can live on virtually 51 WETA’S WORKING The New Zealand-based VFX house took early steps as the coronavirus crisis grew 52 OLD ‘HOLLYWOOD’ Production crew helps Netflix’s limited series travel back to the 1940s. SCHMELZER; POPE & HOLLYWOOD: SAEED ADYANI/NETFLIX (2) ADYANI/NETFLIX SAEED POPE & HOLLYWOOD: SCHMELZER; REVIEWS “One of my first questions for [Ryan Murphy] was about how we’re P.5 5 talking about this black gay man 55 TV who had to exist in a different way “Hollywood” in the ’40s than right now. I wanted “Hollywood” to be very conscious of that.” 57 FILM review Jeremy Pope on his role in the new Netflix limited “Extraction” series “Hollywood,” streaming May 1 P.58 SOCIAL DILEMMA: -EXPOSURE LABS; VONN’S HOUSE: JOE LABS; VONN’S -EXPOSURE SOCIAL DILEMMA: 4 VARIETY - IN MEMORIAM - JORGE CAMARA 1936-2020 HFPA PRESIDENT 1978-80 1984-86 2007-09 42nd Golden Globe Awards, 1985 66th Golden Globe Awards, 2009 Jorge, We will miss you. 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