MOVIE MELTDOWN Cinemas in Crisis WORK FROM HOME Learning to Cope DIFFICULT SPOT TV’s Ad Woes NEW WORLDVIEW Amid pandemic and panic, Amazon — at the fore of a rapidly transforming economy — delivers HEIDI KLUM and TIM GUNN’s ‘Making the Cut’ to a global community stuck indoors BY ELAINE LOW P.28 MARCH 25, 2020 US $9.99 JAPAN ¥1280 CANADA $11.99 CHINA ¥80 UK £ 8 HONG KONG $95 EUROPE €9 RUSSIA 400 AUSTRALIA $14 INDIA 800 you dream big we deliver Barco Series 4 Powered by: 20030.CINI.ad.SeriesUntitled-1 1 4.resize.v2.indd 1 18/03/20203/19/20 10:26 10:08 PM P.2 8 CONTENTS On a Bigger Runway Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn take their reality competition chops to Amazon’s “Making the Cut.” By ELAINE LOW P.3 4 Cinema CASADEI; GUNN’S SUIT: SUIT SUPPLY (THIS PAGE) DRESS: DUNDAS DRESS: (THIS PAGE) SUIT SUPPLY SUIT: GUNN’S CASADEI; Uncertainty The exhib biz is in limbo due to coronavirus outbreak shutdowns. Will it survive? By DAVID LIEBERMAN and BRENT LANG P.4 0 Homeward Bound Execs are finding creative ways to transform their homes into their new workspaces. By CYNTHIA LITTLETON TILBURY; HAIR; LORENZO MARTIN/THE WALL GROUP; GUNN’S GROOMING: LISA ZIMMITTI; (COVER WARDROBE) DRESS: CHRISTIAN SIRIANO; BOOTS: SIRIANO; CHRISTIAN DRESS: WARDROBE) ZIMMITTI; (COVER LISA GROOMING: GUNN’S GROUP; WALL MARTIN/THE LORENZO HAIR; TILBURY; “This is about finding the next great global brand. Everything about it was supposed to be more real ... less showy, less super stressed for [the designers].” Heidi Klum on her new Amazon fashion reality series “Making the Cut” P.28 (COVER & THIS PAGE) PHOTOGRAPHS BY CLIFF WATTS; STYLING: ROB & MARIEL/FORWARD ARTISTS; KLUM’S MAKEUP: LINDA HAY/AIRE/CHARLOTTE HAY/AIRE/CHARLOTTE LINDA MAKEUP: KLUM’S ARTISTS; & MARIEL/FORWARD ROB STYLING: CLIFF WATTS; BY PHOTOGRAPHS & THIS PAGE) (COVER VARIETY 3 CONTENTS TOP BILLING P.3 4 13 AD MARKET MAYHEM The exhibition biz is The global coronavirus crisis facing an unprecedented is making TV commercials a challenge as theaters risky bet for Madison Avenue close in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. 16 INDIE INFLUX? 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