Tavis Smiley Joe Mantegna Bob Barker The Luminary The Visionary The Legend Award Award Award 2015 EIGHTH ANNUAL NATIONAL ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT JOURNALISM AWARDS LOS ANGELES PRESS CLUB 8TH ANNUAL National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards Los Angeles Press Club Awards for Editorial Excellence in A non-profit organization with 501(c)(3) status Tax ID 01-0761875 2014 and 2015, Honorary Awards for 2015 4773 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90027 Phone: (323) 669-8081 LOS ANGELES PRESS CLUB’S Fax: (310) 464-3577 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.lapressclub.org The Visionary Award For Humanitarian Work PRESS CLUB OFFICERS JOE MANTEGNA PRESIDENT: Robert Kovacik NBC4 SoCal VICE PRESIDENT: Adam J. Rose Introduced by Dan Lauria CBS Interactive TREASURER: Anthony Palazzo Bloomberg News SECRETARY: Gloria Zuurveen Pace News The Luminary Award EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Diana Ljungaeus International Journalist For Career Achievement BOARD MEMBERS TAVIS SMILEY Cher Calvin, KTLA Elizabeth Espinosa, KFI Introduced by Diahann Carroll Mariel Garza, Los Angeles Times Barbara Gasser Hollywood Foreign Press Association Gabriel Kahn, USC Annenberg School of Journalism & Communications The Legend Award Jessica Keating, LA News Group For Lifetime Achievement and Fernando Mexia, Spanish EFE News Service Contributions to Society Carolina Sarassa, MundoFox Ben Sullivan, ScienceBlog.com BOB BARKER Brain Watt, KPCC Introduced by Drew Carey and HONorarY BOARD MEMBERS Interviewed by Robert Kovacik Alex Ben Block Ted Johnson Will Lewis Your hosts Jack Maxwell, Cher Calvin, and Wendie Malick. ADVISORY BOARD Eli Broad Hon. Richard J. Rick J. Caruso Riordan Madeline Di Nonno Ramona Ripston David W. Fleming Hon. Bill Rosendahl Bill Imada Angelica Salas Sunday, December 6, 2015 Sabrina Kay Carol Schatz The Crystal Ballroom, Sherry Lansing Gary L. Toebben Millennium Biltmore Hotel George E. Moss Matt Toledo 506 S. Grand Avenue Constance L. Rice Stuart Waldman Los Angeles, CA 8TH ANNUAL National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards JUNE 12, 2015 MAY 29, 2015 LAWSUITS, SECRET MEETINGS, REVENGE UTA’s ‘midnight raid’ on CAA was just the tip of a new Hollywood power struggle as private equity and pressure to grow by (almost) any means redefine the cutthroat talent business THE INSURGENTS From left: UTA’s David Kramer, Jay Sures and Jeremy Zimmer WHAT’S UP WITH WONDER WOMAN? Oh, the Warners’ Greg Silverman answers that question and much more EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS SUMNER’S 92ND Places BIRTHDAY BASH Les Moonves, Philippe Dauman and the girlfriends party They’ll Bro! The real story of how the ENTOURAGE movie got made: all-star cameos, salary fights, on-set porn stars and the wild, pimped-out ride from AGENCY HBO show to big screen A Message From the President Upfronts Upheaval Don’t Call It a Mall Beach God or Dad Bod? From left: Kevin Dillon, Adrian Grenier, Winners, losers and a Rick Caruso gets his Either way, these swim trunks Jerry Ferrara, Jeremy Piven WA R S whole lot of weirdness Grove on in the Palisades are made for every torso and Kevin Connolly FEBRUARY 27, 2015 19cover_l [P]{Print}.indd 2 5/28/15 6:22 PM 17cover_l [P]{Print};7_View.indd 2 5/15/15 8:04 AM JANUARY 23, 2015 Good Evening, AOCTOBER SURVIVO 17, 2014 R PRODUCER, A DEAD WIFE AND A MEXICAN PRISON GONE GIRL? WHAT THERE WEREHAPPENED OBVIOUS TO REASONS TO POINT FINGERS AT HOLLYWOOD’S BRUCE BERESFORD-REDMAN AFTER THE BODY OF HIS SPOUSE, MONICA, WAS FOUND NAKED AND BEATEN IN A SEWER DRAIN AT A CANCUN ELISABETH MURDOCH RESORTBy MICHAELIN 2010. WOLFF BUT NOW, IN AN INTERVIEW FROM A SQUALID LOCKUP WITH HIS VERDICT LOOMING, THE FATHER OF TWO INSISTS HE IS INNOCENT. THE TROUBLING FACT? HE MIGHT BE RIGHT BY SCOTT JOHNSON TV AGENT ROUNDTABLE Four sharks, The Los Angeles Press Club is getting into the movie business! We are one room, no filter 500 members strong and among our ranks are some of the most well- respected and influential journalists in the world. In the next year our POWER SHOWRUNNERS 2014 collective voice will be heard in the entertainment industry as the Los This Is * How the world’s biggest comic never crosses a line on politics, race or even in TV’sSHONDA RHIMES knows somethingSavior most showrunners don’t — how to talking about the studio exec Angeles Press Club announces its pick of the best movie based on a true produce big, addictive hits (three!) with an effortless diversity that appeals who called him a ‘whore’: to mainstream America (even if The New York Times doesn’t get that) ‘I’m happy. I’m not *(Incidentally, a black female) G O L D E N an angry person’ GLOBES story, documentary feature and other categories. You need to be up to PARTIES, PICS, GOWNS, GOSSIP Cable’s Nielsen Problem date on your membership to be part of this exciting new endeavor. So (No, It’s Not Ratings) by Michael Wolff 1 SPERM DONOR, 23 MOTHERS, make sure to keep your membership current or sign up to participate and 1 BIG VACATION 07cover_l [P]{Print}.indd 1 2/13/15 11:07 AM 36cover_l [P]{Print}.indd 3 10/7/14 1:49 PM BURGOS: AGENCIA EL UNIVERSAL/EL UNIVERSAL DE MEXICO/NEWSCOM. POOL: COURTESY OF MOON PALACE RESORT. BERESFORD-REDMAN: STRINGER/MEXICO/REUTERS/NEWSCOM. www.thr.com | THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER | 83 get your ballot! DECEMBER 12, 2014 02cover_l [P]{Print}.indd 3 1/13/15 1:27 PM 44fea_survivor_l [P]{Print}.indd 83 12/8/14 11:21 PM But tonight, in the 8th Annual National Arts & Entertainment Journal- FEBRUARY 13, 2015 FIVE-TIMERS Robert Kovacik TOGETHER Viacom Clockwise from top: Ben Affleck, Michaels, A f t e r John Goodman, Sumner Danny DeVito, by Michael Wolff Justin Timberlake, Drew Barrymore and Candice Bergen ‘ ’ ism Awards, the ballots have all been cast and our judges, from around A Beloved IT S A WHITE Star in Bad Company? A THR investigation the country, have made their decisions. We again have set a record for into celebrity charity INDUSTRY. IT JUST IS’ submissions and congratulate all our nominees as each category was ex- WITH A NEW INVESTOR IN HIS COMPANY, JOEL SILVER, HIS OneRICH WARNERBlack Man’s BROS. DEALBig ENDED, DEFENDS HIS BIG SPENDING, FEUDS, DEBTS AND LEVERAGED LIFESTYLE ASHollywood HE, LIKE MANY Adventure OF HIS PEERS, ATTEMPTS REINVENTION SANS STUDIO LARGESSE: ‘THERE ARE ALWAYS PEOPLE WILLINGBy TO Chris SAY THINGS Rock THAT ARE NOT NICE’BY KIM MASTERS tremely competitive and the level of work constantly rising. N THE EVENING OF SATURDAY, projects on their own and hustle to sell them hoodie for a testy interview on the patio of his April 4, Joel Silver, the storied in a tough market. The same fate has befallen Brentwood estate with his lawyer by his side. and controversial producer of The such A-listers as Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, Not nice, he says, and in many cases “not true.” Matrix and Lethal Weapon series, who for many years had a comfortable home As Silver points out, he has close and loyal SONY HACK attended Robert Downey Jr.’s at Universal. What has made Silver different is friends, including Downey and his wife, Susan; birthday party at Barker Hangar his well-established reputation as one of the NBCUniversal vice chairman Ron Meyer; and NIGHTMARE in Santa Monica with a wealthy industry’s most extravagant players. Numerous WME co-CEO Ari Emanuel, who for the past Leaked salaries, friend in tow. It was quite a daz- former associates and reporting by THR reveal year has labored to help Silver find new financing. chaos and a zling Hollywood event, with Steely that Silver long has lived beyond even his extraor- But a source says it was another Silver associate, culprit at large IT’S BRITS VS. Dan and Duran Duran enter- dinary means, prompting many in Hollywood to Todd Morgan, chairman of Bel Air Investment taining guests, including Jennifer wonder how he and his Silver Pictures would stay Advisors,AMERICANS! who connected Silver with Katz. Silver Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and aloft in a post-studio-deal world. And Silver, a wasActor visiting Roundtable: Morgan at Morgan’s property at It is such an honor to be joined this evening by three extraordinary Edward Norton. Silver had told associates that divisive personality with a trail of shattered rela- Cumberbatch,the BigHorn Keaton golf resort in Palm Desert, Calif., after a long search, he had found a wealthy inves- tionships, is aware that some had fervently hoped etwhen al compare he was introducednotes to Katz, who also has a (and go way off-color) Otor who would help him launch a rejuvenated for a crash. house nearby. (Morgan did not respond to a query Silver Pictures. Few in attendance at the party, “Yes, I am a big target and I have been very about his role.) The owner of the Edmonton however, recognized his guest. successful, and there are always people who OilersRIYADH hockey team,ON Katz built a $3.4 billion for- The WILD A couple of weeks later, on April 27, that person either may not have [had success] or for whatever tune with a chain of more than 1,800 drugstores. gentlemen who have distinguished themselves not merely with talent but was revealed to be press-shy Canadian billionaire reason are not fond of my success who tend to RODEOHe is said DRIVEto perceive the investment in Silver’s 40th Anniversary Daryl Katz, the 53-year-old chairman and CEO be very willing to say things that are not nice,” Buy,company buy! Super-rich as part of an expanding sports and of the Katz Group of Companies, who has made he said recently, seated in sweats and a black Saudisentertainment and Chinese on empire.