Innholdsfortegnelse for 11/17/2021 i Variety

Will Welch, the global editorial director of GQ magazine, has been racking up his miles. Following back-to-back events in the English countryside, Madrid and Milan in support of the brand, the editor is preparing to land in Los Angeles to mark the in-person return of one of the most coveted invites of the year. Though nary a trophy is handed out, the GQ Men of the Year party attracts Oscar hopefuls and notable jawlines seeking refuge from awards season campaigning. A subtle theme of this year’s honors is bravery, highlighting the trailblazing performer Lil Nas X, NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo and Spidey himself, Tom Holland. All will be toasted in the heart of West Hollywood on Nov. 18 at Ian Schrager’s Edition hotel. “This issue subtly continues our idea of…

’Tis the season to gather round the TV set. A study by consumer insights firm YouGov has discovered that a majority of U.S. viewers of all ages crave holiday-related shows and movies during the fall and winter months, with little generational divide — numbers that show a surprisingly similar interest among all demographics, running counter to the typical age-related splits seen in media attitudes and consumption. Only one-quarter or fewer of those ages 18-44 said they don’t watch holiday-themed content during this period, while respondents 55 and older had the highest “bah, humbug” factor, with slightly more than a third saying they wouldn’t watch such fare. For more data from VIP+, visit variety.com/vip. A TIME FOR ALL AGES Do you watch seasonal content through fall and winter? Yes No Don’t…

Together with her best friend, Babs Burchman, Olivia Wilde — a staunch supporter of sustainability and philanthropy — has teamed up with Los Angeles-based Starling jewelry on the Sundial Charm by Conscious Commerce, crafted from SCS-certified post-consumer recycled metals and diamonds. “We decided on a sundial for the design because it represents taking what we have learned and moving in an even brighter direction,” Wilde tells Variety. Available in silver ($210) and 14k gold ($540), the charms benefit the St. Luke Foundation for Haiti’s work in fighting COVID and helping rebuild the country in the wake of the most recent earthquake. starlingjewelry.com Pritzker-winning architect Frank Gehry has brought his sculptural touch to the world of beauty with his debut perfume bottle in collaboration with Louis Vuitton. Partnering with master perfumer…

Nov. 6 Art + Film Gala LACMA, Los Angeles The 10th annual benefit, presented by Gucci, raised a record-breaking $5 million for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, respective painters of Barack and Michelle Obama’s portraits, were honored, as was Steven Spielberg. “I never know what to feel when people refer to me as an ‘artist’ or call what I make ‘art’ because I don’t think I’ve ever referred to myself in that way,” the “West Side Story” director said in his acceptance speech. “And if I ever catch myself thinking that maybe I made something good enough to be worthy of being called art, well, I’m of that generation when as a kid if you heard the term ‘art film,’ it usually…

Business managers are more critical than ever in the entertainment industry — and that may be why they are under more scrutiny now than any other time in the history of their profession. Artists and celebrities aren’t just “rich” any longer; they have true eight-or nine-(or more) figure wealth, invested in a multitude of ways to keep them making money whether their careers soar or sink. To them, business managers are a sort of financial quarterback, the individual who pays their mortgages, bills and taxes, outsources their investments to wealth advisers and effectively runs their lives. Unfortunately, a series of high-profile clashes between business managers and the entertainers they work for has undermined the integrity of this essential role, especially after the details of their various acts of financial malfeasance…

Among its many surprising pieces of entertainment history arcana, the Variety Archives contain stories from the 1930s involving an arena sadly familiar to business managers: government seizures of entertainers’ assets. But these seizures took place not because of any financial malfeasance, but because the artists were Jewish. As early as 1933, Variety was reporting on music rights organizations fighting over new entertainment industry rules coming out of Germany because “the Nazi powers barred the performances of compositions created by those of Jewish descent.” That was followed by the Nazi regime’s seizures of copyrights and property assets belonging to German show business figures. One of their many entertainment industry victims was a hugely successful composer-songwriter-cabaret emcee from Vienna named Franz “Fritz” Grunbaum, who tragically died at Dachau in 1941. Many have…

1 Latest Netflix Addition: ‘Selling the OC,’ a Spinoff of ‘Selling Sunset’ “Selling Sunset,” Netflix’s unscripted series of real estate porn, is getting an Orange County spinoff. “Selling the OC” filming is underway, and the show will premiere on the streamer sometime in 2022. The show will follow Jason Oppenheim — owner of the real estate firm at the center of “Selling Sunset” — as he expands the company, having opened a second office in Newport Beach. It is produced by Adam DiVello’s Done and Done Prods. and Lionsgate. — Kate Aurthur 2 ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Star Eugene Levy Signs With UTA “Schitt’s Creek” star and Canadian screen icon Eugene Levy has signed with UTA. The multi-Emmy-winning actor, producer and writer co-created, starred in and executive produced the critically acclaimed CBC…

When Mckenna Grace turned 15 this year, the actor had already appeared in more than 50 films and TV titles, most recently with her Emmy-nominated turn as a teenage wife on Season 4 of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” She’s best known, though, for a string of at least eight roles in which she plays the younger version of the lead character, including in 2017’s “I, Tonya,” 2019’s “Captain Marvel” and 2021’s “Malignant.” In “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” directed by Jason Reitman, Grace upends that persona. She plays Phoebe, who looks and sounds like a kid version of her dead grandfather, Ghostbuster Egon Spengler (as originally played by the late Harold Ramis). But as a lifelong “Ghostbusters” fan — she saw the first film when she was 3 — Grace confidently makes the role…

In all the decades she’s been in the fashion and beauty business, Iman never thought about releasing a fragrance. Then came the pandemic. She was watching a sunset at the New York state country home she and her late husband David Bowie “built from scratch” when she caught a whiff of the scent she was wearing. Not just any scent, mind you. Since Bowie died in 2016, Iman has worn his favorite cologne, Tom Ford’s Grey Vetiver. “The sunset reminded me of Florence. David and I got married there,” she tells Variety. “All of that together just brought David home to me. Like he was sitting next to me watching the sunset.” With that in mind, Iman was inspired to create her own fragrance, Love Memoir, which goes on sale…

Nov. 17 • Jeremy Renner, Hailee Steinfeld and Vera Farmiga walk the red carpet at the premiere of Marvel Studios’ Disney Plus series “Hawkeye” at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. Nov. 18 • Scarlett Johansson and Participant are honored at the 35th annual American Cinematheque Awards at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. • EB Research Partnership holds its second annual virtual Venture Into Cures benefit, hosted by Tom Holland, with appearances and performances by Selena Gomez, Ed Sheeran, Brandi Carlile, the Jonas Brothers and Pearl Jam. Nov. 22 • Daniel Dae Kim, Tony Goldwyn and Harry Hamlin celebrate the season premiere of “The Hot Zone: Anthrax” at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center. Nov. 23 • Lynn Nottage’s “Clyde’s,” featuring Uzo Aduba and Ron Cephas Jones, opens at the…

Something strange happened to Penélope Cruz as she rehearsed on the set of “Parallel Mothers.” Whenever the crew would come to collect the doll she was using as a stand-in for a flesh-and-blood baby, Cruz tensed up. She became combative. It didn’t matter that it was only a toy — she refused to surrender her child. “It freaked me out,” remembers Cruz. “When the prop department would take the doll, I went psycho. It was my baby. I felt something deep in myself that was like if you take the fucking doll from me, I’m going to hit you.” That primal instinct and protective flame would serve Cruz well when it came to putting “Parallel Mothers,” the story of two women whose children are switched at birth, on the screen.…

By investing in its capabilities, A+E Studios™ is expanding beyond its corporate family tree and positioning itself as an in-demand creative partner across the entertainment industry. “We are platform agnostic,” says A+E Studios president and head Barry Jossen. “We don’t have our own direct-to-consumer business and, at the same time, we’re not competitive with other direct-to-consumer businesses. So, as a result, everyone wants to be in business with us.” Jossen and exec VP of creative affairs Tana Nugent Jamieson have been there from the beginning. Both brought a wealth of experience to the young studio — Jossen had served as head of ABC Studios, while Jamieson had been senior VP, drama programming, at A&E Networks® and, before that, was a senior programming executive with the WB Network — having shepherded…

If Barry Siegel’s face seems strangely familiar, it’s probably because he can often be seen on telecasts of Dodgers home games, in the front row behind home plate, right next to former “Entertainment Tonight” host Mary Hart. Siegel is not what most would consider a celebrity. He is, however, something of a legend in industry circles for his work as a business manager. The senior managing director of Provident Financial Management boasts a stellar client roster that includes actors Al Pacino and Elijah Wood, writer-director-producer Mike Judge (“Silicon Valley,” “King of the Hill”), Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, Tony Award-winning theater director Des McAnuff (“The Who’s Tommy,” “Jersey Boys”) and pro skateboarder-turned-reality TV host/producer Rob Dyrdek (“Ridiculousness”). And that’s not to mention music acts including Air Supply and Frankie Valli…

Abacus Financial Business Management Belva Anakwenze Principal and Business Manager • With the pandemic disrupting employers, Anakwenze finds that talent pay that used to arrive in weeks can now take months. “It’s creating cash-flow issues,” she says. “Clients have to be prepared and get in front of it.” Her clients include Jay Ellis (“Top Gun: Maverick”) and “ET” co-hosts Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner. Anakwenze also reps behind-thecamera film/TV talent, actors, digital influencers and executives in events and concerts. Avoiding the squeeze: Even wealthy talent can get squeezed if their money is locked down in investments. Los Angeles-based Anakwenze counsels creating living-expenses reserves and, of course, pressing employers to pay up. Even wealthy talent can get squeezed if their money is locked down in investments. Adeptus Partners Howard Krant Managing…

For Kris Bowers, “not much can beat the feeling of being in the room when a group of musicians pours their heart into a piece of music — especially when it’s your own.” It’s an emotion the Emmy-winning composer and jazz pianist hopes to capture with “Reel Change: The New Era of Film Music,” a concert series created alongside fellow composers Nicholas Britell and Hildur Guðnadóttir in collaboration with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Taking place Nov. 19-21 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the three individually curated programs shine a spotlight on the next generation of composers across film, television and video games. “When you are performing for an audience, you and the audience are breathing the same air. You are experiencing exactly the same frequencies and listening to exactly…

Daniel Dae Kim has been acting for three decades, starting his own production company, 3AD, eight years ago. But his turn on National Geographic’s “The Hot Zone: Anthrax,” which premieres Nov. 28, marks the first time he has taken leading-man status. As FBI agent Matthew Ryker on the anthology series, based on the real-life anthrax terrorist threats that began in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, Kim is the face of the government organization in addition to the face of the show — which he notes is a “significant step in representation.” • What was the deciding factor in saying yes to a project where you are focusing on acting and not also producing? It’s different things. This project was meaningful to me because it was based on a…

Paris Hilton and Carter Reum are married. The two wed Nov. 11 at the hotel heiress’s late grandfather Barron Hilton’s Bel Air estate. Hilton is a deejay, a model and an entrepreneur; Reum is a venture capitalist. Marissa Gialousis and Summer Mitchell are engaged. After more than three years of dating, Gialousis proposed at the end of filming their reality series “Tampa Baes.” Gialousis is a nurse; Mitchell is a makeup artist and an actor. Bronwyn Cosgrave and John Sloss were married on Nov. 6 in New York City. Sloss is a principal at Cinetic Media and a partner at Sloss Eckhouse Dasti Haynes LawCo; Cosgrave is an author and a producer. “Ghost Brothers: Lights Out” star Dalen Spratt and former Miss Michigan USA Stacey Lee welcomed their first child…

A+E Studios™ is founded to serve A+E Networks® with scripted programming aimed at Lifetime®, A&E® and The HISTORY® Channel. The first series from the studio is “The Returned,” from Carlton Cuse and Raelle Tucker for A&E, revolving around the upheaval caused by the return of people thought to be dead, premiering in 2015. It’s followed by “UnREAL,” a fictional behind-the-scenes look into the antics of a dating competition show, which begins airing on Lifetime, also in 2015. For The HISTORY Channel, the studio produces “Roots” in 2016, based on Alex Haley’s novel, and in 2017, it serves up “SIX,” an action-drama series about Navy SEAL Team Six, and the drama series “Knightfall,” a glimpse inside vicious medieval politics and Knights Templar warfare. The studio transitions to outside sales, launching its first show for a…

T. PAUL MILLER Senior VP, Strategy and Operations T. Paul Miller says there’s nothing more satisfying than finding audiences for great stories in the most unexpected places. With an entire career dedicated to film and television distribution and production, Miller has spent most of it supporting the creative vision of storytellers. Every function at A+E Studios™ is in the service of the creative. Its top-down culture and dedication to nurturing the creative process ensure that each idea is accounted for and thoroughly valued, no matter the obstacle. “During this time of radical change and consolidation in our business, we stand out as a truly independent platform-agnostic producer,” he says. “Great stories find a way through the noise.” VALERIE SPILLER Senior VP, Head of Production Finance As a key contributor to…

For the past three decades, Laura Gordon, founder of the eponymous L.A.-based business management firm Gordon & Associates, has helped to buoy the careers of Emmy-and Oscar-winning actors, Grammy-winning musicians and a slate of high-profile comedians, producers and directors. A Black, female accountant in a field primarily dominated by white men, Gordon is a standout, bolstering the financial prosperity of Black artists. Gordon grew up in San Diego. Her father was an offensive lineman for the Chargers and she was raised to embody a spirited and enterprising work ethic, pushing hard for what she wanted. But her success has not been without challenges — namely the racism and gender discrimination she encountered along the way. As an economics major at UCLA, Gordon was interviewing for an entry-level position at an…

Few actors have dominated movie screens in quite the same fashion as Scarlett Johansson, who will receive the 35th annual American Cinematheque Award on Nov. 18. Able to bounce back and forth between massive worldwide blockbusters (“Black Widow,” “The Avengers,” “Lucy”) and critically acclaimed independent productions (“Under the Skin,” “Don Jon,” “Chef”), the Oscar-nominated Johansson landed Academy consideration for 2019’s “Marriage Story” and “Jojo Rabbit,” and has cemented herself as one of the most iconic women on the screen, making her a natural fit for the honor. Upcoming is the animated “Sing 2” in which she voices Ash, the female crested porcupine, one of the main characters of the toon. Having done comedy, romance, action-spectacle, and nearly everything else in between, she never pigeonholed herself into one genre, opening herself…

When Salma Hayek Pinault began her career, she was told that it would be over by the age of 30. And yet, she points out, “I’ve been an actress 37 years. And I feel like my career is better than ever.” It’s hard to argue with the star of “Eternals,” the No. 1 movie at the box office in the U.S. And on Nov. 24, Hayek Pinault will appear in another hotly anticipated film — Ridley Scott’s “The House of Gucci,” in which she plays Giuseppina “Pina” Auriemma, the friend and confidante of Lady Gaga’s Patrizia Reggiani. Together, they plotted the murder of Reggiani’s ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci (played in the film by Adam Driver), in 1995. But before that, she will receive one of the most notable honors in the…

Monochrome is in vogue this awards season as major contenders including “Belfast,” “The Tragedy of Macbeth” and “Passing” have all opted for lush black-and-white cinematography. Mike Mills called on “The Favourite” DP Robbie Ryan to shoot his latest project, “C’mon C’mon,” with similar rich imagery. “I freaking love black-and-white movies,” Mills says. “It’s not a binary choice. It’s part of the history of cinema.” The movie, which A24 releases Nov. 19, centers on Joaquin Phoenix’s character, Johnny, a grizzled documentary filmmaker who has never had children, and his precocious, inquisitive 9-year-old nephew Jesse (Woody Norman), who embark on a road trip across the U.S. Mills says there’s something archetypal about the image of the two opposite characters thrust together. “I wanted to play that out — this documentary strand and…

FILM REVIEW Director: Paul Thomas Anderson With: Cooper Hoffman, Alana Haim, Sean Penn Two years after Quentin Tarantino spared Sharon Tate a gruesome Manson family murder, fellow SoCal auteur Paul Thomas Anderson re-creates the Encino of his childhood with every bit as much affection and attention to detail. Named for the regional record chain where Valley kids got their vinyl, “Licorice Pizza” delivers a piping-hot, jumbo slice-of-life look at how it felt to grow up on the fringes of the film industry in 1973, as seen through the eyes of an ambitious former child actor plotting how to follow up his early screen career. These are not Anderson’s memories, mind you, but those of Gary Goetzman (Tom Hanks’ producing partner at Playtone). Rechristened Gary Valentine and played with sweaty-faced chutzpah…