80
but when it’s Meg Whitman and
Jeffrey Katzenberg, that’s the
most assurance you can get,” says
the avid surfer. The UCLA grad is
optimistic about the lineup of shows
he’s helped to assemble, including
#FreeRayshawn, Dummy starring
Anna Kendrick and the Darren Criss
musical Royalties, ahead of Quibi’s
April 2020 debut. Raised in Westlake
Village, Davis wanted to be a film
director when he was a child, but
he has comedy in his blood. His late
grandmother was a writer on I Love
Lucy and his father was a producer
and assistant director on Murphy
Brown during its original run.
TALENT I’M DYING TO WORK WITH
“I’m a big fan of the Andersons — be
it Wes, Paul Thomas or Cooper.”
PREEYA KHANNA / 31
Global Head of Public Figure
Partnerships, Yo uTu b e
Montreal-born Khanna aspired to be a
singer, even auditioning for Canadian
Idol. But she eventually discovered
that she had more aptitude for man-
aging musical acts than performing
in them, so the Concordia University
alumna moved to New York to study
the music business at NYU and began
working with bands like Fistful of
Mercy (through which she met her
music technician husband, who is
currently working with Harry Styles).
Khanna joined YouTube in 2013 and
now oversees the global group dedi-
cated to helping actors, musicians
and other public figures navigate how
to manage channels of their own.
Over the years, her team has helped
Kylie Jenner announce the birth of
her daughter and teamed with Will
Smith on a special where he bungee
jumped over the Grand Canyon. She
says: “The more genuine, intimate and
constant your connection to your fan
base, the more they’ll want to support
your projects.”
CHILDHOOD TV SERIES I WANT ON
STREAMING “Give me all of the Olsen
twins movies — I’d watch Passport
to Paris weekly.”
BRIAN TOOMBS // 35
Senior VP Digital, Funny or Die
Toombs is a key member of the
TAALL E NTCharlie Barnett^ / 31
This Florida native was hard
to miss in 2019. After three
seasons on NBC’s Chicago
Fire, Barnett swapped
procedurals for prestige —
starring alongside Natasha
Lyonne in Netflix breakout
Russian Doll and also
appearing in the streamer’s
continuation of 1990s
miniseries Tales of the City.
The actor, whose work
often keeps him from his
home base of Los Angeles,
says he’s not sure how
Lyonne and company plan
to include him in the second
season of their Emmy-
nominated comedy. But in
the meantime, he’s landed
arcs on the final run of The
CW’s Arrow and the second
season of Netflix’s You.
PERSON I’M DYING TO
WORK WITH “Charlize
Theron. Everything I’ve
ever wanted to be is
embodied in that 6-foot-tall
South African beautiful,
blond woman.”Jacob Elordi^ / 22
The Australian actor
became an instant heart-
throb after starring in
Netflix’s breakout rom-com
The Kissing Booth, oppo-
site Joey King. In the wake
of his newfound stardom,
he took a more serious
turn in HBO’s edgy teen
drama Euphoria playing
Nate Jacobs, a jock with a
host of anger issues and
sexual insecurities. Elordi
currently has his hands full
with the second install-
ments of both projects.
Having just wrapped
Kissing Booth 2 in Cape
Town, South Africa, he’s
gearing up for the second
season of the Zendaya-
fronted drama series in Los
Angeles — but not before
he takes a trip back to his
hometown of Brisbane.
CRAZIEST WAY MY LIFE
HAS CHANGED “I live in
America now, which is
quite strange.”
PERSON I’D LOVE TO WORK
WITH Robert Pattinson