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EP/LP, GRACIAS: COURTESY OF SUBJECT. BUNGALOWS: JOE SCHMELZER/COURTESY OF SUBJECT.& Shaw. Lee also negotiated back-
to-back deals for writer-director
Ric Roman Waugh (Angel Has
Fallen) and is building a roster of
rising talent like director Josephine
Decker (Shirley) and actor Gavin
Leatherwood (Chilling Adventures
of Sabrina). The La Cañada native
suspects her father, a retired judge
and descendant of Robert E. Lee,
influenced her decision to become
a lawyer. Lee’s path to Gang Tyre
began when she met partner Tara
Kole in passing at a dinner during law
school, but it wasn’t until years later
when she was working overnight on
a corporate deal that she “just hadan epiphany,” she says. “I want to do
what she does. I googled her and
applied the next morning.” Now, Lee,
whose mother emigrated from China
at the age of 19, is working to “push
the ball forward” on inclusivity in
Hollywood: “I’m always trying to sign
more people of Asian descent.”
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Associate, Winston & Strawn
The Montreal native is a key“In less than a year
I went from grabbing
coffee and people
getting my name
wrong to ‘Mr. Young-
White, your trailer is
ready,’ ” quips
Jaboukie Young-
White (pictured with
Barbie Ferreira,
left, and Haley Lu
Richardson).Craig’s who? The millennial set favors newer spots and vegan
options when picking their meet-up locations By Mia GaluppoHow to Network
Like a Next Gen
O
n a typical Tuesday night at Craig’s, you
can find a studio chief taking a business
dinner, or a network executive enjoying
a Meldman’s Honey Truffle Chicken. One
thing is in shorter supply: millennials.
Young Hollywood is skipping out on the more
traditional industry networking spots, instead flocking to watering
holes that offer something aesthetically pleasing, gastronomically
satisfying and geographically ideal.
The Melrose corridor offers locales like Melrose Umbrella
Company, The Fat Dog and Zinqué, while the rooftop balcony E.P. &
L.P., heavily trafficked by the likes of Harry Styles and Justin Bieber,
is often packed with 35-and-under execs hashing out deals.
While the company town classics include pigs in a blanket at
Craig’s or chicken Parmesan from Dan Tana’s, the tastes of young
Hollywood are different. If a dinner partner has dietary restric-
tions, there’s Gracias Madre, a meatless Mexican restaurant that
is a favorite vegan stop of Natalie Portman. Others flock to Marvin
on Beverly for its natural wine selection. (“People really love their
orange wine,” notes one film executive.)
In THR’s casual survey of young power brokers, the San Vicente
Bungalows was consistently cited as a new go-to networking stop.
Since opening in October 2018, the West Hollywood membership
club has become a post-workday networking spot for those look-
ing for something with the exclusivity of Soho House but not solely
entertainment-industry-focused. “The common thread is that
everyone who belongs there is an interesting person doing interest-
ing things, and that doesn’t necessarily mean they are making a lot
of money,” says Bungalows
creator Jeff Klein.
Location is now the biggest
drink-having determinant
for many in the 35-and-under
set. Beverly Hills is no longer
the epicenter it once was, with
companies like Blumhouse
and Rideback expanding
into Filipinotown. “It’s more
about geography than it is
about being a ‘hot spot,’ ” says
Netflix’s Mandy Beckner.
Still, Craig’s, Dan Tana’s and
other established Hollywood
haunts’ refusal to reinvent
themselves remains a sell-
ing point for some in young
Hollywood. “It has that old-
school, Rat Pack Hollywood
vibe with the big leather
booths and the maître d’ who
people are slipping 20s,” notes
Andrew Graham, a CAA agent
and Craig’s enthusiast. “They
also have delicious vegan ice
cream.”From top: Gracias Madre; San Vicente
Bungalows has a no-camera-phone policy.E. P. & L. P.’s
rooftop bar, which
opened in 2015,
has views from the
Hollywood Hills to
Mid-City.