Issue No. 35, October 30, 2019THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 4 OCTOBER 30, 2019
LAUREN: COURTESY OF RALPH LAUREN CORPORATION. MESSING: @THEREALDEBRAMESSING/INSTAGRAM. PERFUME: WILL DELEON.48 ‘I Write Through My Clothes’
Ralph Lauren shares insights about
his life and work on the eve of the HBO
documentary Very Ralph: “When I
started designing, it was never about
just the tie, it was about the hero.”50 The ‘Shape-Shifter’ Costumes
of Harriet
Freedom fighter Harriet Tubman cycles
through more than 40 looks, courtesy
of Paul Tazewell: “An arc from powerless
slave to someone who becomes mythic
was the push of design.”52 Table Read: Mixtape
A hot restaurateur repped by UTA and
Roc Nation opens one of the city’s most
intriguingly uneven eateries.REVIEWS
74 The Morning Show by Daniel FienbergBACKLOT
77 ‘It’s Definitely Not a Roast’
Rob Riggle’s plans to play nice as host of
the Hollywood Film Awards.78 The Doctor Is in for the Long Haul
11 seasons in, Mehmet Oz on his show’s
health, past “mistakes” and his future.THE REPORT
11 AT&T Under Pressure
How the conglomerate is managing its
shadow battle with Elliott Management as
it seeks significant strategic changes at
the WarnerMedia owner.
18 The Week in Numbers
20 Robert Evans: 1930-
22 Feinberg Forecast
24 7 Days of Deals
ABOUT TOWN
27 Why Hollywood Still Doesn’t Have
a Consensus 2020 Candidate
“Anyone but Trump” is the industry
refrain as California’s Super Tuesday
primary raises the stakes for Democratic
voters — and donors — from Alan Horn
to Ava DuVernay to J.J. Abrams.
28 The Unconventional Path of
Prince’s Memoir
30 The Red Carpet
With the honorees at the Governors
Awards, the Britannia Awards and the
Mark Twain Prize.
32 Yes, I Did Say That!
34 Rambling Reporter
35 Hitched, Hatched, Hired
THE BUSINESS
36 Creative Space: Mimi Leder
Apple’s trailblazing The Morning Show
director on how to shoot Jennifer
Aniston, her time in “movie jail” and work-
ing in TV long before it was cool.38 The Secret Sources for Bombshell
As they strove to re-create the broken
culture at Fox News, filmmakers
spoke to multiple women bound by
the network NDAs.42 Who Wants to Take on Fox News?
None of the “amateurish” rivals to
the Murdochs’ cash-cow TV channel has
the resources to compete, leaving a door
open for a well-funded conglomerate
(say, ViacomCBS) to roll the dice.STYLE
47 Into the Woods
Notes of musk and the forest in the lat-
est gender-neutral scents conjure earthy
warmth for autumn nights.THIS WEEK
ON THR VIDEO
Hear from Rothman,
Langley and Horn as
THR Roundtable season
kicks off.27
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Debra Messing and
Larry David participated in
You Can’t Make This Sh#t Up,
selected readings from the
Mueller Report, on Oct. 21 in
Beverly Hills.
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Tiffany & Co. basil- and
grapefruit-tinged Tiffany
& LOVE fragrance; $105,
at Bloomingdale’s.
48
The Bronx-born Ralph Lauren
appeared as a casual cowboy
in a 1987 Vanity Fair ad.
ON THE COVER
From left: Jim Gianopulos,
Donna Langley, Tom
Rothman, Toby Emmerich,
Scott Stuber, Jennifer
Salke and Alan Horn were
photographed Oct. 14 by
David Needleman at Line 204
in Los Angeles.48
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