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THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 32 AUGUST 21, 2019

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How Fox Kept BH90210’s Egos From Exploding

Managing the Spelling-mansion-size personalities involved in Beverly

Hills, 90210 has always been tricky business — stars Shannen Doherty

and Jennie Garth recently admitted to nearly exchanging blows during

a moment in the 1990s — so for its new reboot Fox came up with a nifty

way of defusing potential pecking order problems before they hap-

pened. Everybody on the call sheet — and that includes Tori Spelling,

Jason Priestley, Gabrielle Carteris, Brian Austin Green and Ian Ziering

— was listed as No. 1. An on-set source tells Rambling Reporter that

the rare seven-star-tie for the top slot was indeed an attempt to avoid

conflict among the principal castmembers (all of whom are earning

$70,000 per episode for their acting duties), although at a TCA panel

this month Garth insisted that she and her co-stars, now in their late

40s, have matured since first moving into TV’s most famous ZIP code.

“We work extremely well together,” she said. “We’re a bunch of profes-

sionals, and we know how to do our jobs.” While the Aug. 7 premiere

was the highest-rated of any new summer series, pulling 3.6 million

viewers, the show tanked in its second week.

From left: Gabrielle Carteris, Tori Spelling, Brian Austin Green, Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty,

Jennie Garth and Ian Ziering — all No. 1.

Amy Poehler, Are You

Listening? FX’s Hunt for Hillary

FX’s Monica Lewinsky-

produced American Crime Story:

Impeachment is still looking to

fill one or two minor, if historic,

roles. The 1990s political saga,

due September 2020, will star

Sarah Paulson as Linda Tr i p p,

Beanie Feldstein as Lewinsky

and Annaleigh Ashford as Paula

Jones. But the part of Hillary

Clinton is, as of this writing, still

up for grabs. “Hillary is actu-

ally not a significant character

because it’s told from the point

of view of the women who were

far from the center of power,”

FX CEO John Landgraf tells THR.

“It’s really a revisionist history as

told through the point of view of

these women whose stories did

Tarantino Hits Racy Show,

Dances With Sharon Tate

Ta ra n t i n a, the L.A. burlesque show

that puts a bouncy beat to iconic

scenes from Quentin Ta r a n t i n o

movies, had a very special guest

in the audience at the Aug. 15 per-

formance at the Belasco Theater:

Tarantino himself. “He sat in

plain view and was practically

face-to-face with each performer

on the stage, so the pressure was

on,” says performance artist To s c a

Rivola, who created the monthly

show and has been performing it

at various venues since January.

“It was a huge relief that he

seemed to be enjoying himself —

nodding and clapping.” Indeed,

Tarantino, whose plus-one at the

event was filmmaker friend Eli

Roth, even engaged in an audience

participation bit, when one of the

actresses picked him to run lines

with her from his 1993 film Tr u e

Romance. Later, Tarantino stood

on his feet and danced along to a

Sharon Tate-inspired “California

Dreamin’ ” number that had just

been slipped into the program

(the track is featured in Once Upon

a Time in Hollywood). “Quentin

said he really appreciated our

attention to detail with each

character,” says Rivola, 27. “He did

mention it was one of the best live

shows he’d ever seen.”

Lakers’ Anti-Fan Opens Door

to LeBron’s Space Jam 2

James Goldstein may be the

world’s most famous Lakers

hater — the 79-year-old sports

nut frequently can be seen court-

side, dressed in his trademark

animal skins and a cowboy hat,

rooting for whoever happens to

be playing his home team — but

that doesn’t mean he isn’t willing

to open his doors to the players.

When Warner Bros. was scout-

ing for a city-view location for

a scene of LeBron James shoot-

ing hoops in its upcoming Space

Jam 2, it picked Goldstein’s iconic

Sheats-Goldstein residence,

a modern glass-and-concrete

wedge in Beverly Crest that has

appeared in scads of films, from

The Big Lebowski to Charlie’s

not seem central to the political

stakes of what was going on but

who became central. Hillary is

a character, but she’s not a main

character.” The presumably

even smaller part of Bill Clinton

has not yet been cast either.

— LESLEY GOLDBERG

Angels. “You have to understand,

the fact that I don’t root for the

Lakers is something that doesn’t

extend beyond the

games,” Goldstein

tells THR, explaining

why he let direc-

tor Malcolm D. Lee

temporarily turn

his tennis court

into a basketball

court. “I’ve known

LeBron since he

was a senior in high

school — we’ve been friends for

many years. I was very happy to

welcome him here.”

Thomas Middleditch: ‘A Little

Weird’ Being the Verizon Guy

Fans of Silicon Valley know

him as Richard Hendricks, the

adorably nerdy computer wiz

whose Pied Piper startup may

or may not reinvent the internet

in the HBO comedy’s upcoming

sixth and final season (debut-

ing in October). But to the vast

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The Sheats-Goldstein house and its tennis
court, which was turned into a basketball
court for Space Jam 2.
Bill and Hillary Clinton in the 1990s.
Thomas
Middleditch
Rambling Reporter
By Chris Gardner
James
Goldstein