The Hollywood Reporter – August 14, 2019

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 28 AUGUST 14, 2019

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Billboard & TH R

Pride Summit

West Hollywood, Aug. 8

Showing Pride

Billboard and THR hosted

their first Pride Summit,

bringing together LGBTQ+

voices in the entertain-

ment industry at the

1 Hotel West Hollywood

for a day of conversation.

The event began with

an emerging artist talk

where Daya (6) shared

that she was initially

discouraged from coming

out as bisexual. Digital

media stars including Gigi

Gorgeous (3) and Hannah

Hart (3) discussed

YouTube’s evolution and

taking on Hollywood

projects. LGBTQ+ music

execs including Terrorbird

Media’s Jess Caragliano

and Sony Music

Entertainment’s Wade

Leak (5) touched on com-

modifying queerness, and

LGBTQ+ headliners includ-

ing Tegan and Sara (1)

talked representation, with

other panels exploring

drag stars in music and

a songwriters sit-down.

The event culminated in a

packed Pose panel, with

castmem bers emphasizing

that representation needs

to happen on every level

of a production. “We need

to be in the forefront and

in the background as well,”

said Mj Rodriguez (2). “It

can’t just work one way.”

Daya, Big Freedia and

Tr i x i e M a t t e l performed

at the official afterparty

at The Peppermint Club.

— ALEXANDRA DEL ROSARIO

Political Birds

“The idea of frenemies

uniting, when it was

first pitched to me, was

ingenious,” said Josh Gad

of the Angry Birds sequel,

which added even more

talent to its voice cast

with Leslie Jones (7),

Awkwafina and Sterling

K. Brown, among others.

The film’s plot of band-

ing together to take on

a shared enemy seems

especially timely in our

current political climate,

Gad explained to THR

at the Regency Village

premiere: “Overcoming

differences with people

you disagree with in order

to find a common ground

speaks to a lot of issues

we’re dealing with right

now.” — KIRSTEN CHUBA

Party

Crawler

The Angry Birds Movie 2

Los Angeles, Aug. 10

7

Leslie Jones (left)
and JoJo Siwa

5

From left: attorney Aaron Rosenberg,

Warner Music Group’s Eliah Seton

and Sony Music’s Wade Leak

6

Daya

1

Tegan (left) and Sara

Quin flank Valence Media

Pride vp Alexis Fish

2

From left: Pose’s Angel Bismark Curiel, Hailie Sahar,

Mj Rodriguez, Dyllón Burnside and Indya Moore

3

From left: Eugene Lee Yang, Hannah Hart,

CEO of Verizon Media’s RYOT Films

Hayley Pappas, Anna Akana, Gigi Gorgeous,

Miles McKeena and Joey Graceffa

9

Julius Tennon

and Viola Davis

with daughter

Genesis Tennon

8

From left: Director Thurop Van

Orman, Sony Pictures Animation’s

Kristine Belson, Sony’s Sanford

Panitch and producer John Cohen

4

Manila

Luzon