The Hollywood Reporter – August 14, 2019

Issue No. 27, August 14, 2019

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THE REPORT

11 Peak TV Dilemma

Some producers have shifted

away from the exclusive over-

all deal that media titans

like Netflix can offer, instead

opting for a variety of deals.

ABOUT TOWN

25 Beverly Hills’ Trump

Shopping Slump

The president’s trade war

with China and restrictive

visa policies on countries in

the Middle East are taking

a toll on the tony retail zone.

THE BUSINESS

41 Creative Space: Julian

Edelman and Assaf Swissa

The NFL star and his busi-

ness partner on how they

conquered social media, and

their film and TV ambitions.

44 Bob Iger’s Streaming

Weapon May Be a

Double-Edged Sword

A new $12.99 bundle that

includes Disney+, Hulu and

ESPN+ takes aim at Netflix’s

standard price plan — but

it also could hasten cord-

cutting and “hurt” Disney as it

negotiates carriage fees for

its (popular) linear channels.

STYLE

52 Where ‘Varsity Blues’

Is Just a Movie:

L.A.’s Top Public Schools

for Hollywood

In a year that saw the FBI

expose corrupt college-

admissions practices among

the town’s wealthy fami-

lies, THR spotlights 15 more

diverse offerings for stu-

dents “not being spoon-fed

like in a private school.”

REVIEWS

88 Pleasure or Pain?

Summer TV Offers Both

Shows like Stranger Things

are welcome sources of

distraction, while Years an d

Years tackles our current

moment head-on.

BACKLOT

95 The Top 25 American

Film Schools

THR hands out its

annual grades to colleges

and universities.

CORRECTION The name of

Chris Nee, creator of Doc McStuffins,

was misspelled in THR’s Aug. 7 issue.

Julia Butters of

Once Upon a Time

in Hollywood

was photographed

July 31 at The

Paramour Mansion

in Los Angeles.

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Go glam with these

Golden Goose Kids

Superstar glitter

sneakers ($270).

The highly selective

Larchmont Charter

School at MacArthur

Park in L.A.

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THIS WEEK ON THR VIDEO

Phoebe Waller-Bridge on the strangest

compliment she’s heard about Fleabag.

Late producer Jerry Weintraub (left,

with Neil Diamond in the ’70s),

is the subject of a Grammy Museum

exhibition that opens Aug. 15. 26