Issue No. 7, February 12, 2020
JEFF LIPSKY/©A.M.P.A.S.FEATURES
74 Hollywood’s Most
Feared Man in Washington
(Not Named Trump)
As showbiz scales up to battle Big
Tech, Makan Delrahim, the nation’s
top antitrust regulator (and a former
movie producer), is becoming at
least as influential as any mogul over
Netflix, megamergers, the Writers
Guild and maybe the future of the
entertainment business.Parasite director
Bong Joon Ho hit
the jackpot at the
92nd Academy
Awards on Feb. 9.55
80 The Producer, The ‘Heiress’
and a Very Personal Quest
for Justice
When reality veteran Johnathan
Walton began to suspect his best
friend — to whom he’d loaned nearly
$70,000 — was not the royal she
claimed, he launched an investi-
gation that uncovered dozens of
alleged victims.86 Kirk Douglas: 1916-
THR’s Todd McCarthy reviews a
career that spanned more than
90 movies — and nearly as many
shirtless scenes — while Hollywood
remembers the 103-year-old icon,
who died Feb. 6: “He knew how to
play a hero.”90 Where Does the Berlin Film
Festival Go From Here?
Arriving at the end of awards season
and just after Sundance, the Berlinale
has always struggled for relevance,
but new leadership looks to hit the
reset button with a date change, an
expanded lineup and a (hopefully)
recharged market.