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Rambling Reporter

The Report

Larry David fundraises for his caddies, Amy Adams reads to kids and fake doctors support real ones

as THR’s Rambling Reporter columnist takes the pulse of an industry in upheaval BY CHRIS GARDNER

Hollywood Grinds to a Halt:

Tales From the Shutdown

TV Docs Sending Their Scrubs and Gloves to the Pros

They’re not real doctors, they only play them on TV. Still, they’re helping to battle the COVID-19 pandemic

just the same, with shows like Fox’s The Resident, NBC’s Chicago Med and ABC’s The Good Doctor donating

such props as surgical masks, gloves and gowns to hospitals and first responders around the country. “We

were lucky enough to have about 300 of the coveted N95 masks,” says Krista Vernoff, a Grey’s Anatomy veteran

who now serves as an exec producer on Station 19, ABC’s Seattle-based firehouse drama. “We donated [them]

to our local fire station — they were tremendously grateful.” In Atlanta, The Resident packed up two trunks’

worth of scrubs, surgical caps and lab coats and sent them to Grady Memorial Hospital. “It’s pretty appall-

ing to think that our doctors and nurses at hospitals don’t have the proper protection — they’re facing these

patients who are highly contagious without being protected,” says showrunner Amy Holden Jones. ABC’s

Grey’s Anatomy sent much-needed supplies to various L.A. hospitals; FX’s Pose (which isn’t a medical show

but has several hospital sets) donated prop supplies to Mount Sinai in New York; The Good Doctor, based in

Vancouver, donated to the local provincial Canadian government; and NBC’s New Amsterdam sent unused

props to New York’s Bellevue, where the series is shot. Making it even more personal, one of that show’s cast-

members, Daniel Dae Kim, was diagnosed with COVID-19 on March 19. — RAMONA SAVISS

Masks, gowns

and other

supplies from

The Resident’s

costume

department

heading to real-life

first responders.

Above, from left:

Matt Czuchry,

Kwajalyn Brown,

Eli Gelb and

Manish Dayal

on the show’s

March 24 episode.

O.J. Simpson bought supplies at Costco.

Joaquin Phoenix (and Other

Stars) Stock Their Shelves

Stars hoard, too: Oscar-winning

vegan Joaquin Phoenix (wearing

an L.A. Animal Save hoodie and

black latex gloves) was spied by

Rambling Reporter in the

checkout line at Erewhon near

the Grove in mid-March with

three carts full of groceries.

Other actors — To m my Dorfman,

Kaia Gerber and Cara Delevingne

and girlfriend Ashley Benson

— also have been spotted

stocking up at the pricey health

food market (sales are up

75 percent to 100 percent,

according to Erewhon vp Jason

Widener, who tells THR that “this

is our time to shine”). Other

high-end grocery stores are

getting the star treatment as

well: Charlize Theron was seen

collecting provisions at West

Hollywood’s Bristol Farms,

Gwyneth Paltrow and husband

Brad Falchuk donned designer-

looking black masks while

scavenging at Brentwood’s

farmers market, and food star

Bobby Flay was spotted buying

large amounts of beef at Eataly in

Century City. Of course, not all

famous people shop at such

high-end venues; O.J. Simpson

tweeted a photo of himself with

a cartload of supplies outside

a Costco.

An Industry Insta Star

Learns Social Distancing

Richard Weitz boasts one of the

buzziest (private) Instagram

accounts in Hollywood. Just

this past year, he’s treated his

2,500 followers to posts featuring

Barack Obama (in Chicago during

NBA All-Star Weekend), client

Ricky Gervais (backstage at the

Golden Globes) and George Lucas

(in the filmmaker’s kitchen). But,

of course, social distancing has

put a kink in the famously social

WME partner’s Instagramming

habit. Instead, like everybody

else, he’s stuck at home working

and watching a ton of TV. “I’m

not leaving the house,” he tells

Rambling, listing some of the

classic comedies from the 1980s

he’s been binge-watching (Three

Amigos, Ghostbusters, Uncle Buck

and Trading Places, to name a few).

Weitz says he’s in regular con-

tact with clients and colleagues,

though there’s obviously not a

whole lot of dealmaking going on

Richard Weitz in a (now) rare Insta post.

and he’s clearly growing fidgety.

“Everyone is definitely getting

restless,” he says. “But everyone

knows how serious this is.”

Love and (Delayed) Marriage

in the Time of Coronavirus

Looks like Emma Stone won’t be

having a spring wedding after

all. The Oscar-winning actress

has postponed her nuptials to

SNL writer Dave McCary — origi-

nally scheduled for the March 13

weekend — until further notice.

And she’s not the only one putting

a wedding on hold: The Irishman

producer Randall Emmett and

Vanderpump Rules star Lala Kent

have moved their April ceremony

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