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Issue No. 10, March 26, 2020

STYLE
41 Black But Not Basic
Embrace the dark side with a status
watch that contrasts diamonds with
noir styling.

44 Sheltering in the Heart
of L.A.
Hollywood is discovering West Adams,
one of the city’s oldest neighbor-
hoods, where a 30-story tower will
bring sleek condos to the area’s his-
toric Craftsmans and Victorians.

REVIEWS
75 The Pitfalls of Pedigree TV
Recent shows created or
headlined by big names (Iannucci!
Witherspoon! Pacino!) have
disappointed — providing a chance
for homebound viewers to dis-
cover less prestigious but more
pleasurable offerings.

SPECIAL REPORT
9 After the Collapse
As consumers retreat to their homes
amid the pandemic, decisions from stu-
dios about the distribution of content will
reverberate long after the crisis passes.

14 Stuck at Home
Both traditional and streaming TV audi-
ences have risen across the board as
millions of people quarantine themselves.

16 Searching for a Buyer
A slew of once-festival-bound indepen-
dent features are working to not get lost
in the shuffle as filmmakers and sellers
shop their projects virtually.

20 What Hollywood Is Doing
and Saying Now
A special Rambling Reporter and Quotes.

24 It Happened Before:
How the 1918 Flu
Halted Hollywood
An influenza outbreak 102 years ago
closed theaters, shut down production
and felled actors: “Pessimists croaked
that this was the beginning of the end.”

28 7 Days of Deals


A BOU T TOWN
31 How Joe Biden Moves Forward
in Hollywood
As the outbreak stalls in-person fund-
raisers, the Democratic frontrunner’s
campaign will need to work harder to
reap industry cash.

32 My Quarantini Cocktail Recipes
Actor and Mulholland Distilling
co-founder Walton Goggins’ ideas for
after-WFH drinks.

34 Hitched, Hatched, Hired


THE BUSINESS
36 Creative Space: Leslie Fram
CMT’s Nashville-based music guru
talks country’s airplay gender-parity
problem, the Dixie Chicks’ return and
the unknowable ramifications of the
coronavirus and Tennessee tornadoes.

38 Why Trump’s Coronavirus
Reaction Is Racist
The president’s “blame-the-black-guy
rhetoric and foot-dragging” reminds
THR columnist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
of the unrepentant Nazis on the Amazon
series Hunters.

THIS WEEK
ON THR VIDEO
Aaron Paul dishes about how
season three of Westworld
created a futuristic version
of Los Angeles.

31
Democratic presidential
candidate Joe Biden at a rally
in Baldwin Hills, California,
on March 3.
41
Junghans’ 38mm Max Bill
MEGA Solar features a
titanium Milanese bracelet
and case and a solar-powered
movement that connects
to a smartphone app;
$1,095, available in May,
feldmarwatch.com.
52
From left: Harold Brown,
Bianca Levin, Dwayne
Johnson, Dany Garcia and
Matthew Thompson were
photographed March 5 at
Atlanta Metro Studios.

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SEE YOU IN 2 WEEKS
The next issue publishes April 8. Keep up
with breaking news, reviews and video at THR.com
and via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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