2019-11-13 The Hollywood Reporter

Issue No. 37, November 13, 2019

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 6 NOVEMBER 13, 2019

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STYLE

53 With Flying Colors

Tech-forward timepieces in bright,

bold hues announce their status.

58 Peak TV as

Pop-Up Eateries

Fans quaffing the “Rachel” latte,

snacking at Fleabag’s cafe and con-

suming Breaking Bad Heisenburgers

are part of a trend capitalizing on

millennial nostalgia.

REVIEWS

87 Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

by David Rooney

88 Dollface

by Daniel Fienberg

BACKLOT

92 ‘ We’re Kicking Down the Doors’

Queen & Slim helmer Melina Matsoukas

on pushing culture forward.

96 90 Years of THR

High School Musical was an instant

smash in 2006.

CORRECTION

Indya Moore was misidentified

using “she” (THR 11/6).

THE REPORT

13 Negotiating in the Dark

As TV pivots from linear to streaming,

stars and creators are losing leverage

with studios without actionable viewer-

ship data. Will the guilds step in?

18 Late Night Stumble

NBC is making changes at The Tonight

Show as it falls behind its rivals.

22 Feinberg Forecast

ABOUT TOWN

27 ‘The Importance of Not Being

Alone in Your Activism’

Jane Fonda on her fifth straight week of

climate protests and how she chooses

her co-activists: “I’m hoping celebri-

ties will read this and come join me.”

PLUS THR Confidential: Which agent

shot another agent in the groin?

30 Yes, I Did Say That!

32 Red Carpet

At SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s Patron of

the Artists Awards and the American

Cinematheque Awards.

36 Rambling Reporter

38 Hitched, Hatched, Hired

THE BUSINESS

40 Creative Space:

Howard Lee

TLC’s topper talks 90 Day Fiancé and the

allure of pimple-poppers.

42 Netflix vs. Theaters

A Wall Street analyst argues it would be a

strategic mistake for the streamer to bow

to exhibitors’ demands on a significant

exclusivity window.

44 Stars in Video Games? It’s More

Than a Paycheck

Better scripts, nuanced characters and

realistic performance-capture techniques

are drawing more A-listers toward the

$43 billion-plus industry.

50 Oscar Contenders Reckon With

Fact Versus Fiction

Some stick to history, others take liber-

ties — then there those that spin an

entirely new narrative. As this year’s

films toy with truth, how much fakery will

awards voters accept?

THIS WEEK

ON THR VIDEO

Dickinson star Hailee Steinfeld

joins In Studio to talk about

producing and starring in the

new Apple TV+ series.

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Jane Fonda protested outside

the Capitol on Nov. 8.

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TLC president and GM Howard

Lee was photographed Nov. 5

at his Century City office.

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Left: Grand Seiko Spring Drive;

$4,900, at Grand Seiko, Beverly

Hills, and Seiko, New York.

Right: Harry Winston’s Project

Z13; price upon request, at

Harry Winston, Beverly Hills

and New York.

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