The Hollywood Reporter - 21.08.2019

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 29 AUGUST 21, 2019

Recipe for a Cure

“The goal is to make every

cancer patient a survivor,”

benefit founder and co-

chair Sherry Lansing (2)

told THR at the American

Cancer Institute’s Cal

Spirit 34, held at Sony

Pictures Studios with THR

and Billboard among its

media sponsors. Dozens

of L.A. restaurants — from

Wolfgang Puck to BOA —

served bites to the crowd,

as Patrick Dempsey (1)

was celebrated for helping

cancer patients through

his two Dempsey Centers,

which treat 2,500 people

every year. — ALEX CRAMER

Brit Wits

BAFTA and the British

Consul General hosted

al fresco alongside Netflix

to celebrate Black Mirror:

Bandersnatch co-creator

Annabel Jones (7) and

the interactive film’s two

Emmy noms. “You have

to cede control because

you can no longer dictate

or determine — it’s not a

linear narrative,” Jones

told THR of the challenges

of creating a film where the

viewer could choose his or

her path forward. — A.C.

Live History

A packed Montalbán

theater received a rivet-

ing history lesson — of

sorts. Derek Waters and

an all-star cast including

Colin Hanks (14), Seth

Rogen (12) and Evan

Rachel Wood (14) per-

formed a live reading of the

Emmy-nominated Drunk

History episode “Are You

Afraid of the Drunk?” —

centered on Frankenstein

author Mary Shelley. “Of all

the seasons,” Waters said

of the noms, “this is the one

where we have our best

chance.” — RYAN PARKER

Slam Dunk Benefit

“I can’t come up with a

cure, but I can do my part,”

said NBA star Jordan

Bell (15), host of the

inaugural Race to Erase MS

benefit basketball game.

Lonzo Ball (17) and JaVale

McGee were among the

pros courtside at California

State University Long

Beach, alongside the Davis

family (16), founders of

Race to Erase MS. — A.C.

BAFTA

Garden Party

Los Angeles, Aug. 18

Race to Erase MS Celebrity Basketball Game

Long Beach, Aug. 17

8

From left: British

Consul General

Michael Howells with

BAFTA’s Chantal

Rickards and

Matthew Wiseman

16

From left: Ken Rickel, Nancy

Davis Rickel and Jason Davis

6

Netflix’s Peter
Friedlander and
Nina Wolarsky

7

Sony Pictures

Television’s

Kathryn Busby

(left) with

Annabel Jones

10

Nigel Daly and

Louise Salter

11

Darren

Darnborough

(left) and

Jimmy Akingbola

17

Lonzo Ball

Party

Crawler

15

Don Benjamin

(left) and

Jordan Bell

9

Taylor

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