Issue No. 28, August 21, 2019
BAG: STEPHANIE GONOT. CAULIFOWER: VICTORIA WALL HARRIS. LEE: COLUMBIA PICTURES/PHOTOFEST. VENICE: ALESSANDRA BENEDETTI/CORBIS.Photographed by Adam AmengualTHE REPORT
15 Disney’s Succession
In his decade-and-a-half
reign as CEO, Bob Iger
has made prescient acqui-
sitions and steered the
conglomerate to box office
dominance — but does
he have an endgame for
his replacement?ABOUT TOWN
25 Geffen’s Yacht Is
Summer’s Status Symbol
How a voyage on Rising
Sun (and a pic on the host’s
Insta) became the “most
coveted” vacation for the
rich and famous.34 Peter Fonda Tribute:
‘It’s a Little Bit Unusual to
Be Simply a Good Guy’
Roger Corman, Victor Nuñez
and others remember the
Easy Rider actor-producer,
who died Aug. 16 at age 79.THE BUSINESS
36 Creative Space:
Jon Favreau
Call it the Summer of
Favreau: Lion King, Spider-
Man: Far From Home and
now a Star Wars series.38 Why Root for Megan
Ellison to Fail?
As her Annapurna Pictures
faces financial headwinds,
the producer should be
praised for her commitment
to critically acclaimed films.STYLE
44 My Trip to Mount Everest
Mandy Moore on trekking
to South Base Camp, from
altitude sickness to awe:
“I never in my life thought
I would see something this
remarkable.”48 Table Read: Formosa Cafe
THR reviews the reopened
chinoiserie legend.REVIEWS
70 On Becoming a God in
Central FloridaTHIS WEEK ON THR VIDEO
Watch Lilly Singh’s best
impression of her hero The Rock.Bruce Lee (left) and Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar went hand-
to-foot during the filming of
40 1978’s Game of Death.Festival season sets sail
with Venice’s 76th edition.58
Gary Busey was
photographed
Aug. 6 at his home
in Malibu. 64The General Tso
cauliflower at Formosa
Cafe was photographed
48 Aug. 14.Perrin Paris La
Minaudiere leather
bag with wooden
base; $1,500,
perrinparis.com43
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