The Hollywood Reporter - 26.02.2020

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 25 FEBRUA RY 26, 2020

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Power Dining

Gucci Osteria da
Massimo Bottura
The Quick Pitch
Michelin-starred Italian
chef Massimo Bottura,
whose Osteria Francescana
in Modena has been among
the top five of The World’s
50 Best Restaurants list
for the past decade, teams
with his childhood friend,
Gucci CEO Marco Bizzarri,
on this Cal-casual take on
his culinary vision. Expect
high prices on the top floor
of the boutique.
The Inside Dish
Bottura was introduced
to Americans on Netflix’s
Chef’s Table and Master
of None, when Aziz Ansari
made a gluttonous pilgrim-
age to Osteria Francescana
in season two.
347 N. Rodeo Drive
— GARY BAUM

Tiffany Haddish
checked out Roku. David
Schwimmer also was in.
... George R.R. Martin
enjoyed lunch at Sushi
Sasabune. Boom! Studios’
Stephen Christy sat
nearby. ... Ringo Starr
and Lionel Richie were at
BG Lounge, separately.
... Donna Karan and To m
Ford lunched at Mr Chow.
UTA’s Ophir Lupu sat with
NBC News’ Dylan Byers.
On a different day, MGM’s
Michael De Luca popped
by. ... Usher and Sarah
Silverman were at Croft
Alley Beverly Hills, sepa-
rately. ... Jimmy Kimmel
stopped by Majordomo.
... In New York, Larry
David was at Buddakan.
... Catherine O’Hara
checked out Le Coucou.
... Alexander Wang and
Grace Coddington shared
the room at Verōnika.

HOT NEW

RESTAURANT

Peter Levinsohn

was elevated to vice

chairman and chief

distribution officer

of Universal Filmed

Entertainment Group

on Feb. 20.

Karpas

1 Maria Bello

(left) and

Dominique

Crenn

2 Cooper

Groves

Coffey

3 Caroline

Flack

2

3

1

addition to his exec vp

role at NBCUniversal,

on Feb. 20.

Elyse Delmore was

named vp unscripted

and alternative at

MGM on Feb. 11.

Deaths

Ja’net DuBois, who

played feisty neigh-

bor Willona on Good

Times, died Feb. 18 in

her sleep in Glendale.

She was 74.

Caroline Flack, one-

time host of the U.K.

reality dating show

Love Island, died by

suicide Feb. 15 in

London. She was 40.

Lynn Cohen, who

played Magda on Sex

and the City, died

Feb. 14 in New York.

She was 86.

Diana Serra Cary, the

silent film actress

known as Baby

Peggy, died Feb. 24 in

Gustine, California.

She was 101.

Legend

Engagements

Actress Maria Bello

got engaged

to French chef

Dominique Crenn,

who runs the San

Francisco restaurant

Atelier Crenn and is

the first woman in

the U.S. to receive

three Michelin stars,

on Dec. 29 in Paris.

Births

John Coffey, tal-

ent agent at The

Kohner Agency, and

wife Eva Coffey,

communications

executive at City of

Hope, welcomed

son Cooper Groves

Coffey on Jan. 5 at

Ronald Reagan UCLA

Medical Center in

Los Angeles.

Congrats

Greg Berlanti

Productions upped

Sarah Schechter to

chairwoman and

hired former Fox and

AMC president David

Madden as president

Feb. 19.

vp creative affairs

at ABC Studios on

Feb. 12.

Ted Mundorff was

hired as presi-

dent and COO of

ArcLight Cinemas

on Feb. 14.

Former Gersh agent

Michael Senzer

joined TalentX

Entertainment as

vp business develop-

ment Feb. 11.

Heather Karpas joined

Richard Plepler’s

Eden Productions as

creative exec Feb. 14.

Eugene Hernandez

was named director

of the New York Film

Festival on Feb. 19.

Kim Williams and

Dylann Brander

Gunning were named

vp casting at Fox 21

Telev ision St udios and

ABC Studios, respec-

tively, on Feb. 21.

Tracy Underwood was

promoted to executive

Hitched, Hatched, Hired

Inside the industry’s celebrations and news

Haddish Martin

John Legend

joined Vox Media’s

board as an indepen-

dent director Feb. 19.

Comcast upped

Jennifer Khoury to

chief communica-

tions officer and

Adam Miller to senior

executive vp, in