Carteris Speaks; Telluride Fest Scene; 'Ford v. Ferrari' And 'Judy' Reviews; Remembering Valerie Harper

What's news: The first post-election interview with SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris, the scene from the Telluride Film Festival, Hurricane Dorian could shut down Disney World, reviews of Judy and Ford v. Ferrari. Plus: Remembering Valerie Harper. --Alex Weprin [The Hollywood Reporter]( [The Hollywood Reporter]( Today In Entertainment AUGUST 31, 2019 What's news: The first post-election interview with SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris, the scene from the Telluride Film Festival, Hurricane Dorian could shut down Disney World, reviews of Judy and Ford v. Ferrari. Plus: Remembering Valerie Harper. --Alex Weprin What's news: The first post-election interview with SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris, the scene from the Telluride Film Festival, Hurricane Dorian could shut down Disney World, reviews of Judy and Ford v. Ferrari. Plus: Remembering Valerie Harper. --Alex Weprin [Gabrielle Carteris Speaks] Gabrielle Carteris Speaks In her first interview since being reelected as president of SAG-AFTRA, Gabrielle Carteris tells THR's Jonathan Handel that "we have a lot of work ahead." +On what the future holds for the union: "I see us continuing to expand our contracts just as we’ve done with Netflix and with Telemundo. We are not just bound to the traditional employers that we’ve had in the past. We are organizing new emerging employers and that is exciting. The union is embracing developing artists and their creative work. All of this is possible because we merged our legacy unions which has prepared us for the future." +Key issues the union will face: "We are focused on bargaining strong contracts, organizing work opportunities, enhancing safety and inclusion. We anticipate this is where we will spend a lot energy and efforts. As we expand safety enforcement and protecting our members in emerging arenas, we will remain vigilant and transparent." [The interview](. The latest reviews from the Venice Film Festival... ►An Officer and a Spy review. Deborah Young reviews the film by Roman Polanski, which is a reconstruction of the Dreyfus affair, based on a novel by Robert Harris. "Regardless of whether this film refreshes viewers’ memories or tells the story for the first time, it is one for the record, a classic reminder of a particularly appalling historical event." [The review](. +Seberg review. David Rooney reviews the Benedict Andrews film, in which Kristen Stewart plays nouvelle vague icon Jean Seberg in an account of the FBI surveillance that truncated her Hollywood career, with Jack O'Connell as the investigator needled by conscience. [The review](. +More Venice reviews: David Rooney [reviews]( Alex Gibney's Citizen K... Jordan Mintzer [reviews]( A Bigger World (Un monde plus grand)... Deborah Young [reviews]( The Mayor of Rione Sanita (Il sindaco di Rione Sanita)... Boyd van Hoeij [reviews]( Madre... A recent report from the analytics firm YouGov nicknamed Millennials "The Loneliest Generation," owing to their relative dearth of friendships. Stephen Galloway writes that loneliness is a feeling Hollywood knows all too well. Quote: "A friend in Hollywood is best understood as something else: the opposite of an enemy — because most people imagine countless foes lurking and waiting to pounce. A friend in Hollywood is an ally, a fellow traveler, someone who doesn’t pose a threat, at least not an immediate one, though that can change in the blink of an eye." [The column](. Elsewhere in film... --The California legislator spearheading the bill promising additional tax incentives to film and television projects relocating from states with restrictive abortion laws has [pressed pause]( on the proposal. --Jill Culton, writer and director on Dreamworks Animation and Pearl Studio's upcoming animated feature Abominable,[has joined]( a lineup of high-profile speakers for this year's View Conference. --Mark Hamill [describes](how gross that blue milk tasted in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Gabrielle Carteris Speaks In her first interview since being reelected as president of SAG-AFTRA, Gabrielle Carteris tells THR's Jonathan Handel that "we have a lot of work ahead." +On what the future holds for the union: "I see us continuing to expand our contracts just as we’ve done with Netflix and with Telemundo. We are not just bound to the traditional employers that we’ve had in the past. We are organizing new emerging employers and that is exciting. The union is embracing developing artists and their creative work. All of this is possible because we merged our legacy unions which has prepared us for the future." +Key issues the union will face: "We are focused on bargaining strong contracts, organizing work opportunities, enhancing safety and inclusion. We anticipate this is where we will spend a lot energy and efforts. As we expand safety enforcement and protecting our members in emerging arenas, we will remain vigilant and transparent." [The interview](. The latest reviews from the Venice Film Festival... ►An Officer and a Spy review. Deborah Young reviews the film by Roman Polanski, which is a reconstruction of the Dreyfus affair, based on a novel by Robert Harris. "Regardless of whether this film refreshes viewers’ memories or tells the story for the first time, it is one for the record, a classic reminder of a particularly appalling historical event." [The review](. +Seberg review. David Rooney reviews the Benedict Andrews film, in which Kristen Stewart plays nouvelle vague icon Jean Seberg in an account of the FBI surveillance that truncated her Hollywood career, with Jack O'Connell as the investigator needled by conscience. [The review](. +More Venice reviews: David Rooney [reviews]( Alex Gibney's Citizen K... Jordan Mintzer [reviews]( A Bigger World (Un monde plus grand)... Deborah Young [reviews]( The Mayor of Rione Sanita (Il sindaco di Rione Sanita)... Boyd van Hoeij [reviews]( Madre... A recent report from the analytics firm YouGov nicknamed Millennials "The Loneliest Generation," owing to their relative dearth of friendships. Stephen Galloway writes that loneliness is a feeling Hollywood knows all too well. Quote: "A friend in Hollywood is best understood as something else: the opposite of an enemy — because most people imagine countless foes lurking and waiting to pounce. A friend in Hollywood is an ally, a fellow traveler, someone who doesn’t pose a threat, at least not an immediate one, though that can change in the blink of an eye." [The column](. Elsewhere in film... --The California legislator spearheading the bill promising additional tax incentives to film and television projects relocating from states with restrictive abortion laws has [pressed pause]( on the proposal. --Jill Culton, writer and director on Dreamworks Animation and Pearl Studio's upcoming animated feature Abominable,[has joined]( a lineup of high-profile speakers for this year's View Conference. --Mark Hamill [describes](how gross that blue milk tasted in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. [Telluride Film Festival] Telluride Film Festival The Telluride Film Festival kicked off in the Colorado mountain town Friday. Here's what happened. ►The scene: Rebecca Keegan is on the scene at Telluride's patron brunch, where stars mingle, deals get done and "a bearded man in a cowboy hat is grating fresh horseradish for the crowd’s bloody marys." Spotted at the brunch: Adam Driver, Antonio Banderas, Felicity Jones, Ted Sarandos, Laura Dern... and New York event curator Peggy Siegel, whose connections to Jeffrey Epstein drew renewed scrutiny following his arrest earlier this year. [The story](. +Todd McCarthy reviews Ford v. Ferrari, starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon. "The characters can seldom compete with the cars in auto racing movies, but that’s not the case with Ford v Ferrari, a full-bodied and exciting true-life story in which the men behind the wheels are just as dynamic as the machines they drive." [The review](. +Stephen Farber reviews Judy. "Impersonating an icon is a dangerous business, but Renee Zellweger accomplishes the feat in Judy, a look at the last year in the life of Judy Garland." [The review](. Speaking of which... +Awards chatter: THR awards columnist Scott Feinberg writes from the preview screening of the hotly-anticipated Ford v. Ferrari. "If Fox can convince its stars and Oscar voters that [Christian] Bale is actually a supporting actor in the film, then he could be a contender. If they [Bale and Matt Damon] wind up pitted in the same category, however, my hunch is neither will make it." [More](. Feinberg also writes that those who attended the premiere screening of Judy "may have seen [Renee] Zellweger's best work yet — work certainly strong enough to garner her a fourth Oscar nomination, in the category of best actress, which would be her first since she took home the gold for Cold Mountain 16 years ago." [More](. +More Telluride reviews: David Rooney[reviews]( The Australian Dream... Sheri Linden [reviews]( Waves... David Rooney [reviews]( First Cow... Could the bizarre legal fight over HBO's Michael Jackson documentary Leaving Neverland wind ip at the Supreme Court? Eriq Gardner writes that "the case also could represent a harbinger of what's to come given the rise of #metoo, the prevalence of arbitration in corporate America and the way in which federal courts are sometimes wrestling with procedure in First Amendment disputes." [The story](. +In other legal news: Authorities [are investigating]( after a man was found dead Thursday under "suspicious" circumstances at the Burning Man festival... ►Lionsgate shares drop following Comcast-Starz report. Shares of Lions Gate Entertainment dropped in midday trading Friday as rumors circulated that Comcast will not renew a pact that makes Starz available to its cable-TV subscribers. Earlier, the company announced a multi-year agreement with AT&T to make Starz available to subscribers of DirecTV, AT&T TV and U-verse, all of which are owned by the telecom giant. That bit of good news, though, was apparently overshadowed by the prospect of losing Comcast and its 21.6 million TV subscribers. [More](. TV Long View: In his latest column, Rick Porter looks at Thursday nights for the upcoming broadcast TV season. "The absence of The Big Bang Theory should make the race to claim the top non-NFL spot a pretty interesting one. Young Sheldon finished last season well ahead of every other series in total viewers and it would be no surprise to see that happen again. In terms of demographics, the eternally solid Grey's Anatomy came out on top in adults 18-49 with delayed viewing factored in, and the two shows will likely be similarly neck-and-neck in the demo this season." [The column](. Elsewhere in TV... --Meek Mill and Meghan Trainor [are helping](kick off the new social change partnership between the NFL and Jay-Z before the season-opening game in Chicago next week. --Fleabag creator, writer and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge [will be honored]( with the British Artist of the Year recognition at this year's Britannia Awards. --The Dutch port city of Rotterdam has [been selected]( to host next year's Eurovision Song Contest. --Johnny Depp is [facing backlash]( over his appearance in the latest video advertisement for Dior's Sauvage perfume, which Dior has deleted as of Friday afternoon. Telluride Film Festival The Telluride Film Festival kicked off in the Colorado mountain town Friday. Here's what happened. ►The scene: Rebecca Keegan is on the scene at Telluride's patron brunch, where stars mingle, deals get done and "a bearded man in a cowboy hat is grating fresh horseradish for the crowd’s bloody marys." Spotted at the brunch: Adam Driver, Antonio Banderas, Felicity Jones, Ted Sarandos, Laura Dern... and New York event curator Peggy Siegel, whose connections to Jeffrey Epstein drew renewed scrutiny following his arrest earlier this year. [The story](. +Todd McCarthy reviews Ford v. Ferrari, starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon. "The characters can seldom compete with the cars in auto racing movies, but that’s not the case with Ford v Ferrari, a full-bodied and exciting true-life story in which the men behind the wheels are just as dynamic as the machines they drive." [The review](. +Stephen Farber reviews Judy. "Impersonating an icon is a dangerous business, but Renee Zellweger accomplishes the feat in Judy, a look at the last year in the life of Judy Garland." [The review](. Speaking of which... +Awards chatter: THR awards columnist Scott Feinberg writes from the preview screening of the hotly-anticipated Ford v. Ferrari. "If Fox can convince its stars and Oscar voters that [Christian] Bale is actually a supporting actor in the film, then he could be a contender. If they [Bale and Matt Damon] wind up pitted in the same category, however, my hunch is neither will make it." [More](. Feinberg also writes that those who attended the premiere screening of Judy "may have seen [Renee] Zellweger's best work yet — work certainly strong enough to garner her a fourth Oscar nomination, in the category of best actress, which would be her first since she took home the gold for Cold Mountain 16 years ago." [More](. +More Telluride reviews: David Rooney[reviews]( The Australian Dream... Sheri Linden [reviews]( Waves... David Rooney [reviews]( First Cow... Could the bizarre legal fight over HBO's Michael Jackson documentary Leaving Neverland wind ip at the Supreme Court? Eriq Gardner writes that "the case also could represent a harbinger of what's to come given the rise of #metoo, the prevalence of arbitration in corporate America and the way in which federal courts are sometimes wrestling with procedure in First Amendment disputes." [The story](. +In other legal news: Authorities [are investigating]( after a man was found dead Thursday under "suspicious" circumstances at the Burning Man festival... ►Lionsgate shares drop following Comcast-Starz report. Shares of Lions Gate Entertainment dropped in midday trading Friday as rumors circulated that Comcast will not renew a pact that makes Starz available to its cable-TV subscribers. Earlier, the company announced a multi-year agreement with AT&T to make Starz available to subscribers of DirecTV, AT&T TV and U-verse, all of which are owned by the telecom giant. That bit of good news, though, was apparently overshadowed by the prospect of losing Comcast and its 21.6 million TV subscribers. [More](. TV Long View: In his latest column, Rick Porter looks at Thursday nights for the upcoming broadcast TV season. "The absence of The Big Bang Theory should make the race to claim the top non-NFL spot a pretty interesting one. Young Sheldon finished last season well ahead of every other series in total viewers and it would be no surprise to see that happen again. In terms of demographics, the eternally solid Grey's Anatomy came out on top in adults 18-49 with delayed viewing factored in, and the two shows will likely be similarly neck-and-neck in the demo this season." [The column](. Elsewhere in TV... --Meek Mill and Meghan Trainor [are helping](kick off the new social change partnership between the NFL and Jay-Z before the season-opening game in Chicago next week. --Fleabag creator, writer and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge [will be honored]( with the British Artist of the Year recognition at this year's Britannia Awards. --The Dutch port city of Rotterdam has [been selected]( to host next year's Eurovision Song Contest. --Johnny Depp is [facing backlash]( over his appearance in the latest video advertisement for Dior's Sauvage perfume, which Dior has deleted as of Friday afternoon. [Valerie Harper, 1939-2019] Valerie Harper, 1939-2019 Valerie Harper, the resilient sitcom star whose nine-season run in the 1970s as wisecracking straight-shooter Rhoda Morgenstern made her one of the most beloved TV actresses of her era, has died after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 80. Harper, who collected four Emmy Awards and one Golden Globe for playing the brash New Yorker on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and then on her own spinoff series Rhoda, died Friday morning, her family told KABC-TV entertainment reporter George Pennacchio. Cristina Cacciotti, Harper's daughter, wrote on Twitter that her father, Tony, asked to share this statement: "My beautiful caring wife of nearly 40 years has passed away at 10:06 a.m. after years of fighting cancer. She will never, ever be forgotten. Rest In Peace, mia Valeria." [The obituary](. +Mia Farrow and Cyndi Lauper, among other notable Hollywood figures, took to Twitter on Friday afternoon to remember Harper. [More](... "For a generation, Valerie Harper's Rhoda defined imaginative boho style," [Laurie Brookins writes](. +Obituaries: [Andrew Horn](, an independent filmmaker who wrote, directed and produced a 2014 documentary about Long Island club legends Twisted Sister, died Saturday of cancer in Berlin. He was 66... Jet-car speed racer and TV personality [Jessi Combs]( died Tuesday in a crash in Oregon's Alvord Desert while trying to break a speed record... [Gordon Bressack](, the Emmy-winning writer known for such animated hits as Pinky and the Brain and Animaniacs, has died. He was 68. ►Hurricane Dorian: Dorian is now a Category 4 storm, heading west toward Florida. Broadcast and cable news channels have moved anchors and correspondents in position along Florida's eastern coast to deliver live coverage if and when the hurricane makes landfall over the weekend. As of Friday, NBC had Today anchor Craig Melvin in Florida, while ABC had World News Tonight anchor David Muir in the state. CBS had correspondent David Begnaud on the scene. On cable: MSNBC has Ali Velshi in the state. +What will Disney World and Universal Studios do? The path of Dorian remains uncertain (and the latest forecast Saturday morning showed a slight turn to the north), but if Orlando gets a piece of the storm, don't be surprised if the theme parks get shut down for a period of time. Disney said that it would shut down its Blizzard Beach waterpark on Sunday. The Orlando Sentinel [has the latest](. ►Twitter CEO has account hijacked. One of the first tweets sent from Jack Dorsey's hijacked account was the N-word, and it was followed up by other crass tweets. Dorsey has more than 4.2 million followers. About five minutes after the tweets were posted, they had been taken down. However, the account was still live. "We're aware that @jack was compromised and investigating what happened," Twitter said in a statement. [More](. Revolving door: Chris Lebenzon has [been tapped]( to work on Top Gun: Maverick, Paramount and Skydance’s sequel to the 1980s classic, for which he earned an Academy Award editing nomination... Vice Media is merging its cable network and news division, a move that has [resulted in layoffs]( affecting about 15 people at the company... Casting roundup: Dennis Quaid and Madalen Mills [have joined]( Queen Latifah in The Tiger Rising, a film adaptation of Kate DiCamillo’s children’s book of the same name... Following its run in London’s West End, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s musical comedy Company is set for a [Broadway engagement]( starring Patti LuPone and Katrina Lenk... Editor's note: Today In Entertainment will be dark for Labor Day on Monday. We'll be back with a new issue bright and early Tuesday morning. Have a great holiday weekend. What else we're reading... --"How to (secretly) watch The Office at the office" [[WSJ](] --"Why Tamron Hall's role model is Rocky" [[NY Times](] --"Inside the media industry’s struggle to take on Silicon Valley" [[POLITICO](] Today's birthdays: Chris Tucker, 48, Debbie Gibson, 49, Itzhak Perlman, 74, Mark L. Wahlberg, 57, Richard Gere, 70, Van Morrison, 74. Valerie Harper, 1939-2019 Valerie Harper, the resilient sitcom star whose nine-season run in the 1970s as wisecracking straight-shooter Rhoda Morgenstern made her one of the most beloved TV actresses of her era, has died after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 80. Harper, who collected four Emmy Awards and one Golden Globe for playing the brash New Yorker on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and then on her own spinoff series Rhoda, died Friday morning, her family told KABC-TV entertainment reporter George Pennacchio. Cristina Cacciotti, Harper's daughter, wrote on Twitter that her father, Tony, asked to share this statement: "My beautiful caring wife of nearly 40 years has passed away at 10:06 a.m. after years of fighting cancer. She will never, ever be forgotten. Rest In Peace, mia Valeria." [The obituary](. +Mia Farrow and Cyndi Lauper, among other notable Hollywood figures, took to Twitter on Friday afternoon to remember Harper. [More](... "For a generation, Valerie Harper's Rhoda defined imaginative boho style," [Laurie Brookins writes](. +Obituaries: [Andrew Horn](, an independent filmmaker who wrote, directed and produced a 2014 documentary about Long Island club legends Twisted Sister, died Saturday of cancer in Berlin. He was 66... Jet-car speed racer and TV personality [Jessi Combs]( died Tuesday in a crash in Oregon's Alvord Desert while trying to break a speed record... [Gordon Bressack](, the Emmy-winning writer known for such animated hits as Pinky and the Brain and Animaniacs, has died. He was 68. ►Hurricane Dorian: Dorian is now a Category 4 storm, heading west toward Florida. Broadcast and cable news channels have moved anchors and correspondents in position along Florida's eastern coast to deliver live coverage if and when the hurricane makes landfall over the weekend. As of Friday, NBC had Today anchor Craig Melvin in Florida, while ABC had World News Tonight anchor David Muir in the state. CBS had correspondent David Begnaud on the scene. On cable: MSNBC has Ali Velshi in the state. +What will Disney World and Universal Studios do? The path of Dorian remains uncertain (and the latest forecast Saturday morning showed a slight turn to the north), but if Orlando gets a piece of the storm, don't be surprised if the theme parks get shut down for a period of time. Disney said that it would shut down its Blizzard Beach waterpark on Sunday. The Orlando Sentinel [has the latest](. ►Twitter CEO has account hijacked. One of the first tweets sent from Jack Dorsey's hijacked account was the N-word, and it was followed up by other crass tweets. Dorsey has more than 4.2 million followers. About five minutes after the tweets were posted, they had been taken down. However, the account was still live. "We're aware that @jack was compromised and investigating what happened," Twitter said in a statement. [More](. Revolving door: Chris Lebenzon has [been tapped]( to work on Top Gun: Maverick, Paramount and Skydance’s sequel to the 1980s classic, for which he earned an Academy Award editing nomination... Vice Media is merging its cable network and news division, a move that has [resulted in layoffs]( affecting about 15 people at the company... Casting roundup: Dennis Quaid and Madalen Mills [have joined]( Queen Latifah in The Tiger Rising, a film adaptation of Kate DiCamillo’s children’s book of the same name... Following its run in London’s West End, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s musical comedy Company is set for a [Broadway engagement]( starring Patti LuPone and Katrina Lenk... Editor's note: Today In Entertainment will be dark for Labor Day on Monday. We'll be back with a new issue bright and early Tuesday morning. Have a great holiday weekend. What else we're reading... --"How to (secretly) watch The Office at the office" [[WSJ](] --"Why Tamron Hall's role model is Rocky" [[NY Times](] --"Inside the media industry’s struggle to take on Silicon Valley" [[POLITICO](] Today's birthdays: Chris Tucker, 48, Debbie Gibson, 49, Itzhak Perlman, 74, Mark L. Wahlberg, 57, Richard Gere, 70, Van Morrison, 74. [Image] [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( Is this e-mail not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser.]( ©2019 The Hollywood Reporter. 5700 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036 All rights reserved. AUGUST 31, 2019 [UNSUBSCRIBE]( [MANAGE PREFERENCES]( [PRIVACY POLICY]( [TERMS OF USE](