'Topsy-Turvy' Summer; Festival Buzz; Tyler Perry's New Deal; Taylor’s ‘Lover’ Numbers

What's news: Angel Has Fallen closes out an underwhelming summer movie season, the disappearing midsize Hollywood firm, Tyler Perry's new production company. Plus: Joker and American Skin wow in Venice, while Adam Driver, Adam Sandler, and The Aeronauts were the talk of Telluride. --Alex Weprin [The Hollywood Reporter]( [The Hollywood Reporter]( Today In Entertainment SEPTEMBER 03, 2019 What's news: Angel Has Fallen closes out an underwhelming summer movie season, the disappearing midsize Hollywood firm, Tyler Perry's new production company. Plus: Joker and American Skin wow in Venice, while Adam Driver, Adam Sandler, and The Aeronauts were the talk of Telluride. --Alex Weprin What's news: Angel Has Fallen closes out an underwhelming summer movie season, the disappearing midsize Hollywood firm, Tyler Perry's new production company. Plus: Joker and American Skin wow in Venice, while Adam Driver, Adam Sandler, and The Aeronauts were the talk of Telluride. --Alex Weprin ['Topsy-Turvy' Summer Box Office] 'Topsy-Turvy' Summer Box Office ►Box office: "Angel Has Fallen easily won the long Labor Day weekend with an estimated $15 million for the four-day holiday as summer 2019 came to a topsy-turvy close," Pamela McClintock writes. "Despite a record number of films crossing the $1 billion mark globally — most from Disney, whose domination continues to grow — the May-August corridor wasn't able to close a year-over-year gap. Summer revenue clocked in at $4.3 billion, down 2 percent from last year, according to Comscore. Year to date is down 6 percent." [The numbers](. +Also: Sony's rerelease of Spider Man: Far From Home paid off, delivering $4.3 million for the holiday weekend, and bringing the film within striking distance of the $400 million mark domestically. [More](... John Travolta hit a career low over the weekend with The Fanatic. The film grossed $3,152 across 52 theaters, for an average of $60 per screen. [More](... In China, Hobbs & Shaw once again held the top spot, earning $26.3 million. [More](. ►Tyler Perry and Tim Palen form new production company. Tyler Perry and veteran Hollywood marketing executive Tim Palen have formed a new company, Peachtree & Vine Productions. The joint venture will focus on film, television and digital content both in the scripted and non-scripted space, and will be subject to Perry's commitment under his broad deal with Viacom. [The story](. ►Hustling for Hustlers. Lorene Scafaria's film, which will premiere this week in Toronto before seeing a wide theatrical release next week, almost didn't happen after Annapurna dropped it last year. Mia Galuppo reports on what it took to get the film financed and off the ground. Quote: "[B]ecause Hustlers is a New York-based story of money, crime and greed, the film's producers, who include Adam McKay and Will Ferrell, first wanted to try for Martin Scorsese. 'Everyone talked about it and said, 'Let's go to Scorsese first.' And I thought, well, that's fair. McKay said, 'I hope Scorsese passes,' which was a beautiful thing to say.' She adds with a laugh, 'And of course Scorsese passed.'" [The story.]( The week ahead... --The NFL: The NFL season opener is Thursday, with the Green Bay Packers facing the Chicago Bears on NBC. Most teams will follow on Sunday, with CBS and Fox launching their weekly regional doubleheader matchups. NBC will have Sunday Night Football that evening as well, with the Pittsburgh Steelers facing off against the New England Patriots. --TIFF: The Toronto International Film Festival kicks off Thursday, with plenty of anticipated premieres, including the Tom Hanks-starring Mister Rogers biopic Beautiful Day, Hustlers, and Lucy In The Sky. [Here's the full schedule](. --TV: Conan O'Brien's Greenland special airs on TBS Tuesday night. The Spy debuts on Netflix Friday... --Film: It Chapter Two hits theaters on Friday... ►Lover's dominant launch: Taylor Swift’s new album, Lover, was so big in its first week in the U.S. that not only did it log the biggest week for any album — in terms of either equivalent album units earned or albums sold — since her last release, Reputation, in 2017, but Lover also accounted for 27 percent of all album sales in the country. [The story](. 'Topsy-Turvy' Summer Box Office ►Box office: "Angel Has Fallen easily won the long Labor Day weekend with an estimated $15 million for the four-day holiday as summer 2019 came to a topsy-turvy close," Pamela McClintock writes. "Despite a record number of films crossing the $1 billion mark globally — most from Disney, whose domination continues to grow — the May-August corridor wasn't able to close a year-over-year gap. Summer revenue clocked in at $4.3 billion, down 2 percent from last year, according to Comscore. Year to date is down 6 percent." [The numbers](. +Also: Sony's rerelease of Spider Man: Far From Home paid off, delivering $4.3 million for the holiday weekend, and bringing the film within striking distance of the $400 million mark domestically. [More](... John Travolta hit a career low over the weekend with The Fanatic. The film grossed $3,152 across 52 theaters, for an average of $60 per screen. [More](... In China, Hobbs & Shaw once again held the top spot, earning $26.3 million. [More](. ►Tyler Perry and Tim Palen form new production company. Tyler Perry and veteran Hollywood marketing executive Tim Palen have formed a new company, Peachtree & Vine Productions. The joint venture will focus on film, television and digital content both in the scripted and non-scripted space, and will be subject to Perry's commitment under his broad deal with Viacom. [The story](. ►Hustling for Hustlers. Lorene Scafaria's film, which will premiere this week in Toronto before seeing a wide theatrical release next week, almost didn't happen after Annapurna dropped it last year. Mia Galuppo reports on what it took to get the film financed and off the ground. Quote: "[B]ecause Hustlers is a New York-based story of money, crime and greed, the film's producers, who include Adam McKay and Will Ferrell, first wanted to try for Martin Scorsese. 'Everyone talked about it and said, 'Let's go to Scorsese first.' And I thought, well, that's fair. McKay said, 'I hope Scorsese passes,' which was a beautiful thing to say.' She adds with a laugh, 'And of course Scorsese passed.'" [The story.]( The week ahead... --The NFL: The NFL season opener is Thursday, with the Green Bay Packers facing the Chicago Bears on NBC. Most teams will follow on Sunday, with CBS and Fox launching their weekly regional doubleheader matchups. NBC will have Sunday Night Football that evening as well, with the Pittsburgh Steelers facing off against the New England Patriots. --TIFF: The Toronto International Film Festival kicks off Thursday, with plenty of anticipated premieres, including the Tom Hanks-starring Mister Rogers biopic Beautiful Day, Hustlers, and Lucy In The Sky. [Here's the full schedule](. --TV: Conan O'Brien's Greenland special airs on TBS Tuesday night. The Spy debuts on Netflix Friday... --Film: It Chapter Two hits theaters on Friday... ►Lover's dominant launch: Taylor Swift’s new album, Lover, was so big in its first week in the U.S. that not only did it log the biggest week for any album — in terms of either equivalent album units earned or albums sold — since her last release, Reputation, in 2017, but Lover also accounted for 27 percent of all album sales in the country. [The story](. [On The Scene In Telluride And Venice] On The Scene In Telluride And Venice ►Telluride Film Festival: The festival in the Colorado mountain town once again lived up to its reputation as a harbinger of Oscar buzz, with a number of films and performances attracting the attention of Hollywood. --The talk of Telluride: THR's Scott Feinberg and Rebecca Keegan discuss the highs and lows from the festival, with Bong Joo Ho's Parasite and Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story drawing particular acclaim from attendees. Meanwhile, Keegan writes that Telluride was in some ways "a celebration of two Adams," Adam Driver (for his work in Marriage Story and The Report) and Adam Sandler (for his work in Uncut Gems). As for Marriage Story, Feinberg writes that "the film is strong enough to be one of very few titles invited to play at all four of this year’s major fall film fests — on the heels of Venice and Telluride, it now heads to Toronto and New York." [The story](. --Awards chatter: Feinberg writes about The Aeronauts (pictured above), which debuted at Telluride over the weekend: "Audience members at the Palm Theatre screening that I attended were with The Aeronauts every step of the way, based on their audible gasps and physical contortions and eventual hearty applause. In terms of the Oscar race, it is — for me, at least — too soon to tell if the film is Life of Pi (11 Oscar nominations, four resulting in wins) or The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (zero Oscar noms), two films that this one sort of reminds me of." [The story](. Here's Todd McCarthy's [review]( of The Aeronauts. +Also: Can Marriage Story [follow in the footsteps]( of Kramer vs. Kramer at the Oscars? And Feinberg writes that Scott Z. Burns' political thriller The Report "went over very well and prompted widespread discussion on the gondola and elsewhere" about being an awards contender. [More](. --On the scene: Martin Scorsese came to the Telluride Film Festival to participate in a festival tribute to the iconic French filmmaker Agnes Varda, whom he first met here back in 1977 and who died on March 29 at the age of 90. He described her as "one of the gods," noting, "We became friends — and stayed friends." [More](. Meanwhile, Rebecca Keegan catches up with South Korean director Bong Joon Ho, 49, who was in Telluride for the North American premiere of his movie Parasite, which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in May. [More](. +Telluride reviews: Todd McCarthy reviews [Uncut Gems](...Todd McCarthy reviews [The Human Factor](... Todd McCarthy reviews [Motherless Brooklyn](... Stephen Farber reviews [Lyrebird](... Todd McCarthy reviews [The Assistant](... Stephen Farber reviews [The Two Popes](... ►Venice Film Festival: Controversy swirled on The Lido this week, as Venice organizers grappled with questions over representation and diversity, and Nate Parker debuted a film that may never see the light of day in the U.S. Then, of course, there was Joker. --Joker review. David Rooney reviews the origin story of the DC Comics supervillain, and finds homages to Martin Scorsese classics like Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy. "It's arguably the best Batman-adjacent movie since The Dark Knight, and Warner should see mighty box office numbers to reflect that. The must-see factor of Phoenix's riveting performance alone — it's both unsettling and weirdly affecting — will be significant." [The review](. +Joker received largely rave reviews from critics (it's currently at 89 percent on Rotten Tomatoes). [Here's what the other critics are saying](. --Nate Parker's American Skin. There were cheers, a seven-minute standing ovation and not a hint of scandal Sunday night when Nate Parker's American Skin had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, Scott Roxborough reports. Spike Lee told Parker that he "knocked it out of the park." [More](. +Three years after shooting to fame — and a $17.5 million payday — for his directorial debut Birth of a Nation, only to come crashing down after reports of a decades-old rape charge resurfaced, Parker admitted to being "tone deaf" to to criticism of his response at the time. "The last 3 years have been such an learning experience for me," Parker said. "The reality is that three years ago I was absolutely tone deaf to the realities of certain situations that were happening in the climate..." [The story](. +American Skin review: David Rooney reviews Parker's film. "The low-budget project was financed without Hollywood support, though Spike Lee has stepped in to lend his industry clout as a presenter. Whether that's enough to secure a U.S. release for this well-intentioned but heavy-handed bid to open a dialogue between law enforcement and African American communities aggrieved by too many unjustified police shootings remains an open question." [The review](. --More from Venice: Meryl Streep [says the financial corruption]( highlighted in Steven Soderbergh's The Laundromat is a "black-hearted joke." Here's Todd McCarthy's [review of the film](... Citizen K director Alex Gibney [sees his film]( of Putin's Russia as a "cautionary tale" for Trump's America... The festival finally [starts talking](about gender parity... The director of The King [says he cast]( Robert Pattinson to add "razzle-dazzle"... +Other Venice reviews: David Rooney reviews [Ema](... Jordan Mintzer reviews [My Days of Glory (Mes jours de gloire)](... Boyd van Hoeij reviews [You Will Die at Twenty (Satamoto Fel Eshreen)](... Todd McCarthy reviews [The Kingmaker](... Jordan Mintzer reviews [Adults In The Room](... Boyd van Hoeij reviews [A Son (Bik Eneich/Un fils)](... Boyd van Hoeij reviews [Martin Eden](... +Plus: Jon Frosch reviews [Giants Being Lonely](... Boyd van Hoeij reviews [Back Home (Revenir)](... Deborah Young reviews [5 Is the Perfect Number (5 e’ il numero perfetto)](...Deborah Young reviews [Balloon (Qiqiu)](...David Rooney reviews [Wasp Network](... Leslie Felperin reviews [Bombay Rose](... David Rooney reviews [The King](... Deborah Young reviews [Fellini Never-Ending (Fellini Fine Mai)](... Deborah Young reviews [No. 7 Cherry Lane (Ji yuan tai qi hao)](... On The Scene In Telluride And Venice ►Telluride Film Festival: The festival in the Colorado mountain town once again lived up to its reputation as a harbinger of Oscar buzz, with a number of films and performances attracting the attention of Hollywood. --The talk of Telluride: THR's Scott Feinberg and Rebecca Keegan discuss the highs and lows from the festival, with Bong Joo Ho's Parasite and Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story drawing particular acclaim from attendees. Meanwhile, Keegan writes that Telluride was in some ways "a celebration of two Adams," Adam Driver (for his work in Marriage Story and The Report) and Adam Sandler (for his work in Uncut Gems). As for Marriage Story, Feinberg writes that "the film is strong enough to be one of very few titles invited to play at all four of this year’s major fall film fests — on the heels of Venice and Telluride, it now heads to Toronto and New York." [The story](. --Awards chatter: Feinberg writes about The Aeronauts (pictured above), which debuted at Telluride over the weekend: "Audience members at the Palm Theatre screening that I attended were with The Aeronauts every step of the way, based on their audible gasps and physical contortions and eventual hearty applause. In terms of the Oscar race, it is — for me, at least — too soon to tell if the film is Life of Pi (11 Oscar nominations, four resulting in wins) or The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (zero Oscar noms), two films that this one sort of reminds me of." [The story](. Here's Todd McCarthy's [review]( of The Aeronauts. +Also: Can Marriage Story [follow in the footsteps]( of Kramer vs. Kramer at the Oscars? And Feinberg writes that Scott Z. Burns' political thriller The Report "went over very well and prompted widespread discussion on the gondola and elsewhere" about being an awards contender. [More](. --On the scene: Martin Scorsese came to the Telluride Film Festival to participate in a festival tribute to the iconic French filmmaker Agnes Varda, whom he first met here back in 1977 and who died on March 29 at the age of 90. He described her as "one of the gods," noting, "We became friends — and stayed friends." [More](. Meanwhile, Rebecca Keegan catches up with South Korean director Bong Joon Ho, 49, who was in Telluride for the North American premiere of his movie Parasite, which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in May. [More](. +Telluride reviews: Todd McCarthy reviews [Uncut Gems](...Todd McCarthy reviews [The Human Factor](... Todd McCarthy reviews [Motherless Brooklyn](... Stephen Farber reviews [Lyrebird](... Todd McCarthy reviews [The Assistant](... Stephen Farber reviews [The Two Popes](... ►Venice Film Festival: Controversy swirled on The Lido this week, as Venice organizers grappled with questions over representation and diversity, and Nate Parker debuted a film that may never see the light of day in the U.S. Then, of course, there was Joker. --Joker review. David Rooney reviews the origin story of the DC Comics supervillain, and finds homages to Martin Scorsese classics like Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy. "It's arguably the best Batman-adjacent movie since The Dark Knight, and Warner should see mighty box office numbers to reflect that. The must-see factor of Phoenix's riveting performance alone — it's both unsettling and weirdly affecting — will be significant." [The review](. +Joker received largely rave reviews from critics (it's currently at 89 percent on Rotten Tomatoes). [Here's what the other critics are saying](. --Nate Parker's American Skin. There were cheers, a seven-minute standing ovation and not a hint of scandal Sunday night when Nate Parker's American Skin had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, Scott Roxborough reports. Spike Lee told Parker that he "knocked it out of the park." [More](. +Three years after shooting to fame — and a $17.5 million payday — for his directorial debut Birth of a Nation, only to come crashing down after reports of a decades-old rape charge resurfaced, Parker admitted to being "tone deaf" to to criticism of his response at the time. "The last 3 years have been such an learning experience for me," Parker said. "The reality is that three years ago I was absolutely tone deaf to the realities of certain situations that were happening in the climate..." [The story](. +American Skin review: David Rooney reviews Parker's film. "The low-budget project was financed without Hollywood support, though Spike Lee has stepped in to lend his industry clout as a presenter. Whether that's enough to secure a U.S. release for this well-intentioned but heavy-handed bid to open a dialogue between law enforcement and African American communities aggrieved by too many unjustified police shootings remains an open question." [The review](. --More from Venice: Meryl Streep [says the financial corruption]( highlighted in Steven Soderbergh's The Laundromat is a "black-hearted joke." Here's Todd McCarthy's [review of the film](... Citizen K director Alex Gibney [sees his film]( of Putin's Russia as a "cautionary tale" for Trump's America... The festival finally [starts talking](about gender parity... The director of The King [says he cast]( Robert Pattinson to add "razzle-dazzle"... +Other Venice reviews: David Rooney reviews [Ema](... Jordan Mintzer reviews [My Days of Glory (Mes jours de gloire)](... Boyd van Hoeij reviews [You Will Die at Twenty (Satamoto Fel Eshreen)](... Todd McCarthy reviews [The Kingmaker](... Jordan Mintzer reviews [Adults In The Room](... Boyd van Hoeij reviews [A Son (Bik Eneich/Un fils)](... Boyd van Hoeij reviews [Martin Eden](... +Plus: Jon Frosch reviews [Giants Being Lonely](... Boyd van Hoeij reviews [Back Home (Revenir)](... Deborah Young reviews [5 Is the Perfect Number (5 e’ il numero perfetto)](...Deborah Young reviews [Balloon (Qiqiu)](...David Rooney reviews [Wasp Network](... Leslie Felperin reviews [Bombay Rose](... David Rooney reviews [The King](... Deborah Young reviews [Fellini Never-Ending (Fellini Fine Mai)](... Deborah Young reviews [No. 7 Cherry Lane (Ji yuan tai qi hao)](... ['Scale' Consumes Hollywood] 'Scale' Consumes Hollywood The battle for scale has taken over Hollywood, Stephen Galloway writes, with movie studios, talent agencies and even PR firms forced to grow bigger in order to survive, and the war of attrition may further divide showbiz into very large and very small companies: "The ones in the middle are getting squeezed." Quote: "Since the Walt Disney Co. began the modern-day charge with its acquisitions of Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and most of Fox, the notion that 'bigger is better' has replaced the once-fashionable conceit that 'small is beautiful,' articulated in the best-selling 1973 book of that name by economist E.F. Schumacher. 'Even today,' Schumacher wrote, 'we are generally told that gigantic organizations are inescapably necessary; but when we look closely we can notice that as soon as great size has been created there is often a strenuous attempt to attain smallness within bigness.' Because of this, Schumacher warned of the intoxication of 'gigantism.'... Now gigantism is penetrating midsized companies and massive ones alike, organizations with only a few hundred staffers as well as mega-corporations with thousands." [The story](. ►Hurricane Dorian update: As Hurricane Dorian swirls off the eastern coast of Florida, and begins to move toward the mainland, Disney World [will close early today]( to prepare for the Hurricane. Sea World in Orlando will be closed entirely. Universal Orlando will be open as normal, though the hours could change depending on Dorian's path. +On TV: CBS Evening News anchor Norah O'Donnell was the only nightly news anchor to report from the field on Monday. O'Donnell anchored from Cocoa Beach, Florida. Fox News has sent America's Newsroom anchor Bill Hemmer to Jacksonville, Florida to provide live reports, joining correspondents Steve Harrigan, Rick Leventhal, Griff Jenkins, Jillian Mele, Jeff Paul, Ellison Barber, Lauren Blanchard, Ray Bogan and Jacqui Heinrich.CNN had John Berman anchoring live from the Florida coast. In other news... --Succession star Jeremy Strong discusses Kendall's "Monstrous Pain" and Holly Hunter's Arrival [in an interview with Daniel Fienberg](. --Spotify’s Parcast [is launching]( a Horoscope Today podcast series. --Cardi B and Chance the Rapper's Netflix competition show [to air]( as a three-week event. --Daniel Fienberg [reviews]( Hulu's Wu Tang: An America Saga. --The Directors Guild of Canada's Ontario members [will be running]( a marketing campaign during the Toronto International Film Festival to urge Hollywood production execs to hire more local Canadian creative talent. The Labor Day weekend left no shortage of news. Here's what else you may have missed... Comedian and actor Kevin Hart [sustained serious injuries]( in a car accident over the weekend... Students at a Catholic school in Nashville, Tennessee [will no longer]( have access to the Harry Potter series after the books were banned and removed from the library... Police in Las Vegas say rapper Fetty Wap [was arrested]( after allegedly assaulting three employees at a hotel.... President Trump [fired back]( at Debra Messing after the actress called for the naming of those attending the president's Beverly Hills fundraiser set to take place later this month... Netflix [ordered]( the South Korean original series Round Six... Rep Sheet Roundup: Nip/Tuck alum Dylan Walsh has signed with APA. … Journalist Joshua Johnson, host of NPR's 1A, has signed with CAA, as has Black Lives Matter co-founder and Good Trouble writer Patrisse Cullors. [More here](. What else we're reading... --"Why China’s buzzing about Netflix’s documentary American Factory" [[Bloomberg](] --"For the love of Lupita Nyong’o" [[Vanity Fair](] --"YouTube says it's removing more hate speech than before but controversial channels remain up" [[CNN Business](] --"$100 million podcast mystery" [[Axios](] --"On TV, you can go home again. But it’s weird." [[NY Times](] --"The oral history of the Gibson SG" [[Guitar Magazine](] From the archives... On Sept. 3, 1969, Michael Caine's heist film The Italian Job made its way stateside to theaters. [The Hollywood Reporter's original review](, headlined "'Bullitt Style End Gives 'Italian Job' Hefty Boost." Today's birthdays: Charlie Sheen, 54, Shaun White, 33, Paz de la Huerta, 35, Maria Bamford, 49, Brian Stelter, 34. 'Scale' Consumes Hollywood The battle for scale has taken over Hollywood, Stephen Galloway writes, with movie studios, talent agencies and even PR firms forced to grow bigger in order to survive, and the war of attrition may further divide showbiz into very large and very small companies: "The ones in the middle are getting squeezed." Quote: "Since the Walt Disney Co. began the modern-day charge with its acquisitions of Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and most of Fox, the notion that 'bigger is better' has replaced the once-fashionable conceit that 'small is beautiful,' articulated in the best-selling 1973 book of that name by economist E.F. Schumacher. 'Even today,' Schumacher wrote, 'we are generally told that gigantic organizations are inescapably necessary; but when we look closely we can notice that as soon as great size has been created there is often a strenuous attempt to attain smallness within bigness.' Because of this, Schumacher warned of the intoxication of 'gigantism.'... Now gigantism is penetrating midsized companies and massive ones alike, organizations with only a few hundred staffers as well as mega-corporations with thousands." [The story](. ►Hurricane Dorian update: As Hurricane Dorian swirls off the eastern coast of Florida, and begins to move toward the mainland, Disney World [will close early today]( to prepare for the Hurricane. Sea World in Orlando will be closed entirely. Universal Orlando will be open as normal, though the hours could change depending on Dorian's path. +On TV: CBS Evening News anchor Norah O'Donnell was the only nightly news anchor to report from the field on Monday. O'Donnell anchored from Cocoa Beach, Florida. Fox News has sent America's Newsroom anchor Bill Hemmer to Jacksonville, Florida to provide live reports, joining correspondents Steve Harrigan, Rick Leventhal, Griff Jenkins, Jillian Mele, Jeff Paul, Ellison Barber, Lauren Blanchard, Ray Bogan and Jacqui Heinrich.CNN had John Berman anchoring live from the Florida coast. In other news... --Succession star Jeremy Strong discusses Kendall's "Monstrous Pain" and Holly Hunter's Arrival [in an interview with Daniel Fienberg](. --Spotify’s Parcast [is launching]( a Horoscope Today podcast series. --Cardi B and Chance the Rapper's Netflix competition show [to air]( as a three-week event. --Daniel Fienberg [reviews]( Hulu's Wu Tang: An America Saga. --The Directors Guild of Canada's Ontario members [will be running]( a marketing campaign during the Toronto International Film Festival to urge Hollywood production execs to hire more local Canadian creative talent. The Labor Day weekend left no shortage of news. Here's what else you may have missed... Comedian and actor Kevin Hart [sustained serious injuries]( in a car accident over the weekend... Students at a Catholic school in Nashville, Tennessee [will no longer]( have access to the Harry Potter series after the books were banned and removed from the library... Police in Las Vegas say rapper Fetty Wap [was arrested]( after allegedly assaulting three employees at a hotel.... President Trump [fired back]( at Debra Messing after the actress called for the naming of those attending the president's Beverly Hills fundraiser set to take place later this month... Netflix [ordered]( the South Korean original series Round Six... Rep Sheet Roundup: Nip/Tuck alum Dylan Walsh has signed with APA. … Journalist Joshua Johnson, host of NPR's 1A, has signed with CAA, as has Black Lives Matter co-founder and Good Trouble writer Patrisse Cullors. [More here](. What else we're reading... --"Why China’s buzzing about Netflix’s documentary American Factory" [[Bloomberg](] --"For the love of Lupita Nyong’o" [[Vanity Fair](] --"YouTube says it's removing more hate speech than before but controversial channels remain up" [[CNN Business](] --"$100 million podcast mystery" [[Axios](] --"On TV, you can go home again. But it’s weird." [[NY Times](] --"The oral history of the Gibson SG" [[Guitar Magazine](] From the archives... On Sept. 3, 1969, Michael Caine's heist film The Italian Job made its way stateside to theaters. [The Hollywood Reporter's original review](, headlined "'Bullitt Style End Gives 'Italian Job' Hefty Boost." Today's birthdays: Charlie Sheen, 54, Shaun White, 33, Paz de la Huerta, 35, Maria Bamford, 49, Brian Stelter, 34. [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. SEPTEMBER 03, 2019 [UNSUBSCRIBE]( [MANAGE PREFERENCES]( [PRIVACY POLICY]( [TERMS OF USE](