‘Joker' Fears; ‘Batman’ Castings; ‘Mad Men' Shopped; Emmy Ratings Crash; Fall TV Reviews; 'Uncut Gems' Trailer

What's news: Aurora shooting victims express Joker fears, Mad Men rights to hit the streaming market, Emmys ratings crash, Disney Parks exec steps down after Galaxy's Edge concerns, the trailer for Adam Sandler's Uncut Gems. Plus: Reviews of Bob Hearts Abishola and Emergence. --Alex Weprin [The Hollywood Reporter]( [The Hollywood Reporter]( Today In Entertainment SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 What's news: Aurora shooting victims express Joker fears, Mad Men rights to hit the streaming market, Emmys ratings crash, Disney Parks exec steps down after Galaxy's Edge concerns, the trailer for Adam Sandler's Uncut Gems. Plus: Reviews of Bob Hearts Abishola and Emergence. --Alex Weprin What's news: Aurora shooting victims express Joker fears, Mad Men rights to hit the streaming market, Emmys ratings crash, Disney Parks exec steps down after Galaxy's Edge concerns, the trailer for Adam Sandler's Uncut Gems. Plus: Reviews of Bob Hearts Abishola and Emergence. --Alex Weprin ['Joker' Fears] 'Joker' Fears ►Aurora shooting victims voice fears over Joker in letter to Warner Bros. Family members of those killed in the July 20, 2012, mass shooting at a screening of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado, have signed a letter to Warner Bros. sharing concerns about the upcoming Joker film and asking the studio to donate to groups that aid victims of gun violence. --The R-rated Joker has been praised for the performance of lead actor Joaquin Phoenix, even as reviewers have expressed concern about its gritty, realistic violence. The theater where the 2012 shooting took place will not be showing the new film. Quote: "I don’t need to see a picture of [the Aurora killer James Holmes]; I just need to see a Joker promo and I see a picture of the killer," says Sandy Phillips, whose 24-year-old daughter, Jessica Ghawi, was among the slain. [The story](. ►Disney Parks veteran steps down. Catherine Powell, who oversees the U.S. and Paris theme parks for Disney, is leaving the company. As president of Disney Parks West, Powell was in charge of Disneyland Paris, Walt Disney World and Disneyland. Powell was also in her post during the recent openings for two new Star Wars lands — Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Walt Disney World in Orlando and another at the California Disneyland park — that fell flat on attendance. [The story](. +Disney on Monday also announced a major promotional push for the Galaxy's Edge parks. During ABC's premiere week, "viewers will be treated to on-air mentions and surprises from the Star Wars universe," the company says. It wasn't immediately clear whether that meant integrations into plot lines, bumper ads, or other elements. Among the shows participating are Dancing With the Stars, The Goldbergs, Modern Family, and Black-ish. ^Get ready for another bidding war: The streaming rights to Mad Men will come up for sale next year. Etan Vlessing reports that producer Lionsgate will be getting the rights back in 2020, and is planning to shop the iconic AMC show around. Libraries of popular shows are increasingly scarce, with recent deals for Seinfeld and The Big Bang Theory worth hundreds of millions of dollars or more. --Services like HBO Max are seeking to bolster their libraries ahead of launch, while Netflix is looking to replenish a library that has seen a number of titles depart to their original producers. Apple, meanwhile has no library content at all, making it a ripe target for a deal. Then there is Lionsgate's own premium channel/streaming service Starz, which is also likely to bid. [The story](. In development: Supernatural star Jared Padalecki is [set to star]( in a reboot of Walker, Texas Ranger that's in the works at CBS Television Studios. The new project, called Walker, is an update of the 1990s staple that starred Chuck Norris as the title character... Queen Latifah is the latest big name to sign on to a series at short-form streamer Quibi. The Emmy and Oscar nominee [will play](a lead role in When the Street Lights Go On, a drama about the ripple effects of a girl's murder... Elsewhere in film... --Tom Hanks [will receive](the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the upcoming Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Tuesday. --Innovative technical approaches to the production of Ang Lee’s Gemini Man and Jon Favreau’s The Lion King [will be recognized]( during the Advanced Imaging Society’s annual Entertainment Technology Lumiere Awards. --New York Magazine has [signed with WME](. In addition, parent company New York Media has launched a TV/film production initiative led by consulting producer Scoop Wasserstein, brother of New York Media CEO Pam Wasserstein. --Dean DeBlois, the filmmaker who wrapped up the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy earlier this year, is g[oing small and live-action]( with Micronauts, Paramount’s take on the Hasbro toy line. DeBlois will tackle writing duties and will direct. --Edward Norton's new film Motherless Brooklyn [will open]( the 14th Rome Film Fest on Oct. 17. 'Joker' Fears ►Aurora shooting victims voice fears over Joker in letter to Warner Bros. Family members of those killed in the July 20, 2012, mass shooting at a screening of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado, have signed a letter to Warner Bros. sharing concerns about the upcoming Joker film and asking the studio to donate to groups that aid victims of gun violence. --The R-rated Joker has been praised for the performance of lead actor Joaquin Phoenix, even as reviewers have expressed concern about its gritty, realistic violence. The theater where the 2012 shooting took place will not be showing the new film. Quote: "I don’t need to see a picture of [the Aurora killer James Holmes]; I just need to see a Joker promo and I see a picture of the killer," says Sandy Phillips, whose 24-year-old daughter, Jessica Ghawi, was among the slain. [The story](. ►Disney Parks veteran steps down. Catherine Powell, who oversees the U.S. and Paris theme parks for Disney, is leaving the company. As president of Disney Parks West, Powell was in charge of Disneyland Paris, Walt Disney World and Disneyland. Powell was also in her post during the recent openings for two new Star Wars lands — Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Walt Disney World in Orlando and another at the California Disneyland park — that fell flat on attendance. [The story](. +Disney on Monday also announced a major promotional push for the Galaxy's Edge parks. During ABC's premiere week, "viewers will be treated to on-air mentions and surprises from the Star Wars universe," the company says. It wasn't immediately clear whether that meant integrations into plot lines, bumper ads, or other elements. Among the shows participating are Dancing With the Stars, The Goldbergs, Modern Family, and Black-ish. ^Get ready for another bidding war: The streaming rights to Mad Men will come up for sale next year. Etan Vlessing reports that producer Lionsgate will be getting the rights back in 2020, and is planning to shop the iconic AMC show around. Libraries of popular shows are increasingly scarce, with recent deals for Seinfeld and The Big Bang Theory worth hundreds of millions of dollars or more. --Services like HBO Max are seeking to bolster their libraries ahead of launch, while Netflix is looking to replenish a library that has seen a number of titles depart to their original producers. Apple, meanwhile has no library content at all, making it a ripe target for a deal. Then there is Lionsgate's own premium channel/streaming service Starz, which is also likely to bid. [The story](. In development: Supernatural star Jared Padalecki is [set to star]( in a reboot of Walker, Texas Ranger that's in the works at CBS Television Studios. The new project, called Walker, is an update of the 1990s staple that starred Chuck Norris as the title character... Queen Latifah is the latest big name to sign on to a series at short-form streamer Quibi. The Emmy and Oscar nominee [will play](a lead role in When the Street Lights Go On, a drama about the ripple effects of a girl's murder... Elsewhere in film... --Tom Hanks [will receive](the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the upcoming Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Tuesday. --Innovative technical approaches to the production of Ang Lee’s Gemini Man and Jon Favreau’s The Lion King [will be recognized]( during the Advanced Imaging Society’s annual Entertainment Technology Lumiere Awards. --New York Magazine has [signed with WME](. In addition, parent company New York Media has launched a TV/film production initiative led by consulting producer Scoop Wasserstein, brother of New York Media CEO Pam Wasserstein. --Dean DeBlois, the filmmaker who wrapped up the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy earlier this year, is g[oing small and live-action]( with Micronauts, Paramount’s take on the Hasbro toy line. DeBlois will tackle writing duties and will direct. --Edward Norton's new film Motherless Brooklyn [will open]( the 14th Rome Film Fest on Oct. 17. [Emmy Ratings Crash] Emmy Ratings Crash ►For the second year in a row, the Emmy Awards have hit an all-time low in the ratings. Time zone-adjusted ratings for Sunday's telecast on Fox have the awards pulling in 6.9 million viewers, down almost a third (32 percent) from last year's Emmy ceremony on NBC. The 10.21 million viewers was the previous low for the awards. --The slide for the Emmys is also easily the biggest decline among the major televised awards shows in 2019, which reversed, or at least halted, several years of declines from a mid-decade peak. The Oscars improved by more than 10 percent in both total viewers and adults 18-49, and the Golden Globes and Grammys were fairly steady year to year. [The numbers](. +Game of Thrones and When They See Us won over social media during the awards show. Game of Thrones was the most talked about show on both Twitter and Facebook. [The social media numbers](. +ICYMI: How the stars got [red carpet ready](... Terrence Howard attended the Emmy Awards on Sunday night, where he gave [a rather perplexing interview]( to KTLA on the red carpet... the producers [made a glaring mistake]( in their In Memoriam section during Sunday night's show. Instead of showing a photo of the late composer Andre Previn, an image of the living composer Leonard Slatkin appeared onscreen... +Also: All the inside references, [explained](... Here’s why Gwyneth Paltrow [small-stepped](her way across the stage... Here's Jimmy Kimmel Live!'s [annual bit](, with Kimmel sidekick Guillermo interviewing stars on the red carpet... ►Another college admissions scandal TV show is in the works. Entertainment 360 has optioned season one of Cadence13's Gangster Capitalism with plans to adapt the college admissions scandal-focused podcast as an anthology. The series will be shopped to premium cable networks and streamers, and the first season will focus on Operation Varsity Blues, the scandal that saw 50 parents, coaches and administrators — including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Laughlin — arrested after having paid millions to a consultant in a bid to get their children into elite universities. [More](. ^The must-see shows of fall TV. Daniel Fienberg and Tim Goodman reveal their top choices for new and returning series through October. making the cut? CBS' Evil, Netflix's El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, HBO's Watchmen (pictured above), NBC's Saturday Night Live, and USA's Mr. Robot. [The list](. Fall TV reviews... --Bob Hearts Abishola review. Robyn Bahr reviews the latest CBS sitcom from Chuck Lorre, praising the show's "surprising level of nuance, which renders Bob Hearts Abishola nothing short of groundbreaking." Quote: "Is the show perfect in every possible facet of cultural representation, including the complete avoidance of racism for laughs? Unfortunately, no. Does it feature characters conducting entire subtitled conversations in Yoruba, one of the many languages spoken in Nigeria? Excitingly, yes." [The review](. +Jean Bentley speaks to Bob Hearts Abishola star Folake Olowofoyeku. [The interview](. --Emergence review. Daniel Fienberg reviews ABC's latest effort in the "mythology-driven genre" space, which follows a small-town police chief, and a mysterious child. Quote: "It's with tempered pleasure that I can report that the pilot for Emergence is well above average by Lost spawn standards. It sets a mood well, doesn't abuse its mysterious trappings and is carried by a thoroughly charming cast." [The review](. --Fienberg also reviews NBC's Bluff City Law, and CBS' All Rise. "To quickly cut to the chase, All Rise is the better show, swifter to capitalize on its ensemble and steadier in its procedural aspects, but Bluff City Law is the show with a larger number of waffling Southern accents and infinitely more Jimmy Smits. Plan accordingly." [The reviews](. --The Politician review. Fienberg reviews Ryan Murphy's first series for Netflix. Quote: "With a wandering focus and an erratic sense of tone, The Politician simply doesn't come together as a clean vision. It remains generally watchable throughout thanks to a great cast and fleeting moments of inspiration and it actually teases a promising second season — none of which makes these episodes any less of a wasted opportunity for satire and commentary." [The review](. --Fienberg also reviews Fox's Prodigal Son. "Prodigal Son is trapped in that all-too-familiar position that most network dramas find themselves in these days, between wanting to tell cable-style arced stories and satisfying broadcast murder-of-the-week mandates." [The review](. Elsewhere in TV... --CNN's Jeff Zucker [sent a memo]( to staff on an alleged bomb plot revealed Monday: There was "never any imminent threat." --A Fox News spokesperson told THR that the network has "no plans" to [book conservative podcast host](Michael Knowles as a guest again after he referred to 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg as a "mentally ill Swedish child." --How 911 [created](its season 3 premiere tsunami disaster. --Sean Spicer [launches a mock campaign]( for Dancing With the Stars votes. --Discovery CEO David Zaslav, RuPaul, and NBC's Lester Holt have[joined the program]( for Vanity Fair's New Establishment Summit. Casting roundup: Westworld star Jeffrey Wright is [in negotiations]( to play Commissioner Gordon in Matt Reeves' The Batman... Meanwhile Jonah Hill is [in early talks]( to play a villain in the project... Fox's 911: Lone Star [will include]( a transgender character, played by trans actor Brian Michael Smith... Meryl Streep [will headline]( a new full-cast audiobook recording of E. B. White’s classic children’s book Charlotte's Web from Listening Library... Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver [will star](in the adaptation of the New York Times best-seller The Good House... Derek Theler, Beth Riesgraf and Lamont Thompson [have joined]( the cast of Paramount Network's 68 Whiskey... Emmy Ratings Crash ►For the second year in a row, the Emmy Awards have hit an all-time low in the ratings. Time zone-adjusted ratings for Sunday's telecast on Fox have the awards pulling in 6.9 million viewers, down almost a third (32 percent) from last year's Emmy ceremony on NBC. The 10.21 million viewers was the previous low for the awards. --The slide for the Emmys is also easily the biggest decline among the major televised awards shows in 2019, which reversed, or at least halted, several years of declines from a mid-decade peak. The Oscars improved by more than 10 percent in both total viewers and adults 18-49, and the Golden Globes and Grammys were fairly steady year to year. [The numbers](. +Game of Thrones and When They See Us won over social media during the awards show. Game of Thrones was the most talked about show on both Twitter and Facebook. [The social media numbers](. +ICYMI: How the stars got [red carpet ready](... Terrence Howard attended the Emmy Awards on Sunday night, where he gave [a rather perplexing interview]( to KTLA on the red carpet... the producers [made a glaring mistake]( in their In Memoriam section during Sunday night's show. Instead of showing a photo of the late composer Andre Previn, an image of the living composer Leonard Slatkin appeared onscreen... +Also: All the inside references, [explained](... Here’s why Gwyneth Paltrow [small-stepped](her way across the stage... Here's Jimmy Kimmel Live!'s [annual bit](, with Kimmel sidekick Guillermo interviewing stars on the red carpet... ►Another college admissions scandal TV show is in the works. Entertainment 360 has optioned season one of Cadence13's Gangster Capitalism with plans to adapt the college admissions scandal-focused podcast as an anthology. The series will be shopped to premium cable networks and streamers, and the first season will focus on Operation Varsity Blues, the scandal that saw 50 parents, coaches and administrators — including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Laughlin — arrested after having paid millions to a consultant in a bid to get their children into elite universities. [More](. ^The must-see shows of fall TV. Daniel Fienberg and Tim Goodman reveal their top choices for new and returning series through October. making the cut? CBS' Evil, Netflix's El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, HBO's Watchmen (pictured above), NBC's Saturday Night Live, and USA's Mr. Robot. [The list](. Fall TV reviews... --Bob Hearts Abishola review. Robyn Bahr reviews the latest CBS sitcom from Chuck Lorre, praising the show's "surprising level of nuance, which renders Bob Hearts Abishola nothing short of groundbreaking." Quote: "Is the show perfect in every possible facet of cultural representation, including the complete avoidance of racism for laughs? Unfortunately, no. Does it feature characters conducting entire subtitled conversations in Yoruba, one of the many languages spoken in Nigeria? Excitingly, yes." [The review](. +Jean Bentley speaks to Bob Hearts Abishola star Folake Olowofoyeku. [The interview](. --Emergence review. Daniel Fienberg reviews ABC's latest effort in the "mythology-driven genre" space, which follows a small-town police chief, and a mysterious child. Quote: "It's with tempered pleasure that I can report that the pilot for Emergence is well above average by Lost spawn standards. It sets a mood well, doesn't abuse its mysterious trappings and is carried by a thoroughly charming cast." [The review](. --Fienberg also reviews NBC's Bluff City Law, and CBS' All Rise. "To quickly cut to the chase, All Rise is the better show, swifter to capitalize on its ensemble and steadier in its procedural aspects, but Bluff City Law is the show with a larger number of waffling Southern accents and infinitely more Jimmy Smits. Plan accordingly." [The reviews](. --The Politician review. Fienberg reviews Ryan Murphy's first series for Netflix. Quote: "With a wandering focus and an erratic sense of tone, The Politician simply doesn't come together as a clean vision. It remains generally watchable throughout thanks to a great cast and fleeting moments of inspiration and it actually teases a promising second season — none of which makes these episodes any less of a wasted opportunity for satire and commentary." [The review](. --Fienberg also reviews Fox's Prodigal Son. "Prodigal Son is trapped in that all-too-familiar position that most network dramas find themselves in these days, between wanting to tell cable-style arced stories and satisfying broadcast murder-of-the-week mandates." [The review](. Elsewhere in TV... --CNN's Jeff Zucker [sent a memo]( to staff on an alleged bomb plot revealed Monday: There was "never any imminent threat." --A Fox News spokesperson told THR that the network has "no plans" to [book conservative podcast host](Michael Knowles as a guest again after he referred to 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg as a "mentally ill Swedish child." --How 911 [created](its season 3 premiere tsunami disaster. --Sean Spicer [launches a mock campaign]( for Dancing With the Stars votes. --Discovery CEO David Zaslav, RuPaul, and NBC's Lester Holt have[joined the program]( for Vanity Fair's New Establishment Summit. Casting roundup: Westworld star Jeffrey Wright is [in negotiations]( to play Commissioner Gordon in Matt Reeves' The Batman... Meanwhile Jonah Hill is [in early talks]( to play a villain in the project... Fox's 911: Lone Star [will include]( a transgender character, played by trans actor Brian Michael Smith... Meryl Streep [will headline]( a new full-cast audiobook recording of E. B. White’s classic children’s book Charlotte's Web from Listening Library... Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver [will star](in the adaptation of the New York Times best-seller The Good House... Derek Theler, Beth Riesgraf and Lamont Thompson [have joined]( the cast of Paramount Network's 68 Whiskey... [Gamer's Plight] Gamer's Plight ►Why so many esports players retire by 25 — and what comes next. Patrick Shanley examines the cutthroat world of competitive gaming, which chews up and spits out young players, forcing them to plan ahead for how to keep their careers going after their competitive run ends. "With the average gaming career lasting just four to five years, these 20-somethings must find new ways to make ends meet. As one insider warns, 'Once you've peaked, it's too late.'" [The story](. +Google's gaming play: Following the launch of Apple's subscription game service Apple Arcade last week, Google debuted its own mobile offering on Monday: Google Play Pass. Boasting "hundreds of games" and a $4.99 per month price point, Google Play Pass, much like Apple Arcade, will not feature any ads or in-game purchases. [More](. ►The Murdochs are taking a pay cut. Both Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch will take home quite a bit less in compensation than they did last year, reflecting the completion of the spin-off to Disney, and the skinnier Fox Corp. portfolio of companies. Fox Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch will see total compensation of $42.1 million in fiscal 2019, down from $49.2 million in 2018, while his son and Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch will also take home $42.1 million in total compensation, down from $50.7 million last year. [More](. Just in: Kanye West has come to a settlement with EMI, according to court papers, bringing an end to a lawsuit where the hip-hop superstar attempted to engineer contractual free agency. [The story](. +Under what circumstances does the producer of Hamilton tell a judge that one cannot copyright historical facts about Alexander Hamilton's life? Eriq Gardner channels Lin Manuel-Miranda to tell the tale of a lawsuit involving the broadway smash now pending in New York federal court. [The story](. +A federal appeals court has overturned the move led by FCC chairman Ajit Pai to loosen media ownership rules, sending the plan back to the commission for further review. “The Commission did not adequately consider the effect its sweeping rule changes will have on ownership of broadcast media by women and racial minorities,” wrote Judge Thomas Ambro of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in his ruling. [More](. +APA is firing back in response to a sexual abuse lawsuit filed by Ricky Garcia, a 20-year-old member of boy band Forever In Your Mind. Garcia earlier this month sued the agency for its alleged role in perpetuating the abuse he claims to have endured at the hand of his ex-manager Joby Harte and former APA agent Tyler Grasham. [More](. ^A $1 billion estate, 74 horses and a secret daughter: Meet the original real housewife of Beverly Hills. Hadley Mears digs into the exclusive archives of Dolly Green, daughter of city co-founder Burton E. Green, emerges a picture of an over-the-top heiress: "When you were with her, you felt like you were with royalty." New trailers: Here's [the first trailer]( for Uncut Gems, starring Adam Sandler... Star Aaron Paul [shared a new]( extended El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie trailer... Revolving door: HBO Max continues to fill out its executive ranks with the [hiring of a trio]( to lead non-fiction programming at the WarnerMedia-owned streaming platform... Free Solo directors and producers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin are making National Geographic their TV home. The filmmakers and their company, Little Monster Films, [have signed]( a first-look deal with the Disney-owned cable network to develop unscripted series and specials for Nat Geo in addition to more feature documentaries... Obituaries: [J. Michael Mendel](, an animation producer who won four Emmy Awards for his work on The Simpsons and Rick and Morty, has died. He was 54... [Jan Merlin](, who played villains in dozens of films and TV shows and good guys on Tom Corbett, Space Cadet and The Rough Riders, died Friday in Los Angeles, his family announced. He was 94... [Sid Haig](, the horror film actor and Rob Zombie collaborator who starred in House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects, has died. He was 80... Series Regular podcast: This week Josh Wigler sits down the creators of the ABC series Emergence. [Listen](. What else we're reading... --"The growing threat to journalism around the world" [[NY Times](] --"Digital publishers team up to compete for more video ad dollars" [[WSJ](] --"Chief Keith: How Dateline correspondent Keith Morrison became—and stayed—the granddaddy of true crime." [[GQ](] From the archives... Today's birthdays: Ben Platt, 26, Brad Bird, 62, Kevin Sorbo, 61, Ross Matthews, 40. Gamer's Plight ►Why so many esports players retire by 25 — and what comes next. Patrick Shanley examines the cutthroat world of competitive gaming, which chews up and spits out young players, forcing them to plan ahead for how to keep their careers going after their competitive run ends. "With the average gaming career lasting just four to five years, these 20-somethings must find new ways to make ends meet. As one insider warns, 'Once you've peaked, it's too late.'" [The story](. +Google's gaming play: Following the launch of Apple's subscription game service Apple Arcade last week, Google debuted its own mobile offering on Monday: Google Play Pass. Boasting "hundreds of games" and a $4.99 per month price point, Google Play Pass, much like Apple Arcade, will not feature any ads or in-game purchases. [More](. ►The Murdochs are taking a pay cut. Both Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch will take home quite a bit less in compensation than they did last year, reflecting the completion of the spin-off to Disney, and the skinnier Fox Corp. portfolio of companies. Fox Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch will see total compensation of $42.1 million in fiscal 2019, down from $49.2 million in 2018, while his son and Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch will also take home $42.1 million in total compensation, down from $50.7 million last year. [More](. Just in: Kanye West has come to a settlement with EMI, according to court papers, bringing an end to a lawsuit where the hip-hop superstar attempted to engineer contractual free agency. [The story](. +Under what circumstances does the producer of Hamilton tell a judge that one cannot copyright historical facts about Alexander Hamilton's life? Eriq Gardner channels Lin Manuel-Miranda to tell the tale of a lawsuit involving the broadway smash now pending in New York federal court. [The story](. +A federal appeals court has overturned the move led by FCC chairman Ajit Pai to loosen media ownership rules, sending the plan back to the commission for further review. “The Commission did not adequately consider the effect its sweeping rule changes will have on ownership of broadcast media by women and racial minorities,” wrote Judge Thomas Ambro of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in his ruling. [More](. +APA is firing back in response to a sexual abuse lawsuit filed by Ricky Garcia, a 20-year-old member of boy band Forever In Your Mind. Garcia earlier this month sued the agency for its alleged role in perpetuating the abuse he claims to have endured at the hand of his ex-manager Joby Harte and former APA agent Tyler Grasham. [More](. ^A $1 billion estate, 74 horses and a secret daughter: Meet the original real housewife of Beverly Hills. Hadley Mears digs into the exclusive archives of Dolly Green, daughter of city co-founder Burton E. Green, emerges a picture of an over-the-top heiress: "When you were with her, you felt like you were with royalty." New trailers: Here's [the first trailer]( for Uncut Gems, starring Adam Sandler... Star Aaron Paul [shared a new]( extended El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie trailer... Revolving door: HBO Max continues to fill out its executive ranks with the [hiring of a trio]( to lead non-fiction programming at the WarnerMedia-owned streaming platform... Free Solo directors and producers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin are making National Geographic their TV home. The filmmakers and their company, Little Monster Films, [have signed]( a first-look deal with the Disney-owned cable network to develop unscripted series and specials for Nat Geo in addition to more feature documentaries... Obituaries: [J. Michael Mendel](, an animation producer who won four Emmy Awards for his work on The Simpsons and Rick and Morty, has died. He was 54... [Jan Merlin](, who played villains in dozens of films and TV shows and good guys on Tom Corbett, Space Cadet and The Rough Riders, died Friday in Los Angeles, his family announced. He was 94... [Sid Haig](, the horror film actor and Rob Zombie collaborator who starred in House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects, has died. He was 80... Series Regular podcast: This week Josh Wigler sits down the creators of the ABC series Emergence. [Listen](. What else we're reading... --"The growing threat to journalism around the world" [[NY Times](] --"Digital publishers team up to compete for more video ad dollars" [[WSJ](] --"Chief Keith: How Dateline correspondent Keith Morrison became—and stayed—the granddaddy of true crime." [[GQ](] From the archives... Today's birthdays: Ben Platt, 26, Brad Bird, 62, Kevin Sorbo, 61, Ross Matthews, 40. [Image] [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( Is this e-mail not displaying correctly? 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