TV Deals Skyrocket; Al Franken Radio Show; PWB’s Amazon Deal; 'Jurassic' Cast; THR Fall Style Cover

What's news: How high can TV streaming deals go? Billy Joel TV anthology being shopped, new Bob Iger book revelations, Jurassic Park stars join Jurassic World 3, Nick Cannon developing a daytime talker, news and documentary Emmy winners. On the cover: The top glam squads, in the Fall Style issue. --Alex Weprin [The Hollywood Reporter]( [The Hollywood Reporter]( Today In Entertainment SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 What's news: How high can TV streaming deals go? Billy Joel TV anthology being shopped, new Bob Iger book revelations, Jurassic Park stars join Jurassic World 3, Nick Cannon developing a daytime talker, news and documentary Emmy winners. On the cover: The top glam squads, in the Fall Style issue. --Alex Weprin What's news: How high can TV streaming deals go? Billy Joel TV anthology being shopped, new Bob Iger book revelations, Jurassic Park stars join Jurassic World 3, Nick Cannon developing a daytime talker, news and documentary Emmy winners. On the cover: The top glam squads, in the Fall Style issue. --Alex Weprin [Streaming Deals Hit New Heights] Streaming Deals Hit New Heights ►After Seinfeld, Friends and Big Bang, how sky-high can massive TV deals fly? As multiple hits score north of $400 million from streamers stocking up for a subscriber war, studio insiders tell Lesley Goldberg that the eye-popping library bids are necessary to compete: "It's either buy it now or it's gone." --Scarcity is a factor: "Adding to these eye-popping library deals is the race for proven IP, with many industry sources bemoaning that much of it — like Marvel — already is locked up under exclusive, long-term deals," Goldberg writes. "Shows like Friends — which has proven itself in SVOD — are considered the next best thing." Quote: "This is about quality shows finding a new audience, not about monetizing any old content that happens to be sitting in a library somewhere," says Guy Bisson, research director at Ampere Analysis. "So the strong brand shows that can drive an offer, build an audience and potentially become a rebooted franchise are where the money is." [The story](. ►A Billy Joel TV anthology series is in the works. MGM is teaming with Universal Music Publishing Group to bring the New York singer-songwriter's music to life as a scripted "arc-thology" called Scenes From an Italian Restaurant. The show, which takes its title from Joel's favorite song from his sizable catalog, will see each episode based on lyrics of his hits and populated by characters from his songs, including the "Stranger," the "Piano Man," "Mamma Leone" and "Sgt. O'Leary." The tracks will be reimagined and rearranged by Joel's music team — with his input — and take his tunes in new directions. [The full story](. ►News and Documentary Emmy Awards: Yes, HBO led the news and doc Emmys too, securing 10 awards thanks to strong performances from its documentary features and the now-canceled Vice shows. PBS secured 6 Emmys, while CBS won 6. The shows with the most wins was CBS' 60 Minutes and HBO's Vice News Tonight, which each took home 5 Emmys. NBC's Andrea Mitchell took home the Lifetime Achievement Award. [The full list of winners](. ^Bob Iger: Decision to cancel Roseanne was "easy." In an interview Tuesday night to promote his new book Ride of a Lifetime, Disney CEO Bob Iger said that while he has made many difficult decisions in his career, the decision to cancel Roseanne in the wake of an offensive tweet from star Roseanne Barr wasn't one of them. "I got a lot of calls on that with people saying it must have been really hard. Why? Because it is the most popular show? It was an easy decision," he told Oprah Winfrey, who interviewed him at the 92nd Street Y in New York. --Iger said that he first learned of the tweet just before 7 a.m. when then-ABC chief Ben Sherwood reached out to tell him about it. "I think we knew within 15 minutes after hearing about it, we knew what we had to do," Iger said, adding that "I knew it was our number one show, but I never asked what it meant to our company financially. To this day I don’t know what it meant to us financially." --He also discussed his near-entry into the presidential race. "I was at a point of having anxiety dreams about being on a debate stage and forgetting what the capital of Hungary was, not that it seems to matter" he said in an apparent jab at President Trump, to laughs from the crowd "I was actually studying, I was studying trade and taxation and health care and capitals of the world. I have no anxiety anymore about that." +Also revealed in Iger's book: George Lucas felt "betrayed" By Disney's Star Wars plans. [More.]( Streaming Deals Hit New Heights ►After Seinfeld, Friends and Big Bang, how sky-high can massive TV deals fly? As multiple hits score north of $400 million from streamers stocking up for a subscriber war, studio insiders tell Lesley Goldberg that the eye-popping library bids are necessary to compete: "It's either buy it now or it's gone." --Scarcity is a factor: "Adding to these eye-popping library deals is the race for proven IP, with many industry sources bemoaning that much of it — like Marvel — already is locked up under exclusive, long-term deals," Goldberg writes. "Shows like Friends — which has proven itself in SVOD — are considered the next best thing." Quote: "This is about quality shows finding a new audience, not about monetizing any old content that happens to be sitting in a library somewhere," says Guy Bisson, research director at Ampere Analysis. "So the strong brand shows that can drive an offer, build an audience and potentially become a rebooted franchise are where the money is." [The story](. ►A Billy Joel TV anthology series is in the works. MGM is teaming with Universal Music Publishing Group to bring the New York singer-songwriter's music to life as a scripted "arc-thology" called Scenes From an Italian Restaurant. The show, which takes its title from Joel's favorite song from his sizable catalog, will see each episode based on lyrics of his hits and populated by characters from his songs, including the "Stranger," the "Piano Man," "Mamma Leone" and "Sgt. O'Leary." The tracks will be reimagined and rearranged by Joel's music team — with his input — and take his tunes in new directions. [The full story](. ►News and Documentary Emmy Awards: Yes, HBO led the news and doc Emmys too, securing 10 awards thanks to strong performances from its documentary features and the now-canceled Vice shows. PBS secured 6 Emmys, while CBS won 6. The shows with the most wins was CBS' 60 Minutes and HBO's Vice News Tonight, which each took home 5 Emmys. NBC's Andrea Mitchell took home the Lifetime Achievement Award. [The full list of winners](. ^Bob Iger: Decision to cancel Roseanne was "easy." In an interview Tuesday night to promote his new book Ride of a Lifetime, Disney CEO Bob Iger said that while he has made many difficult decisions in his career, the decision to cancel Roseanne in the wake of an offensive tweet from star Roseanne Barr wasn't one of them. "I got a lot of calls on that with people saying it must have been really hard. Why? Because it is the most popular show? It was an easy decision," he told Oprah Winfrey, who interviewed him at the 92nd Street Y in New York. --Iger said that he first learned of the tweet just before 7 a.m. when then-ABC chief Ben Sherwood reached out to tell him about it. "I think we knew within 15 minutes after hearing about it, we knew what we had to do," Iger said, adding that "I knew it was our number one show, but I never asked what it meant to our company financially. To this day I don’t know what it meant to us financially." --He also discussed his near-entry into the presidential race. "I was at a point of having anxiety dreams about being on a debate stage and forgetting what the capital of Hungary was, not that it seems to matter" he said in an apparent jab at President Trump, to laughs from the crowd "I was actually studying, I was studying trade and taxation and health care and capitals of the world. I have no anxiety anymore about that." +Also revealed in Iger's book: George Lucas felt "betrayed" By Disney's Star Wars plans. [More.]( Top Glam Squads [On the cover](: The Fall Style Issue. Meet the 15 beauty teams on The Hollywood Reporter's seventh list celebrating showbiz’s most influential hairstylists and makeup artists, who create the looks that will take A-listers to new heights this awards season. This week there are two covers, one featuring Zendaya and her squad (pictured above) and a second featuring Margot Robbie and her team. +The business of fashion: Endorsement deals "can be worth millions for A-list" talent, says Stacy Jones, CEO of marketing agency Hollywood Branded. "As an ambassador, makeup artists or hairstylists receive from $7,500 to hundreds of thousands," notes Jones. Adds Scarlett Johansson's makeup artist Frankie Boyd, "People want an invitation to the dressing room." +Contributions from stars like Robbie, Zendaya, Rachel Brosnahan, and others. [The list](. +Video: Zendaya with Sheika Daley & Urusla Stephen on her favorite beauty looks, loving her long legs and more. [Watch.]( ►A Jurassic Park reunion. Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill and Laura Dern are all set to reprise their iconic roles from Jurassic Park in the next installment of the Jurassic World franchise. Goldblum will once again play chaos theorist Dr. Ian Malcom with Dern returning as paleobotanist Dr. Ellie Sattler and Neill as paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant. Jurassic World 3 director Colin Trevorrow revealed the fan-friendly casting news at a screening of Jurassic World Tuesday night. [The story](. ►Al Franken returns to radio. Al Franken, who resigned his U.S. Senate seat in 2017 amid sexual misconduct charges, will re-emerge into the public sphere on Saturday when he starts a new weekly radio show on the SiriusXM satellite service. The former Senator and Saturday Night Live writer will host a show for SiriusXM's Progress Channel, with interviews from the world of entertainment, media, and politics. [More](. ►Nick Cannon: talk show host? The Masked Singer host is teaming with Lionsgate's Debmar-Mercury to front his own syndicated daytime talk show in 2020. Cannon will co-produce the series via his production company, Ncredible Entertainment. Details on the name of the show and a specific launch date — as well as plans surrounding a format — have not yet been determined. [The story](. ►Broadcast premiere week starts off quietly. The first night of the 2019-20 season brought ho-hum ratings for four new series and largely down numbers for veteran shows from a year ago, Rick Porter writes. NBC's The Voice and Fox's 911 were the top returnees. [The numbers](. +A trio of syndicated series got off to promising starts in their first week on the air, with The Kelly Clarkson Show scoring the best debut ratings in several years. [More](. The business section... ^Vox Media is buying New York magazine. The all-stock deal, which is expected to close this fall, will see Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff (pictured above) lead the combined company. Pam Wasserstein, whose father Bruce bought New York in 2004 and launched New York Media, will continue to run the magazine and its various digital brands as president of Vox Media. She will also join the company's board of directors. [The story.]( --John Stankey says DirecTV isn't for sale. In a interview [published]([Tuesday by the Wall Street Journal](, Stankey also says that he has no intention of stepping aside as CEO of WarnerMedia anytime soon. His team, including Warner Bros. chief Ann Sarnoff and entertainment head Bob Greenblatt “subscribes to the direction we’re headed and are energized about it.” --Netflix stock tumbles. In a stunning reversal of fortune, shares of Netflix are now down in 2019 after rising more than 40 percent through the first four months of the year, and on Tuesday the hits kept coming, this time in the form of a Wall Street analyst who reduced his target price "substantially" to $350 while it had been set at $515. [More](. ►Phoebe Waller-Bridge inks Amazon deal. Just a couple of days after taking home multiple Emmy Awards for Fleabag, Waller-Bridge creator and star has signed a big overall deal with the tech giant's Amazon Studios. As part of the pact, she will develop new projects to premiere on Amazon's Prime Video streaming platform. [The details](. +The day in deals: The writers of Tom Hanks' Mister Rogers biopic are moving into Showtime's neighborhood. Micah FItzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, screenwriters of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, [have signed]( a first-look deal with the premium cable outlet. ►Warner Bros. responds to Joker letter. The studio weighed in on the letter sent by survivors of the Aurora, Colorado Dark Knight shooting, which was first reported by THR Monday. “Gun violence in our society is a critical issue, and we extend our deepest sympathy to all victims and families impacted by these tragedies,." [The full statement](. ►How Hustlers broke the girl gang movie curse. Robyn Bahr weighs in: "Hustlers director Lorene Scafaria innately understands that a story about conspiratorial women must be built on a foundation of strong interpersonal solidarity. Then, and only then, will the sticky entanglements of their criminal escapades lure us in." [More](. Elsewhere in film... --IFC Films has [picked up]( the U.S. rights to Czech director Vaclav Marhoul's The Painted Bird. --Democratic presidential hopeful and New Jersey senator Cory Booker [talks to THR](about Game of Thrones, being a Trekkie, and the last movie he saw in theaters (it was Avengers: Endgame). --Director Guillermo del Toro [has written]( his first short story collection, which will be published by Amazon Original Stories in 2021. --10 of 2019's top documentary features [will be represented]( by their directors on the SCAD Savannah Film Festival's 'Docs to Watch' panel, which, for the sixth year in a row, will be presented by The Hollywood Reporter. --Paul Feig [was feted]( with the National Association of Theatre Owners' Spirit of the Industry award on Monday night in Los Angeles. Top Glam Squads [On the cover](: The Fall Style Issue. Meet the 15 beauty teams on The Hollywood Reporter's seventh list celebrating showbiz’s most influential hairstylists and makeup artists, who create the looks that will take A-listers to new heights this awards season. This week there are two covers, one featuring Zendaya and her squad (pictured above) and a second featuring Margot Robbie and her team. +The business of fashion: Endorsement deals "can be worth millions for A-list" talent, says Stacy Jones, CEO of marketing agency Hollywood Branded. "As an ambassador, makeup artists or hairstylists receive from $7,500 to hundreds of thousands," notes Jones. Adds Scarlett Johansson's makeup artist Frankie Boyd, "People want an invitation to the dressing room." +Contributions from stars like Robbie, Zendaya, Rachel Brosnahan, and others. [The list](. +Video: Zendaya with Sheika Daley & Urusla Stephen on her favorite beauty looks, loving her long legs and more. [Watch.]( ►A Jurassic Park reunion. Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill and Laura Dern are all set to reprise their iconic roles from Jurassic Park in the next installment of the Jurassic World franchise. Goldblum will once again play chaos theorist Dr. Ian Malcom with Dern returning as paleobotanist Dr. Ellie Sattler and Neill as paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant. Jurassic World 3 director Colin Trevorrow revealed the fan-friendly casting news at a screening of Jurassic World Tuesday night. [The story](. ►Al Franken returns to radio. Al Franken, who resigned his U.S. Senate seat in 2017 amid sexual misconduct charges, will re-emerge into the public sphere on Saturday when he starts a new weekly radio show on the SiriusXM satellite service. The former Senator and Saturday Night Live writer will host a show for SiriusXM's Progress Channel, with interviews from the world of entertainment, media, and politics. [More](. ►Nick Cannon: talk show host? The Masked Singer host is teaming with Lionsgate's Debmar-Mercury to front his own syndicated daytime talk show in 2020. Cannon will co-produce the series via his production company, Ncredible Entertainment. Details on the name of the show and a specific launch date — as well as plans surrounding a format — have not yet been determined. [The story](. ►Broadcast premiere week starts off quietly. The first night of the 2019-20 season brought ho-hum ratings for four new series and largely down numbers for veteran shows from a year ago, Rick Porter writes. NBC's The Voice and Fox's 911 were the top returnees. [The numbers](. +A trio of syndicated series got off to promising starts in their first week on the air, with The Kelly Clarkson Show scoring the best debut ratings in several years. [More](. The business section... ^Vox Media is buying New York magazine. The all-stock deal, which is expected to close this fall, will see Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff (pictured above) lead the combined company. Pam Wasserstein, whose father Bruce bought New York in 2004 and launched New York Media, will continue to run the magazine and its various digital brands as president of Vox Media. She will also join the company's board of directors. [The story.]( --John Stankey says DirecTV isn't for sale. In a interview [published]([Tuesday by the Wall Street Journal](, Stankey also says that he has no intention of stepping aside as CEO of WarnerMedia anytime soon. His team, including Warner Bros. chief Ann Sarnoff and entertainment head Bob Greenblatt “subscribes to the direction we’re headed and are energized about it.” --Netflix stock tumbles. In a stunning reversal of fortune, shares of Netflix are now down in 2019 after rising more than 40 percent through the first four months of the year, and on Tuesday the hits kept coming, this time in the form of a Wall Street analyst who reduced his target price "substantially" to $350 while it had been set at $515. [More](. ►Phoebe Waller-Bridge inks Amazon deal. Just a couple of days after taking home multiple Emmy Awards for Fleabag, Waller-Bridge creator and star has signed a big overall deal with the tech giant's Amazon Studios. As part of the pact, she will develop new projects to premiere on Amazon's Prime Video streaming platform. [The details](. +The day in deals: The writers of Tom Hanks' Mister Rogers biopic are moving into Showtime's neighborhood. Micah FItzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, screenwriters of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, [have signed]( a first-look deal with the premium cable outlet. ►Warner Bros. responds to Joker letter. The studio weighed in on the letter sent by survivors of the Aurora, Colorado Dark Knight shooting, which was first reported by THR Monday. “Gun violence in our society is a critical issue, and we extend our deepest sympathy to all victims and families impacted by these tragedies,." [The full statement](. ►How Hustlers broke the girl gang movie curse. Robyn Bahr weighs in: "Hustlers director Lorene Scafaria innately understands that a story about conspiratorial women must be built on a foundation of strong interpersonal solidarity. Then, and only then, will the sticky entanglements of their criminal escapades lure us in." [More](. Elsewhere in film... --IFC Films has [picked up]( the U.S. rights to Czech director Vaclav Marhoul's The Painted Bird. --Democratic presidential hopeful and New Jersey senator Cory Booker [talks to THR](about Game of Thrones, being a Trekkie, and the last movie he saw in theaters (it was Avengers: Endgame). --Director Guillermo del Toro [has written]( his first short story collection, which will be published by Amazon Original Stories in 2021. --10 of 2019's top documentary features [will be represented]( by their directors on the SCAD Savannah Film Festival's 'Docs to Watch' panel, which, for the sixth year in a row, will be presented by The Hollywood Reporter. --Paul Feig [was feted]( with the National Association of Theatre Owners' Spirit of the Industry award on Monday night in Los Angeles. [Emmys Behind The Scenes] Emmys Behind The Scenes Rambling reporter: From inside the Microsoft Theater to the star-packed Netflix afterparty, follow along as THR's Chris Gardner goes behind the velvet rope for all the action you didn't see on TV. Look out for details on what insiders thought of the hostless format, and Ted Sarandos' dance moves. [The story](. Meanwhile, in New York... Jeremy Barr emails: The Committee to Protect Journalists and Reuters toasted three prominent press freedom advocates at a cocktail party held in Manhattan on Tuesday night, including lawyer Amal Clooney and journalists Jason Rezaian and Maria Ressa (Clooney's client). Stephen Adler, the editor in chief of Reuters, called Clooney "one of the great human rights and press freedom lawyers and advocates in the world." — "I think we're all quite keenly aware of the challenge that we're facing and we're seeing," Clooney told the crowd. "Some very determined people and governments who are intent on silencing important voices, and I think what we need is to make sure that people like you are not apathetic and that you are still committed to doing the work, so that if they're determined to silence, we're even more determined to combat that." TV moves: The CW [is developing]( a spinoff of Arrow that would center on three of its female characters: Katherine McNamara's Mia Smoak/Green Arrow and the Canaries, Katie Cassidy's Laurel Lance and Juliana Harkavy's Dinah Drake... Netflix announced [the ninth show]( from prolific showrunner Shonda Rhimes: individual episodic series Notes on Love.... Vice Media's weekly newsmagazine is[being revived]( at Showtime following its HBO cancellation... Elsewhere in TV... --Daniel Fienberg reviews [ABC's Mixed-ish](. "Thanks to a strong cast, ABC's '80s-set Black-ish spinoff suggests the unlikely franchise has more to say about racial identity." --Tim Goodman reviews [ABC's Stumptown](, calling it "better than the average network drama out of the gate." --This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman on season [4's new characters](and Sterling K. Brown's "dangerous" storyline. --Bill O'Reilly adds [his own spin]( on Fox News and Trump in new book. --The Casting Society of America [has announced](the TV and theater nominations for the 35th Artios Awards, honoring the contributions of casting directors. The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged media analytics firm Comscore and its one-time CEO with accounting and disclosure fraud. The Commission on Tuesday said that Comscore and former CEO Serge Matta overstated revenue by around $5 million and made false and misleading statements about its performance metrics. [The story.]( +Google has scored a big legal win in the E.U. The European Union's judicial branch has ruled Google isn't required to de-list information globally under the region's so-called "right to be forgotten" law. [The story](. +Attorney Gloria Allred responded to criticism from New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, who have called her out in their new book, She Said, for assisting clients in entering confidential agreements during the legal course of fighting sexual assault cases. "The MeToo movement has elevated the voices of sexual assault victims," Allred wrote, "making it more likely that victims will come forward. But movement supporters are wrong to attack confidential settlement that can help vulnerable victims get a measure of justice." [More](. ^Here's a first look at The Allbright, the just-opened women's club in West Hollywood. [The story](. Revolving door: Paramount Network alum Justin Lacob has [been named]( head of development at recently launched nonfiction studio XTR... MGM Worldwide Television Group [has tapped]( unscripted lead Barry Poznick to become president of MGM/Orion unscripted and alternative television... Cecily Strong [has moved]( from ICM Partners to CAA... Marianna Palka has [been tapped]( to direct Collection... Jordan Levin has [been named]( GM of WarnerMedia's Rooster Teeth... Casting roundup: Will Smith is [heading back to Netflix](. The actor has signed on to star in and produce The Council, a crime biopic written by Peter Landesman... Saturday Night Live [has promoted]( Heidi Gardner and Chris Redd to its regular cast... Killing Eve star Kirby Howell-Baptiste [is joining]( the cast of Cruella... What else we're reading... --"Placido Domingo withdraws from the Met. Will this be the script for the L.A. Opera?" [[LA Times](] --"Cracking The Masked Singer's egg" [[Vanity Fair](] --"Danny DeVito, never retire (b*tch)" [[The Ringer](] --"The story behind the Times correspondent who faced arrest in Cairo" [[NY Times](] Today's birthdays: Will Smith, 51, Barbara Walters, 90, Catherine Zeta-Jones, 50, David Benioff, 49, Donald Glover, 36, Heather Locklear, 58, Mark Hamill, 68, Michael Douglas, 75, Michael Madsen, 62. Emmys Behind The Scenes Rambling reporter: From inside the Microsoft Theater to the star-packed Netflix afterparty, follow along as THR's Chris Gardner goes behind the velvet rope for all the action you didn't see on TV. Look out for details on what insiders thought of the hostless format, and Ted Sarandos' dance moves. [The story](. Meanwhile, in New York... Jeremy Barr emails: The Committee to Protect Journalists and Reuters toasted three prominent press freedom advocates at a cocktail party held in Manhattan on Tuesday night, including lawyer Amal Clooney and journalists Jason Rezaian and Maria Ressa (Clooney's client). Stephen Adler, the editor in chief of Reuters, called Clooney "one of the great human rights and press freedom lawyers and advocates in the world." — "I think we're all quite keenly aware of the challenge that we're facing and we're seeing," Clooney told the crowd. "Some very determined people and governments who are intent on silencing important voices, and I think what we need is to make sure that people like you are not apathetic and that you are still committed to doing the work, so that if they're determined to silence, we're even more determined to combat that." TV moves: The CW [is developing]( a spinoff of Arrow that would center on three of its female characters: Katherine McNamara's Mia Smoak/Green Arrow and the Canaries, Katie Cassidy's Laurel Lance and Juliana Harkavy's Dinah Drake... Netflix announced [the ninth show]( from prolific showrunner Shonda Rhimes: individual episodic series Notes on Love.... Vice Media's weekly newsmagazine is[being revived]( at Showtime following its HBO cancellation... Elsewhere in TV... --Daniel Fienberg reviews [ABC's Mixed-ish](. "Thanks to a strong cast, ABC's '80s-set Black-ish spinoff suggests the unlikely franchise has more to say about racial identity." --Tim Goodman reviews [ABC's Stumptown](, calling it "better than the average network drama out of the gate." --This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman on season [4's new characters](and Sterling K. Brown's "dangerous" storyline. --Bill O'Reilly adds [his own spin]( on Fox News and Trump in new book. --The Casting Society of America [has announced](the TV and theater nominations for the 35th Artios Awards, honoring the contributions of casting directors. The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged media analytics firm Comscore and its one-time CEO with accounting and disclosure fraud. The Commission on Tuesday said that Comscore and former CEO Serge Matta overstated revenue by around $5 million and made false and misleading statements about its performance metrics. [The story.]( +Google has scored a big legal win in the E.U. The European Union's judicial branch has ruled Google isn't required to de-list information globally under the region's so-called "right to be forgotten" law. [The story](. +Attorney Gloria Allred responded to criticism from New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, who have called her out in their new book, She Said, for assisting clients in entering confidential agreements during the legal course of fighting sexual assault cases. "The MeToo movement has elevated the voices of sexual assault victims," Allred wrote, "making it more likely that victims will come forward. But movement supporters are wrong to attack confidential settlement that can help vulnerable victims get a measure of justice." [More](. ^Here's a first look at The Allbright, the just-opened women's club in West Hollywood. [The story](. Revolving door: Paramount Network alum Justin Lacob has [been named]( head of development at recently launched nonfiction studio XTR... MGM Worldwide Television Group [has tapped]( unscripted lead Barry Poznick to become president of MGM/Orion unscripted and alternative television... Cecily Strong [has moved]( from ICM Partners to CAA... Marianna Palka has [been tapped]( to direct Collection... Jordan Levin has [been named]( GM of WarnerMedia's Rooster Teeth... Casting roundup: Will Smith is [heading back to Netflix](. The actor has signed on to star in and produce The Council, a crime biopic written by Peter Landesman... Saturday Night Live [has promoted]( Heidi Gardner and Chris Redd to its regular cast... Killing Eve star Kirby Howell-Baptiste [is joining]( the cast of Cruella... What else we're reading... --"Placido Domingo withdraws from the Met. Will this be the script for the L.A. Opera?" [[LA Times](] --"Cracking The Masked Singer's egg" [[Vanity Fair](] --"Danny DeVito, never retire (b*tch)" [[The Ringer](] --"The story behind the Times correspondent who faced arrest in Cairo" [[NY Times](] Today's birthdays: Will Smith, 51, Barbara Walters, 90, Catherine Zeta-Jones, 50, David Benioff, 49, Donald Glover, 36, Heather Locklear, 58, Mark Hamill, 68, Michael Douglas, 75, Michael Madsen, 62. [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 25, 2019 [UNSUBSCRIBE]( [MANAGE PREFERENCES]( [PRIVACY POLICY]( [TERMS OF USE](