'Skywalker' Record; Sandberg Grilled; Dwyane Wade Deal; 'Terminator' Review

What's news: WarnerMedia inks a mega-deal with Dwyane Wade, Katie Couric grills Sheryl Sandberg, Bob Iger defends decision to stop taking Netflix's money, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker sets a presale record. Plus: Terminator: Dark Fate review. --Alex Weprin [The Hollywood Reporter]( [The Hollywood Reporter]( Today In Entertainment OCTOBER 23, 2019 What's news: WarnerMedia inks a mega-deal with Dwyane Wade, Katie Couric grills Sheryl Sandberg, Bob Iger defends decision to stop taking Netflix's money, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker sets a presale record. Plus: Terminator: Dark Fate review. --Alex Weprin What's news: WarnerMedia inks a mega-deal with Dwyane Wade, Katie Couric grills Sheryl Sandberg, Bob Iger defends decision to stop taking Netflix's money, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker sets a presale record. Plus: Terminator: Dark Fate review. --Alex Weprin [Dwyane Wade Signs On With WarnerMedia] Dwyane Wade Signs On With WarnerMedia ►WarnerMedia inks mega-deal with Dwyane Wade. The former NBA superstar has signed a comprehensive, multiyear agreement with WarnerMedia, which will see him taking on a number of new roles across the media company's portfolio. Wade will join Turner Sports as a commentator, making appearances on TNT's NBA event coverage and serving as a regular analyst for the network's Tuesday night studio coverage alongside Shaquille O'Neal and Candace Parker. He also will appear in studio at the NCAA Final Four and National Championship as part of Turner Sports and CBS Sports' coverage of the annual collegiate tournament. Wade's production banner, 59th & Prairie Entertainment (named after the Chicago intersection where he grew up), has also reached a development deal with WarnerMedia to create a number of new projects to be revealed at a later date. Additionally, he will take on a creative director role at WarnerMedia's Bleacher Report. [The story](. +In other WarnerMedia deal news: Lisa Ling [has signed]( an overall deal with HBO Max. As part of the deal, HBO Max has ordered a docuseries called Birth, Wedding, Funeral, which Ling is executive producing with Dan Rather... ►Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker smashes presale records. In its first 24-hours, the Lucasfilm and Disney tentpole has racked up more advance ticket sales than any previous title in the storied series, according to online service Atom Tickets. The movie is Atom Tickets’ second-biggest title in first day sales behind Marvel/Disney's Avengers: Endgame. And it has sold 2.5 times as many tickets as Star Wars: The Last Jedi. [The story](. +Related: Why Anakin [should return]( for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker... A [closer look](at the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer. ►Bob Iger: Decision to stop taking accepting Netflix ads was "petty," but the right call. The Disney CEO addressed the decision, which he said was made by Disney's ad sales team, at the Wall Street Journal Tech Live conference last night, in an interview that was streamed. "In Apple and Amazon’s case, the thinking was that they buy a lot of ads for other products as well, in Netflix’s case, it is just one giant competitor to what we are doing," he said. "My initial reaction to it was that it felt somewhat petty, but when it was described to me, I decided to support the decision that was made." --Iger also said that the Fox film studio struggled due to "unknowns" around the Disney acquisition, and leadership changes there. "It will be another year or so before we hit a rhythm there that we are comfortable with, maybe less, a couple of hits go a long way," he said. Iger also waded into the dispute over Marvel films as cinema (more down below). ►Katie Couric grills Sheryl Sandberg. Katie Couric hinted to Sheryl Sandberg right off the bat that their conversation at Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit Tuesday afternoon would be a big one. "We have a lot to talk about," Couric said to Facebook’s COO Immediately after they took their seats. Having delivered that heads up, Couric dove straight into a hard-nosed interview that focused primarily on Facebook’s policies and security efforts in the areas of politics, hate speech, fake news and fake accounts. [The report](. ►Snap grows. Snapchat’s parent company reported user growth of 7 million daily active users during the third quarter of the year, a sign that the company is continuing its turnaround after a tough 2018. Snap Inc., which owns the messaging app, now has 210 million total daily active users, up from 203 million at the end of the previous quarter. [The story](. In development: NBC [has handed out]( a script order to The Squad, a multicamera comedy that reteams former Big Bang Theory star Johnny Galecki with writer Anthony Del Broccolo... Campfire, the production company behind Netflix doc The Innocent Man, [is teaming up]( with Business Insider for a feature-length doc based on the outlet's coverage of the rise and fall of WeWork... VH1 on Tuesday [announced an expansion]( of its Emmy-winning reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race — RuPaul's Celebrity Drag Race — which is set to premiere in 2020... ►Chip and Joanna Gaines' Magnolia sets fall 2020 launch. The network, a joint venture with Discovery, is now officially called Magnolia after the couple's design-centered business empire. It's set to debut in October 2020, and its first slate of original programming will include a docuseries called Home on the Road, following married singer-songwriters Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano Ramirez and their band, Johnnyswim, on tour. [The story](. Elsewhere in TV... --CBS [has renewed]( drama Evil for a second season. --Daniel Fienberg reviews [Netflix's action-comedy Daybreak](. --Production company OBB Pictures [is expanding]( into podcasting and branded content under newly formed parent company OBB Media. --Ratings: Fox's 911 topped Monday's adults 18-49 ratings, improving some week to week. The Voice [was once again]( the top show in total viewers. Dwyane Wade Signs On With WarnerMedia ►WarnerMedia inks mega-deal with Dwyane Wade. The former NBA superstar has signed a comprehensive, multiyear agreement with WarnerMedia, which will see him taking on a number of new roles across the media company's portfolio. Wade will join Turner Sports as a commentator, making appearances on TNT's NBA event coverage and serving as a regular analyst for the network's Tuesday night studio coverage alongside Shaquille O'Neal and Candace Parker. He also will appear in studio at the NCAA Final Four and National Championship as part of Turner Sports and CBS Sports' coverage of the annual collegiate tournament. Wade's production banner, 59th & Prairie Entertainment (named after the Chicago intersection where he grew up), has also reached a development deal with WarnerMedia to create a number of new projects to be revealed at a later date. Additionally, he will take on a creative director role at WarnerMedia's Bleacher Report. [The story](. +In other WarnerMedia deal news: Lisa Ling [has signed]( an overall deal with HBO Max. As part of the deal, HBO Max has ordered a docuseries called Birth, Wedding, Funeral, which Ling is executive producing with Dan Rather... ►Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker smashes presale records. In its first 24-hours, the Lucasfilm and Disney tentpole has racked up more advance ticket sales than any previous title in the storied series, according to online service Atom Tickets. The movie is Atom Tickets’ second-biggest title in first day sales behind Marvel/Disney's Avengers: Endgame. And it has sold 2.5 times as many tickets as Star Wars: The Last Jedi. [The story](. +Related: Why Anakin [should return]( for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker... A [closer look](at the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer. ►Bob Iger: Decision to stop taking accepting Netflix ads was "petty," but the right call. The Disney CEO addressed the decision, which he said was made by Disney's ad sales team, at the Wall Street Journal Tech Live conference last night, in an interview that was streamed. "In Apple and Amazon’s case, the thinking was that they buy a lot of ads for other products as well, in Netflix’s case, it is just one giant competitor to what we are doing," he said. "My initial reaction to it was that it felt somewhat petty, but when it was described to me, I decided to support the decision that was made." --Iger also said that the Fox film studio struggled due to "unknowns" around the Disney acquisition, and leadership changes there. "It will be another year or so before we hit a rhythm there that we are comfortable with, maybe less, a couple of hits go a long way," he said. Iger also waded into the dispute over Marvel films as cinema (more down below). ►Katie Couric grills Sheryl Sandberg. Katie Couric hinted to Sheryl Sandberg right off the bat that their conversation at Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit Tuesday afternoon would be a big one. "We have a lot to talk about," Couric said to Facebook’s COO Immediately after they took their seats. Having delivered that heads up, Couric dove straight into a hard-nosed interview that focused primarily on Facebook’s policies and security efforts in the areas of politics, hate speech, fake news and fake accounts. [The report](. ►Snap grows. Snapchat’s parent company reported user growth of 7 million daily active users during the third quarter of the year, a sign that the company is continuing its turnaround after a tough 2018. Snap Inc., which owns the messaging app, now has 210 million total daily active users, up from 203 million at the end of the previous quarter. [The story](. In development: NBC [has handed out]( a script order to The Squad, a multicamera comedy that reteams former Big Bang Theory star Johnny Galecki with writer Anthony Del Broccolo... Campfire, the production company behind Netflix doc The Innocent Man, [is teaming up]( with Business Insider for a feature-length doc based on the outlet's coverage of the rise and fall of WeWork... VH1 on Tuesday [announced an expansion]( of its Emmy-winning reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race — RuPaul's Celebrity Drag Race — which is set to premiere in 2020... ►Chip and Joanna Gaines' Magnolia sets fall 2020 launch. The network, a joint venture with Discovery, is now officially called Magnolia after the couple's design-centered business empire. It's set to debut in October 2020, and its first slate of original programming will include a docuseries called Home on the Road, following married singer-songwriters Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano Ramirez and their band, Johnnyswim, on tour. [The story](. Elsewhere in TV... --CBS [has renewed]( drama Evil for a second season. --Daniel Fienberg reviews [Netflix's action-comedy Daybreak](. --Production company OBB Pictures [is expanding]( into podcasting and branded content under newly formed parent company OBB Media. --Ratings: Fox's 911 topped Monday's adults 18-49 ratings, improving some week to week. The Voice [was once again]( the top show in total viewers. ['Terminator: Dark Fate' Review] 'Terminator: Dark Fate' Review ►Review: Terminator: Dark Fate. John DeFore reviews the big-budget sequel, which brings Linda Hamilton and James Cameron back into the Terminator fold. Quote: "Dark Fate does offer a fair bit of pleasure to those wanting a 21st century retread of T2. But it suffers greatly from obeying the imperative the first sequel established: Trying to blow minds and up the ante the way that FX-pioneering adventure did, this one offers a series of action set pieces that go from big to huge to ludicrous, even as the script's additions to fear-the-future mythology underwhelm." [The review](. +What the other critics are saying about Dark Fate. [The roundup](. Tweets of the day: Media analyst Matthew Ball has a thread on why NBCUniversal's Peacock is poised to be successful. "I don't get the Peacock hate: 1. Audiences will watch good content 2. Especially if free 3. Peacock will have lots of good content 4. There's immense demand for premium video ads 5. Peacock is powered by FreeWheel (a leader) and sold by NBCU ad sales (a leader). This loop works." [The thread](. ►Marvel TV topper Jeph Loeb to exit. Sources tell Lesley Goldberg that Loeb has been working on a transition plan to exit the company and is expected to formally announce his departure by Thanksgiving. Loeb — who steered Marvel into live-action scripted TV originals with ABC's Agents of SHIELD — had been prepping to leave well before the Oct. 15 news that Kevin Feige had been elevated to Marvel's chief creative officer. [More](. +Revolving door: Gary Newman and former Alexander Wang CEO Lisa Gersh [have joined](investment firm Attention Capital as an executive partner... Taika Waititi is [executive producing]( Night Raiders, Danis Goulet's female-driven dystopian drama now shooting in and around Toronto... Doug Scott has [been named]( CMO of Twitch… NBC News' president Noah Oppenheim[signs new deal]( amid Ronan Farrow fight... Fredell Pogodin, one of Hollywood's most experienced and highly regarded awards consultants, [has retired](... ►Bob Iger: Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola comments are "disrespectful" to filmmakers. Speaking at the WSJ Tech Live conference, the Disney CEO defended the work being put out by Marvel Studios. "It seems so disrespectful to all the people working on those films, who work just as hard on their films, and are putting their creative souls on the line, just like they are," he said. "They are entitled to their opinions. Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese are two of the people I hold in the highest regard." +Jon Favreau also [responded to]( Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola's Marvel criticism. ►Ronan Farrow launching Catch and Kill podcast. Pineapple Street Studios says it will serve as an audio companion to the journalist's bestselling book Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators. The podcast — titled The Catch and Kill Podcast with Ronan Farrow — is set to debut in November. [More](. ►James Wan's Malignant lands late summer 2020 release. Malignant will hit theaters on Aug. 14, 2020, Warner Bros. said Tuesday. The horror thriller, which the Aquaman helmer is directing, is from New Line, home of Wan's blockbuster Conjuring franchise. The logline is being kept under tight wraps. Malignant stars Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, George Young, Michole Briana White, Jake Abel, Jacqueline McKenzie and Ingrid Bisou, who shares a story credit with Wan. [The story](. Elsewhere in film... --Spanish regulator the National Commission of Markets and Competition (NCMC) [has launched]( a competition probe of the big Hollywood studios and other companies. --Naomie Harris talks "being the change" in [action thriller]( Black and Blue. Never-before-heard audio from Judy Garland's Talk of the Town nightclub performances in London has resurfaced — but it isn't likely to be made public. [The story](... Inside the [Mueller Report live reading]( starring Larry David, Billy Porter and Debra Messing as Donald Trump... 'Terminator: Dark Fate' Review ►Review: Terminator: Dark Fate. John DeFore reviews the big-budget sequel, which brings Linda Hamilton and James Cameron back into the Terminator fold. Quote: "Dark Fate does offer a fair bit of pleasure to those wanting a 21st century retread of T2. But it suffers greatly from obeying the imperative the first sequel established: Trying to blow minds and up the ante the way that FX-pioneering adventure did, this one offers a series of action set pieces that go from big to huge to ludicrous, even as the script's additions to fear-the-future mythology underwhelm." [The review](. +What the other critics are saying about Dark Fate. [The roundup](. Tweets of the day: Media analyst Matthew Ball has a thread on why NBCUniversal's Peacock is poised to be successful. "I don't get the Peacock hate: 1. Audiences will watch good content 2. Especially if free 3. Peacock will have lots of good content 4. There's immense demand for premium video ads 5. Peacock is powered by FreeWheel (a leader) and sold by NBCU ad sales (a leader). This loop works." [The thread](. ►Marvel TV topper Jeph Loeb to exit. Sources tell Lesley Goldberg that Loeb has been working on a transition plan to exit the company and is expected to formally announce his departure by Thanksgiving. Loeb — who steered Marvel into live-action scripted TV originals with ABC's Agents of SHIELD — had been prepping to leave well before the Oct. 15 news that Kevin Feige had been elevated to Marvel's chief creative officer. [More](. +Revolving door: Gary Newman and former Alexander Wang CEO Lisa Gersh [have joined](investment firm Attention Capital as an executive partner... Taika Waititi is [executive producing]( Night Raiders, Danis Goulet's female-driven dystopian drama now shooting in and around Toronto... Doug Scott has [been named]( CMO of Twitch… NBC News' president Noah Oppenheim[signs new deal]( amid Ronan Farrow fight... Fredell Pogodin, one of Hollywood's most experienced and highly regarded awards consultants, [has retired](... ►Bob Iger: Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola comments are "disrespectful" to filmmakers. Speaking at the WSJ Tech Live conference, the Disney CEO defended the work being put out by Marvel Studios. "It seems so disrespectful to all the people working on those films, who work just as hard on their films, and are putting their creative souls on the line, just like they are," he said. "They are entitled to their opinions. Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese are two of the people I hold in the highest regard." +Jon Favreau also [responded to]( Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola's Marvel criticism. ►Ronan Farrow launching Catch and Kill podcast. Pineapple Street Studios says it will serve as an audio companion to the journalist's bestselling book Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators. The podcast — titled The Catch and Kill Podcast with Ronan Farrow — is set to debut in November. [More](. ►James Wan's Malignant lands late summer 2020 release. Malignant will hit theaters on Aug. 14, 2020, Warner Bros. said Tuesday. The horror thriller, which the Aquaman helmer is directing, is from New Line, home of Wan's blockbuster Conjuring franchise. The logline is being kept under tight wraps. Malignant stars Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, George Young, Michole Briana White, Jake Abel, Jacqueline McKenzie and Ingrid Bisou, who shares a story credit with Wan. [The story](. Elsewhere in film... --Spanish regulator the National Commission of Markets and Competition (NCMC) [has launched]( a competition probe of the big Hollywood studios and other companies. --Naomie Harris talks "being the change" in [action thriller]( Black and Blue. Never-before-heard audio from Judy Garland's Talk of the Town nightclub performances in London has resurfaced — but it isn't likely to be made public. [The story](... Inside the [Mueller Report live reading]( starring Larry David, Billy Porter and Debra Messing as Donald Trump... [Media Companies Say No Thanks To Saudi Conference] Media Companies Say No Thanks To Saudi Conference ►Media companies skip Saudi Arabia's "Davos in the Desert" (again). Fox Business Network, CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg Media, The New York Times and The Financial Times have all decided against serving as media partners for this year's conference, Jeremy Barr reports. The companies all pulled sponsorships last year in the wake of Jamal Khashoggi's murder. [The story](. Rachel Maddow and MSNBC parent company Comcast are pushing for the end to a defamation lawsuit brought by Herring Networks, the owner of One America News Network (OAN). In court papers filed Monday, the liberal TV host argued that her assessment of OAN as "paid Russian propaganda" qualifies as opinion and thus isn't actionable. [The story](. +In other legal news: How a dispute about energy drinks [may disrupt]( legal fights in entertainment... Actress Lori Loughlin is among 11 parents who on Tuesday [were hit with more charges]( in the national college admissions scandal... A federal judge on Tuesday [refused to dismiss]( Chicago's lawsuit against former Empire actor Jussie Smollett... In gaming news... --The lengthy legal battle between Rick Fox and partners at his esports venture, Echo Fox, [came to a close]( on Monday as the two parties came to a settlement agreement that sees the former NBA star removed as a general partner of the competitive gaming organization. --Worldwide digital video game spending [decreased slightly last month]( as traditional top performers like Fortnite and FIFA stumbled. Still, overall digital spending was down just 1 percent in September from August, to $8.9 billion, Nielsen's SuperData reports. Casting roundup: Shia LaBeouf [will star]( in drama Pieces of a Woman.... Jane Alexander and James Cromwell will [return to Broadway]( this season in Bess Wohl's new play, Grand Horizons... Apple [has tapped]( Jared Harris and Lee Pace to lead the cast of space drama Foundation... Adam Driver [is in talks]( to star in a leading role alongside Matt Damon in Ridley Scott's revenge thriller The Last Duel... ^At home with producer Sydney Kimmel and his museum-worthy personal art collection. Kimmel and his philanthropist wife, Caroline, consolidated pieces from four residences into a new Beverly Hills abode: "It was like playing three-dimensional chess." [The story](. Antonio Banderas, Renée Zellweger, Al Pacino and Laura Dern [will be feted]( at the 23rd Hollywood Film Awards... Marketing campaigns for Captain Marvel, The Lion King and The Irishman are [among the theatrical nominees]( for the 2019 Clio Entertainment Awards. On the television side, Killing Eve, The Twilight Zone, Leaving Neverland, When They See Us and Fosse/Verdon made the shortlist for the awards, which will be handed out Nov. 21 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood... Multihyphenate Edward Norton [will receive]( the Krzysztof Kieslowski Award next month at the EnergaCamerimage cinematography festival... Obituaries: [Al Burton](, who developed and or produced such comedies as One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman for Norman Lear and created other shows including Charles in Charge and Win Ben Stein's Money, has died. He was 91... [James Schmerer](, a TV writer and producer with credits including MacGyver, CHiPs, The High Chaparral and Mannix, died Oct. 4 of stroke complications at his home in Eugene, Oregon, the WGA West announced. He was 81... [John Clarke](, the Days of Our Lives actor who portrayed lawyer Mickey Horton on the NBC soap opera for nearly four decades, right from the very beginning, died Wednesday in Laguna Beach, California. He was 88... What else we're reading... --"The one where Apple tried to buy its way into Hollywood" [[Bloomberg](] --"It's extremely empowering." Gwyneth Paltrow on aging, wellness, and Goop" [[Vanity Fair](] --"Michael Connelly talks about ‘The Night Fire,’ two new books and living with the same character for 27 years" [[LA Times](] Today's birthdays: Alex Gibney, 66, Ang Lee, 65, Cat Deeley, 43, Emilia Clarke, 33, Meghan McCain, 35, Ryan Reynolds, 43, Sam Raimi, 60, “Weird” Al Yankovic, 60. Media Companies Say No Thanks To Saudi Conference ►Media companies skip Saudi Arabia's "Davos in the Desert" (again). Fox Business Network, CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg Media, The New York Times and The Financial Times have all decided against serving as media partners for this year's conference, Jeremy Barr reports. The companies all pulled sponsorships last year in the wake of Jamal Khashoggi's murder. [The story](. Rachel Maddow and MSNBC parent company Comcast are pushing for the end to a defamation lawsuit brought by Herring Networks, the owner of One America News Network (OAN). In court papers filed Monday, the liberal TV host argued that her assessment of OAN as "paid Russian propaganda" qualifies as opinion and thus isn't actionable. [The story](. +In other legal news: How a dispute about energy drinks [may disrupt]( legal fights in entertainment... Actress Lori Loughlin is among 11 parents who on Tuesday [were hit with more charges]( in the national college admissions scandal... A federal judge on Tuesday [refused to dismiss]( Chicago's lawsuit against former Empire actor Jussie Smollett... In gaming news... --The lengthy legal battle between Rick Fox and partners at his esports venture, Echo Fox, [came to a close]( on Monday as the two parties came to a settlement agreement that sees the former NBA star removed as a general partner of the competitive gaming organization. --Worldwide digital video game spending [decreased slightly last month]( as traditional top performers like Fortnite and FIFA stumbled. Still, overall digital spending was down just 1 percent in September from August, to $8.9 billion, Nielsen's SuperData reports. Casting roundup: Shia LaBeouf [will star]( in drama Pieces of a Woman.... Jane Alexander and James Cromwell will [return to Broadway]( this season in Bess Wohl's new play, Grand Horizons... Apple [has tapped]( Jared Harris and Lee Pace to lead the cast of space drama Foundation... Adam Driver [is in talks]( to star in a leading role alongside Matt Damon in Ridley Scott's revenge thriller The Last Duel... ^At home with producer Sydney Kimmel and his museum-worthy personal art collection. Kimmel and his philanthropist wife, Caroline, consolidated pieces from four residences into a new Beverly Hills abode: "It was like playing three-dimensional chess." [The story](. Antonio Banderas, Renée Zellweger, Al Pacino and Laura Dern [will be feted]( at the 23rd Hollywood Film Awards... Marketing campaigns for Captain Marvel, The Lion King and The Irishman are [among the theatrical nominees]( for the 2019 Clio Entertainment Awards. On the television side, Killing Eve, The Twilight Zone, Leaving Neverland, When They See Us and Fosse/Verdon made the shortlist for the awards, which will be handed out Nov. 21 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood... Multihyphenate Edward Norton [will receive]( the Krzysztof Kieslowski Award next month at the EnergaCamerimage cinematography festival... Obituaries: [Al Burton](, who developed and or produced such comedies as One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman for Norman Lear and created other shows including Charles in Charge and Win Ben Stein's Money, has died. He was 91... [James Schmerer](, a TV writer and producer with credits including MacGyver, CHiPs, The High Chaparral and Mannix, died Oct. 4 of stroke complications at his home in Eugene, Oregon, the WGA West announced. He was 81... [John Clarke](, the Days of Our Lives actor who portrayed lawyer Mickey Horton on the NBC soap opera for nearly four decades, right from the very beginning, died Wednesday in Laguna Beach, California. He was 88... What else we're reading... --"The one where Apple tried to buy its way into Hollywood" [[Bloomberg](] --"It's extremely empowering." Gwyneth Paltrow on aging, wellness, and Goop" [[Vanity Fair](] --"Michael Connelly talks about ‘The Night Fire,’ two new books and living with the same character for 27 years" [[LA Times](] Today's birthdays: Alex Gibney, 66, Ang Lee, 65, Cat Deeley, 43, Emilia Clarke, 33, Meghan McCain, 35, Ryan Reynolds, 43, Sam Raimi, 60, “Weird” Al Yankovic, 60. [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. 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