HBO Max Giveaway; Harvey Confronted; Zucker Rips Fox; Jim Henson Show

What's news: AT&T's plan to boost HBO Max subscriptions, Amazon stock nosedives after lower guidance while video spending rises, CNN's Jeff Zucker on Shepard Smith and the Trump administration, Landmark Theatres chief Ted Mundorff resigns, Disney+ is getting a Jim Henson puppet talk show. Plus: Harvey Weinstein was confronted at a performance in New York. --Alex Weprin [The Hollywood Reporter]( [The Hollywood Reporter]( Today In Entertainment OCTOBER 25, 2019 What's news: AT&T's plan to boost HBO Max subscriptions, Amazon stock nosedives after lower guidance while video spending rises, CNN's Jeff Zucker on Shepard Smith and the Trump administration, Landmark Theatres chief Ted Mundorff resigns, Disney+ is getting a Jim Henson puppet talk show. Plus: Harvey Weinstein was confronted at a performance in New York. --Alex Weprin What's news: AT&T's plan to boost HBO Max subscriptions, Amazon stock nosedives after lower guidance while video spending rises, CNN's Jeff Zucker on Shepard Smith and the Trump administration, Landmark Theatres chief Ted Mundorff resigns, Disney+ is getting a Jim Henson puppet talk show. Plus: Harvey Weinstein was confronted at a performance in New York. --Alex Weprin [AT&T's HBO Max Giveaway] AT&T's HBO Max Giveaway ►AT&T's plan to turbocharge HBO Max subscriptions. WarnerMedia will officially unveil details on HBO Max at an investor event next week, but on Friday CEO John Stankey [gave Reuters a small preview]( of what to expect. The big news: HBO Max will be offered at no extra charge to around 10 million current HBO subscribers. Specifically, if you subscribe to HBO through DirecTV, AT&T TV Now, HBO Max will be free. Some AT&T unlimited wireless customers will also be eligible. The move follows the announcement this week that Verizon will offer Disney+ for free to millions of its subscribers. +HBO Max subscriber targets: Reuters reports that the company hopes to have 80 million subscribers worldwide, including 50 million U.S. subscribers, by 2025. For comparison, at its investor day Disney said it was aiming for between 20 and 30 million subscribers for Disney+ by 2024. +In its quarterly earnings call this morning (more below), Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg touted the Disney+ partnership, calling it a "win-win." "They are gaining a lot with us, as we gain as well," he said. "We're very picky who we do these partnerships with. We do it with the best brands. We offer a base of distribution that no one else has in this country." [More](. ►Amazon stock drops on weaker holiday guidance. The company brought in revenue of $70 billion during the period, up 24 percent year-over-year, but saw its profits decrease to $2.1 billion, or $4.23 per share. Amazon has been investing heavily in one-day delivery, which could have dragged profits during the quarter. The company also forecast sales between $80 billion and $86.5 billion next quarter — less than the $87 billion that some analysts were expecting. [The details](. +Amazon is spending more on video and music content. While the company does not go into as much detail as its media company competitors, Amazon's 10-Q filing this morning shows that the company spent $1.9 billion on video and music content last quarter, up from $1.7 billion in the same quarter a year ago. That number includes production costs from Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Studios, and music costs for its streaming music services. +In other earnings news: Verizon on Friday reported that it lost 67,000 net pay TV subscribers for its Fios consumer video service in the third quarter, [accelerating losses]( from both a year ago and last quarter. Verizon's media unit, meanwhile, saw its revenue decline by two percent year over year... Charter Communications on Friday [reported that it lost]( 75,000 pay TV subscribers in the third quarter as cord cutting continues in the U.S. AT&T's HBO Max Giveaway ►AT&T's plan to turbocharge HBO Max subscriptions. WarnerMedia will officially unveil details on HBO Max at an investor event next week, but on Friday CEO John Stankey [gave Reuters a small preview]( of what to expect. The big news: HBO Max will be offered at no extra charge to around 10 million current HBO subscribers. Specifically, if you subscribe to HBO through DirecTV, AT&T TV Now, HBO Max will be free. Some AT&T unlimited wireless customers will also be eligible. The move follows the announcement this week that Verizon will offer Disney+ for free to millions of its subscribers. +HBO Max subscriber targets: Reuters reports that the company hopes to have 80 million subscribers worldwide, including 50 million U.S. subscribers, by 2025. For comparison, at its investor day Disney said it was aiming for between 20 and 30 million subscribers for Disney+ by 2024. +In its quarterly earnings call this morning (more below), Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg touted the Disney+ partnership, calling it a "win-win." "They are gaining a lot with us, as we gain as well," he said. "We're very picky who we do these partnerships with. We do it with the best brands. We offer a base of distribution that no one else has in this country." [More](. ►Amazon stock drops on weaker holiday guidance. The company brought in revenue of $70 billion during the period, up 24 percent year-over-year, but saw its profits decrease to $2.1 billion, or $4.23 per share. Amazon has been investing heavily in one-day delivery, which could have dragged profits during the quarter. The company also forecast sales between $80 billion and $86.5 billion next quarter — less than the $87 billion that some analysts were expecting. [The details](. +Amazon is spending more on video and music content. While the company does not go into as much detail as its media company competitors, Amazon's 10-Q filing this morning shows that the company spent $1.9 billion on video and music content last quarter, up from $1.7 billion in the same quarter a year ago. That number includes production costs from Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Studios, and music costs for its streaming music services. +In other earnings news: Verizon on Friday reported that it lost 67,000 net pay TV subscribers for its Fios consumer video service in the third quarter, [accelerating losses]( from both a year ago and last quarter. Verizon's media unit, meanwhile, saw its revenue decline by two percent year over year... Charter Communications on Friday [reported that it lost]( 75,000 pay TV subscribers in the third quarter as cord cutting continues in the U.S. [Jeff Zucker 'Open' To Hiring Shepard Smith] Jeff Zucker 'Open' To Hiring Shepard Smith ►Jeff Zucker on Shep Smith and CNN's relationship to the Trump Administration: "We set out to be pro-truth." Jeremy Barr reports from the CNN Citizen conference in New York, where the CNN president said he is "open" to hiring former Fox News anchor Shepard Smith. "I think Shep's a great journalist," Zucker said Thursday afternoon. "When he's available, he is somebody who is very talented and I would be very open to talking to him." --While he was high on Smith, Zucker did not feel the same way about other Fox News talent. He said Fox News is "not a journalistic organization," and told interviewer Brian Stelter that he does not see much a difference between its news and opinion arms. "There is no difference. I don't see it that way. I think you're wrong. … It's completely erroneous." --Zucker also addressed the channel's icy relationship with the administration. "We're not looking for an antagonistic relationship at all," he said. "We don't set out to be pro-Trump. We don't set out to be anti-Trump. We set out to be pro-truth." [The report](. A little farther uptown... ►Twitter held its first ever News Summit at its New York City office Thursday, and cable news was a recurring theme throughout the afternoon. CBS News president Susan Zirinsky, interviewed by Huffpost's Lydia Polgreen, contrasted her network's news division to what she called cable's "Theater of the absurd." Quote: "Cable has an agenda, and most cables have a point of view. And the discourse is interesting television," she said. "It is part of the theater, you might call it theater of the absurd." +Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, meanwhile, when asked by Buzzfeed's Ben Smith about social media's impact on the 2016 election, responded by turning the question around, saying "I don’t know if we talk enough about the earned media aspects of it as well," adding that he wants to see "the entirety of the media industry" be more transparent. +Related: Facebook this morning unveiled "Facebook News," a dedicated news tab that will combine human curated stories with algorithmically-recommended content, all from a handful of "trusted" publishers that Facebook will pay to license their content. Facebook explains the new product in [a blog post](. ^Disney+ is adding a Jim Henson puppet talk show. A month after creative differences sank a planned Muppets revival, Disney+ is teaming with the Jim Henson Co. for a new puppet show — with a twist. Disney+ has handed out a straight-to-series order for Earth to Ned, a comedic half-hour talk show in which an alien (and his lieutenant!) interview celebrity guests. [The details](. +Pickups and renewals: Dan Abrams has set another project at A&E. The Live PD host will [executive produce and front](new legal series Court Cam... HBO Max unveiled its [first slate of programming]( from CNN. Ordered to series are CNN Original Series-produced docuseries Heaven's Gate and Generation Hustle and CNN Films offerings The Scoop and Persona... +Also: The CW is reteaming with creator and showrunner Jason Rothenberg [for a prequel series]( to his postapocalyptic drama The 100... Rooster Teeth's mecha animated series gen:Lock [has been renewed]( for a second season on HBO Max... Hulu h[as ordered]( 10 episodes of Vice Investigates, which will feature stories about issues defining today's culture... Amazon [has renewed]( Modern Love for a second season... Elsewhere in TV... --The numbers are in for Ronan Farrow's Catch and Kill (Little, Brown and Company): the [buzzed-about title has sold]( 44,000 print copies in U.S. in its first week, according to NPD BookScan. --Seth Meyers [on hosting]( in the fast-moving Trump era: "You have to be agile." --Ratings: World Series [holds steady]( in game two, still down from 2018. --Marvel's Cloak and Dagger [has been canceled]( at Freeform. --Quibi is [expanding into animal programming](through a partnership with The Dodo, adding to its current slate of news, sports and scripted and originals. ^Women confront Harvey Weinstein at New York actors event. The disgraced media mogul appeared Wednesday at an event put on by Actor's Hour at the Downtime bar in New York City and was confronted by at least three women, including performers Amber Rollo, Kelly Bachman and Zoe Stuckless, during the evening. The actresses and audience members claim they were heckled and ultimately asked to leave. A rep for Weinstein told THR that the "scene was uncalled for, downright rude and an example of how due process today is being squashed by the public." [The story](. ►Landmark Theatres chief Ted Mundorff resigns amid new ownership. Pamela McClintock writes that the news is certain to rattle Hollywood studios and indie film companies who have worked with Mundorff at Landmark for more than 15 years. He played a key role in the circuit's expansion and branding, and shepherded the opening of the chain's flagship location in West Los Angeles. [More](. +Revolving door: Amit Dey, formerly director of acquisitions and production at Universal Pictures, [is joining Valence Media]( to run a newly formed nonfiction documentary division at MRC... Podcast startup Luminary [has named]( former HBO executive Simon Sutton as its new CEO... Endeavor Content [has hired]( CBS Films executive Scott Shooman as vp content and partnerships... ►Los Angeles film production dips five percent. The new quarterly FilmLA report says that overall on-location filming in the Greater Los Angeles area declined 5.2 percent from July through September, according to the new data. The researchers who worked on the report characterize it as atypical and "at odds with other production indicators and local employment trends." [More](. Elsewhere in film... --In development: Emmy-winner Jill Soloway[is developing biopic]( Ride, about Sally Ride, the first American woman to make it to space... Neill Blomkamp [is prepping]( a sci-fi thriller called Inferno, with Taylor Kitsch attached to star. ---Film diversity helps drive box office hits, [study shows](. --Andrew Lloyd Webber[talks working with]( Taylor Swift on new Cats song --A year after its launch, Mythos Studios, the fledgling company led by Marvel Studios founding chairman David Maisel and record executive Scooter Braun, revealed Thursday it is in [active development]( on three animated features. --Amazon [has released]( a new trailer for The Aeronauts. Jeff Zucker 'Open' To Hiring Shepard Smith ►Jeff Zucker on Shep Smith and CNN's relationship to the Trump Administration: "We set out to be pro-truth." Jeremy Barr reports from the CNN Citizen conference in New York, where the CNN president said he is "open" to hiring former Fox News anchor Shepard Smith. "I think Shep's a great journalist," Zucker said Thursday afternoon. "When he's available, he is somebody who is very talented and I would be very open to talking to him." --While he was high on Smith, Zucker did not feel the same way about other Fox News talent. He said Fox News is "not a journalistic organization," and told interviewer Brian Stelter that he does not see much a difference between its news and opinion arms. "There is no difference. I don't see it that way. I think you're wrong. … It's completely erroneous." --Zucker also addressed the channel's icy relationship with the administration. "We're not looking for an antagonistic relationship at all," he said. "We don't set out to be pro-Trump. We don't set out to be anti-Trump. We set out to be pro-truth." [The report](. A little farther uptown... ►Twitter held its first ever News Summit at its New York City office Thursday, and cable news was a recurring theme throughout the afternoon. CBS News president Susan Zirinsky, interviewed by Huffpost's Lydia Polgreen, contrasted her network's news division to what she called cable's "Theater of the absurd." Quote: "Cable has an agenda, and most cables have a point of view. And the discourse is interesting television," she said. "It is part of the theater, you might call it theater of the absurd." +Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, meanwhile, when asked by Buzzfeed's Ben Smith about social media's impact on the 2016 election, responded by turning the question around, saying "I don’t know if we talk enough about the earned media aspects of it as well," adding that he wants to see "the entirety of the media industry" be more transparent. +Related: Facebook this morning unveiled "Facebook News," a dedicated news tab that will combine human curated stories with algorithmically-recommended content, all from a handful of "trusted" publishers that Facebook will pay to license their content. Facebook explains the new product in [a blog post](. ^Disney+ is adding a Jim Henson puppet talk show. A month after creative differences sank a planned Muppets revival, Disney+ is teaming with the Jim Henson Co. for a new puppet show — with a twist. Disney+ has handed out a straight-to-series order for Earth to Ned, a comedic half-hour talk show in which an alien (and his lieutenant!) interview celebrity guests. [The details](. +Pickups and renewals: Dan Abrams has set another project at A&E. The Live PD host will [executive produce and front](new legal series Court Cam... HBO Max unveiled its [first slate of programming]( from CNN. Ordered to series are CNN Original Series-produced docuseries Heaven's Gate and Generation Hustle and CNN Films offerings The Scoop and Persona... +Also: The CW is reteaming with creator and showrunner Jason Rothenberg [for a prequel series]( to his postapocalyptic drama The 100... Rooster Teeth's mecha animated series gen:Lock [has been renewed]( for a second season on HBO Max... Hulu h[as ordered]( 10 episodes of Vice Investigates, which will feature stories about issues defining today's culture... Amazon [has renewed]( Modern Love for a second season... Elsewhere in TV... --The numbers are in for Ronan Farrow's Catch and Kill (Little, Brown and Company): the [buzzed-about title has sold]( 44,000 print copies in U.S. in its first week, according to NPD BookScan. --Seth Meyers [on hosting]( in the fast-moving Trump era: "You have to be agile." --Ratings: World Series [holds steady]( in game two, still down from 2018. --Marvel's Cloak and Dagger [has been canceled]( at Freeform. --Quibi is [expanding into animal programming](through a partnership with The Dodo, adding to its current slate of news, sports and scripted and originals. ^Women confront Harvey Weinstein at New York actors event. The disgraced media mogul appeared Wednesday at an event put on by Actor's Hour at the Downtime bar in New York City and was confronted by at least three women, including performers Amber Rollo, Kelly Bachman and Zoe Stuckless, during the evening. The actresses and audience members claim they were heckled and ultimately asked to leave. A rep for Weinstein told THR that the "scene was uncalled for, downright rude and an example of how due process today is being squashed by the public." [The story](. ►Landmark Theatres chief Ted Mundorff resigns amid new ownership. Pamela McClintock writes that the news is certain to rattle Hollywood studios and indie film companies who have worked with Mundorff at Landmark for more than 15 years. He played a key role in the circuit's expansion and branding, and shepherded the opening of the chain's flagship location in West Los Angeles. [More](. +Revolving door: Amit Dey, formerly director of acquisitions and production at Universal Pictures, [is joining Valence Media]( to run a newly formed nonfiction documentary division at MRC... Podcast startup Luminary [has named]( former HBO executive Simon Sutton as its new CEO... Endeavor Content [has hired]( CBS Films executive Scott Shooman as vp content and partnerships... ►Los Angeles film production dips five percent. The new quarterly FilmLA report says that overall on-location filming in the Greater Los Angeles area declined 5.2 percent from July through September, according to the new data. The researchers who worked on the report characterize it as atypical and "at odds with other production indicators and local employment trends." [More](. Elsewhere in film... --In development: Emmy-winner Jill Soloway[is developing biopic]( Ride, about Sally Ride, the first American woman to make it to space... Neill Blomkamp [is prepping]( a sci-fi thriller called Inferno, with Taylor Kitsch attached to star. ---Film diversity helps drive box office hits, [study shows](. --Andrew Lloyd Webber[talks working with]( Taylor Swift on new Cats song --A year after its launch, Mythos Studios, the fledgling company led by Marvel Studios founding chairman David Maisel and record executive Scooter Braun, revealed Thursday it is in [active development]( on three animated features. --Amazon [has released]( a new trailer for The Aeronauts. ['Apprentice' Contestant Says Documents Corroborate Trump Claim] 'Apprentice' Contestant Says Documents Corroborate Trump Claim Apprentice contestant says she has documents corroborating Donald Trump sexual assault. For the first time, season-five Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos has laid out some of her evidence supporting claims that Donald Trump attacked her in a hotel room in 2007. Zervos tells the court about calendar entries, old emails, correspondence with Fox News, and a polygraph test. [More](. +Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, the Hollywood production services provider that had been backed by billionaire Ron Perelman, says that it has [received court approval]( for its prepackaged Chapter 11 plan of reorganization. In gaming news... --Just over two months after it lost its biggest star, Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, to Mixer, Twitch has seen [another of its marquee names depart]( for Microsoft's streaming platform. Michael "Shroud" Grzesiek, who is among most popular accounts on Twitch with over 7 million followers, announced the move on Twitter on Thursday morning. +Shroud debuted to over 78,000 [concurrent viewers]( on the Mixer platform. --Ubisoft adjusts expectations and [delays titles]( following poor Breakpoint performance. --Longtime Microsoft vp Mike Ybarra, who left the company earlier this month, [has joined Blizzard Entertainment](as its new exec vp and general manager. Also: Fight for the Future, a non-profit advocacy group, is [organizing an online protest](of Blizzard Entertainment ahead of the company's upcoming BlizzCon event in Anaheim. --Video game developer Naughty Dog has[pushed back]( the release date of its anticipated upcoming action adventure title The Last of Us Part II. ►Gotham Awards nominations: Marriage Story, The Farewell, Uncut Gems and The Last Black Man in San Francisco each earned a leading three nominations for the 2019 Gotham Independent Film Awards. Marriage Story, The Farewell and Uncut Gems are all nominated for best feature, along with Hustlers and Waves. Waves castmember Taylor Russell is also nominated for breakthrough actor. [The full list](. J.J. Abrams[will honor]( his longtime costume design collaborator at the 22nd Costume Designers Guild Awards, the organization announced Thursday... Jenn Murray, recently seen in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,[will be honored]( at the 15th annual Oscar Wilde Awards... Michelle Obama [honored with]( namesake award by Tom Hanks and the Elizabeth Dole Foundation... ►Senators call for TikTok investigation over Chinese espionage concerns. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Tom Cotton have asked U.S. intelligence officials to look into security risks posed by the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok, as stated in a letter addressed to acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire on Wednesday. [More](. TV's Top 5 podcast: This week Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg speak with Damon Lindelof, who talks about all things Watchmen. [Listen](. Casting roundup: Mexican actress Ana de la Reguera has [nabbed the starring lead]( in the latest Purge horror thriller from Blumhouse, Platinum Dunes and Universal... Hallie Todd, Robert Carradine and Jake Thomas [will join]( original star Hilary Duff in the Lizzie McGuire reboot at Disney+... ►Bel Air mansion once listed at $250 million finally sells for $94 million. While it’s a dramatic reduction, the price tag still ranks as one of the highest home sales in Los Angeles County history and is a win for the developer, Bruce Makowsky. [More](. The day in deals: WME [has signed]( Condé Nast Entertainment... MTV Studios, the in-house production company that launched in June 2018, is [moving to protect]( some of its top unscripted producers by locking them into overall deals... What else we're reading... --"The 2010s broke our sense of time" [[BuzzFeed News](] --"Why is Robert Rodriguez writing Cirque du Soleil? R.U.N is a graphic novel, live" [[LA Times](] --"Lana Del Rey isn't trying to fool you" [[Washington Post](] --"Hallmark Countdown to Christmas: By the numbers, on its 10th anniversary" [[USA Today](] --"How bugs sapped Twitter’s ad capabilities and drove prices lower" [[WSJ](] From the archives... On Oct. 25, 1978, writer-director John Carpenter unleashed Halloween in theaters, spawning decades of imitations and sequels of the iconic horror title. [The Hollywood Reporter's original review](. Today's birthdays: Adam Goldberg, 49, Craig Robinson, 48, Katy Perry, 35, Nancy Cartwright, 62, Christopher McQuarrie, 52, Gale Ann Hurd, 64. I appreciate your feedback! Email me at Alex.Weprin@thr.com with tips or suggestions. Thanks for reading! 'Apprentice' Contestant Says Documents Corroborate Trump Claim Apprentice contestant says she has documents corroborating Donald Trump sexual assault. For the first time, season-five Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos has laid out some of her evidence supporting claims that Donald Trump attacked her in a hotel room in 2007. Zervos tells the court about calendar entries, old emails, correspondence with Fox News, and a polygraph test. [More](. +Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, the Hollywood production services provider that had been backed by billionaire Ron Perelman, says that it has [received court approval]( for its prepackaged Chapter 11 plan of reorganization. In gaming news... --Just over two months after it lost its biggest star, Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, to Mixer, Twitch has seen [another of its marquee names depart]( for Microsoft's streaming platform. Michael "Shroud" Grzesiek, who is among most popular accounts on Twitch with over 7 million followers, announced the move on Twitter on Thursday morning. +Shroud debuted to over 78,000 [concurrent viewers]( on the Mixer platform. --Ubisoft adjusts expectations and [delays titles]( following poor Breakpoint performance. --Longtime Microsoft vp Mike Ybarra, who left the company earlier this month, [has joined Blizzard Entertainment](as its new exec vp and general manager. Also: Fight for the Future, a non-profit advocacy group, is [organizing an online protest](of Blizzard Entertainment ahead of the company's upcoming BlizzCon event in Anaheim. --Video game developer Naughty Dog has[pushed back]( the release date of its anticipated upcoming action adventure title The Last of Us Part II. ►Gotham Awards nominations: Marriage Story, The Farewell, Uncut Gems and The Last Black Man in San Francisco each earned a leading three nominations for the 2019 Gotham Independent Film Awards. Marriage Story, The Farewell and Uncut Gems are all nominated for best feature, along with Hustlers and Waves. Waves castmember Taylor Russell is also nominated for breakthrough actor. [The full list](. J.J. Abrams[will honor]( his longtime costume design collaborator at the 22nd Costume Designers Guild Awards, the organization announced Thursday... Jenn Murray, recently seen in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,[will be honored]( at the 15th annual Oscar Wilde Awards... Michelle Obama [honored with]( namesake award by Tom Hanks and the Elizabeth Dole Foundation... ►Senators call for TikTok investigation over Chinese espionage concerns. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Tom Cotton have asked U.S. intelligence officials to look into security risks posed by the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok, as stated in a letter addressed to acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire on Wednesday. [More](. TV's Top 5 podcast: This week Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg speak with Damon Lindelof, who talks about all things Watchmen. [Listen](. Casting roundup: Mexican actress Ana de la Reguera has [nabbed the starring lead]( in the latest Purge horror thriller from Blumhouse, Platinum Dunes and Universal... Hallie Todd, Robert Carradine and Jake Thomas [will join]( original star Hilary Duff in the Lizzie McGuire reboot at Disney+... ►Bel Air mansion once listed at $250 million finally sells for $94 million. While it’s a dramatic reduction, the price tag still ranks as one of the highest home sales in Los Angeles County history and is a win for the developer, Bruce Makowsky. [More](. The day in deals: WME [has signed]( Condé Nast Entertainment... MTV Studios, the in-house production company that launched in June 2018, is [moving to protect]( some of its top unscripted producers by locking them into overall deals... What else we're reading... --"The 2010s broke our sense of time" [[BuzzFeed News](] --"Why is Robert Rodriguez writing Cirque du Soleil? R.U.N is a graphic novel, live" [[LA Times](] --"Lana Del Rey isn't trying to fool you" [[Washington Post](] --"Hallmark Countdown to Christmas: By the numbers, on its 10th anniversary" [[USA Today](] --"How bugs sapped Twitter’s ad capabilities and drove prices lower" [[WSJ](] From the archives... On Oct. 25, 1978, writer-director John Carpenter unleashed Halloween in theaters, spawning decades of imitations and sequels of the iconic horror title. [The Hollywood Reporter's original review](. Today's birthdays: Adam Goldberg, 49, Craig Robinson, 48, Katy Perry, 35, Nancy Cartwright, 62, Christopher McQuarrie, 52, Gale Ann Hurd, 64. I appreciate your feedback! Email me at Alex.Weprin@thr.com with tips or suggestions. Thanks for reading! [Image] [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( Is this e-mail not displaying correctly? 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