The Reign Of Reese; SAG Noms; Wilde Interviews Pelosi; Women Power 100 List; New THR Cover

What's news: How Reese Witherspoon took charge of her career and changed Hollywood, Olivia Wilde interviews Nancy Pelosi, THR's 2019 Women In Entertainment Power 100 list, SAG Award nominations, Ted Sarandos talks Irishman viewership, NBC passes $1B in 2020 Olympics ad sales, Fox News hit with another harassment lawsuit. Plus: Reviews of Jumanji: The Next Level and 6 Underground. --Alex Weprin [The Hollywood Reporter]( [The Hollywood Reporter]( Today In Entertainment DECEMBER 11, 2019 What's news: How Reese Witherspoon took charge of her career and changed Hollywood, Olivia Wilde interviews Nancy Pelosi, THR's 2019 Women In Entertainment Power 100 list, SAG Award nominations, Ted Sarandos talks Irishman viewership, NBC passes $1B in 2020 Olympics ad sales, Fox News hit with another harassment lawsuit. Plus: Reviews of Jumanji: The Next Level and 6 Underground. --Alex Weprin What's news: How Reese Witherspoon took charge of her career and changed Hollywood, Olivia Wilde interviews Nancy Pelosi, THR's 2019 Women In Entertainment Power 100 list, SAG Award nominations, Ted Sarandos talks Irishman viewership, NBC passes $1B in 2020 Olympics ad sales, Fox News hit with another harassment lawsuit. Plus: Reviews of Jumanji: The Next Level and 6 Underground. --Alex Weprin The Women In Entertainment Issue On the cover: In a special issue featuring guest editor Olivia Wilde, THR focuses on women in entertainment, including the annual Power 100 List, all leading up to today's event in Los Angeles (more on that below). For [the cover story](, Lacey Rose speaks with Reese Witherspoon about how the Oscar-winning actress, producer, entrepreneur and activist built her own empire: "I don't want to leave this business the same way I found it." +The pivot: "Reese Witherspoon the producer, much like Reese Witherspoon the entrepreneur, was born out of frustration," Rose writes. --Following a number of thankless film roles, Witherspoon "requested an audience with each of the town's studio heads to get a better feel for what was really going on. She asked all seven the same question: What are you developing for a female lead? With one exception, nobody had an answer. 'One even said to me, 'We have a movie with a woman at the center of it, but we're not going to make two this year,' ' she says, 'without any embarrassment.'" --That experience, along with a reference in The New Yorker that included her among a list of names who "were big stars 10 years ago," spurred on her decision to go her own way. +Reese Witherspoon Inc.: Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine now spans TV, film, books, podcasts and merchandise, and has grown to 50 employees strong. It now has 29 scripted projects in development, 10 unscripted and animated projects in development, and a 1.3 million person strong digital community of followers interested in her book picks. --"It was clear to us that this wasn't just an actress coming in saying, 'I think I can launch a company,' " says Peter Chernin, whose Otter Media helped fund Hello Sunshine. "She'd already demonstrated through Draper James that she could launch a company, and there was a very sharp, thoughtful business plan in place." [The cover story](. +The video: Witherspoon talks the "bend and snap" from Legally Blonde, and The Morning Show in a new "Fishing for Answers." [Watch](. +Witherspoon prepares for the evolution of Elle Woods in a Legally Blonde revival. Though they’re still in the development stage of reviving the MGM property, the actress and producer Marc Platt say they’re excited about seeing the character in her 40s: "I want to discover what age means to that character." [More](. ►THR's 2019 Women in Entertainment Power 100 list. Dozens of new faces join Oprah, Shari Redstone and Michelle Obama on Hollywood’s annual list of the female players pulling in box office billions, running the streamers, sealing innovative deals and charting the future of an industry in flux. [The full list](. +The event: Keep your eyes on THR's website for video and updates from today's Women In Entertainment event presented by Lifetime, from Milk Studios in L.A. Gretchen Carlson will present Ronan Farrow with the Equity In Entertainment Award, and there will be a keynote speech from Stacey Abrams. The event starts at 9 am PT. ^Nancy Pelosi and Olivia Wilde: The Hollywood Reporter conversation. Guest editor Olivia Wilde speaks with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to talk impeachment, powerful women, Hollywood activism, and the press. --Wilde: "What do you think about Hollywood endorsements — are they helpful or hurtful to presidential candidates?" --Pelosi: "I would say that celebrity endorsements, whether it's Hollywood or sports or whatever it is, are valuable in that they attract to the idea that there is an election and that people should be involved. To the extent that celebrities bring knowledge on a subject, what I have seen be very productive and successful is when they come to the Capitol, for example, to talk about an issue they have standing on... We're all supposed to be in the attraction business. You are, we try to be. People are attracted to celebrity. If that celebrity happens to be knowledgeable about their cause, it is very valuable because people will be attracted to the message." --Wilde: "What of Hollywood's role in making Donald Trump a reality TV star? Do you blame the industry for the current state of U.S. politics as it relates to Trump?" --Pelosi: "Well, let me say I've never seen his reality show, so I don't know if it was any good or what. I do think that he was assisted by the communications industry, not just Hollywood, but the press as well, because all they do is enable him, and that is really a sad thing. I've said to many of my friends in the press, 'You're accomplices, whether you want to be or not,' [and they say,] 'If he's saying it, then it's news.' I don't think it's news, but it monopolizes the airwaves. So there is a lot of responsibility to go around in terms of the creation of whatever that is in the White House." [The full interview](. More from the issue... ►Olivia Wilde praises powerful women for not backing down: "We refuse to be manipulated." "The women profiled in this issue are not ranked. They are not competing for a top spot. They are, however, linked by a common desire to shift the paradigm and demand a different way," writes the actress, who guest edited the issue. [The column](. +Taika Waititi: Why Scarlett Johansson is the star of the decade. The director discusses his Jojo Rabbit actress' $13 billion decade and why the No. 1 female grosser of the 2010s "doesn’t seem to worry about what's next." [More](. The Women In Entertainment Issue On the cover: In a special issue featuring guest editor Olivia Wilde, THR focuses on women in entertainment, including the annual Power 100 List, all leading up to today's event in Los Angeles (more on that below). For [the cover story](, Lacey Rose speaks with Reese Witherspoon about how the Oscar-winning actress, producer, entrepreneur and activist built her own empire: "I don't want to leave this business the same way I found it." +The pivot: "Reese Witherspoon the producer, much like Reese Witherspoon the entrepreneur, was born out of frustration," Rose writes. --Following a number of thankless film roles, Witherspoon "requested an audience with each of the town's studio heads to get a better feel for what was really going on. She asked all seven the same question: What are you developing for a female lead? With one exception, nobody had an answer. 'One even said to me, 'We have a movie with a woman at the center of it, but we're not going to make two this year,' ' she says, 'without any embarrassment.'" --That experience, along with a reference in The New Yorker that included her among a list of names who "were big stars 10 years ago," spurred on her decision to go her own way. +Reese Witherspoon Inc.: Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine now spans TV, film, books, podcasts and merchandise, and has grown to 50 employees strong. It now has 29 scripted projects in development, 10 unscripted and animated projects in development, and a 1.3 million person strong digital community of followers interested in her book picks. --"It was clear to us that this wasn't just an actress coming in saying, 'I think I can launch a company,' " says Peter Chernin, whose Otter Media helped fund Hello Sunshine. "She'd already demonstrated through Draper James that she could launch a company, and there was a very sharp, thoughtful business plan in place." [The cover story](. +The video: Witherspoon talks the "bend and snap" from Legally Blonde, and The Morning Show in a new "Fishing for Answers." [Watch](. +Witherspoon prepares for the evolution of Elle Woods in a Legally Blonde revival. Though they’re still in the development stage of reviving the MGM property, the actress and producer Marc Platt say they’re excited about seeing the character in her 40s: "I want to discover what age means to that character." [More](. ►THR's 2019 Women in Entertainment Power 100 list. Dozens of new faces join Oprah, Shari Redstone and Michelle Obama on Hollywood’s annual list of the female players pulling in box office billions, running the streamers, sealing innovative deals and charting the future of an industry in flux. [The full list](. +The event: Keep your eyes on THR's website for video and updates from today's Women In Entertainment event presented by Lifetime, from Milk Studios in L.A. Gretchen Carlson will present Ronan Farrow with the Equity In Entertainment Award, and there will be a keynote speech from Stacey Abrams. The event starts at 9 am PT. ^Nancy Pelosi and Olivia Wilde: The Hollywood Reporter conversation. Guest editor Olivia Wilde speaks with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to talk impeachment, powerful women, Hollywood activism, and the press. --Wilde: "What do you think about Hollywood endorsements — are they helpful or hurtful to presidential candidates?" --Pelosi: "I would say that celebrity endorsements, whether it's Hollywood or sports or whatever it is, are valuable in that they attract to the idea that there is an election and that people should be involved. To the extent that celebrities bring knowledge on a subject, what I have seen be very productive and successful is when they come to the Capitol, for example, to talk about an issue they have standing on... We're all supposed to be in the attraction business. You are, we try to be. People are attracted to celebrity. If that celebrity happens to be knowledgeable about their cause, it is very valuable because people will be attracted to the message." --Wilde: "What of Hollywood's role in making Donald Trump a reality TV star? Do you blame the industry for the current state of U.S. politics as it relates to Trump?" --Pelosi: "Well, let me say I've never seen his reality show, so I don't know if it was any good or what. I do think that he was assisted by the communications industry, not just Hollywood, but the press as well, because all they do is enable him, and that is really a sad thing. I've said to many of my friends in the press, 'You're accomplices, whether you want to be or not,' [and they say,] 'If he's saying it, then it's news.' I don't think it's news, but it monopolizes the airwaves. So there is a lot of responsibility to go around in terms of the creation of whatever that is in the White House." [The full interview](. More from the issue... ►Olivia Wilde praises powerful women for not backing down: "We refuse to be manipulated." "The women profiled in this issue are not ranked. They are not competing for a top spot. They are, however, linked by a common desire to shift the paradigm and demand a different way," writes the actress, who guest edited the issue. [The column](. +Taika Waititi: Why Scarlett Johansson is the star of the decade. The director discusses his Jojo Rabbit actress' $13 billion decade and why the No. 1 female grosser of the 2010s "doesn’t seem to worry about what's next." [More](. [SAG Awards Nominations] SAG Awards Nominations ►Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations: America Ferrera and Danai Gurira on Wednesday announced the film and TV nominees for the 26th annual SAG Awards, presented by SAG-AFTRA, Wednesday morning. +The films with the most nominations: Bombshell, The Irishman, Once Upon a Time In Hollywood (4 nominations each), Marriage Story (3 noms), Ford v Ferrari, Jojo Rabbit, Joker (2 noms each). +The TV shows with the most nominations: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (4 nominations), The Crown, Fleabag, Game of Thrones, The Kominsky Method, The Morning Show, Stranger Things (3 noms each). +By studio and network: Netflix (7 film nominations, 13 TV nominations), HBO (10 TV noms), Amazon Prime (7 TV noms), Lionsgate and Sony Pictures (4 film noms each), Hulu (4 TV noms), Warner Bros. (3 film noms), Apple TV+ (3 TV noms). [The full list of SAG Awards nominees](. ►Review: Jumanji: The Next Level. John DeFore reviews the sequel, calling it "a clear case of diminishing returns, but enjoyable action set pieces and a surprise or two near the end should keep parental grousing to a minimum." [The review](. ►Review: 6 Underground. DeFore also reviews the Michael Bay Netflix actioner, writing that it is like an "over-serious pilot episode of a gimmick-driven, globetrotting ensemble adventure hoping to pass for glamorous on network TV circa 1987. Trouble is, those shows — hacky and predictable as they were — hit their origin-story beats much more satisfyingly than this bloated, dull action flick." [The review](. Elsewhere in film... --THR critic Frank Scheck looks at the worst movies of the last decade, including an embarrassingly un-sexy erotic trilogy, rom-coms utterly devoid of laughs or chemistry, a few disastrous genre mash-ups and more. [The full list](. --Purple Rain, Amadeus, She's Gotta Have It and Clerks — this year's biggest public vote-getter — plus seven films directed by women, including Boys Don't Cry, are among the latest [cinematic treasures chosen]( for the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. --Paul McCartney [is teaming with]( Netflix on a High in the Clouds animated feature... Meanwhile: Disney+'s Home Alone reboot [has found]( its lead in Jojo Rabbit breakout Archie Yates, who will star in the feature alongside Ellie Kemper and Rob Delaney. --David Glasser's 101 Studios [is developing]( the true story of the football team from Paradise, California, the small town destroyed by 2018's Camp Fire. --Kevin Costner and Diane Lane's suspense thriller Let Him Go will[ride into theaters]( on Aug. 21, 2020, Focus Features said Tuesday. --Vaughn Stein, who helmed the Margot Robbie thriller Terminal,[has come aboard]( to direct Every Breath You Take, an indie thriller starring Casey Affleck. ^The Irishman viewed by 26 million members, Netflix says. Ted Sarandos, speaking at the UBS Global TMT Conference on Tuesday, also predicted that the mob drama will reach an audience of 40 million households within its first 28 days. Based on the disclosure, that means about 16 percent of all Netflix global account holders watched the film in the week following its Nov. 27 release. [The story](. +Sarandos also said that the upcoming Steve Carell comedy Space Force is the company's attempt at "creating the next generation Office or a Friends. I don’t know if this is the one, but you have to do it. It requires a lot of at-bats, and there will be some misses, but you have to do it." He also took a dig at Hulu, saying that Seinfeld "had been hugely underexploited in on-demand platforms, and we had an opportunity at the price paid to take advantage of it." In other business news... ►Disney+ deal has "exceeded our expectations," Verizon CEO says. Hans Vestberg declined to share how many Disney+ users Verizon has reached or what kind of expectations Verizon had had. "I cannot comment on our figures, they have commented on their figures," Vestberg said. Disney said a day after the launch of its streaming service that it had hit 10 million signups. [More](. ►Fox Corp. aims for "surgical strikes" in M&A, CFO says. The company has been active in the M&A market, buying Credible Labs and Bento Box, investing $100 million in the streaming startup Caffeine, and acquiring local TV stations in Wisconsin and Seattle. The company is not planning to slow down, though Fox CFO Steven Tomsic said Tuesday that the company is looking at “surgical strikes” when it comes to potential acquisitions, rather than any sort of massive deal. “You shouldn’t think of us doing something like a station group acquisition,” he said. [More](. +Sony Pictures Television has agreed to buy children’s animation studio Silvergate Media, in a deal that values the company at around $195 million. [More](. +AT&T's WarnerMedia will hold a joint upfront with the company's Xandr advertising unit on May 13, 2020, the company said Tuesday. Among the topics to come up: HBO Max's ad-supported tier. "This moment signals a significant shift as we come together to showcase the full scope of possibilities in storytelling,” said WarnerMedia CRO Gerhard Zeiler. ►NBC Sports surpasses $1 billion in ad sales for Tokyo Olympics. The network expects to book more than the $1.2 billion that it took in for the previous Summer Games in Rio. And already Tokyo is pacing well ahead of Rio, which stands as NBC’s highest-grossing Olympics ever. “We believe the Olympics will unify our country,” Dan Lovinger, executive vp ad sales, NBC Sports Group, told reporters Tuesday during a conference call with reporters. [The story](. Britt McHenry, a Fox News contributor and Fox Nation host, filed suit on Tuesday against the network, its parent company and several employees. In a complaint filed in the Southern District of New York by attorney Lisa Bloom, McHenry says that the network did not respond appropriately and sought to punish her after she accused an on-air colleague, the Fox Nation host Tyrus, of sexually harassing her. McHenry is demanding a jury trial. [The story](. +In other legal news: Bill Cosby's criminal case primed for Pennsylvania supreme court. [More](. Pickups and renewals: Michael Chabon [will adapt](his 2000 novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay as a limited series for CBS TV Studios' corporate sibling Showtime... Bravo on Tuesday announced that its Emmy-nominated late-night talker Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen [has been renewed]( through 2021... Fortune Feimster is[doubling down at Netflix](. The actress and comedian has landed her first hourlong special and is co-starring in a feature film for the streamer. Elsewhere in TV... --Surviving R. Kelly [follow-up details revealed](, Lifetime sets January premiere. --Steve Harvey is returning to the[talk-show ranks](, this time on Facebook Watch. --Amazon has signed another major deal for sports rights in Europe, [securing the rights]( to select matches in the UEFA Champions League for the German market. --Ratings: NBC's The Voice delivered its [biggest total audience]( in six weeks Monday, and it also led the adults 18-49 rankings for the night. Part two of The CW's Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover drew solid numbers, while The Moodys took a big hit on Fox. SAG Awards Nominations ►Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations: America Ferrera and Danai Gurira on Wednesday announced the film and TV nominees for the 26th annual SAG Awards, presented by SAG-AFTRA, Wednesday morning. +The films with the most nominations: Bombshell, The Irishman, Once Upon a Time In Hollywood (4 nominations each), Marriage Story (3 noms), Ford v Ferrari, Jojo Rabbit, Joker (2 noms each). +The TV shows with the most nominations: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (4 nominations), The Crown, Fleabag, Game of Thrones, The Kominsky Method, The Morning Show, Stranger Things (3 noms each). +By studio and network: Netflix (7 film nominations, 13 TV nominations), HBO (10 TV noms), Amazon Prime (7 TV noms), Lionsgate and Sony Pictures (4 film noms each), Hulu (4 TV noms), Warner Bros. (3 film noms), Apple TV+ (3 TV noms). [The full list of SAG Awards nominees](. ►Review: Jumanji: The Next Level. John DeFore reviews the sequel, calling it "a clear case of diminishing returns, but enjoyable action set pieces and a surprise or two near the end should keep parental grousing to a minimum." [The review](. ►Review: 6 Underground. DeFore also reviews the Michael Bay Netflix actioner, writing that it is like an "over-serious pilot episode of a gimmick-driven, globetrotting ensemble adventure hoping to pass for glamorous on network TV circa 1987. Trouble is, those shows — hacky and predictable as they were — hit their origin-story beats much more satisfyingly than this bloated, dull action flick." [The review](. Elsewhere in film... --THR critic Frank Scheck looks at the worst movies of the last decade, including an embarrassingly un-sexy erotic trilogy, rom-coms utterly devoid of laughs or chemistry, a few disastrous genre mash-ups and more. [The full list](. --Purple Rain, Amadeus, She's Gotta Have It and Clerks — this year's biggest public vote-getter — plus seven films directed by women, including Boys Don't Cry, are among the latest [cinematic treasures chosen]( for the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. --Paul McCartney [is teaming with]( Netflix on a High in the Clouds animated feature... Meanwhile: Disney+'s Home Alone reboot [has found]( its lead in Jojo Rabbit breakout Archie Yates, who will star in the feature alongside Ellie Kemper and Rob Delaney. --David Glasser's 101 Studios [is developing]( the true story of the football team from Paradise, California, the small town destroyed by 2018's Camp Fire. --Kevin Costner and Diane Lane's suspense thriller Let Him Go will[ride into theaters]( on Aug. 21, 2020, Focus Features said Tuesday. --Vaughn Stein, who helmed the Margot Robbie thriller Terminal,[has come aboard]( to direct Every Breath You Take, an indie thriller starring Casey Affleck. ^The Irishman viewed by 26 million members, Netflix says. Ted Sarandos, speaking at the UBS Global TMT Conference on Tuesday, also predicted that the mob drama will reach an audience of 40 million households within its first 28 days. Based on the disclosure, that means about 16 percent of all Netflix global account holders watched the film in the week following its Nov. 27 release. [The story](. +Sarandos also said that the upcoming Steve Carell comedy Space Force is the company's attempt at "creating the next generation Office or a Friends. I don’t know if this is the one, but you have to do it. It requires a lot of at-bats, and there will be some misses, but you have to do it." He also took a dig at Hulu, saying that Seinfeld "had been hugely underexploited in on-demand platforms, and we had an opportunity at the price paid to take advantage of it." In other business news... ►Disney+ deal has "exceeded our expectations," Verizon CEO says. Hans Vestberg declined to share how many Disney+ users Verizon has reached or what kind of expectations Verizon had had. "I cannot comment on our figures, they have commented on their figures," Vestberg said. Disney said a day after the launch of its streaming service that it had hit 10 million signups. [More](. ►Fox Corp. aims for "surgical strikes" in M&A, CFO says. The company has been active in the M&A market, buying Credible Labs and Bento Box, investing $100 million in the streaming startup Caffeine, and acquiring local TV stations in Wisconsin and Seattle. The company is not planning to slow down, though Fox CFO Steven Tomsic said Tuesday that the company is looking at “surgical strikes” when it comes to potential acquisitions, rather than any sort of massive deal. “You shouldn’t think of us doing something like a station group acquisition,” he said. [More](. +Sony Pictures Television has agreed to buy children’s animation studio Silvergate Media, in a deal that values the company at around $195 million. [More](. +AT&T's WarnerMedia will hold a joint upfront with the company's Xandr advertising unit on May 13, 2020, the company said Tuesday. Among the topics to come up: HBO Max's ad-supported tier. "This moment signals a significant shift as we come together to showcase the full scope of possibilities in storytelling,” said WarnerMedia CRO Gerhard Zeiler. ►NBC Sports surpasses $1 billion in ad sales for Tokyo Olympics. The network expects to book more than the $1.2 billion that it took in for the previous Summer Games in Rio. And already Tokyo is pacing well ahead of Rio, which stands as NBC’s highest-grossing Olympics ever. “We believe the Olympics will unify our country,” Dan Lovinger, executive vp ad sales, NBC Sports Group, told reporters Tuesday during a conference call with reporters. [The story](. Britt McHenry, a Fox News contributor and Fox Nation host, filed suit on Tuesday against the network, its parent company and several employees. In a complaint filed in the Southern District of New York by attorney Lisa Bloom, McHenry says that the network did not respond appropriately and sought to punish her after she accused an on-air colleague, the Fox Nation host Tyrus, of sexually harassing her. McHenry is demanding a jury trial. [The story](. +In other legal news: Bill Cosby's criminal case primed for Pennsylvania supreme court. [More](. Pickups and renewals: Michael Chabon [will adapt](his 2000 novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay as a limited series for CBS TV Studios' corporate sibling Showtime... Bravo on Tuesday announced that its Emmy-nominated late-night talker Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen [has been renewed]( through 2021... Fortune Feimster is[doubling down at Netflix](. The actress and comedian has landed her first hourlong special and is co-starring in a feature film for the streamer. Elsewhere in TV... --Surviving R. Kelly [follow-up details revealed](, Lifetime sets January premiere. --Steve Harvey is returning to the[talk-show ranks](, this time on Facebook Watch. --Amazon has signed another major deal for sports rights in Europe, [securing the rights]( to select matches in the UEFA Champions League for the German market. --Ratings: NBC's The Voice delivered its [biggest total audience]( in six weeks Monday, and it also led the adults 18-49 rankings for the night. Part two of The CW's Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover drew solid numbers, while The Moodys took a big hit on Fox. [Sundance Additions] Sundance Additions Sundance: Hillary Clinton, Lance Armstrong docs added to festival lineup. On Tuesday, Sundance unveiled its second-wave lineup, which includes indie episodic, shorts and special events such as Nanette Burstein’s Hillary, Marina Zenovich’s LANCE and a Mark Wahlberg-produced McMillions, which chronicles the McDonald's Monopoly game scam that defrauded Americans in the 1990s and the FBI’s efforts to take the crime ring down.​ --The former secretary of state and first lady is expected to attend the world premiere of Hillary, which promises never-before-seen 2016 campaign footage and exclusive interviews with Clinton, husband and former president Bill Clinton, friends and journalists. [The story](. +The 2020 Palm Springs International Film Festival will open with the Italian comedy An Almost Ordinary Summer and screen all 51 submissions for best international feature at the Oscars, among many other titles, the festival announced Tuesday. [The full lineup](. +Also: Oscars contenders including A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Hustlers, Queen & Slim, Jojo Rabbit, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Rocketman are among the films to [receive nominations]( by the 22nd annual Costume Designers Guild Awards... The sound mixing teams from Ford v. Ferrari, Joker, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Rocketman and The Irishman [are the feature nominees]( of the Cinema Audio Society's 56th annual CAS Awards for outstanding achievement in sound mixing... The editors of Ford v Ferrari, The Irishman, Joker, Marriage Story and Parasite [are nominated]( in the best edited dramatic feature category of the 70th annual American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards... ►Time magazine's Person of the Year is Greta Thunberg. You can [read her profile here](. The magazine also expanded the Person of the Year honors to include other categories. This year's Entertainer of the Year [is Lizzo](, and the Businessperson of the Year is [Disney CEO Bob Iger](. ►Thanos creator feels "violated" after Trump campaign's Avengers ad. "After my initial feeling of being violated, seeing that pompous fool using my creation to stroke his infantile ego, it finally struck me that the leader of my country and the free world actually enjoys comparing himself to a mass murderer," Jim Starlin told THR's Aaron Couch. [More](. +In other Marvel-related news: The TV arm of Marvel Entertainment is being folded into the Marvel Studios group. Current development — Hulu's slate of animated comedies and live-action drama Helstrom — will remain on course. However, no further development will come from the unit overseen by Jeph Loeb. [The story](. In other news... --Microsoft's Mixer platform [silent over](popular streamer's "registered sex offender" comments. --Dwayne Johnson, Nick Jonas [on cast additions]( and snowy scenes for Jumanji: The Next Level. --An immigrant rights group [is demanding]( that ICE restore a detention hotline featured in Orange Is The New Black. Revolving door: NBCUniversal Digital Enterprises Group's Dave Howe [will step down](...Tom McCarthy [has moved](his overall deal. The 13 Reasons Why exec producer and Spotlight Oscar winner has signed a multiple-year overall deal with Disney-owned Fox 21 TV Studios... StudioCanal [has tapped]( Anna Marsh as its new CEO, replacing Didier Lupfer, who is leaving StudioCanal to pursue personal projects in production... CAA motion picture agent Jelani Johnson [is moving](to MACRO to serve as executive vp content strategy... What else we're reading... --"Expect fewer big media deals next decade, says top deal maker" [[WSJ](] --"The battle for Star Wars" [[NY Times](] --"YouTube unveils a stricter harassment policy. Now the company just has to enforce it" [[CNN Business](] --"Why the 'Queen of Sh*tty Robots' renounced her crown" [[Wired](] --"Streaming service quietly gathers more subscribers than HBO Now" [[Bloomberg](] From the archives... On Dec. 11, 1962, The Hollywood Reporter appraised the film adaptation of Harper Lee's landmark novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. The film, starring Gregory Peck, went on to claim eight nominations at the 35th Academy Awards and three wins. [The review](. Today's birthdays: Hailee Steinfeld, 23, John Kerry, 76, Mo'Nique, 52, Rita Moreno, 88, Roy Wood Jr., 41. Sundance Additions Sundance: Hillary Clinton, Lance Armstrong docs added to festival lineup. On Tuesday, Sundance unveiled its second-wave lineup, which includes indie episodic, shorts and special events such as Nanette Burstein’s Hillary, Marina Zenovich’s LANCE and a Mark Wahlberg-produced McMillions, which chronicles the McDonald's Monopoly game scam that defrauded Americans in the 1990s and the FBI’s efforts to take the crime ring down.​ --The former secretary of state and first lady is expected to attend the world premiere of Hillary, which promises never-before-seen 2016 campaign footage and exclusive interviews with Clinton, husband and former president Bill Clinton, friends and journalists. [The story](. +The 2020 Palm Springs International Film Festival will open with the Italian comedy An Almost Ordinary Summer and screen all 51 submissions for best international feature at the Oscars, among many other titles, the festival announced Tuesday. [The full lineup](. +Also: Oscars contenders including A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Hustlers, Queen & Slim, Jojo Rabbit, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Rocketman are among the films to [receive nominations]( by the 22nd annual Costume Designers Guild Awards... The sound mixing teams from Ford v. Ferrari, Joker, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Rocketman and The Irishman [are the feature nominees]( of the Cinema Audio Society's 56th annual CAS Awards for outstanding achievement in sound mixing... The editors of Ford v Ferrari, The Irishman, Joker, Marriage Story and Parasite [are nominated]( in the best edited dramatic feature category of the 70th annual American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards... ►Time magazine's Person of the Year is Greta Thunberg. You can [read her profile here](. The magazine also expanded the Person of the Year honors to include other categories. This year's Entertainer of the Year [is Lizzo](, and the Businessperson of the Year is [Disney CEO Bob Iger](. ►Thanos creator feels "violated" after Trump campaign's Avengers ad. "After my initial feeling of being violated, seeing that pompous fool using my creation to stroke his infantile ego, it finally struck me that the leader of my country and the free world actually enjoys comparing himself to a mass murderer," Jim Starlin told THR's Aaron Couch. [More](. +In other Marvel-related news: The TV arm of Marvel Entertainment is being folded into the Marvel Studios group. Current development — Hulu's slate of animated comedies and live-action drama Helstrom — will remain on course. However, no further development will come from the unit overseen by Jeph Loeb. [The story](. In other news... --Microsoft's Mixer platform [silent over](popular streamer's "registered sex offender" comments. --Dwayne Johnson, Nick Jonas [on cast additions]( and snowy scenes for Jumanji: The Next Level. --An immigrant rights group [is demanding]( that ICE restore a detention hotline featured in Orange Is The New Black. Revolving door: NBCUniversal Digital Enterprises Group's Dave Howe [will step down](...Tom McCarthy [has moved](his overall deal. The 13 Reasons Why exec producer and Spotlight Oscar winner has signed a multiple-year overall deal with Disney-owned Fox 21 TV Studios... StudioCanal [has tapped]( Anna Marsh as its new CEO, replacing Didier Lupfer, who is leaving StudioCanal to pursue personal projects in production... CAA motion picture agent Jelani Johnson [is moving](to MACRO to serve as executive vp content strategy... What else we're reading... --"Expect fewer big media deals next decade, says top deal maker" [[WSJ](] --"The battle for Star Wars" [[NY Times](] --"YouTube unveils a stricter harassment policy. Now the company just has to enforce it" [[CNN Business](] --"Why the 'Queen of Sh*tty Robots' renounced her crown" [[Wired](] --"Streaming service quietly gathers more subscribers than HBO Now" [[Bloomberg](] From the archives... On Dec. 11, 1962, The Hollywood Reporter appraised the film adaptation of Harper Lee's landmark novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. The film, starring Gregory Peck, went on to claim eight nominations at the 35th Academy Awards and three wins. [The review](. Today's birthdays: Hailee Steinfeld, 23, John Kerry, 76, Mo'Nique, 52, Rita Moreno, 88, Roy Wood Jr., 41. [Image] [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( Is this e-mail not displaying correctly? 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