Steve Burke’s Exit; First Couple Of Film; Best TV of ‘19; New THR Cover

What's news: Oscar contenders (and husband and wife team) Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach sit for their first joint profile, NBCU CEO Steve Burke eyes the exit, Taylor Swift takes on Scooter Braun and private equity, get ready for more Maisel, Olivia Wilde clarifies her Richard Jewell comments. Plus: The 10 best TV shows of 2019, and will the Oscars snub female filmmakers? --Alex Weprin [The Hollywood Reporter]( [The Hollywood Reporter]( Today In Entertainment DECEMBER 13, 2019 What's news: Oscar contenders (and husband and wife team) Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach sit for their first joint profile, NBCU CEO Steve Burke eyes the exit, Taylor Swift takes on Scooter Braun and private equity, get ready for more Maisel, Olivia Wilde clarifies her Richard Jewell comments. Plus: The 10 best TV shows of 2019, and will the Oscars snub female filmmakers? --Alex Weprin What's news: Oscar contenders (and husband and wife team) Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach sit for their first joint profile, NBCU CEO Steve Burke eyes the exit, Taylor Swift takes on Scooter Braun and private equity, get ready for more Maisel, Olivia Wilde clarifies her Richard Jewell comments. Plus: The 10 best TV shows of 2019, and will the Oscars snub female filmmakers? --Alex Weprin The First Couple Of Film [On the cover](: They've been together for eight years, and now, for the first time in Oscars history, romantic partners are both in serious contention for the best director trophy. In their first joint profile, the 'Little Women' and 'Marriage Story' filmmakers Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach reveal to Tatiana Siegel how they are surviving the season and focusing on their future: "There's a sense of wanting to show off for each other." --"It's exciting to have mutual acknowledgment of the work that he and I have both put into [our movies]," insists Gerwig when asked about professional rivalries between them. "There is a sense of wanting to show off for each other. At least on my part. I remember when I showed Noah cuts or drafts of Little Women. He's my favorite filmmaker and my favorite writer. It means everything to me that he thinks it's good." --Adds Baumbach, "When we're working on our own projects, we're always talking about them and showing each other things. I always feel very much a part of what she's done. [Little Women] is absolutely hers, but it's not like I woke up one day and this movie's in theaters. She's been talking about it for a few years. It feels like, 'How great that this is being recognized in the way that you hoped it would.'" [The cover story](. +The Video: Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach appear in a "First, Best, Last, Worst" video for THR. [Watch](. ^NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke is expected to exit the company in 2020, Kim Masters reports. News of Burke's departure likely will stoke already strong speculation among insiders about succession at the company. Most high-level Hollywood players expect the job to go to Jeff Shell, chairman of NBCU film and entertainment. The other internal contender for the job is Mark Lazarus, chairman of NBCU Broadcast, Cable, Sports and News. Both Shell, 54, and Lazarus, 56, oversee broad portfolios following a reorganization announced in January. Burke, 61, will leave Comcast's sprawling media unit at a pivotal time as the company launches its most aggressive foray into streaming in April with its ad-supported Peacock service. His August exit also will allow him to preside over the company's key coverage of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, which are set to run July 24-Aug. 9. [The story](. ►Olivia Wilde clarifies stance on Richard Jewell portrayal: Kathy Scruggs was "bold, smart and fearlessly undeterred." The actress, who plays the late journalist in the Clint Eastwood film, tweeted on Thursday: "I realize my opinions about Kathy, based on my own independent research, may differ from others involved with the film." [The story](. ►Rihanna-Peter Berg doc lands massive payday from Amazon. Tatiana Siegel reports that Amazon paid $25 million for the untitled film's rights in a move that reflects last week's $25 million Apple TV+ deal for an Billie Eilish doc directed by and produced in collaboration with Eilish’s label, Interscope Records. [The story](. The First Couple Of Film [On the cover](: They've been together for eight years, and now, for the first time in Oscars history, romantic partners are both in serious contention for the best director trophy. In their first joint profile, the 'Little Women' and 'Marriage Story' filmmakers Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach reveal to Tatiana Siegel how they are surviving the season and focusing on their future: "There's a sense of wanting to show off for each other." --"It's exciting to have mutual acknowledgment of the work that he and I have both put into [our movies]," insists Gerwig when asked about professional rivalries between them. "There is a sense of wanting to show off for each other. At least on my part. I remember when I showed Noah cuts or drafts of Little Women. He's my favorite filmmaker and my favorite writer. It means everything to me that he thinks it's good." --Adds Baumbach, "When we're working on our own projects, we're always talking about them and showing each other things. I always feel very much a part of what she's done. [Little Women] is absolutely hers, but it's not like I woke up one day and this movie's in theaters. She's been talking about it for a few years. It feels like, 'How great that this is being recognized in the way that you hoped it would.'" [The cover story](. +The Video: Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach appear in a "First, Best, Last, Worst" video for THR. [Watch](. ^NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke is expected to exit the company in 2020, Kim Masters reports. News of Burke's departure likely will stoke already strong speculation among insiders about succession at the company. Most high-level Hollywood players expect the job to go to Jeff Shell, chairman of NBCU film and entertainment. The other internal contender for the job is Mark Lazarus, chairman of NBCU Broadcast, Cable, Sports and News. Both Shell, 54, and Lazarus, 56, oversee broad portfolios following a reorganization announced in January. Burke, 61, will leave Comcast's sprawling media unit at a pivotal time as the company launches its most aggressive foray into streaming in April with its ad-supported Peacock service. His August exit also will allow him to preside over the company's key coverage of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, which are set to run July 24-Aug. 9. [The story](. ►Olivia Wilde clarifies stance on Richard Jewell portrayal: Kathy Scruggs was "bold, smart and fearlessly undeterred." The actress, who plays the late journalist in the Clint Eastwood film, tweeted on Thursday: "I realize my opinions about Kathy, based on my own independent research, may differ from others involved with the film." [The story](. ►Rihanna-Peter Berg doc lands massive payday from Amazon. Tatiana Siegel reports that Amazon paid $25 million for the untitled film's rights in a move that reflects last week's $25 million Apple TV+ deal for an Billie Eilish doc directed by and produced in collaboration with Eilish’s label, Interscope Records. [The story](. [Taylor Swift Takes On Scooter Braun And Private Equity] Taylor Swift Takes On Scooter Braun And Private Equity Here's what happened at Billboard's Women In Music 2019 event... ►Taylor Swift goes after Scooter Braun and private equity during Billboard Woman of the Decade speech. After being honored as Billboard's first-ever decade honoree, the singer-songwriter addressed Braun supporters: "Of course he’s nice to you, you have something he needs," she said. Quote: "Lately there’s been a new shift that has affected me personally, and as your resident loud person, I feel like I need to bring it up. And that’s the unregulated world of private equity coming in and buying up our music as if it's real estate, or an app, or a shoe line." [The story](. --Cyndi Lauper [presented Billie Eilish]( with the Woman Of Year Award. --Alanis Morissette [thanked the patriarchy]( for "crumbling and falling." After receiving the Icon Award at Thursday night's Women in Music honors, the singer described the media and public perception of her as "this one-dimensionalizing thing that would happen a lot." --Nicki Minaj [paid tribute]( to Juice WRLD. --Alicia Keys [talks fighting]( the "deep and disturbing gap" for women in music... +In other music news: The Recording Academy's task force on diversity and inclusion[released its final report](... Sony Music Entertainment has [made a strategic investment]( in podcast production company Neon Hum to expand its development of original non-music programming... YouTube [unveiled its list]( of the top music videos of every decade from the 1980s to the 2010s... ►Shazam! 2, Sesame Street land release dates. New Line and Warner Bros. announced Thursday that Shazam! 2 is officially a go, and will hit theaters April 1, 2022. Warners also announced that its untitled Sesame Street movie is being pushed back from June 4, 2021 to Jan. 14, 2021. The studio says an untitled event film will instead take the June 4 slot. [More](. Elsewhere in film... --Review: John DeFore reviews the [Blumhouse thriller Black Christmas](. --David Benioff and D.B. Weiss [have come aboard]( to produce an adaptation of Lovecraft, a graphic novel by Hans Rodionoff and artist Keith Giffen, for Warner Bros. --The wild, zany titular Rabbids of Ubisoft's long-running video game series are coming to the big screen. Lionsgate has [acquired the rights]( to adapt the characters for a hybrid animation/live-action film based on the game franchise. --Nonfiction studio XTR has announced feature doc You Cannot Kill David Arquette, [which will track]( actor David Arquette's attempt to become a professional wrestler. --The making of Frozen 2: Disney [aimed to mark]( an "evolution" for Elsa and Anna. --Bob Iger is [planning to meet](with Martin Scorsese over his Marvel comments. ^More Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Amazon has handed out a quick fourth-season renewal for its award-winning comedy, created by showrunners Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband, Daniel Palladino, the show returned for its third season Dec. 6. [More](. +TV's Top 5 podcast: This week Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg speak with Maisel's creators about their long-term vision for Amazon's award-winning comedy, details of season three and, yes, if they have a desire to revisit The Gilmore Girls. [Listen](. +Brockmire gets one more swing: IFC announced Thursday that its Hank Azaria and Amanda Peet comedy Brockmire will conclude with its previously announced fourth season. The final season will wrap up with eight episodes and launch at a date to be determined in March. [More](. +Other renewals: Apple [has picked up]( a second season of its anthology series Little America ahead of its series premiere... Quibi [has ordered]( six episodes of animated series The Andy Cohen Diaries... Syndicated talk show Tamron Hall [has been renewed]( for a second season, making it the second syndication rookie to earn a pickup for 2020-21... ►The 10 best TV shows of 2019: Among THR chief TV critic Daniel Fienberg’s favorites are gems from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Damon Lindelof and Ava DuVernay, as well as a Northern Irish Netflix comedy, an underloved AMC oddity and a stellar sophomore season of HBO’s most Shakespearean family saga. [The list](. +Critic's Notebook: Even after an unprecedented eviction, Survivor may be permanently broken. Daniel Fienberg writes that the long-running CBS show "failed to protect its contestants and failed to protect the integrity of the beloved and long-running game." Quote: "This was a game being infected by an act of impropriety that was complained about on the very first morning in the game and that was not responded to. Survivor dropped the ball over and over and then Kellee had to sit on the jury for multiple additional tribals as the person she accused of impropriety sat smugly and completely unimpacted by the game, so cocky that he wasn't even receiving votes." [The column](. Elsewhere in TV... --The Democratic National Committee [announced plans]( for four presidential candidate debates in January and February, with CBS News, ABC News, NBC News, CNN, Twitter and Apple News among the media partners. --Fox News host Jesse Watters [called out]( by women's groups over Richard Jewell remarks. --Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Luke Kirby on [finding the essence]( of Lenny Bruce. --Hasbro unveils a "Baby Yoda" toy line, [arriving next spring](. --Billy Crudup [reveals the inspiration](, motivations behind his "shape-shifter" network exec on Apple's The Morning Show. --Meghan Markle's Deal or No Deal briefcase [is going up]( for auction. Taylor Swift Takes On Scooter Braun And Private Equity Here's what happened at Billboard's Women In Music 2019 event... ►Taylor Swift goes after Scooter Braun and private equity during Billboard Woman of the Decade speech. After being honored as Billboard's first-ever decade honoree, the singer-songwriter addressed Braun supporters: "Of course he’s nice to you, you have something he needs," she said. Quote: "Lately there’s been a new shift that has affected me personally, and as your resident loud person, I feel like I need to bring it up. And that’s the unregulated world of private equity coming in and buying up our music as if it's real estate, or an app, or a shoe line." [The story](. --Cyndi Lauper [presented Billie Eilish]( with the Woman Of Year Award. --Alanis Morissette [thanked the patriarchy]( for "crumbling and falling." After receiving the Icon Award at Thursday night's Women in Music honors, the singer described the media and public perception of her as "this one-dimensionalizing thing that would happen a lot." --Nicki Minaj [paid tribute]( to Juice WRLD. --Alicia Keys [talks fighting]( the "deep and disturbing gap" for women in music... +In other music news: The Recording Academy's task force on diversity and inclusion[released its final report](... Sony Music Entertainment has [made a strategic investment]( in podcast production company Neon Hum to expand its development of original non-music programming... YouTube [unveiled its list]( of the top music videos of every decade from the 1980s to the 2010s... ►Shazam! 2, Sesame Street land release dates. New Line and Warner Bros. announced Thursday that Shazam! 2 is officially a go, and will hit theaters April 1, 2022. Warners also announced that its untitled Sesame Street movie is being pushed back from June 4, 2021 to Jan. 14, 2021. The studio says an untitled event film will instead take the June 4 slot. [More](. Elsewhere in film... --Review: John DeFore reviews the [Blumhouse thriller Black Christmas](. --David Benioff and D.B. Weiss [have come aboard]( to produce an adaptation of Lovecraft, a graphic novel by Hans Rodionoff and artist Keith Giffen, for Warner Bros. --The wild, zany titular Rabbids of Ubisoft's long-running video game series are coming to the big screen. Lionsgate has [acquired the rights]( to adapt the characters for a hybrid animation/live-action film based on the game franchise. --Nonfiction studio XTR has announced feature doc You Cannot Kill David Arquette, [which will track]( actor David Arquette's attempt to become a professional wrestler. --The making of Frozen 2: Disney [aimed to mark]( an "evolution" for Elsa and Anna. --Bob Iger is [planning to meet](with Martin Scorsese over his Marvel comments. ^More Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Amazon has handed out a quick fourth-season renewal for its award-winning comedy, created by showrunners Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband, Daniel Palladino, the show returned for its third season Dec. 6. [More](. +TV's Top 5 podcast: This week Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg speak with Maisel's creators about their long-term vision for Amazon's award-winning comedy, details of season three and, yes, if they have a desire to revisit The Gilmore Girls. [Listen](. +Brockmire gets one more swing: IFC announced Thursday that its Hank Azaria and Amanda Peet comedy Brockmire will conclude with its previously announced fourth season. The final season will wrap up with eight episodes and launch at a date to be determined in March. [More](. +Other renewals: Apple [has picked up]( a second season of its anthology series Little America ahead of its series premiere... Quibi [has ordered]( six episodes of animated series The Andy Cohen Diaries... Syndicated talk show Tamron Hall [has been renewed]( for a second season, making it the second syndication rookie to earn a pickup for 2020-21... ►The 10 best TV shows of 2019: Among THR chief TV critic Daniel Fienberg’s favorites are gems from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Damon Lindelof and Ava DuVernay, as well as a Northern Irish Netflix comedy, an underloved AMC oddity and a stellar sophomore season of HBO’s most Shakespearean family saga. [The list](. +Critic's Notebook: Even after an unprecedented eviction, Survivor may be permanently broken. Daniel Fienberg writes that the long-running CBS show "failed to protect its contestants and failed to protect the integrity of the beloved and long-running game." Quote: "This was a game being infected by an act of impropriety that was complained about on the very first morning in the game and that was not responded to. Survivor dropped the ball over and over and then Kellee had to sit on the jury for multiple additional tribals as the person she accused of impropriety sat smugly and completely unimpacted by the game, so cocky that he wasn't even receiving votes." [The column](. Elsewhere in TV... --The Democratic National Committee [announced plans]( for four presidential candidate debates in January and February, with CBS News, ABC News, NBC News, CNN, Twitter and Apple News among the media partners. --Fox News host Jesse Watters [called out]( by women's groups over Richard Jewell remarks. --Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Luke Kirby on [finding the essence]( of Lenny Bruce. --Hasbro unveils a "Baby Yoda" toy line, [arriving next spring](. --Billy Crudup [reveals the inspiration](, motivations behind his "shape-shifter" network exec on Apple's The Morning Show. --Meghan Markle's Deal or No Deal briefcase [is going up]( for auction. [Will The Oscars Follow Golden Globe Snubs?] Will The Oscars Follow Golden Globe Snubs? After Golden Globes' snub of female filmmakers, will Oscars follow suit? As the HFPA excludes women in directing and screenplay categories (and best picture is dominated by macho stories), experts question what needs to change in Hollywood to truly impact the awards landscape. [Stephen Galloway's column](. +Weighing the odds in the best original song category. Ahead of the Dec. 16 shortlist reveal, THR's awards analyst Scott Feinberg takes a look at which new tunes are gaining traction. [The analysis](. Also: Here's the latest[Feinberg Forecast](, incorporating the Critics Choice Awards, Golden Globe and SAG Awards nominations. +The New Frontiers lineup at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival [has been announced](, with a selection that ranges from a virtual reality project about the aftermath of Japan's 2011 tsunami to an exhibition of A.I. modeled after Noam Chomsky. +The Producers Guild of America will [give the David O. Selznick Achievement Award]( to Plan B's Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner at the 2020 Producers Guild Awards. +THR to produce Golden Globes aftershow: THR is teaming with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Twitter for a third year to produce the official aftershow of January's Golden Globe Awards. Immediately following the Globes telecast on NBC, THR will produce an hourlong live stream featuring one-on-one interviews with the night’s winners, show highlights and expert analysis from THR’s awards-season experts. [More](. +Also: Why Georgia's Oscars [entry has]( a "direct connection to the situation in Ukraine"... Aardman, the British stop-motion animation powerhouse behind Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep, is[set to be honored]( at the next London Critics' Circle film awards... The Casting Society of America [will honor]( Geena Davis as well as Audra McDonald at its 35th annual Artios Awards... ►The Game Awards: The sixth annual Game Awards were held Thursday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, recognizing the biggest achievements in video games from the past year. [The full list of winners](. +Also: During the awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, Microsoft unveiled its new platform: the Xbox Series X. [More](. In other gaming news... --How that Apex Legends moment [came to life]( at The Game Awards. --LeBron James, Alex Morgan, more star athletes [skate onto Apple Arcade]( in latest sports title. --How The Game Awards [brings an industry together](: "Every group has their version of the Super Bowl." --Call of Duty: Modern Warfare star on [playing a character]( she "thought would never be written." Jeff Franklin alleges Bryan Behar conspired to get him removed as showrunner of Fuller House and, despite a stay of discovery triggered by an anti-SLAPP motion, an L.A. judge will let the creator depose his former colleague. [More](. ^In style: Keanu Reeves, his girlfriend and Hollywood's double standard on gray hair. Gavin Polone analyzes the modern culture of personal (and business) appearances, interviewing female showbiz friends and asking why a movie star’s choice to date a natural-looking woman goes viral. [The column](. +Also: Model (and mother to Elon) Maye Musk dismisses negative backlash over white-haired women: "Teenagers are dyeing their hair the same color as us — so we must be cool." [The column](... Fashion designer Tom Ford [announced that]( he will be showing his fall 2020 collection on Feb. 7 in Los Angeles, two days before the Feb. 9 Oscars... Revolving door: Orlando Bloom[has signed]( a first-look film and TV deal with Amazon... Crazy Rich Asians co-screenwriter Adele Lim [has signed]( with Verve... Fred Rogers Productions [has promoted]( Ellen Doherty to chief creative officer... Mandy Moore, Terry Crews, Natalie Morales and Ester Dean [are joining]( Linda Yaccarino for NBCU's keynote address at CES... Kymn Goldstein, COO of advertising agency Allied Global Marketing, [will leave]( her position at the end of the year... Lulu Wang is following up The Farewell with Amazon original series The Expatriates. The filmmaker behind the summer box office breakout has[joined the drama](as a writer and executive producer... Casting roundup: Viola Davis and Andre Braugher will [head the cast](for the Good Times episode in ABC's Live in Front of a Studio Audience... Amazon's big-budget Lord of the Rings series will have to replace one of its lead actors. Will Poulter, who joined the project in September, [has had to drop out]( of the project due to schedule conflicts... ►The best New York theater of 2019: THR chief theater critic David Rooney's top 10 includes formally inventive reflections on racial identity, illuminating revivals that found new shadings in familiar works, a peerless solo show and a kickass concert that doubles as a cure-all elixir. [The list](. What else we're reading... --"Liberty Media affiliate seeks to increase stake in iHeartMedia" [[WSJ](] --"Netflix sends journalists on pricey trips, raising questions and angering rivals" [[Washington Post](] --"F.T.C. is said to consider an injunction against Facebook" [[NY Times](] --"Spotify’s Ostroff takes over advertising business" [[The Information](] From the archives... On Dec. 13, 1996, Cameron Crowe rolled out the 135-minute Tom Cruise-starrer Jerry Maguire, a commercial hit and enduring pop culture staple that grossed more than $270 million in its theatrical run. [The Hollywood Reporter's original review](. Today's birthdays: Dick Van Dyke, 94, Christopher Plummer, 90, Jamie Foxx, 52, NeNe Leakes, 52, Steve Buscemi, 62, Taylor Swift, 30. Will The Oscars Follow Golden Globe Snubs? After Golden Globes' snub of female filmmakers, will Oscars follow suit? As the HFPA excludes women in directing and screenplay categories (and best picture is dominated by macho stories), experts question what needs to change in Hollywood to truly impact the awards landscape. [Stephen Galloway's column](. +Weighing the odds in the best original song category. Ahead of the Dec. 16 shortlist reveal, THR's awards analyst Scott Feinberg takes a look at which new tunes are gaining traction. [The analysis](. Also: Here's the latest[Feinberg Forecast](, incorporating the Critics Choice Awards, Golden Globe and SAG Awards nominations. +The New Frontiers lineup at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival [has been announced](, with a selection that ranges from a virtual reality project about the aftermath of Japan's 2011 tsunami to an exhibition of A.I. modeled after Noam Chomsky. +The Producers Guild of America will [give the David O. Selznick Achievement Award]( to Plan B's Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner at the 2020 Producers Guild Awards. +THR to produce Golden Globes aftershow: THR is teaming with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Twitter for a third year to produce the official aftershow of January's Golden Globe Awards. Immediately following the Globes telecast on NBC, THR will produce an hourlong live stream featuring one-on-one interviews with the night’s winners, show highlights and expert analysis from THR’s awards-season experts. [More](. +Also: Why Georgia's Oscars [entry has]( a "direct connection to the situation in Ukraine"... Aardman, the British stop-motion animation powerhouse behind Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep, is[set to be honored]( at the next London Critics' Circle film awards... The Casting Society of America [will honor]( Geena Davis as well as Audra McDonald at its 35th annual Artios Awards... ►The Game Awards: The sixth annual Game Awards were held Thursday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, recognizing the biggest achievements in video games from the past year. [The full list of winners](. +Also: During the awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, Microsoft unveiled its new platform: the Xbox Series X. [More](. In other gaming news... --How that Apex Legends moment [came to life]( at The Game Awards. --LeBron James, Alex Morgan, more star athletes [skate onto Apple Arcade]( in latest sports title. --How The Game Awards [brings an industry together](: "Every group has their version of the Super Bowl." --Call of Duty: Modern Warfare star on [playing a character]( she "thought would never be written." Jeff Franklin alleges Bryan Behar conspired to get him removed as showrunner of Fuller House and, despite a stay of discovery triggered by an anti-SLAPP motion, an L.A. judge will let the creator depose his former colleague. [More](. ^In style: Keanu Reeves, his girlfriend and Hollywood's double standard on gray hair. Gavin Polone analyzes the modern culture of personal (and business) appearances, interviewing female showbiz friends and asking why a movie star’s choice to date a natural-looking woman goes viral. [The column](. +Also: Model (and mother to Elon) Maye Musk dismisses negative backlash over white-haired women: "Teenagers are dyeing their hair the same color as us — so we must be cool." [The column](... Fashion designer Tom Ford [announced that]( he will be showing his fall 2020 collection on Feb. 7 in Los Angeles, two days before the Feb. 9 Oscars... Revolving door: Orlando Bloom[has signed]( a first-look film and TV deal with Amazon... Crazy Rich Asians co-screenwriter Adele Lim [has signed]( with Verve... Fred Rogers Productions [has promoted]( Ellen Doherty to chief creative officer... Mandy Moore, Terry Crews, Natalie Morales and Ester Dean [are joining]( Linda Yaccarino for NBCU's keynote address at CES... Kymn Goldstein, COO of advertising agency Allied Global Marketing, [will leave]( her position at the end of the year... Lulu Wang is following up The Farewell with Amazon original series The Expatriates. The filmmaker behind the summer box office breakout has[joined the drama](as a writer and executive producer... Casting roundup: Viola Davis and Andre Braugher will [head the cast](for the Good Times episode in ABC's Live in Front of a Studio Audience... Amazon's big-budget Lord of the Rings series will have to replace one of its lead actors. Will Poulter, who joined the project in September, [has had to drop out]( of the project due to schedule conflicts... ►The best New York theater of 2019: THR chief theater critic David Rooney's top 10 includes formally inventive reflections on racial identity, illuminating revivals that found new shadings in familiar works, a peerless solo show and a kickass concert that doubles as a cure-all elixir. [The list](. What else we're reading... --"Liberty Media affiliate seeks to increase stake in iHeartMedia" [[WSJ](] --"Netflix sends journalists on pricey trips, raising questions and angering rivals" [[Washington Post](] --"F.T.C. is said to consider an injunction against Facebook" [[NY Times](] --"Spotify’s Ostroff takes over advertising business" [[The Information](] From the archives... On Dec. 13, 1996, Cameron Crowe rolled out the 135-minute Tom Cruise-starrer Jerry Maguire, a commercial hit and enduring pop culture staple that grossed more than $270 million in its theatrical run. [The Hollywood Reporter's original review](. Today's birthdays: Dick Van Dyke, 94, Christopher Plummer, 90, Jamie Foxx, 52, NeNe Leakes, 52, Steve Buscemi, 62, Taylor Swift, 30. [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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