Stallone Gets Candid About Career, Regrets, Feuds; Twitter Bans Kathy Griffin; 'Black Adam' Tops Slow Weekend; Starz's 'Dangerous Liaisons' Review

[View on web]( [New reader? Subscribe]( November 07, 2022 What's news: Jimmy Kimmel will host the 2023 Oscars. Black Adam crossed the $300m mark at the global box office. Harry Styles has rescheduled some of his L.A. tour dates. Sam Miller will direct the series A Gentleman in Moscow for Paramount+/Showtime. Nick Carter opened up about brother Aaron Carter's death. — [Abid Rahman]( Stallone Gets Candid About Career, Regrets, Feuds ►On the cover. At 76 years old, Sylvester Stallone is still fighting. The Hollywood icon, one of only a couple actors to have ever starred in a movie that topped the weekend box office across six consecutive decades, is back with his first TV series: Paramount+’s Tulsa King, the latest heartland action-drama from Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan. THR's [James Hibberd]( spoke to Stallone about his very public battle for the Rocky rights, the future of Rambo, his pivot to TV, and the time he turned down $34m for a movie role: "I thought I knew everything." [The cover story.]( —"We’re super thrilled to have Jimmy score his hat trick on this global stage." Jimmy Kimmel has signed on to host the 95th Oscars, marking his third time in the role. The announcement follows the Sept. 17 reveal that award show veterans Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner will be producing the ceremony. [The story.]( —"The wonderful spontaneous world of rock ‘n’ roll!" Lionel Richie, Eminem, Dolly Parton, Pat Benatar, Carly Simon, Eurythmics, Harry Belafonte, Judas Priest and Birmingham New Romantic legends Duran Duran were all inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday night. Although Duran Duran, the first act inducted at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, experienced technical issues as they tried to perform their 1981 breakthrough hit “Girls on Film.” [The story.]( —Helmer in place. THR's [Georg Szalai]( has the scoop on BAFTA-winning filmmaker Sam Miller directing and exec producing the upcoming U.K. drama series A Gentleman in Moscow for Paramount+ and Showtime. The limited-run series, which will star Ewan McGregor, is an adaptation of Amor Towles’ best-selling novel of the same name. Due to commence production early next year, the show will debut on Paramount+ internationally in 2023 and on Showtime in the U.S. [The story.]( Twitter Bans Kathy Griffin for Impersonating Elon Musk ►Whither free speech? Elon Musk said Twitter users who impersonate other handles, without specifying it as a “parody” account, will be permanently suspended without warning after a number of prominent accounts, including comedian Kathy Griffin, were kicked off the platform for pretending to be the billionaire and posting tweets mocking him. Musk, a self-proclaimed free speech absolutist, revealed the policy in a tweet thread Sunday night. [The story.]( —"You are destroying your credibility." Mark Ruffalo urged Musk to pivot his approach to running Twitter following a week of upheaval at the social media company that has seen layoffs, advertisers pause spending and fear over a new subscription plan that reimagines the platform’s verification tool. In a series of tweets, Ruffalo directly engaged Musk following an accusation by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that the platform had “bricked” her profile. [The story.]( —"I’m sorry this news is coming so close to show time." Harry Styles’ concerts this weekend were postponed due to the singer having the flu. After rescheduling Friday night’s show at the Kia Forum in L.A. “due to a band illness,” Styles made more changes to his tour schedule on Saturday and explained that he is the one who is unwell. Styles said that his concerts on Nov. 5, 6 and 7 are postponed until Jan. 26, 27 and 29 in 2023. [The story.]( Inside LACMA's Art + Film Gala ►Star-studded. Elton John performed a five-song set, Billie Eilish made her first red carpet appearance with new boyfriend Jesse Rutherford, and Korean director Park Chan-wook and visual artist Helen Pashgian were honored at LACMA’s 11th annual Art + Film Gala on Saturday night. [The story.]( —Glitz and glam. Hollywood stars and power players came out en masse for LACMA’s Art + Film Gala, an event that has become a fashionable stop on L.A.'s social calendar thanks to title sponsor Gucci. THR's [Degen Pener]( rounds up the best looks from the night. [The looks.]( —"I was thinking about what’s at stake if we don’t vote." Amy Schumer’s opening monologue on Saturday Night Live touched on abortion access, the upcoming midterm elections and her husband’s autism spectrum disorder. The Nov. 5 episode of SNL marked Schumer’s third time hosting the comedy sketch series and comes a few days before the “midterm abortions” as the host called it during her monologue, before correcting herself to say “elections.” [The recap.]( 'Black Adam' Tops Another Slow Weekend ►Crossing the $300m mark. DC's Black Adam stayed atop the weekend box office chart in its third outing with an estimated $18.5m from 3,985 theaters for a domestic tally of $137.4m through Sunday. Black Adam also dominated overseas, earning another $25.4m from 76 markets for a foreign tally of $182.3m and a global total of $319.7m. THR's [Pamela McClintock]( writes that in North America, Black Adam fell 33 percent from last weekend and saw a better-than-expected bump on Saturday as more females turned out. Japanese anime movie One Piece Film: Red opened in second place with around $9.5m from 2,410 locations, on the low end of expectations. Crunchyroll, a division of Sony, is handling Red in the U.S. By comparison, Crunchyroll’s recent hit Demon Slayer: Mugen Train opened to a far bigger $21m domestically in late April 2022. Universal’s romantic comedy Ticket to Paradise placed third with $8.5m from 4,066 cinemas — down just 13 percent from last weekend — for a domestic tally of $46.7m and a global cume of $137.2m. [The box office report.]( Aaron Carter 1987 - 2022 ►"This kid had such a spark." Aaron Carter, the teen pop singer, television personality and the younger brother of Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter, has died. He was 34. A representative from his management team confirmed to THR that he was found dead Saturday in his home in Lancaster, California. No cause of death was given. [The obituary.]( —"My heart has been broken." Nick Carter took to Instagram to remember his brother Aaron on Sunday. In his post, Nick discusses the impact Aaron’s substance addiction and mental health issues had on him, as well as the Backstreet Boys singer’s feelings of grief and blame around his brother’s passing: "Even though my brother and I have had a complicated relationship, my love for him has never ever faded." [The story.]( —"He’s a part of our family." The show went on for the Backstreet Boys at London’s O2 arena Sunday, but it was an emotional set for the whole band. A photo of Aaron Carter was shown on the big screen in his memory. Nick’s bandmates shared hugs and pats on the back with him as they spoke of Aaron on his behalf. [The story.]( —"You had a charm that was absolutely effervescent." Stars from across the entertainment industry took to social media this weekend to pay tribute to Aaron Carter. The likes of Hilary Duff, the members of New Kids on the Block and One Tree Hill star Tyler Hilton among others sharing that they were saddened by the loss. [The reaction.]( TV Review: 'Dangerous Liaisons' ►"A hollow confection." THR TV critic [Angie Han]( reviews Starz's Dangerous Liaisons. Alice Englert and Nicholas Denton star in a prequel to Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' beloved 18th-century novel about French nobles entangled in a web of love, lust, ambition and revenge. [The review.]( —"Compelling material, inconsistent creative choices." THR's chief TV critic [Dan Fienberg]( reviews Showtime's Spector. The four-hour documentary examines the rise and fall of Phil Spector, the music legend and convicted murderer. [The review.]( In other news... —Lionel Richie [set to receive Icon Award at 2022 American Music Awards]( —How [streamers are making Culver City a new dining Mecca]( —L.A. [food and drink pop-ups to catch before they’re gone]( —[Alice Estes Davis]( famed Disney costume designer, dies at 93 —[Mimi Parker,]( vocalist and drummer of Low, dies at 55 What else we're reading... —Meghan Bobrowsky, Salvador Rodriguez, Sarah E. Needleman and Georgia Wells have a lengthy but rewarding oral history on the stratospheric rise of TikTok [[WSJ]( —John Jurgensen has a wonderful piece on how the production designers on the Disney+ series Andor went back to the 1970s to find design inspiration [[WSJ]( —Julie Creswell and Jordyn Holman report on why Nike could afford to drop Kyrie Irving so quickly [[NYT]( —Emma Garland writes that Aaron Carter was the victim of a rapacious music industry [[Guardian]( —John Lahr profiles the irrepressible and multitalented Emma Thompson, who is currently branching out and producing a musical version of Nanny McPhee [[New Yorker]( Today... ...in 2003, an R-rated ensemble romantic comedy hit theaters across America. The film, Love Actually, would later become a (much-debated) holiday staple on television screens. [The original review.]( Today's birthdays: Phyllis Nagy (60), Joni Mitchell (79), Lorde (26), Adam Devine (39), Sophia Ali (27), Lucas Neff (37), Lawrence O'Donnell (71), Lindsay Duncan (72), Jason and Jeremy London (50), Yunjin Kim (49), Mike Henry (57), Ronen Rubinstein (29), Hannah Zeile (25), Morgan Spurlock (52), Algee Smith (28), Holmes Osborne (75), Lara McDonnell (19), Tao Ruspoli (47), Anushka Shetty (41), Troy Byer (58), [Terry Camilleri]( (73), Gil Junger (68), Dara Reneé (22), Lotta Losten (41) David Davis, the Emmy-winning writer and producer whose heyday in the 1970s included invaluable work on the enduring network sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, The Bob Newhart Show and Taxi, has died. He was 86. [The obituary.]( Do you have THR's next big story? Confidentially share tips with us at [tips@thr.com](mailto:tips@thr.com?subject=). This email was sent to {EMAIL} by Penske Media Corporation. 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