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IN THIS ISSUEA TALE OF TWO COLBERT COVERSApril 2017July 2016Who in Hollywood doesn’t love a good comeback story? Last spring, things looked grim for Stephen Colbert. The transition from his Emmy-winning niche at Comedy Central to the bigger CBS stage was a rocky one, with critics perplexed by the suddenly stilted comedy and interviews. Late Show suffered nightly ratings drubbings from NBC’s Jimmy Fallon, and some even suggested that Leslie Moonves give Colbert’s time slot to his 12:30 a.m. neighbor, James Corden.As a huge fan of the “Stephen Colbert” of The Colbert Report, I was among the disappointed who canceled my DVR season pass. But by the summer, the embattled host admitted he had a problem and agreed (after a stern Moonves sitdown) to bring in a showrunner, Chris Licht, to help right the ship. That move…2 min

IN THIS ISSUEContributorsTHR contributing editor Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 69, compares New York and L.A. through the lens of their respective Real Housewives franchises (page 108). “Pop culture exposes who we are and what we fear,” he says.Beth Landman reports on NYC chefs heading to L.A. (page 102). Says Landman of the lively shoot with April Bloomfield, Geoffrey Zakarian and Jean-Georges Vongerichten: “The advent of food television and culinary celebrity has made these guys pros in front of the camera.”“Howard Stern continues to be an inspiration to me,” says Jimmy Kimmel, 49, who writes about Stern in this issue’s powerful people in media list (page 101). “Though I have no doubt he will make me regret having written this, I hope it is a reminder of how much his work means to me and…1 min

THE REPORTHeat IndexLeslie MoonvesThe CBS chairman and CEO’s 2016 compensation soars 22 percent to $69.6 million, making him one of corporate America’s best-paid leaders.Kendall JennerThe reality star’s brand value takes a hit with the implosion of her Pepsi commercial, mocked as insensitive and inflammatory.Amy AdamsThe five-time Oscar nominee will receive the prestigious American Cinematheque Award for 2017, joining recent honorees Ridley Scott and Reese Witherspoon.Katie Holmes and Matthew PerryTheir Kennedys retread After Camelot on Reelz is panned by critics and delivers fewer than 1 million viewers in live-plus-3 ratings, way down from the 2011 original.Showbiz Stocks$308.81 (+4.6%) TESLA INC. (TSLA) Elon Musk’s all-electric car company surpassed Ford and GM to become the highestvalued automaker in the U.S., at $50.8 billion.$44.79 (-1.2%) VIACOM INC. (VIAB) Viacom continues to struggle as CEO Bob Bakish…1 min

THE REPORTO’Reilly Exposes a Murdoch Family FeudLast July, after Gretchen Carlson sued 21st Century Fox and Roger Ailes, the then-head of Fox News Channel, for sexual harassment, Rupert Murdoch told his sons, both Ailes enemies, that paying off Carlson without a fight would mean more lawsuits. Easy-money settlements always bring more claims. James and Lachlan Murdoch, however, were eager to get rid of their nemesis, and the most direct way to do that was to accept Carlson’s claims after a quickie investigation and then use a big payoff — $20 million — to end the dispute and calm the storm.Nine months later, Fox has continued to collect a string of look-alike claims against Ailes and against ratings giant Bill O’Reilly, with a firestorm of recent press attention on what The New York Times is calling the…5 min

THE REPORTDo People Want to Laugh at Politics Anymore?Guest ColumnOn election night, we were shooting the opening scene of the third episode, which sees Selina supervising an election in the Republic of Georgia. We were in a room with voting booths and people ostensibly celebrating democracy — while Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina, of course, was delivering lines about how horrible she finds democracy. It was hilarious — except not that hilarious, because Donald Trump was winning in the polls. We were sitting by the monitor, watching these results come in, and poor Julia, Tony Hale and Matt Walsh had to go out there and be “funny.” It was surreal.The next day, I didn’t rush back to the office at 9 a.m. I slept in, digested things and slowly made my way back. There was a 24-hour period when…3 min

THE REPORTHamilton’s Army Takes Aim at HollywoodLIN-MANUEL MIRANDA(Alexander Hamilton; creator) After Moana, Mary Poppins Returns and The Little Mermaid, Miranda, 37, is adapting fantasy trilogy The Kingkiller Chronicle at Lionsgate. He also has In the Heights at The Weinstein Co. and Vivo at Sony Animation.DAVEED DIGGS(Marquis de Lafayette/ Thomas Jefferson)Following roles in Black-ish and The Get Down, Diggs, 35, has parts in HBO’s Tour De Pharmacy and in the films Wonder and Ferdinand. He also is EP of an ABC comedy pilot.RENEE ELISE GOLDSBERRY(Angelica Schuyler)Goldsberry, 46, plays Oprah’s mom on HBO’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and stars on Netflix’s Altered Carbon.JONATHAN GROFF(King George III)The Looking alum, 32, will star as an FBI agent in David Fincher’s serial-killer drama Mindhunter at Netflix.LESLIE ODOM JR.(Aaron Burr)Odom, 35, has boarded the Agatha Christie adaptation Murder on the…2 min

Issue April 12, 2017 Double Issue (2024)

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