Variety - August 31, 2022

84 Pages·2022·321.6 MB·English

Toronto
Film
Festival
When Is a
Cigar

Not Just a
Cigar?
Billy Eichner
brings us ‘Bros’
By Brent Lang
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08.31.2022 VARIETY ● 3
FEATURES
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P.26 Labor of Love
Billy Eichner aims to take
gay romantic comedy mainstream
with his film “Bros,” bowing
at the Toronto Film Festival
By Brent Lang
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Cover photograph by Jeff Lipsky Billy Eichner co-wrote and stars in romantic comedy “Bros,” which features a full cast of LGBTQ actors, even in straight roles.
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4 ● CONTENTS 08.31.2022
F O C U S
P.39 The Creative Arts Emmys will recognize
below-the-line talent with two nights
of in-person ceremonies and galas

P.48 Brendan Fraser, Michelle Yeoh and
Buffy Sainte-Marie set for TIFF honors
BIZ + BUZZ
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P.11 Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David
Zaslav is looking for a new DC leader.
The exec will inherit many challenges
P.14 Who will play the spoiler in this
year’s Oscar race?
P.16 The global movie business may be stall-
ing after a hearty summer at the B.O.
P.18 U.K. TV execs Tim Hincks and Peter
Fincham see their expectations pay off
P.41
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P.19 More awards shows are ditching
gendered performance categories
Singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne looks back on her career as she receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
OUR TOWN ARTISANS REVIEWS Victoria Stevens
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8 ● EDITORS’ LETTER 08.31.2022
Billy Eichner Takes TIFF Contributors
Brent Lang, Variety’s
executive editor, has watched
“Broadcast News” more
than 100 times and “My Best
Friend’s Wedding” about
the same. Good practice for
talking to cover subject Billy
Eichner about his sparkling
new rom-com “Bros.”
Variety senior awards editor
Clayton Davis sized up the
buzziest movies playing at
TIFF. Before heading to a
premiere at Cannes in May,
he stopped by a coffee
shop to meet “Triangle
C O - E D I T O R S - I N - C H I E F of Sadness” star Dolly
De Leon, who said she just
wanted to give him a hug.
Cynthia Littleton Ramin Setoodeh
At its peak, the Toronto International Film Festival Fabelmans,” for a world premiere. Oprah Winfrey
has welcomed 480,000 moviegoers per year — 24 will be in town as producer of “Sidney,” the buzzy
times the capacity of Madison Square Garden. And, Apple TV+ documentary about Sidney Poitier, who
in another step toward normalcy for the film world, died in January at 94. And Harry Styles will put his
massive crowds are expected in Canada when TIFF leading-man chops to the test in “My Policeman,” a
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