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‘Fast & Furious’ Reunion at ‘1992’ Premiere, ‘The Deliverance’ Debut and This Week’s Best Events
By Kirsten Chuba,
5 hours ago
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for 1992 , The Deliverance and Only Murders in the Building .
Sandler debuted his new Netflix comedy special in NYC on Aug. 20, alongside director (and former Uncut Gems collaborator) Josh Safdie.
Josh Safdie and Adam Sandler
The Crow premiere
Bill Skarsgard and FKA Twigs walked the carpet at the NY premiere of their new version of The Crow on Aug. 20. The premiere was followed by an afterparty hosted by Lionsgate, TikTok and SSENSE.
Bill Skarsgard and FKA Twigs Director Rupert Sanders at the afterparty.
Only Murders in the Building premiere
With season four of the hit Hulu comedy heading to Los Angeles, stars Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez and Meryl Streep followed suit for the premiere on the Paramount lot on Aug. 22.
Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Selena Gomez and Martin Short
1992 premiere
Lionsgate celebrated the L.A. premiere of 1992 on Tuesday with EP Snoop Dogg and stars Tyrese Gibson and Scott Eastwood. Gibson’s Fast & Furious family Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez also came out to support.
Scott Eastwood, Tyrese Gibson and Snoop Dogg Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez
The Deliverance premiere
Andra Day, Glenn Close, Mo’Nique and Demi Singleton joined director Lee Daniels at the L.A. premiere of their new Netflix film on Wednesday.
Mo’Nique and Andra Day Glenn Close and Lee Daniels
Cinespia’s Kirsten Dunst Slumber Party
Cinespia hosted its annual Slumber Party on Aug. 17, which featured a special double feature screening of Bring It On and The Virgin Suicides at Hollywood Forever Cemetery with a surprise introduction from Kirsten Dunst.
Kirsten Dunst
Sag Harbor Cinema’s Voyager Award
Sag Harbor Cinema recognized Naomi Watts as the first recipient of Sag Harbor Cinema’s Voyager Award on Aug. 17. The annual benefit took place at the Bridgehampton Tennis and Surf Club, with guests including Blythe Danner and Katie Lee Biegel.
Naomi Watts and Blythe Danner
The Crow parties
Lionsgate hosted themed parties — featuring gothic details, live DJs and drag performances — in both New York and Los Angeles in support of The Crow .
Inside the L.A. event.
Ol’ Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys premiere
Tribeca hosted the New York premiere of Ol’ Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys with Young Dirty Bastard, Icelene Jones and directors Sam and Jason Pollard, as well as an advance screening of Strange Darling with director J.T. Mollner and stars Willa Fitzgerald and Giovanni Ribisi.
Bar-Sun Jones, aka YDB, and Icelene Jones J.T. Mollner, Willa Fitzgerald and Giovanni Ribisi
Reagan premiere
Dennis Quaid, who plays Ronald Reagan in the new film, was joined by co-stars Penelope Ann Miller, Jon Voight, David Henrie, Kevin Dillon and Sean McNamara at the L.A. premiere on Aug. 20.
Dennis Quaid and Jon Voight
Incoming event
Netflix hosted a very house party-style event in support of the high school comedy Incoming on Aug. 20, with directors Dave and John Chernin as well as castmembers Mason Thames, Ramon Reed, Raphael Alejandro, Bardia Seiri, Isabella Ferreira, Loren Gray, Ali Gallo and Kayvan Shai.
Mason Thames, Bardia Seiri, Raphael Alejandro and Ramon Reed
Rescue: HI-Surf Screening
EP and director John Wells took part in a screening and conversation for fall drama series Rescue: Hi-Surf on Aug. 20 at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.
Rob Wade, Brooke Bowman and John Wells
Blink Twice special screening
Zoë Kravitz continued to promote her directorial debut with a NYC screening at Metrograph and Le Dive.
Reasonable Doubt creator and showrunner Raamla Mohammed and EPs Larry Wilmore, Anton Cropper and Pilar Savone joined industry tastemakers for an advance screening of the season two premiere episode at Soho Warehouse in Los Angeles.
Lena Waithe, Raamla Mohamed and Cynthia Erivo
Sex, Drugs, and Pilot Season: Confessions of a Casting Director book signing
Casting director Joel Thurm held a book signing at the Drama Book Shop for his memoir, where Paul Shaffer made a surprise appearance.
Paul Shaffer and Joel Thurm
The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat premiere
Uzo Aduba, Sanaa Lathan and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor walked the red carpet in L.A. on Aug. 23 in support of their new Searchlight film.
Uzo Aduba, Sanaa Lathan and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Catching Dust screening
Jack Quaid joined The Boys co-star Erin Moriarty at a special screening for her new thriller film on Aug. 23 in L.A.
Stuart Gatt, Erin Moriarty and Jack Quaid
His Three Daughters special screening
On Saturday, Donna Karan hosted a special screening of His Three Daughters in the Hamptons with director Azazel Jacobs and stars Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olsen.
Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen and Azazel Jacobs
This is About Humanity Soirée
This Is About Humanity held its sixth anniversary soirée on Saturday, benefiting the TIAH collective food-relief kitchen with Fundación Tijuana Sin Hambre and ICF, which serves hot meals to vulnerable communities at the Tijuana/US border region; Immigrant Defenders Law Center’s efforts to provide pro bono legal representation to this vulnerable population; and the This Is About Humanity Binational Fund for ICF. Held at Henry Winkler’s home, Eva Longoria, Jordana Brewster, Julianne Hough, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Xochitl Gomez and Sasha Calle were among the guests.
Eva Longoria and Lauren Sánchez TIAH co-founder Zoe Winkler Reinis with father Henry Winkler
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist in Atlanta
Peacock’s Fight Night made multiple stops in Atlanta over the weekend to celebrate the premiere of the new limited series, spotlighting Black businesses by offering throwback prices and HBCU screenings.
Kenny Burns, Will Packer and Shaye Ogbonna
The Nightmare Before Christmas Cinespia screening
Cinespia hosted a screening of The Nightmare Before Christmas at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Saturday, with Juno Temple among the attendees.
Juno Temple
Kathy Hilton charity tag sale
Kathy Hilton hosted a Friends and Family tag sale for charity at her home in Bel-Air, where she served Wonderful Seedless Lemons Lemonade. The event supported Yogi’s House Animal Rescue and the Los Angeles Rescue Mission.
Kathy Hilton
The Memo UTA screening
UTA hosted a private screening of psychological thriller The Memo , based on the best-selling book by Minda Harts and starring Kyla Pratt, on Monday (Women’s Equality Day) in Beverly Hills.
Seed Media founder Valeisha Butterfield, Minda Harts and UTA’s chief diversity officer Lindsay Wagner
Continue screening
Lionsgate held an L.A. friends and family screening of Continue on Wednesday, with writer, director and actor Nadine Crocker.
Emily Deschanel and Nadine Crocker
ESPN and USTA extension at U.S. Open
On Wednesday, after the United States Tennis Association’s 12-year extension with ESPN for the U.S. Open — a deal brokered by IMG — was announced, the team celebrated at the ongoing tournament.
Mark Shapiro (Endeavor and TKO president and COO), Lew Sherr (USTA CEO and executive director), Hillary Mandel (IMG executive vp and head of Americas, media) and Andrew Demsey (IMG vp, media) at the U.S. Open.
Toby Keith: American Icon
NBC celebrated the Toby Keith event special, which aired on the network Wednesday, in Nashville.
Barak Moffitt (Mercury Studios), R.A. Clark, Dawn Gates (Universal Music Group), TK Kimbrell, Cindy Mabe (Universal Music Group), Harper Grae (Universal Music Group) and Adam Reed (ITV America’s Thinkfactory Media)
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