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.
Adam Sandler: Love You special screening
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
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The Crow premiere
Bill Skarsgård 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 Skarsgård and FKA Twigs
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Director Rupert Sanders at the afterparty
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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
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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
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Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez
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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
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Glenn Close and Lee Daniels
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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
Cinespia/Kelly Lee Barrett
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
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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
Zach Stahl
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 advanced screening of Strange Darling with director JT Mollner and stars Willa Fitzgerald and Giovanni Ribisi.
Bar-Sun Jones aka YDB and Icelene Jones
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JT Mollner, Willa Fitzgerald and Giovanni Ribisi
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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
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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 cast members 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
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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
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Blink Twice special screening
Zoë Kravitz continued to promote her directorial debut with a NYC screening at Metrograph and Le Dive.
Zoë Kravitz
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Reasonable Doubt tastemaker event
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 Mohammed and Cynthia Erivo
Disney/Frank Micelotta
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
Michael Russell
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
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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
Catching Dust
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
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This is About Humanity Soirée
This Is About Humanity held its 6th anniversary soirée on Saturday, benefitting 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, MJ Rodriguez, Xochitl Gomez and Sasha Calle were among the guests.
Eva Longoria and Lauren Sánchez
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TIAH co-founder Zoe Winkler Reinis with father Henry Winkler
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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
Derek White/Peacock
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
Cinespia / Kelly Lee Barrett
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
Rich Polk
The Memo UTA screening
UTA hosted a private screening of psychological thriller The Memo, based on the bestselling 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
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Continue screening
Lionsgate held a LA friends and family screening of Continue on Wednesday, with writer, director and actor Nadine Crocker.
Emily Deschanel and Nadine Crocker
Olivia Wong
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.
Courtesy WME
Toby Keith: American Icon
NBC celebrated the Toby Keith event special, which aired on the network on 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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