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About Town<br />
Heard Around <strong>Hollywood</strong><br />
NBC’s Salke (inset) and her Eagles fan son Henry’s “favorite moment in his life.”<br />
Rambling <strong>Reporter</strong><br />
By Chris Gardner<br />
How an NBC Exec’s Son Got Personal With the Lombardi Trophy<br />
A Super Bowl that saw the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the New England<br />
Patriots was a real family affair for the Salkes. Like the Eagles, Fox 21 TV<br />
Studios’ Bert Salke hails from Philly; the game aired on NBC, home to<br />
NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Salke; and the couple’s son Henry,<br />
now 18, “had an Eagles jersey on in diapers,” Jennifer tells THR. “Henry’s<br />
biggest dream was for the Eagles to win a championship, though prior to<br />
this it was never really close,” she says via email Feb. 5 while on a flight<br />
back to L.A. “When the impossible happened, [NBC Entertainment chair]<br />
Bob Greenblatt invited Henry as his guest.” How’d that Instagram post<br />
happen with Henry kissing the Vince Lombardi Trophy? “We were lucky<br />
enough to be invited to the postgame celebration, where Henry made<br />
a beeline for the trophy and asked if he could hold it,” she writes. “As of<br />
now, it is his favorite moment in his life.”<br />
Brian Grazer’s Headshots<br />
Habit Rides Again?<br />
Is Brian Grazer up to his old tricks?<br />
During a stop at power lunch<br />
hangout <strong>The</strong> Palm in Beverly Hills,<br />
THR clocked two heart-framed<br />
photographs of the uber-producer<br />
atop the host stand. <strong>The</strong> pics seem<br />
to be evidence of Grazer doing a<br />
cutesy variation on a prior hobby<br />
of dropping off headshots of<br />
himself all over town. THR first<br />
reported on his quirky custom<br />
of depositing photos at colleagues’<br />
homes and in the lobby bathroom<br />
at Chateau Marmont in 2012,<br />
but sightings then tapered off. <strong>The</strong><br />
Two photos of Grazer at <strong>The</strong> Palm.<br />
Palm and Grazer, who dined with<br />
outgoing Teen Vogue editor Elaine<br />
Welteroth the day his pictures were<br />
spotted, did not return requests<br />
for comment.<br />
PETA ‘Veg’-ucates Spielberg<br />
Not everyone is impressed<br />
with Steven Spielberg’s gracious<br />
Blair<br />
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gesture of sending all five<br />
Oscar-nominated best directors<br />
a gift basket of champagne and<br />
caviar. PETA’s Andrew Bernstein<br />
responded to the news in THR<br />
by sending Spielberg a note that<br />
opened with a compliment: PETA<br />
activists are “big fans of yours” —<br />
but not fans of real caviar. “Our<br />
favorite caviar is vegan — it’s<br />
sustainable and cruelty-free, and<br />
it’s the only one that we think<br />
E.T. and the BFG would approve<br />
of,” Bernstein wrote, citing<br />
Spielberg’s films. “We wanted to<br />
get you started with this awardwinning<br />
vegan Cavi-art that we<br />
hope you’ll sink your Jaws into.”<br />
PETA’s parting movie pun: “As<br />
more information about the food<br />
industry’s treatment of animals<br />
is revealed, consuming meat<br />
and dairy ‘products’ is becoming<br />
much like the Jurassic period — a<br />
thing of the past.”<br />
How Avengers Helmers Helped<br />
Selma Blair Come Forward<br />
When Selma Blair weighed the<br />
decision of whether to share<br />
her claims that filmmaker James<br />
Toback sexually assaulted her<br />
in 1999, she received support<br />
from Rachel McAdams, Jessica<br />
Chastain and two others. “Really,<br />
it was two men who were the<br />
most comforting to me in saying,<br />
‘You’ll be safe, you’ll be<br />
OK,’ ” Blair tells THR. “That was<br />
[Guardians of the Galaxy director]<br />
James Gunn and [Doctor Strange<br />
writer-helmer] Scott Derrickson.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y reached out and said how<br />
important it was to be on this<br />
side of history.” (Gunn praised<br />
Blair on Facebook in October,<br />
calling her “a hero,” adding that<br />
he knew she in no way “WANTED<br />
to have to come forward with<br />
this story, but she still did it.<br />
Most of these women (and, yes,<br />
some men) have nothing to<br />
gain by telling their stories ...<br />
<strong>The</strong>y do it for ... the sake of others,<br />
the future …”) Adds Blair:<br />
“<strong>The</strong> women have taken it so far,<br />
but it’s been men, too, who have<br />
been supportive, and I have felt<br />
that. I’m really in admiration of<br />
women and men.”<br />
Lansing<br />
Bale<br />
HOT NEW<br />
RESTAURANT<br />
Power<br />
Dining<br />
Sherry Lansing held<br />
court at Mr Chow.<br />
Ben Harper sat with<br />
WME agent Will Ward.<br />
… James Franco,<br />
Harry Styles, Jeremy<br />
Piven and Dev Patel<br />
were at Croft Alley. …<br />
Henry Winkler and<br />
wife Stacey had lunch<br />
with Terry Bradshaw<br />
at Farmshop. Director<br />
Bryan Gordon was<br />
nearby. … Ben Affleck<br />
lunched at Tavern. …<br />
Over at Bottega Louie,<br />
Helen Hunt broke<br />
bread with Jodi Foster.<br />
… Malcolm Gladwell<br />
sat at Brentwood<br />
Country Mart’s Caffe<br />
Luxxe. … Keanu Reeves<br />
stopped by Polo<br />
Lounge. … Christian<br />
Bale was at Tallula’s<br />
with Hostiles director<br />
Scott Cooper. Shawn<br />
Levy sat nearby.<br />
<strong>The</strong> NoMad<br />
Mezzanine<br />
<strong>The</strong> Quick Pitch<br />
Daniel Humm and<br />
Will Guidara (of NYC’s<br />
designated “World’s<br />
Best Restaurant”<br />
Eleven Madison Park)<br />
are responsible for<br />
the dining options at<br />
the new NoMad Hotel.<br />
Try the duo’s $98<br />
signature black truffle<br />
roast chicken for two<br />
with brioche stuffing.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Inside Dish<br />
Clearly intent on luring<br />
a certain clientele,<br />
the hotel poached<br />
Phil Pavel as its<br />
managing director<br />
after his two-decade<br />
stint as the wellconnected<br />
prince of<br />
the Chateau Marmont.<br />
649 S. Olive St.<br />
— GARY BAUM<br />
SALKE: DAVID LIVINGSTON/GETTY IMAGES. TROPHY: COURTESY OF JENNIFER SALKE. BLAIR: AXELLE/BAUER-GRIFFIN/FILMMAGIC. NOMAD: COURTESY OF BENOIT LINERO. LANSING: FREDERICK M. BROWN/GETTY IMAGES. BALE: JON KOPALOFF/FILMMAGIC.<br />
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER<br />
34<br />
FEBRUARY 7, <strong>2018</strong>