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