Photos: Psaki, 'Fallout' and Fun

Inside premieres and parties with our roving photog

Welcome to another edition of Todd on the Town. All photos are credit of Todd Williamson except where otherwise specified. You can reach Todd at Todd@januaryimages.com.

For The Ankler’s May 14th “The President & the Podium” event, two former White House press secretaries — Jen Psaki (above center) and Dee Dee Myers (left) — spoke with Janice Min about the election, immigration, and Israel/Gaza in front of a SRO power crowd at UTA in Beverly Hills that included Jamie Patricof, Katie McCormick Lelyveld, former press secretary to Michelle Obama, Jay Sures, Rica Rodman, Conyers Davis, the WSJ’s Erich Schwartzel and Marc Adelman. Psaki’s book, Say More, hit #2 on the New York Times bestseller list the next day.

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Left photo: Orlando Bloom (left) and NBCU’s Erica Forstadt, SVP, unscripted current production, documentary & lifestyle hit Peacock’s Orlando Bloom: To the Edge FYC event at the London Hotel on April 30th. Right: Katy Perry interviewed husband Bloom on stage.

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Left: Ji-young Yoo who stars as Mercy in Expats. Center photo, from left: Expats actors Sarayu Blue, Brian Tee and Jack Huston laugh at Prime Video’s Prime Experience House in L.A. on April 28. Right photo, from left: Actor and EP Nicole Kidman, director/writer and EP Lulu Wang and Amazon/MGM marketing chief Sue Kroll.

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Left: Head of Amazon/MGM Studios Jen Salke (with co-chairman Disney Entertainment Dana Walden) was honored at the Laughter is the Best Medicine gala on May 2 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel with husband Bert Salke. Right photo, from left: Scott Stuber, Molly Sims and daughter Scarlett. (January Images)

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From left: Harley Quinn executive producer James Adomian, star Kaley Cuoco, Alan Tudyk who plays Clayface/Joker, executive producers Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker take a group selfie at their FYC Emmy screening at the Linwood Dunn Theater in L.A. on May 9. (January Images)

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Left: Red, White & Royal Blue’s cast Taylor Zakhar Perez (left), Uma Thurman and Nicholas Galitzine celebrate the romantic sequel set in the world of politics, on May 8. Right: Kenya Barris (left) and Maxine’s Baby director Gelile Bekele pose at Prime Video’s FYC screening and panel for the Tyler Perry documentary on May 5.

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Left photo: Fallout’s Ella Purnell (left), Aaron Clifton Moten and producer Graham Wagner discuss their hit show on May 9 at Prime Video’s Prime Experience FYC house at nya West in L.A. Right photo: Walton Goggins plays The Ghoul in Fallout. Center: Mr. and Mrs. Smith creator/star Donald Glover with his co-star Maya Erskine on May 7.

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The industry toasted our new awards editor Katey Rich at a breakfast mixer at the Four Seasons’ Culina restaurant in Beverly Hills on May 14. Top left: Amazon’s Justin Balsamo (left) and Jordan Van Brink, Rich and Jonathan Epstein from Strategy PR. Top center: Francie Berns, Amazon’s awards consultant (left), Amazon’s Debra Birnbaum and The Ankler’s London Sanders. Top right: Netflix’s Kelly Caton (left) and Stacey Browning. Bottom left: A24’s Shipra Harbola Gupta (left), Rich and ID PR’s Nancy Logan. Bottom center: Richard Rushfield (left), Janice Min and Rich. Bottom right: Ankler contributor Jennifer Laski (left) and Netflix’s Nyle Washington.

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Left photo: The Hope Theory actor/writer Helder Guimarães (left) and Billy Crystal on May 2. Center photo, from left: Geffen Playhouse artistic director and Academy Award-winning co-writer of Moonlight, Tarell Alvin McCraney; The Hope Theory director Frank Marshall; Guimarães, and Gil Cates Jr., executive director Geffen Playhouse, on May 2. Right photo: Kathleen Kennedy with husband Marshall. (January Images)