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Photos: Nolan Brothers, ‘Ripley’, SVU

Inside Hollywood’s premieres and parties with our roving photog

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Todd Williamson

From left: Ezra director/producer Tony Goldwyn and actor Bobby Cannavale, who plays a stand-up comedian, with Ezra title role star William Fitzgerald at Bleecker Street’s screening of the emotional film about a father’s struggles raising an autistic son, at CAA in L.A. on May 22.
Welcome to this week’s Todd on the Town. All photos are by Todd Williamson except where otherwise specified. You can reach Todd at Todd@januaryimages.com.
From left: Comedians Bill Burr and Ray Romano; Frances Fisher and director Catherine Hardwicke; Andrew Sugerman, Goldwyn and Josh Lieberman, agent to Robert De Niro (who plays Ezra’s grandfather in the film). The film hits theaters May 31.
Left, from left: Ripley stars Dakota Fanning, Andrew Scott and Eliot Sumner at a screening of Netflix’s Ripley at FYSEE at Sunset Las Palmas Studios in L.A. on May 24. Right photo, from left: Moderator Chris Ryan, Scott, Fanning, Sumner, writer/director/EP Steven Zaillian, director of photography Robert Elswit, production designer David Gropman and composer Jeff Russo discuss the black and white noir thriller set and shot in Italy.
Clockwise from left: Sumner, who plays Freddie, and Zaillian; Scott, who plays the terrifying Ripley, with costar Fanning. Sumner “takes a call” from the Ripley-inspired FYC space; Elswit and Netflix’s VP, head of scripted series, U.S. and Canada, Peter Friedlander.
Top: Law & Order: SVU EP/director/star Mariska Hargitay was interviewed by Bradley Whitford at NBC’s FYC House at The Aster on May 18. Right: Emmy winner Hargitay at the FYC captain’s desk. Her character Olivia Benson is the longest running character in a TV primetime drama.
Left: Oscar’s newest best director, Christopher Nolan (left), moderated a panel with his brother Jonathan Nolan, EP of Prime Video’s Fallout at the DGA in L.A. on May 21. Right photo: The brothers shared a moment during the screening. (January Images)
From left: Parish’s Giancarlo Esposito and Monsieur Spade’s Clive Owen hit AMC Networks’ FYC event at Saban Media Center, Wolf Theater in North Hollywood on May 21; Esposito with Parish costar Skeet Ulrich.
From left: Dark Winds EP/star Zahn McClarnon and EP/writer John Wirth at AMC Networks’ FYC event; moderator Michael Schneider, McClarnon, Wirth, EP/creator/writer Graham Roland and EP/director Chris Eyre shared stories from the crime drama set in the 1970s American southwest; Pals McClarnon and Skeet Ulrich.
Top: Chris Messina (left) plays a former tennis star and Tom Bateman, who plays a plumber with a secret life, dissected their roles for their crime comedy, Peacock’s Based on a True Story, at The Aster on May 18. Bottom: EP/star Kaley Cuoco plays the crime-obsessed realtor and wife to Messina’s character. 
Left: Exec producers Katie Couric and Brian Wallach, also the subject of the moving documentary, at the No Ordinary Campaign Emmys FYC event at Prime Video’s Prime Experience at nya West on May 20. Right (from left): Couric, EP Phil Rosenthal, EP Jeff MacGregor, producer Tim Rummel and director/producer Christopher Burke discuss the documentary about 2008 Obama campaign workers who meet cute, only to become activists when Wallach is diagnosed with ALS. (January Images)
Top, from left: Joel McHale (who moderated the panel) united with Community alum Alison Brie and Apples actor Jake Lacy at NBCU’s FYC House at The Aster on May 20. Bottom: Peacock’s Apples Never Fall EP/creator Melanie Marnich (left) and Brie.

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