Events of the Week: CinemaCon, ‘I Love That for You’ and More

As Hollywood events return to full force in New York and Los Angeles amid the coronavirus pandemic, here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings, including four days of star-studded CinemaCon presentations and red carpets for I Love That for You, Grace and Frankie and Spring Awakening.

Grace and Frankie season seven special event 

In honor of the hit show’s final season, Netflix hosted a special FYC event for Grace and Frankie on Sunday at NeueHouse Hollywood, with stars Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, June Diane Raphael, Brooklyn Decker, Baron Vaughn and Ethan Embry.

Bosch: Legacy premiere event 

The cast, creator and EPs of Amazon Freevee’s Bosch: Legacy attended a premiere event for the show at The London West Hollywood premiere on Sunday. 

TCM Classic Film Festival

Turner Classic Movies returned for its annual Hollywood takeover April 21 to 24, kicked off by a 40th-anniversary celebration of E.T. with Steven Spielberg and followed up with screenings of A League of Their Own, Diner, and Heaven Can Wait. Leonard Maltin and Bruce Dern were also presented with honors during the festival.

Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known premiere

Lea Michele, Jonathan Groff and their Spring Awakening castmates premiered the HBO Max documentary, which follows the original cast reuniting for a 15th-anniversary show at NYC’s Florence Gould Hall on Monday.

City Harvest 2022 Gala

On Tuesday in NYC, City Harvest held its 2022 Gala: Red Supper Club, supporting the organization’s work to rescue 100 million pounds of nutritious food this year and deliver it, free of charge, to help feed New Yorkers in need. Hosted by Benjamin Bratt, notable attendees included John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Richard Gere, Neil Patrick Harris, David Burtka, Antoni Porowski and Desus Nice.

I Love That for You premiere

Vanessa Bayer unveiled her Showtime comedy on Wednesday at L.A.’s Pacific Design Center alongside co-stars Molly Shannon, Jenifer Lewis, Paul James, Punam Patel, Johnno Wilson, Ayden Mayeri and Matt Rogers.

Crush premiere

Hulu celebrated the premiere of its original film Crush, starring Rowan Blanchard and Auli’i Cravalho at NeueHouse Hollywood on Wednesday, with producer Maya Rudolph, director Sammi Cohen and castmembers Isabella Ferreira, Teala Dunn and Addie Weyrich.

The Girl From Plainville special screening

Hulu hosted a special screening and conversation of The Girl From Plainville at the Television Academy’s Wolf Theatre at the Saban Media Center on Thursday, with stars Elle Fanning, Chloë Sevigny, Colton Ryan and co-showrunner Liz Hannah.

CinemaCon

Hollywood descended on Las Vegas this week for the annual National Association of Theatre Owners convention with star-studded presentations by Sony (teasing Bullet Train, Spider-Man: Across The Universe, Ghostbusters, Venom, The Woman King and Bad Bunny’s Marvel debut), Neon (Crimes of the Future, Fire of Love and Moonage Daydream), Warner Bros (Black Adam, Don’t Worry Darling, Wonka, Elvis and The Batman sequel), Universal (Nope, Halloween Ends, Bros, Ticket to Paradise, She Said and Jurassic World: Dominion), Disney (Avatar: The Way of Water, Lightyear, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Amsterdam), Paramount (Top Gun: Maverick and Mission: Impossible 7) and Lionsgate (John Wick 4, Expendables 4, About My Father, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Borderlands, and Hunger Games Ballad of Songbirds and Snake).

Disney Junior Fun Fest

On Friday, Disney Junior held its first-ever “Disney Junior Fun Fest” at Disney’s California Adventure Park. The one-day event, which celebrated the stories of the preschool television network’s hit series, included sneak peeks and announcements of upcoming Disney Junior series.

Taste for a Cure

UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation celebrated the star-studded 25th anniversary of its signature event, Taste for a Cure on Friday at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel. The evening was co-hosted by Rob Lowe and Ken Jeong and celebrated the 2022 Gil Nickel Humanitarian Award honorees Michael Thorn, president of entertainment at Fox Entertainment, and Rob Wade, president of alternative entertainment and specials at Fox Entertainment.

PanCAN PurpleStride

Mindy Kaling, Rosario Dawson, Nicky and Jean Trebek and Josh Stamberg were among those who took part in the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s PurpleStride event to end pancreatic cancer on Friday at the Los Angeles Zoo.

Human Rights Campaign Greater New York Dinner

Bridgerton actress Golda Rosheuvel was honored with the HRC Equality Award at the organization’s NYC event on Friday, with appearances from Tituss Burgess, Ian Alexander, Nicole Maines, Dana Goldberg and Jessie J.

Cote des Roses Campaign Launch Party

French wine company Cote des Roses celebrated the launch of its new campaign, photographed by David LaChapelle, and featuring Taylor Hill, Clara Berry, Emma Bertrand, Meghan Wiggins and Vidrick, with a special event at Milk Studios in Los Angeles on Friday.

Armani Beauty Celebrates Tessa Thompson

Armani beauty celebrated new brand face Tessa Thompson at Vespertine in Los Angeles, California on Thursday. Thompson was joined by her closest friends and friends of Armani beauty including Maude Apatow, Ava Phillippe, Rowan Blanchard, Jurnee Smollett, Angelica Ross, Ella Purnell, Maria Bakalova and Skai Jackson.

Simon Wiesenthal Center National Tribute Dinner

The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) and Museum of Tolerance (MOT) honored Apple’s senior vp of services Eddy Cue with the 2022 Humanitarian Award, the organization’s highest honor at a dinner at the Beverly Hilton on Wednesday. James Corden led the night as master of ceremonies, with attendees including LL Cool J, will.i.am, Jeffrey Katzenberg, J.J. Abrams, Tony Vinciquerra, Michelle Yeoh, Chris O’Donnell, Richard Plepler, Jason Blumethal, Peter Guber, Larry Baer, Skip Paul, Jim Gianopulos, Jon Feltheimer, Paul Buccieri, Steve Stoute, and Irving Azoff. Maroon 5’s Adam Levine and James Valentine also stopped by for a performance.