Welcome back to What I’m Hearing, delayed from Thursday night to Friday morning due to a complete creative overhaul and skyrocketing production overages. Apologies!

Events P.S.A.: Wednesday night I hosted the first of my new off-the-record Leadership Series receptions in L.A. with Tendo Nagenda, producer and former Netflix and Disney film executive. Thanks to everyone who came out for a fun evening, thanks to Manatt and Max for sponsoring, and thanks to the team at Puck for producing a great event. We’ll do more of these.

More: Focus Features is hosting a screening of The Holdovers, the new Alexander Payne movie, exclusively for Puck members in New York on Nov. 2. Signups are limited, so click here if you’d like to attend.

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