What's news: Big names among the nominees for the Film Academy's board, protestors storm CNN's Atlanta headquarters, the story behind Apple's deal for Martin Scorsese's next film, Ryan Gosling in talks to become Wolfman, L.A. film and TV guidelines coming next week, ViacomCBS discussing executive pay cuts, Netflix closes on the Egyptian Theater. Plus: Young Sheldon joins HBO Max, and Alec Baldwin heads west. --Alex Weprin

 Film Academy Board Nominees Revealed

►Ava DuVernay, Jason Blum and Rita Wilson among 153 candidates for Film Academy board. Other notable candidates include Janusz Kaminski (cinematographers branch), Mike Medavoy (executives branch), Lauren Greenfield (documentary branch) and Howard Rodman (writers branch), Scott Feinberg reports.

--The actors branch yielded the most candidates, 19. The makeup artists and hairstyling branch, meanwhile, produced just one, allowing us to say with certainty that Linda Flowers, a hairstylist best known for her work on The Hunger Games, will be joining the board. Here's the full list of candidates.

►Atlanta protestors graffiti, smash windows at CNN headquarters. Protesters graffitied the CNN logo, smashed windows and threw inside what appeared to be a firecracker at the Atlanta headquarters of the news network during the fourth night of protests over George Floyd's death on Friday night.

--Images and video captured by news networks and social media users showed that some of the spray-painted messages on the logo included "no cops," "f*** Trump" and "#Love." CBS 46 in Atlanta reported that though the protest was primarily "peaceful" at the start, one protester threw a brick at the CNN headquarters' windows and others threw rocks. More.

+Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz apologizes to CNN for journalist's arrest: "I take full responsibility." During a press conference on Friday morning, Walz said that he was on a call with Zucker a few minutes after hearing about the arrest. He said that Zucker "demanded to know what happened." "I take full responsibility," Walz said. "There is absolutely no reason something like this should happen. Calls were made immediately. This is a very public apology to that team: It should not happen." The story.

+SAG-AFTRA decries "unacceptable" arrest of CNN journalists in Minneapolis. The Guild said it "stands with all of its members in ensuring that the basic rights of a free and independent press continue to be upheld. ... Citizens in a democracy need the truth." More.

+Jimmy Kimmel calls out nation's "blatant double standard" as protests rage. "Unfortunately, this is the loop we get stuck in: It goes from 'it isn't right to kill an unarmed man' to 'it also isn't right to loot and set fires and attack the police, too,'" he said of the ensuing rhetoric around the protests. " Last night there were senseless acts of violence that were brought on by a senseless act of violence. And it just keeps going in a loop." More.

 Behind Apple's 'Killers' Deal

►Behind Scorsese's Killers Apple deal: $200 million+ budget, "low-risk" for Paramount. For Paramount, elements of the arrangement will ensure that it faces no financial risk but also very limited upside, Kim Masters reports. The deal instantly makes Apple a big player in the prestige film business and may also signal that going forward, the streaming service will compete by embracing the kind of full-on theatrical run that auteur directors crave but that Netflix cannot and will not provide.

--One factor that came into play with Paramount's decision: The studio balked at a script change that flipped Leonardo DiCaprio’s role in the film: "Smaller scale, same budget." The story.

+Wolfman movie in the works with Ryan Gosling. Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo penned the script, which is intended to be a starring vehicle for Gosling. The move comes after the studio saw a hit earlier this year by reviving one of its other monster properties, The Invisible Man, which starred Elizabeth Moss and was produced by Blumhouse. More.

 HBO Max's Elmo talk show enters the Emmys race. The Sesame Street spinoff The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo, episodes of which run 15 minutes, will aim to dethrone James Corden and his Carpool Karaoke: The Series in the short form variety series category. The story.

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►CBS News president Susan Zirinsky says that corporate execs have discussed pay cut. In light of the cuts at the news network, which are estimated to be in the range of 50 to 75 employees, some CBS News staffers are unhappy that the network's parent company did not cut executive salaries, as other companies have, first in an effort to save jobs.

--"There were discussions about pay cuts across the board at the corporate level. And that is still at the corporate level," Zirinsky said, according to staffers who participated. "But that was not part of our discussion, and it was not anything that has been decided. That is just kind of floating out there." The story.

►L.A. County task force to present guidelines on Tuesday for "immediate reopening" of film and TV production. In the latest COVID-19 press briefing for L.A. County, officials noted Tuesday would offer updates to reopen sectors such as theme parks, sports venues and film and digital media spaces. More.

►Netflix closes deal to buy Hollywood's Egyptian Theatre. The deal gives former owner the American Cinematheque a needed financial infusion and allows it to continue to program the historic movie palace on the weekends once the coronavirus pandemic ends and cinemas are able to reopen. Netflix, which first revealed its plan to partner with the Cinematheque and buy the theater in April 2019, will use the venue during the week for premieres, screenings and other special events. More.

►Alec Baldwin to play western outlaw in Rust, heading to Cannes Digital Market. The Oscar nominee and 30 Rock star is set to take the lead in the film, which he is also producing under his El Dorado Pictures banner alongside Anjul Nigam (Never Have I Ever) and executive producer Matthew Helderman. Joel Souza (Crown Vic) will write and direct the action/western based on a story by him and Baldwin. Rust is a re-teaming for the trio with Baldwin and Nigam having previously produced Souza’s Crown Vic. The story.

 HBO Max Snags Double The Sheldon Cooper

►Young Sheldon to stream on HBO Max. To no surprise, the Big Bang Theory prequel comedy has been sold to WarnerMedia's streaming service, which will stream all past and future seasons of the CBS comedy. The Chuck Lorre comedy about the young version of Jim Parsons' Sheldon Cooper will join the flagship series at the streamer. HBO Max, in a blockbuster deal, acquired the entire 12-season library for Big Bang Theory in September. The series, until HBO Max launched this week, had never been licensed to a streamer. The story.

+Meanwhile: HBO Max is accelerating the pace of its Love Life. The three-day-old streamer says it will speed up the release of the Anna Kendrick-led romantic comedy anthology, compressing what had been planned as an eight-week rollout into three weeks. The change marks a rare instance of a streamer altering the release pattern for a show after it debuts. More.

+Diary of a Future President renewed at Disney+. The streamer has renewed the scripted comedy series for a sophomore run of 10 new episodes. The series, which counts Gina Rodriguez among its exec producers, is one of its rare shows that is from an outside supplier (CBS TV Studios). More.

►THR TV Critics: 10 great shows that feel like summer. The next few months won't come with all the usual pleasures, but Inkoo Kang and Daniel Fienberg share their list of series that offer their own versions of the breezy escapism, steamy atmosphere and melancholic nostalgia viewers may be craving. The list.

►TV ratings: ABC swept all three hours of primetime among adults 18-49 Thursday night with its game-show lineup, led by Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Fox's Labor of Love improved a little on its weak premiere last week. The numbers.

►Video: Space Force cast says show is The Office but "shot like a $100 million Marvel" movie. THR spoke with the show's stars, as well as Greg Daniels, who co-created the series with star Steve Carell, about why fans of The Office will love Space Force, and what makes their new Netflix show different from the former NBC comedy. Watch.

In other news...

--Taylor Swift on Friday blasted President Donald Trump for a tweet he posted hours prior that protesters in Minnesota should be shot. "After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency, you have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence? ‘When the looting starts the shooting starts’??? We will vote you out in November."

--Oprah Winfrey on Friday broke her silence about the killing of George Floyd, assuring his death would not be in vain.

--Cush Jumbo is departing the CBS All Access drama The Good Fight, which was recently renewed for a fifth season. Her character's storyline was set to be wrapped up at the end of season four, but the coronavirus pandemic forced production to stop three episodes short of the show's 10-episode order.

--Woody Allen says there is still some hope in him that people will believe he never molested his daughter — but he assumes the allegation will be noted in the beginning of his obituary.

What else we're reading...

--"CNN arrest is what actual censorship looks like" [NY Times]

--"Will coronavirus shut down film festivals? The Telluride fest says it’s on" [LA Times]

--Here's the farewell email outgoing NBC News chairman Andy Lack sent to staff there [Oliver Darcy]

--"The eyes have it: Steve Carell’s best trick" [The Ringer]

--"Stormtroopers are enforcing social distancing at Disney World" [Entertainment Weekly]

--"The TV commercial, once advertising’s main event, suffers in the pandemic" [NY Times]

Today's birthdays: Cee-Lo, 45, Wynonna Judd, 56, Idina Menzel, 49, Marissa Mayer, 45, Remy Ma, 40.