What's news: A star-studded Hollywood fundraising event is planned for Kamala Harris. Plus: Kim Masters reflects on Sumner Redstone's last interview, Leonardo DiCaprio inks a deal with Sony and Kenya Barris reveals his talk with Bob Iger about the shelved Black-ish episode. — Erik Hayden

 ViacomCBS' Path Forward

What's next for ViacomCBS after media mogul Sumner Redstone's death at 97? Georg Szalai writes: 

+ Most Wall Street observers expect no strategy changes given that the executive didn't have any involvement in major company decisions in recent years as chair Shari Redstone navigated a recombination. 

+ Analysts and bankers have also predicted an acquisition of or merger with another sector player in the coming years if it turns out the company needs more scale. And some even see a potential sale of ViacomCBS, which Sumner was always opposed to, down the line.

+ Sumner's last interview. In December 2013, before a legal war erupted and his Viacom and CBS empire was thrown into tumult, the 90-year-old mogul allowed Kim Masters to visit his estate, hoping to prove his mental fitness. Reflections on the interview.

Elsewhere in TV...

Quoted: "Bob Iger understood and really supported where I was coming from but, at the same time, was running a publicly traded company during a merger and things like that," — Kenya Barris, detailing his conversation with the Disney exec over 2018's shelved Black-ish episode.

► HBO's Between the World and Me unveils cast. Angela Bassett, Oprah Winfrey and Joe Morton are among the actors who will dramatize Ta-Nehisi Coates' book in the special, which adapts a performance at Harlem's Apollo Theater. Details.

► Touchstone TV inks deal with Gina Prince-Bythewood. The Old Guard director and producer-director Reggie Rock Bythewood have signed a multi-year, first look deal with the studio.

► ABC's Bachelorette adds fill-in host. Chris Harrison had to enter a 14-day quarantine this week after taking his son to college in Texas, former Bachelorette JoJo Fletcher will fill in for a few episodes.

► TV ratings: CBS' Big Brother easily led NBC's America's Got Talent among adults 18-49 in Wednesday's primetime ratings, as the latter drew a series low in the key ad demo.

► Hollywood Foreign Press Association names new president. Ali Sar has been named president following the death of incumbent Lorenzo Soria on Aug. 7. Sar is currently a special correspondent for English language The Moscow Times. Story. 

**New TV's Top 5 podcast: This week, Misha Green joins to discuss Lovecraft Country. The former Underground showrunner opens up about balancing racial allegories with pulp fiction, how the show was shopped to multiple outlets and why she and producers sold it to HBO. Listen. 

 Writers Guild East, NBC News reach deal on new nonfiction unit. The guild's coverage of producers at NBC News Studios represents an end to a labor battle over the demise of Peacock Productions. Story. 

 Cineplex Posts Revenue Collapse

With theaters shuttered for nearly the entire second quarter amid the coronavirus pandemic, Cineplex has posted a revenue collapse and swung to a loss on Friday, Etan Vlessing writes: 

+ The Canadian exhibition giant for the three months ending June 30 recorded a loss of CAN$98.9 million ($74.2 million), compared to a year-earlier profit of $19.4 million. Cineplex saw revenues fall 95 percent.

Elsewhere in film...

► Sony inks deal with Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way. The star's film and television production company has signed a multiyear first-look film deal, with two projects in development. 

► Netflix plans sci-fi feature with Daniel Kaluuya. The actor is set to star in the adaptation of novel The Upper World. Screen Arcade's Eric Newman and Bryan Unkeless will produce. Details. 

► BFI Distribution nabs Mogul Mowgli for U.K. The feature, co-written, produced by and starring Riz Ahmed, bowed in Berlin, winning the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize. Story.

Quoted: "I got to run on-screen with him, but he told me no at first. He said, 'Nobody runs on-screen [with me].'" — Annabelle Wallis, who co-starred with Tom Cruise in 2017’s The Mummy.

► Spyglass picks up novel from first-time author. The studio has optioned the rights to False Assurances, the debut novel from Christopher Rosow, which has become an Amazon best-seller.

► HBO Max adds "proper social context" intro to Blazing Saddles. TCM host Jacqueline Stewart provides the intro to the 1974 film, and also recorded the new intro for Gone With the Wind. Story.

► New York Film Fest reveals main slate. The 25 films that will appear during the Sept. 17-Oct. 11 event represent 19 countries and feature a number of U.S. documentaries. Details.

*Trailer watch: Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson star in Netflix's The Devil All the Time. Full clip.

*Streaming today: Project Power. Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Dominique Fishback get caught up in deadly pharmaceutical chaos in this high-octane, New Orleans-set sci-fi action thriller from Netflix. Review.

Heat Vision update: Disney+ plans Lego Star Wars special. After more than four decades, it’ll finally be safe to say “Happy Life Day” this November when the streamer debuts a holiday special for the first time since 1978. 

 Kamala Harris' Star Support

Fundraising: Vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris has wasted no time hitting the campaign trail — with her first stop in Hollywood, Kirsten Chuba reports: 

+ The fundraising event, which does not yet have a date, will be co-chaired by Nicole Avant and Colleen Bell, along with Mindy Kaling, Reese Witherspoon, Shonda Rhimes, Tory Burch, Amy Griffin, Shannon Rotenberg, Mai Lassiter and California Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis. 

+ Ticket prices will range from $500 for guests to $50,000 for "Champions" and $100,000 for co-chairs. Story. 

What else we're reading...

— "Hollywood producer emerges as key figure in alleged NRA financial abuses." Mark Maremont writes: "David McKenzie did business with gun group and lent CEO Wayne LaPierre his 108-foot yacht." [Wall Street Journal]

— "Why Kanye is running for president." Spencer Kornhaber writes: "The rapper wants to start a movement modeled off of his worldview. But his worldview is about rejecting movements." [The Atlantic]

— "Covid-proof production." Tim Peterson writes: "As Hollywood eases back into production while coronavirus cases rise, TV networks’ and streaming services’ interest in so-called 'corona-proof' programming has taken on a new twist." [Digiday]

— "W magazine will live another day." Jacob Bernstein writes: "The movie and television producer Jason Blum, the racecar driver Lewis Hamilton and the model Kaia Gerber will also be investors." [New York Times]

— "Laughing into the void." Jesse David Fox writes: "Turns out watching live comedy outdoors hits differently." [New York]

From the archives...

Today in 1998: On August 14, 1998, 20th Century Fox unveiled the Angela Bassett and Whoopi Goldberg starrer How Stella Got Her Groove Back in theaters. Flashback review. 

Today's birthdays: Halle Berry, Danielle Steel, David Crosby, Magic Johnson, Marcia Gay Harden, Mila Kunis, Steve Martin.