What's news: Behind Warner Bros. search for a Black Superman, Facebook's Oversight Board upholds Trump ban but leaves door open to a return, Steven Soderbergh explains that Oscars production decision, YouTube embraces the "Creator Economy" in advertising pitch, Conde Nast wants "HBO-esque" programming, Peabody nominees, Telemundo wants a piece of the streaming action. Plus: ABC returning to Big Sky country, and THR's stylists issue. --Alex Weprin

THR Stylists Issue

►On the cover: Hollywood's most powerful stylists 2021. With a nearly all-virtual awards season wrapped, THR spotlights the 12 tastemakers who made the most impact during this very unusual year, creating looks for everyone from Zendaya and Anya Taylor-Joy to Viola Davis and Tom Brady.

--THR's stylist of the year: Law Roach. "These days, stars are in Roach’s Instagram DMs requesting his services, and he’s as busy as ever, though the first months after COVID-19 hit had him worried about job security, a first since he started in the industry only seven years ago. 'I’d just bought a house, and all my jobs were being canceled,' he recalls. 'I didn’t learn how to bake bread … I didn’t learn a new language. … I gained 30 pounds.'"

"But then Zendaya called him to work on Malcolm & Marie (he and Jason Rembert, the stylist and Aliétte designer, were behind Marie’s memorable metallic gown), and the red carpet scene restarted, albeit virtually. Now that in-person carpets are trickling back, Roach is focused on the Met Gala in the fall, upcoming campaigns and, of course, Emmy season." The interview and full list of top stylists.

+Chadwick Boseman’s stylist reflects on his “fearlessness and spirituality.” Ashley Weston, the tastemaker who created the star’s most iconic red carpet images ­— from his Met Gala pope to his Black Panther looks — recalls what it was like to work with him.

--"There was only one instance in the six years we worked together where we weren’t initially on the same page. The now iconic, custom Atelier Versace white caped look he wore to the 2018 Met Gala almost didn’t happen. The theme was “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.” Chadwick wanted to go with another sketch, but because I felt so strongly that this was the look, he listened. It was a bold choice that encapsulated his fearlessness and spirituality, and it continued to inspire long after." The guest column.

Warners' Superman Search

►Behind Warner Bros. search for a Black Superman: After enlisting Ta-Nehisi Coates to write the latest feature on the superhero, the studio is searching for its director and star as it kick-starts the next phase of its DC universe, Borys Kit and Tatiana Siegel report.

--"Sources say J.J. Abrams, who is producing the film, is not among the many possibilities being considered. When Warners announced in February that celebrated author Ta-Nehisi Coates is writing the screenplay and Abrams is producing, it did not address the matter of helming. But insiders say Warners and DC are committed to hiring a Black director to tackle what will be the first cinematic incarnation of Superman featuring a Black actor, with one source adding that putting Abrams at the helm would be 'tone-deaf.'”

--"While the next Superman will likely land with a name director, the star could be a relative unknown, as was the case when Brandon Routh suited up for Bryan Singer’s 2006 Superman Returns and Henry Cavill donned the cape for Zack Snyder’s 2013 Man of Steel." The story.

►Soderbergh talks about that Oscars ending: In an interview with The L.A. Times, Soderbergh discusses why the producers changed up the categories: "It’s our belief — that I think is not unfounded — that actors’ speeches tend to be more dramatic than producers’ speeches... And then when the nominations came out and there was even the possibility that Chadwick could win posthumously, our feeling was if he were to win and his widow were to speak on his behalf, there would be nowhere to go after that. So we stuck with it."

--"I said if there was even the sliver of a chance that he would win and that his widow would speak, then we were operating under the fact that was the end of the show," he continued. "So it wasn’t like we assumed it would, but if there was even a possibility that it would happen, then you have to account for that. That would have been such a shattering moment, that to come back after that would have been just impossible."

In other film news...

+The dates for BlumFest 2021 are set. The second annual Halloween-tied event from Blumhouse Studios will take place on Oct. 1. As with the first edition, this year’s BlumFest will be virtual. Studio founder Jason Blum revealed the news on YouTube, dressing up as a Sith Lord on May 4th to make the announcement. “Hello, I’m Jason Blum, Star Wars fans love May 4th and Blumhouse fans love October and Halloween. Join us October 1st for the second annual Blumfest, your favorite Blumhouse movies, TV shows and the actors and directors who make them. See you there!” Blum said. More.

+To All the Boys producer ACE Entertainment has set a new young adult feature, casting the break-out stars from Netflix series Outer Banks and Ginny & Georgia. Madison Bailey and Antonia Gentry will lead Time Cut, which is described as Back to the Future meets Scream. More.

+And: Sarah Silverman is set to star opposite Blair Underwood in the indie psychological thriller Viral.

►Facebook Oversight Board upholds Trump ban, but leaves door open for return. Facebook’s Oversight Board on Wednesday upheld the social media giant’s decision to suspend President Donald Trump in the final days of his presidency. However, the Board also required Facebook to justify the indefinite nature of the ban, and left the door open to Trump returning to the platform in the future.

--“Given the seriousness of the violations and the ongoing risk of violence, Facebook was justified in suspending Mr. Trump’s accounts on January 6 and extending that suspension on January 7,” the Oversight Board wrote in its ruling. “However, it was not appropriate for Facebook to impose an ‘indefinite’ suspension.” The story.

YouTube's Pitch

►YouTube aims to reclaim the “creator economy” at annual Brandcast advertising event. “The creator economy has substantially changed Hollywood and the world,“ YouTube chief business officer Robert Kyncl tells THR. 

--Meanwhile, YouTube continues to invest in its original programming, even as it has moved away from scripted fare in favor of less expensive (and indeed, creator-driven) unscripted programming. Among the new shows on YouTube’s originals slate are a fitness series chronicling actor Will Smith “rebuilding his body into the best shape of his life and getting his groove back along the way,” and the Alicia Keys docuseries Noted (working title), both of which are produced by Smith’s Westbrook Media.

One of YouTube’s original scripted shows, Liza on Demand, will return for a third and final season this year (effectively marking the end of YouTube’s scripted originals), and MIGOS is set to produce a docuseries called Ice Cold “that uses the prism of hip-hop jewelry to explore deeper issues around racial inequity and the American Dream.” The story.

--YouTube by the numbers: In September 2020, YouTube reached more adults age 18-49 than all linear TV networks combined, per a Nielsen study commissioned by YouTube … YouTube users watch 1 billion hours of video per day (“compared to 400 million hours for Netflix,” Kyncl says) … On TV screens, more than 120 million people streamed YouTube or YouTube TV in December, up from 100 million in March of last year …

+In other newfront news: Conde Nast leans Into live, teases “HBO-esque” video productions. One of the reasons the company hired Agnes Chu as president of Condé Nast Entertainment last year was to “focus on longform,” Condé Nast global chief revenue officer Pamela Drucker Mann tells THR in an interview. Chu, a veteran of The Walt Disney Co., who helped launch Disney+, is now working on building out the company’s premium content development slate, with “an eye toward TV and film,” Drucker Mann says.

--In the meantime, the company is planning live video coverage around the Met Gala, the Super Bowl, and the Oscars. The details.

►ABC is heading back to Big Sky country. The network has renewed the David E. Kelley drama for a second season in 2021-22. The pickup comes as no surprise, as Big Sky is ABC’s most watched first year series and among the top rookies overall this season. The series will also get a new showrunner in season two. Elwood Reid (National Geographic’s Barkskins, FX’s The Bridge), who joined the show for the second half of this season, will take the reins from Kelley, who will remain involved creatively. The story.

►Just in: Telemundo wants a piece of the streaming action. The NBCUniversal-owned company is launching a new studio to try and capitalize on the proliferation of streaming services. Telemundo Streaming Studios is launching with more than 35 projects in development, and plans to sell those projects to the growing number of streaming services around the world, most of which also want to have Spanish-language content on their platforms. it will also provide production services for direct-to-consumer streaming outlets. The story.

►Peabody nominees: The Peabody Awards board of jurors on Tuesday revealed its 60 nominees for the most compelling and empowering stories released across broadcast and streaming media in 2020. Thirty winners will be selected from the below nominees in the categories of children’s and youth, documentaries, entertainment, news, podcast/radio, public service and arts. The winners will be named during a virtual celebration in June, with more details about that online event coming at a later date. The nominees.

►In case you didn't notice: The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday relaunched its website, which has been redesigned to provide audiences with unparalleled access to the latest in entertainment news. The relaunched HollywoodReporter.com features a modern look that showcases THR’s in-depth reporting, world-class photography and video, and exclusive features. The updates mark HollywoodReporter.com’s first redesign since 2014. Take a look.

In other news...

--The American Film Institute will honor Julie Andrews with the 48th Lifetime Achievement Award at a rescheduled Gala event at the Dolby Theatre in November.

--UTA has promoted over 100 employees across the global talent, sports and entertainment agency.

--Washington Week, the long-running PBS public affairs show, has named a new moderator. Yamiche Alcindor, the White House correspondent for PBS NewsHour, will join the program as its moderator this Friday, May 7.

--U.K. TV giant ITV reported a 2 percent revenue increase for the first quarter to £709 million ($985 million) “despite the COVID-19 restrictions in place throughout the period, unlike the same quarter in 2020 which only had a limited impact.”

What else we're reading...

--"Top Hollywood talent agency accused of tolerating sexual harassment, misconduct" [L.A. Times]

--"Netflix film Army of the Dead will be released in theaters first, as cinemas and streaming adapt" [N.Y. Times]

--"Will Facebook keep us from looking at real estate porn?" [Curbed]

Today's birthdays: Adele, 33, Henry Cavill, 38, Chris Brown, 32, Michael Palin, 78, Craig David, 40.