\n\tHosted by the publication\u2019s copresidents Dea Lawrence and Ramin Setoodeh (also Variety\u2019s co-editor-in-chief), the summer bash was emceed by actor and presenter Mario Lopez and his 12-year-old son Dominic.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tTate McRae accepts her Power of Young Hollywood honor. <\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMichael Buckner<\/p>\n
\n\tMadison Beer, Kiernan Shipka, Fleetwood Mac legend Lindsey Buckingham, Ora Duplass, \u201cMonster: The Ed Gein Story\u201d and \u201cThe Beauty\u201d star Joey Polari, Dylan Efron and Will Ferrell\u2019s son Magnus all circulated over the expansive courtyard gathering. Popcorn chicken bites and truffle fries complemented a steady stream of signature tequila cocktails (for those 21 and older) as DJ Zuri Marley supplied the hits.<\/p>\n
\n\tNeutrogena erected a full beauty bar with custom drinks and a product vending machine, which attracted the social media set who stocked up on eye cream before packing the main stage for a stunning acoustic performance from Sienna Spiro courtesy of Amazon Music.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWhile Variety is 121 years old \u2014 we don\u2019t look it \u2014 you all represent\u00a0the future of the entertainment industry with your vision, storytelling and creativity,\u201d Setoodeh said in opening remarks.<\/p>\n
\n\tBarton, star of Disney\u2019s \u201cCamp Rock 3\u2033 and \u201cCoven Academy,\u201d elicited screams from young fans and his castmates in attendance. Withers rocked a black tank top and chatted closely with his friend and honor presenter Shipka, while McRae and Sombr held court in individual booths on the Four Seasons lawn peppered with activations from Eternal Water and CashApp.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tMalachi Barton, Kingston Rumi Southwick and Ora Duplass mingle with a guest. <\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMichael Buckner<\/p>\n
\n\tNadia Gray, star of David Ayer\u2019s \u201cBright\u201d and a key player on January\u2019s anticipated reboot of \u201cBaywatch,\u201d rubbed shoulders with Variety\u2018s 2026 class of New Leaders \u2014 including WME partner Mike DeVeau and Brillstein\u2019s Matt Sadeghian. The two breakout talents from this year\u2019s box office monster \u201cObsession\u201d \u2014 star Inde Navarrette and director Curry Barker \u2014 circulated among \u201cI Love L.A.\u201d star True Whitaker, Charli D\u2019Amelio, Casey Trotter, Assistants vs. Agents founder Warner Bailey, Ayo Davis, president of Disney Kids and Family, and more. <\/p>\n
\u201cAs I\u2019ve gotten older, I\u2019ve realized that I\u2019m incapable of doing anything casually in my life \u2026 I guess I have a slight problem doing the most at all times. It\u2019s not like I was soaking in gold paint two days ago or anything,\u201d McRae said in her speech, referencing her acclaimed Lollapalooza closing performance in Chicago last weekend. \u201cObsession has always been the thing that drives me. When I love something I really love it. I want to learn everything about it and become better at it. Dance was my first love, writing became the way I understood myself and music somehow became the place I could put it all together.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tSombr, who barely recovered from receiving his songwriting honor from Buckingham, shared that he writes \u201call my songs alone in my bedroom, and to be recognized in this incredible setting is humbling. My mind goes to dark places, and it feels like the only place I can turn to is writing songs.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tGood, then, that Marley kept spinning through the summer night until about 9:30 p.m. Even the youngest stars in Hollywood still need their beauty sleep. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles, sweltering thanks to an unusual August humidity, got even hotter on Wednesday as Variety toasted the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626125,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[268],"tags":[434,18,117,19,17,264364,30767,20545],"class_list":["post-626124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-poyh-2026-recap","tag-sombr","tag-tate-mcrae"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}