After a year of no film premieres or in-person awards shows, Hollywood is turning to a new venue to have the kind of spontaneous conversations with strangers that they once had in line at the bar.
Clubhouse, an app for audio-only conversations, has over the past few months become a popular hangout spot for a number of top filmmakers, actors and influencers.
On a recent December evening, director Barry Jenkins was on Clubhouse talking about his work on 2018's If Beale Street Could Talk.
At the same time, in another virtual room, Ava DuVernay was listening to a live performance of the Lion King musical, while Tiffany Haddish was part of a conversation titled "I Love Black Unicorns," an allusion to the title of her memoir.
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