Variety has announced presenters for its annual Power of Young Hollywood, this year presented by Disney+, taking place on Aug. 5 in Los Angeles. Presenting Tate McRae with the Triple Threat Award will be Madison Beer, and presenting Sombr with the Songwriter of the Year award is Lindsey Buckingham. Tyriq Withers will receive the New Leading Man Award from Kiernan Shipka, and Malachi Barton will be presented the Rising Star Award by Tiffani Thiessen.
The event will be cohosted by Mario Lopez and his son Dominic. A two-time Emmy winner, Mario Lopez hosts NBC’s “Access Hollywood” and “Access Daily” concurrently with the national iHeart radio programs “On with Mario & Courtney Lopez” and “iHeartRadio Countdown with Mario Lopez.” His son, Dominic Lopez, is a rising young actor who can be seen on CBS’s “Matlock,” Netflix’s “The Lincoln Lawyer” and indie films “Bad Counselors” and “Last Shot.” Mario and Dominic will star together alongside Tony Danza in the upcoming holiday film “Christmas at Starlight.”
A two-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, Beer recently concluded her 32-date Locket Tour across Europe and North America following the release of her deluxe album “Locket” earlier this summer. Beer got her start posting viral covers on YouTube and has since released an EP and three studio albums, the second of which earned her her first Grammy nomination for Best Immersive Audio Album in 2024. In 2025, she was nominated again for her single “Make You Mine,” for which she also won Pop-Dance Anthem of the Year at the Electronic Music Dance Awards.
