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Emerald Fennell Sets Next Movie as ‘Wuthering Heights’ Adaptation
Saltburn filmmaker Emerald Fennell has set her next film as an adaption of the classic gothic novel Wuthering Heights. The Emily Brontë book follows Heathcliff, an orphan-turned-foster-son who falls in love with the daughter of the family who owns the estate on which he now lives, Wuthering Heights. After running away, Heathcliff rises up through […]
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A Guide to Emily Henry’s Book Adaptations
Whether browsing the bookstores or scrolling on social media, it’s likely that an Emily Henry book will pop up. The romance novelist’s five books — Beach Read, People We Meet on Vacation, Book Lovers, Happy Place and Funny Story — not only offer bright and colorful cover designs that catch the eyes of readers but […]
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Emily Henry to Adapt Her Best-Seller ‘Funny Story’ Into Feature Film
Another Emily Henry best-seller is getting the adaptation treatment. The romance author is set to adapt her recent novel Funny Story into a feature film, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Lyrical Media and Ryder Picture Company will produce. The best-selling novel, released in April, centers on protagonists Daphne and Miles, whose exes are dating. Daphne, a children’s […]
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Viola Davis, James Patterson Set to Team on a Novel
Viola Davis and James Patterson will co-write a novel together. Little, Brown and Company announced Tuesday that the EGOT winner and author are teaming on a novel that will be set in the present-day rural South. The novel will center on a “dynamic and brilliant female judge on the brink of a decision with seismic […]
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This Prime Day Deal Gets You Three Months of Access to Audible for Free
Audible is one of the best places to stream and download audiobooks online, but if don’t want to commit to a subscription, the site is currently offering a 90-day free trial that you can use to test out the service. That’s three months of access to the site, which normally costs $14.95+ per month. The […]
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‘The 5 Love Languages’ Relationship Book Returns to Bestsellers Chart Following New Reprint
“The 5 Love Languages,” the bestselling relationship book written by marriage counselor Dr. Gary Chapman, is back on the charts after a new reprint release for 2024. First released in 1992, “The 5 Love Languages” has been a perennial New York Times bestseller ever since, with publishers Northfield Publishing reporting more than 20 million copies […]
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‘Normal People’ Actor Éanna Hardwicke to Narrate the Next Sally Rooney Novel (Exclusive)
The Sally Rooney cinematic universe is coming to her next book. The author will release Intermezzo, her fourth novel, on Sept. 24 and The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively announce that Normal People actor Éanna Hardwicke will narrate the audio version. “Her writing was a real gift to act, so it is a privilege to get […]
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Jenny Slate Announces Her ‘Lifeform’ National Book Tour (Exclusive)
Jenny Slate has had a prolific year. Last January, her film Marcel the Shell With Shoes On was nominated for the best animated feature film Oscar. In February, she premiered her second stand-up special Seasoned Professional on Amazon Prime and announced the forthcoming publication of her sophomore memoir Lifeform. And this fall, she’ll be taking […]
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What Paul Scheer Wishes He Knew About Publishing a Book
Paul Scheer would absolutely call himself a go-getter. After attending NYU, he forged his way through the New York improv scene, eventually ending up as a member of the Upright Citizens Brigade. Now decades into his comedy career, he acts, writes, hosts multiple podcasts and his own Twitch channel. So when he set out to […]
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Your 2024 Emmy Reading List
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin David Benioff and D.B. Weiss turned to the Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy to help create their highly anticipated follow-up to Game of Thrones. Alongside Alexander Woo, they worked to parse a TV audience-friendly narrative from the popular, if scientifically dense, odyssey about an encounter with an alien civilization […]
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Paul McCartney Will Hate Their New Beatles Book (Almost as Much as He Hated Their Last One)
Forty-one years ago, they published the biggest Beatles biography of all time — The Love You Make, which spent three months in 1983 atop the New York Times best-seller list. The book would make its co-authors — former Circus magazine editor and author of 13 best-sellers Steven Gaines and onetime Brian Epstein protégé and Fab […]
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Paul Scheer Recalls Auditioning for ‘SNL’ Alongside Kevin Hart and Amy Poehler (Exclusive Excerpt)
As Paul Scheer writes in his new book, he learned at an early age to be careful who he told about what he wanted to be when he grew up. Whenever he proudly pronounced that it was his dream to appear on Saturday Night Live, he would be met with disbelief or (worse) condescension — […]
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