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Episode 265 Episode Summary
The upcoming episode of “Good Morning America” promises to be an engaging mix of culinary delights, insightful discussions, and important health updates. Chef John Kanell will be featured, bringing his culinary expertise to the morning show. Known for his delicious recipes and warm personality, Kanell will likely share tips and tricks for summer cooking, making it a perfect segment for those looking to spice up their meals during the warmer months.
In addition to the culinary segment, the episode will welcome bestselling author Jodi Picoult. Picoult is known for her thought-provoking novels that often tackle complex social issues. Her appearance is expected to provide a deep dive into her latest work and the themes she explores in her writing. This segment will likely resonate with fans of literature and those interested in contemporary issues.
The show will also continue...
Episode 265 Episode Summary
The upcoming episode of “Good Morning America” promises to be an engaging mix of culinary delights, insightful discussions, and important health updates. Chef John Kanell will be featured, bringing his culinary expertise to the morning show. Known for his delicious recipes and warm personality, Kanell will likely share tips and tricks for summer cooking, making it a perfect segment for those looking to spice up their meals during the warmer months.
In addition to the culinary segment, the episode will welcome bestselling author Jodi Picoult. Picoult is known for her thought-provoking novels that often tackle complex social issues. Her appearance is expected to provide a deep dive into her latest work and the themes she explores in her writing. This segment will likely resonate with fans of literature and those interested in contemporary issues.
The show will also continue...
- 8/20/2024
- by US Posts
- TV Regular
On Tuesday morning Good Morning America welcomes chef John Kanell, author Jodi Picoult, ABC e-commerce editor Tory Johnson, and realtor.com to the show. John Kanell, a former middle school teacher turned food influencer, baker, and cook, will share his recipe for an apple cake with maple buttercream. Kanell, who is Mexican-American, runs the food website […]
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Good Morning America: John Kanell, Jodi Picoult...
- 8/19/2024
- by Riley Avery
- MemorableTV
In an interview with People magazine about her new book “By Any Other Name,” author Jodi Picoult revealed her inspiration for the novel came from the “terrible experience” she had with the 2009 film adaptation of “My Sister’s Keeper.”
“It kind of goes back to when I had a really terrible experience turning ‘My Sister’s Keeper’ into a film,” Picoult said. “It took me a long time to kind of wrap my head around the fact that they didn’t ruin my book. My book is still there. And anyone who reads my book is still getting the story that I intended.”
“My Sister’s Keeper,” starring Cameron Diaz and Abigail Breslin, sits at a 47% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. However, former Variety film critic Justin Chang gave a glowing review upon its release in 2009, writing, “Unsubtle, uneven and undeniably effective, this take-no-prisoners cancer weepie poses a fascinating moral quandary — a girl...
“It kind of goes back to when I had a really terrible experience turning ‘My Sister’s Keeper’ into a film,” Picoult said. “It took me a long time to kind of wrap my head around the fact that they didn’t ruin my book. My book is still there. And anyone who reads my book is still getting the story that I intended.”
“My Sister’s Keeper,” starring Cameron Diaz and Abigail Breslin, sits at a 47% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. However, former Variety film critic Justin Chang gave a glowing review upon its release in 2009, writing, “Unsubtle, uneven and undeniably effective, this take-no-prisoners cancer weepie poses a fascinating moral quandary — a girl...
- 8/19/2024
- by Jack Dunn
- Variety Film + TV
Google DeepMind is developing AI-driven tools that can make life easier for creators across the globe, but the development of those tools has been wrapped up in controversy. A Billboard report discussed the tense music industry relations that have stemmed from Google’s decision to train its AI on major-label recordings before receiving permission from rights holders.
Last November, YouTube announced Dream Track, its first publicly-available AI feature related to music. Dream Track uses Google DeepMind’s Lyria to pair creators’ video ideas with original soundtracks that use AI-generated replicas of pop star voices. Musicians who participated in the Dream Track test included Demi Lovato, Troye Sivan, and T-Pain.
“One of YouTube’s greatest strengths is our strong relationships with music industry partners,” reads a YouTube blog post published at the time. “We’re committed to collaborating with them as we enter this new era, critically exploring together new opportunities...
Last November, YouTube announced Dream Track, its first publicly-available AI feature related to music. Dream Track uses Google DeepMind’s Lyria to pair creators’ video ideas with original soundtracks that use AI-generated replicas of pop star voices. Musicians who participated in the Dream Track test included Demi Lovato, Troye Sivan, and T-Pain.
“One of YouTube’s greatest strengths is our strong relationships with music industry partners,” reads a YouTube blog post published at the time. “We’re committed to collaborating with them as we enter this new era, critically exploring together new opportunities...
- 1/26/2024
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
In what may be a landmark case, The New York Times has sued Open AI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, saying the publication’s content is being lifted by the platform to feed automated chatbots, constituting “unlawful copying and use of The Times’s uniquely valuable works.”
“Defendants seek to free-ride on The Times’s massive investment in its journalism by using it to build substitutive products without permission or payment,” it said.
It’s the first time a major media organization has sued an AI platform although there are a handful of pending cases brought by IP owners from Sarah Silverman to John Grisham to Getty Images.
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York today (read it here), says Open AI and backer Microsoft should be responsible for “billions of dollars in statutory and actual damages” and that chatbot and training...
“Defendants seek to free-ride on The Times’s massive investment in its journalism by using it to build substitutive products without permission or payment,” it said.
It’s the first time a major media organization has sued an AI platform although there are a handful of pending cases brought by IP owners from Sarah Silverman to John Grisham to Getty Images.
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York today (read it here), says Open AI and backer Microsoft should be responsible for “billions of dollars in statutory and actual damages” and that chatbot and training...
- 12/27/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner has determined one-time child star Evan Ellingson died of an accidental fentanyl overdose. An autopsy was performed on Monday, November 6 for Ellingson, who was found dead at his Fontana home the day before. His cause of death is listed on the coroner’s website as “accident”.
Ellingson was best known for his lead role in the 2009 film My Sister’s Keeper and also for his work on CSI: Miami. He was 35.
In the cancer drama My Sister’s Keeper, directed by Nick Cassavetes, Ellingson played the son of Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric and the brother to Abigail Breslin. The film, based on Jodi Picoult’s 2004 novel, also starred Sofia Vassilieva and Alec Baldwin.
His career began with guest spots on Mad TV, later moving on to a series regular role on Fox sitcom Titus in 2002. He portrayed Kyle Savage, the son of single dad...
Ellingson was best known for his lead role in the 2009 film My Sister’s Keeper and also for his work on CSI: Miami. He was 35.
In the cancer drama My Sister’s Keeper, directed by Nick Cassavetes, Ellingson played the son of Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric and the brother to Abigail Breslin. The film, based on Jodi Picoult’s 2004 novel, also starred Sofia Vassilieva and Alec Baldwin.
His career began with guest spots on Mad TV, later moving on to a series regular role on Fox sitcom Titus in 2002. He portrayed Kyle Savage, the son of single dad...
- 11/28/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Evan Ellingson’s cause of death has been revealed less than a month after the actor died at age 35.
Ellingson died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday.
On Nov. 5, the My Sister’s Keeper star was found dead at his Fontana, California, residence, the Sheriff’s Department said at the time. TMZ previously reported that Ellingson was staying at a sober living home when he died.
Though he hadn’t appeared onscreen in 10 years, Ellingson had several roles in projects throughout his childhood and teenage years. His most notable included playing Jesse Fitzgerald, the teen son of Cameron Diaz’s Sara, in 2009’s adaptation of Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper. He starred opposite Abigail Breslin and Sofia Vassilieva in the film.
Ellingson, who reportedly started acting at age 10, also played Kyle Harmon, the son of David Caruso’s Lt.
Ellingson died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday.
On Nov. 5, the My Sister’s Keeper star was found dead at his Fontana, California, residence, the Sheriff’s Department said at the time. TMZ previously reported that Ellingson was staying at a sober living home when he died.
Though he hadn’t appeared onscreen in 10 years, Ellingson had several roles in projects throughout his childhood and teenage years. His most notable included playing Jesse Fitzgerald, the teen son of Cameron Diaz’s Sara, in 2009’s adaptation of Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper. He starred opposite Abigail Breslin and Sofia Vassilieva in the film.
Ellingson, who reportedly started acting at age 10, also played Kyle Harmon, the son of David Caruso’s Lt.
- 11/28/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Longtime lit agent and manager Shari Smiley has died. Smiley passed away Tuesday at age 53. Cause of death is not yet known.
Smiley had a long career in book to movie circles, and most recently had restarted her Smiley Management banner. Before that she had been at 3 Arts, this after a four year stint at The Gotham Group. There, she sold the dramatic rights to several titles, notably In A Dark, Dark Wood, The Barbizon and An Anonymous Girl, all of which resulted in bidding wars. Smiley had also been a consultant for the executor of the J.R.R. Tolkien Estate.
Smiley spent the bulk of her career, 18 years worth, at CAA, where she began as a receptionist in 1993 and was soon selling more books there than some of the tenured agents. When she left that agency, she called legendary literary agent Mort Janklow to tell him, and Janklow...
Smiley had a long career in book to movie circles, and most recently had restarted her Smiley Management banner. Before that she had been at 3 Arts, this after a four year stint at The Gotham Group. There, she sold the dramatic rights to several titles, notably In A Dark, Dark Wood, The Barbizon and An Anonymous Girl, all of which resulted in bidding wars. Smiley had also been a consultant for the executor of the J.R.R. Tolkien Estate.
Smiley spent the bulk of her career, 18 years worth, at CAA, where she began as a receptionist in 1993 and was soon selling more books there than some of the tenured agents. When she left that agency, she called legendary literary agent Mort Janklow to tell him, and Janklow...
- 11/17/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Abigail Breslin is paying tribute to his My Sister’s Keeper co-star Evan Ellingson after news of his death.
In a post on Instagram, Breslin remembered Ellingson, who played her big brother in the 2009 film.
“Evan Ellingson was a kind, funny and extremely talented human being,” Breslin shared. “Evan was a genuinely thoughtful person who cared so much about turning in the best performance, which he accomplished. Some of his scenes in Msk still give me chills.”
Breslin continued, “He was also silly, funny, a prankster, a lover of Red Bull (I hated the smell of Red Bull) and he was energetic and the life of the party.”
Although the on-camera siblings didn’t keep in touch after filming, Breslin said that Ellingson, “always stayed in my mind as a wonderful and sweet soul, one I am grateful to have crossed paths with. My prayers and condolences are with his family at this difficult time.
In a post on Instagram, Breslin remembered Ellingson, who played her big brother in the 2009 film.
“Evan Ellingson was a kind, funny and extremely talented human being,” Breslin shared. “Evan was a genuinely thoughtful person who cared so much about turning in the best performance, which he accomplished. Some of his scenes in Msk still give me chills.”
Breslin continued, “He was also silly, funny, a prankster, a lover of Red Bull (I hated the smell of Red Bull) and he was energetic and the life of the party.”
Although the on-camera siblings didn’t keep in touch after filming, Breslin said that Ellingson, “always stayed in my mind as a wonderful and sweet soul, one I am grateful to have crossed paths with. My prayers and condolences are with his family at this difficult time.
- 11/7/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Evan Ellingson, a Hollywood child star who appeared in My Sister’s Keeper, CSI: Miami and 24, has died. He was 35.
The former actor was found dead at his Fontana residence on Sunday at about 11:30 a.m., according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. An autopsy and toxicology tests were completed Monday, with the cause of death pending. TMZ reports that Ellingson was residing at a sober-living home at the time of his death.
Ellingson is best known for his big-screen role opposite Cameron Diaz and Abigail Breslin in 2009’s adaptation of Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper, directed by Nick Cassavetes. He starred as Jesse Fitzgerald, the teen son of Diaz’s Sara, and the brother to Kate (Sofia Vassilieva) — diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia — and Breslin’s Anna, who was conceived to donate blood and stem cells to her ailing sister.
Before that, he appeared on multiple...
The former actor was found dead at his Fontana residence on Sunday at about 11:30 a.m., according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. An autopsy and toxicology tests were completed Monday, with the cause of death pending. TMZ reports that Ellingson was residing at a sober-living home at the time of his death.
Ellingson is best known for his big-screen role opposite Cameron Diaz and Abigail Breslin in 2009’s adaptation of Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper, directed by Nick Cassavetes. He starred as Jesse Fitzgerald, the teen son of Diaz’s Sara, and the brother to Kate (Sofia Vassilieva) — diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia — and Breslin’s Anna, who was conceived to donate blood and stem cells to her ailing sister.
Before that, he appeared on multiple...
- 11/7/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Evan Ellingson, a one-time child star, best known for his lead role in the 2009 film My Sister’s Keeper and also for his work on CSI: Miami, has died. Ellingson was found dead Sunday, Nov. 5 at his home in Fontana, CA, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner’s office. An autopsy is scheduled this morning to determine the cause of death. He was 35.
Ellingson’s final and perhaps best known role was in the cancer drama My Sister’s Keeper, directed by Nick Cassavetes, playing the son of Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric and the brother to Abigail Breslin. The film, based on Jodi Picoult’s 2004 novel, also starred Sofia Vassilieva and Alec Baldwin.
His career began with guest spots on Mad TV, later moving on to a series regular role on Fox sitcom Titus in 2002. He portrayed Kyle Savage, the son of single dad Keith Carradine in ABC sitcom Complete Savages...
Ellingson’s final and perhaps best known role was in the cancer drama My Sister’s Keeper, directed by Nick Cassavetes, playing the son of Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric and the brother to Abigail Breslin. The film, based on Jodi Picoult’s 2004 novel, also starred Sofia Vassilieva and Alec Baldwin.
His career began with guest spots on Mad TV, later moving on to a series regular role on Fox sitcom Titus in 2002. He portrayed Kyle Savage, the son of single dad Keith Carradine in ABC sitcom Complete Savages...
- 11/6/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
A group of 200 internationally renowned writers, publishers, directors and producers have signed an open letter sounding the alarm over the implications of AI for human creativity.
“Several generative models of language and images have recently appeared in the public and private domains; they are developing at breakneck speed, accessible to all for any task which involves writing and creating,” read the letter, published online on Tuesday.
“These models are shaping a world where, little by little, creation can do without human beings, thereby hastening the automation of many creative and intellectual professions formerly deemed inaccessible to mechanization.”
The letter, initiated by European translation professionals under the banner of “Collective For Human Translation – In Flesh And Blood”, comes amid growing concern about the impact of generative AI technology on professionals working in the creative industries.
Signatories from the literary world included Nobel Prize-winning author Annie Ernaux (Happening) as well as best-selling...
“Several generative models of language and images have recently appeared in the public and private domains; they are developing at breakneck speed, accessible to all for any task which involves writing and creating,” read the letter, published online on Tuesday.
“These models are shaping a world where, little by little, creation can do without human beings, thereby hastening the automation of many creative and intellectual professions formerly deemed inaccessible to mechanization.”
The letter, initiated by European translation professionals under the banner of “Collective For Human Translation – In Flesh And Blood”, comes amid growing concern about the impact of generative AI technology on professionals working in the creative industries.
Signatories from the literary world included Nobel Prize-winning author Annie Ernaux (Happening) as well as best-selling...
- 10/3/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
In 2009, I wrote a book about James Cameron called The Futurist, in which I detailed the Avatar and Titanic filmmaker’s complicated relationship with technology. Cameron has spent his career on the bleeding edge of science, from the visual effects he helped pioneer to the submersibles he designed and rode to the deepest points in the world’s oceans. But much of Cameron’s storytelling has been devoted to warning against technology’s dark potential, starting with 1984’s The Terminator, in which an artificially intelligent defense network known as Skynet becomes sentient and starts a war between humans and machines.
“It’s not the machines that will destroy us, it is ourselves,” Cameron told me when I interviewed him for The Futurist. “However, we will use the machines to do it.”
I couldn’t help but think of this conversation when I learned this week, thanks to a remarkable piece...
“It’s not the machines that will destroy us, it is ourselves,” Cameron told me when I interviewed him for The Futurist. “However, we will use the machines to do it.”
I couldn’t help but think of this conversation when I learned this week, thanks to a remarkable piece...
- 9/29/2023
- by Rebecca Keegan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For OpenAI, the lawsuits just keep on coming. The company behind the innovative chatbot ChatGPT is the target of a copyright infringement suit organized by the Authors Guild and headlined by scribes like George R.R. Martin, Jodi Picoult, and John Grisham.
The suit was filed on September 19 in a New York federal court. The plaintiffs include 17 authors, led by literary titans like Martin, Picoult, Grisham, David Baldacci, Sylvia Day, Jonathan Franzen, and Elin Hilderbrand. The writers are arguing that OpenAI has enabled “flagrant and harmful infringements of plaintiffs’ registered copyrights” by building ChatGPT upon “systematic theft on a mass scale.”
As evidence of that theft, the Authors Guild pointed to ChatGPT-written works like “A Dawn of Direwolves.” The unauthorized Game of Thrones prequel uses the same characters Martin created for his unfinished book series A Song of Ice and Fire.
“It is imperative that we stop this theft in its...
The suit was filed on September 19 in a New York federal court. The plaintiffs include 17 authors, led by literary titans like Martin, Picoult, Grisham, David Baldacci, Sylvia Day, Jonathan Franzen, and Elin Hilderbrand. The writers are arguing that OpenAI has enabled “flagrant and harmful infringements of plaintiffs’ registered copyrights” by building ChatGPT upon “systematic theft on a mass scale.”
As evidence of that theft, the Authors Guild pointed to ChatGPT-written works like “A Dawn of Direwolves.” The unauthorized Game of Thrones prequel uses the same characters Martin created for his unfinished book series A Song of Ice and Fire.
“It is imperative that we stop this theft in its...
- 9/22/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
George R.R. Martin, John Grisham, Jonathan Franzen, and George Saunders are among the authors who have filed a class action lawsuit against the company behind ChatGPT, accusing them of “feeding” and “training” the AI software on the authors’ copyrighted works.
The Authors Guild — which also represents bestselling writers like Michael Connolly, Scott Turow, Jodi Picoult, David Baldacci, and others — filed the lawsuit against OpenAI Wednesday in a New York district court.
“Plaintiffs, authors of a broad array of works of fiction, bring this action under the Copyright Act seeking redress...
The Authors Guild — which also represents bestselling writers like Michael Connolly, Scott Turow, Jodi Picoult, David Baldacci, and others — filed the lawsuit against OpenAI Wednesday in a New York district court.
“Plaintiffs, authors of a broad array of works of fiction, bring this action under the Copyright Act seeking redress...
- 9/20/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The Authors Guild, John Grisham, George R.R. Martin, Michael Connelly, Jodi Picoult and a group of other famous fiction writers filed a class action lawsuit on Wednesday against OpenAI, claiming that their technology is infringing on their works.
It’s the latest lawsuit to challenge AI’s use of copyrighted works as “training data” for their system.
In their complaint, the authors claim that OpenAI copied their works “wholesale, without permission or consideration.” The plaintiffs contend that the company fed their works into large language models, “algorithms designed to output human-seeming text responses to users’ prompts and queries.”
“Generative AI is a vast new field for Silicon Valley’s longstanding exploitation of content providers. Authors should have the right to decide when their works are used to ‘train’ AI. If they choose to opt in, they should be appropriately compensated,” author Jonathan Franzen said in a statement. Read the complaint.
It’s the latest lawsuit to challenge AI’s use of copyrighted works as “training data” for their system.
In their complaint, the authors claim that OpenAI copied their works “wholesale, without permission or consideration.” The plaintiffs contend that the company fed their works into large language models, “algorithms designed to output human-seeming text responses to users’ prompts and queries.”
“Generative AI is a vast new field for Silicon Valley’s longstanding exploitation of content providers. Authors should have the right to decide when their works are used to ‘train’ AI. If they choose to opt in, they should be appropriately compensated,” author Jonathan Franzen said in a statement. Read the complaint.
- 9/20/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Ariana Grande, Guillermo del Toro, Padma Lakshmi, Roxane Gay, Gabrielle Union, Sandra Cisneros, Amanda Gorman, Margaret Cho and Ron Perlman are among the signatories of an open letter calling on creative communities in Hollywood and beyond to leverage their voices to stop book bans.
Upwards of 175 actors, musicians, authors, comedians, reality stars, models, media personalities, academics, activists and more have signed the open letter spearheaded by Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton and published Tuesday via public advocacy organization and political action committee MoveOn Political Action.
LeVar Burton
The letter encourages signatories and readers to address challenges at the local level across U.S. school districts, while calling out book bans as “restrictive behavior” that is “antithetical to free speech and expression.” It also underscores the “chilling effect” these bans can have “on the broader creative field.”
“We cannot stress enough how these censorious efforts will not end with book bans,...
Upwards of 175 actors, musicians, authors, comedians, reality stars, models, media personalities, academics, activists and more have signed the open letter spearheaded by Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton and published Tuesday via public advocacy organization and political action committee MoveOn Political Action.
LeVar Burton
The letter encourages signatories and readers to address challenges at the local level across U.S. school districts, while calling out book bans as “restrictive behavior” that is “antithetical to free speech and expression.” It also underscores the “chilling effect” these bans can have “on the broader creative field.”
“We cannot stress enough how these censorious efforts will not end with book bans,...
- 9/19/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Books are being pulled from the library shelves of an Iowa school district following new legislation from Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, which purports to protect children from obscene material, The Gazette reports.
The new legislation, Senate File 496, prohibits “instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation in school districts, charter schools and innovation zone schools in kindergarten through grade six.” It requires that every book available to students be “age appropriate” and free of any “descriptions or visual depictions of a sex act.”
The district used Artificial Intelligence to make...
The new legislation, Senate File 496, prohibits “instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation in school districts, charter schools and innovation zone schools in kindergarten through grade six.” It requires that every book available to students be “age appropriate” and free of any “descriptions or visual depictions of a sex act.”
The district used Artificial Intelligence to make...
- 8/14/2023
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Dynamic Television is developing adaptations of Jodi Picoult and Mario Giordano novels in Germany and lining up an ambitious French drama series about Concorde. Company chiefs Dan March and Klaus Zimmerman revealed the projects in an exclusive interview ahead of Dynamic’s tenth anniversary.
Dynamic, which began life as a distributor at Mipcom in 2013, has been pushing heavily into active development and production over recent years and is the lead production company behind Apple TV+ wine drama Drops of God. Its next set of scripted projects are at early development stage and don’t yet have networks attached.
The Drops of God maker has acquired rights to make a German version of Picoult’s novel Nineteen Minutes and Germany-based Giordano’s novel The Experiment, which was previously turned into a Hollywood film starring Adrien Brody and Forrest Whittaker. “These are big IP projects for the German market,” Zimmerman told Deadline.
Dynamic, which began life as a distributor at Mipcom in 2013, has been pushing heavily into active development and production over recent years and is the lead production company behind Apple TV+ wine drama Drops of God. Its next set of scripted projects are at early development stage and don’t yet have networks attached.
The Drops of God maker has acquired rights to make a German version of Picoult’s novel Nineteen Minutes and Germany-based Giordano’s novel The Experiment, which was previously turned into a Hollywood film starring Adrien Brody and Forrest Whittaker. “These are big IP projects for the German market,” Zimmerman told Deadline.
- 8/2/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Canada’s Thunderbird Entertainment has optioned New York Times bestseller Mad Honey.
The Vancouver-based producer is planning to turn Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan’s novel into a premium TV series.
The novel focuses on themes of young love, teen angst and parental grief, interwoven with murder and high-intensity courtroom drama. The story follows a mother, who relocates to her sleepy New Hampshire hometown to take over the family beekeeping business, whose son is suspected of killing his girlfriend.
“Jodi and Jennifer wrote such an incredibly moving story,” said Matthew Berkowitz, Thunderbird Entertainment President and Chief Creative Officer. “We believe that narratives on this level can truly make a significant impact on the empathy we have for others and how people view their own actions as we co-exist in the world.”
He added that Mad Honey was “exactly the kind of IP we’re looking for as we...
The Vancouver-based producer is planning to turn Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan’s novel into a premium TV series.
The novel focuses on themes of young love, teen angst and parental grief, interwoven with murder and high-intensity courtroom drama. The story follows a mother, who relocates to her sleepy New Hampshire hometown to take over the family beekeeping business, whose son is suspected of killing his girlfriend.
“Jodi and Jennifer wrote such an incredibly moving story,” said Matthew Berkowitz, Thunderbird Entertainment President and Chief Creative Officer. “We believe that narratives on this level can truly make a significant impact on the empathy we have for others and how people view their own actions as we co-exist in the world.”
He added that Mad Honey was “exactly the kind of IP we’re looking for as we...
- 4/27/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Logan Lerman will star alongside Joey King in Hulu’s developing limited series “We Were the Lucky Ones,” based on Georgia Hunter’s best-selling novel, TheWrap has learned.
Lerman will portray Addy, a Polish and Jewish 25-year-old who lives in Paris as an engineer, but who also builds his musical composing career. Addy is the middle child in his family, and he is able to mediate conflict between people with differences. He is also very handy. The character of Addy is inspired by the story of Georgia Hunter’s grandfather as a young man in the late 1930’s.
The logline for the series reads: “Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive—and to reunite. Based on the New York Times Bestseller, “We Were the Lucky Ones” is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds.
Lerman will portray Addy, a Polish and Jewish 25-year-old who lives in Paris as an engineer, but who also builds his musical composing career. Addy is the middle child in his family, and he is able to mediate conflict between people with differences. He is also very handy. The character of Addy is inspired by the story of Georgia Hunter’s grandfather as a young man in the late 1930’s.
The logline for the series reads: “Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive—and to reunite. Based on the New York Times Bestseller, “We Were the Lucky Ones” is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds.
- 9/20/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
A new musical is enchating audiences off-BroadwayBetween the Lines, based on the novel by international bestselling author Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer, is now in performances at the Second Stage'sTony Kiser Theater. In this video, watch as Arielle Jacobs and Jake David Smith check in with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge to chat about their histories with the show, finally bringing it to life onstage, and so much more...
- 8/2/2022
- by Backstage With Richard Ridge
- BroadwayWorld.com
Hulu has ordered to series We Were the Lucky Ones, a limited series from Old 320 Sycamore and 20th Television that’s based on Georgia Hunter’s bestseller about a Jewish family separated at the start of WWII yet determined to reunite. Eight episodes are planned.
Joey King (The Act) will star in the project that will be executive produced and written by Erica Lipez and directed/EPed by Thomas Kail (Fosse/Verdon). Hunter will co-executive produce along, Jennifer Todd will exec produce, and Kate Sullivan will produce.
2022 Hulu Pilots & Series Orders
“I’ll never forget the day, at 15 years old, I learned that I came from a family of Holocaust survivors,” said Hunter in a statement. “It was a discovery that changed my life, inspiring a decade-long journey to unearth and record my family’s story. When We Were the Lucky Ones landed in my...
Joey King (The Act) will star in the project that will be executive produced and written by Erica Lipez and directed/EPed by Thomas Kail (Fosse/Verdon). Hunter will co-executive produce along, Jennifer Todd will exec produce, and Kate Sullivan will produce.
2022 Hulu Pilots & Series Orders
“I’ll never forget the day, at 15 years old, I learned that I came from a family of Holocaust survivors,” said Hunter in a statement. “It was a discovery that changed my life, inspiring a decade-long journey to unearth and record my family’s story. When We Were the Lucky Ones landed in my...
- 4/29/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Hulu has ordered “We Were the Lucky Ones” to series, starring Joey King.
King will star in the adaptation of Georgia Hunter’s New York Times bestselling novel of the same name. The limited series from Old 320 Sycamore and 20th Television will span eight episodes.
Here’s a description of the show from the streamer: “Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive — and to reunite. Based on the New York Times Bestseller, ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’ is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds.”
Thomas Kail, who directed Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton,” and FX’s “Fosse/Verdon,” is set to direct and executive produce. Erica Lipez will write and executive produce alongside Jennifer Todd. Kate Sullivan will produce.
“Georgia and I have been friends for 25 years and I am deeply...
King will star in the adaptation of Georgia Hunter’s New York Times bestselling novel of the same name. The limited series from Old 320 Sycamore and 20th Television will span eight episodes.
Here’s a description of the show from the streamer: “Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive — and to reunite. Based on the New York Times Bestseller, ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’ is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds.”
Thomas Kail, who directed Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton,” and FX’s “Fosse/Verdon,” is set to direct and executive produce. Erica Lipez will write and executive produce alongside Jennifer Todd. Kate Sullivan will produce.
“Georgia and I have been friends for 25 years and I am deeply...
- 4/29/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Netflix has snapped up rights in a preemptive deal to Jodi Picoult’s upcoming novel Wish You Were Here, with an eye on turning it into a feature film.
The pic will be produced by Liza Chasin for 3Dot Productions, and Jennifer Todd for Jennifer Todd Pictures.
Wish You Were Here, which will hit shelves November 30 from Ballantine Books, centers on Diana O’Toole. Her life is perfectly on track: She’s climbing the professional ladder in New York City, and she and her boyfriend, Finn, are about to embark on a romantic getaway to the Galápagos Islands where she is certain he will propose. When events out of her control require Finn to stay back in the city, she reluctantly heads to the Galápagos alone. As she falls deeply in love with the place, and the people who live there, Diana wonders if she’ll be able to go back to her old,...
The pic will be produced by Liza Chasin for 3Dot Productions, and Jennifer Todd for Jennifer Todd Pictures.
Wish You Were Here, which will hit shelves November 30 from Ballantine Books, centers on Diana O’Toole. Her life is perfectly on track: She’s climbing the professional ladder in New York City, and she and her boyfriend, Finn, are about to embark on a romantic getaway to the Galápagos Islands where she is certain he will propose. When events out of her control require Finn to stay back in the city, she reluctantly heads to the Galápagos alone. As she falls deeply in love with the place, and the people who live there, Diana wonders if she’ll be able to go back to her old,...
- 11/10/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The Pink Agenda will hold their first-ever Virtual Gala on October 7, 2021, taking their signature Annual Gala to a new format with a very special live-stream viewing experience and an online silent auction.
For one night only, The Pink Agenda will bring together their community from New York City, Atlanta, Boston, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Chicago; dedicated leaders from across the country; notables from every industry; and the brightest minds in science for a special evening of entertainment and purpose.
The Pink Agenda’s Virtual Gala will be hosted by Giuliana and Bill Rancic with special guests Miriam Dance, Adam Kuperstein, Miranda McKeon, Jodi Picoult and many more!
The Pink Agenda is a nonprofit committed to raising money for breast cancer research and care, as well as awareness of the disease among young professionals. The organization shares a strategic partnership with its long-time beneficiary, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation...
For one night only, The Pink Agenda will bring together their community from New York City, Atlanta, Boston, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Chicago; dedicated leaders from across the country; notables from every industry; and the brightest minds in science for a special evening of entertainment and purpose.
The Pink Agenda’s Virtual Gala will be hosted by Giuliana and Bill Rancic with special guests Miriam Dance, Adam Kuperstein, Miranda McKeon, Jodi Picoult and many more!
The Pink Agenda is a nonprofit committed to raising money for breast cancer research and care, as well as awareness of the disease among young professionals. The organization shares a strategic partnership with its long-time beneficiary, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation...
- 9/27/2021
- Look to the Stars
Joey King, the young star of Netflix’s “The Kissing Booth” film series, has extended her relationship with the streamer by signing a first-look film deal with Netflix.
The 21-year-old actress will produce and develop movies for Netflix through her production company, All The King’s Horses. The deal comes ahead of the release of “The Kissing Booth 3,” which debuts on Aug. 11.
King serves as a principal at Atkh, along with Jamie King and Dan Spilo also serving as principals. Tyler Frederickson is the production company’s development executive.
King is already executive producing a film for Netflix through Atkh called “Uglies.” The film is currently in production and is an adaptation of Scott Westerfeld’s dystopian YA book series that’s being directed by McG.
“My relationship with Netflix started five years ago with me in a state of disbelief that I was getting to lead one of their first original YA films.
The 21-year-old actress will produce and develop movies for Netflix through her production company, All The King’s Horses. The deal comes ahead of the release of “The Kissing Booth 3,” which debuts on Aug. 11.
King serves as a principal at Atkh, along with Jamie King and Dan Spilo also serving as principals. Tyler Frederickson is the production company’s development executive.
King is already executive producing a film for Netflix through Atkh called “Uglies.” The film is currently in production and is an adaptation of Scott Westerfeld’s dystopian YA book series that’s being directed by McG.
“My relationship with Netflix started five years ago with me in a state of disbelief that I was getting to lead one of their first original YA films.
- 7/14/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: 20th Century Studios has acquired The Princess, a spec script By Ben Lustig and Jake Thornton that has The Kissing Booth‘s Joey King attached to star. They’ll make it for Hulu and while the logline is being kept under wraps, spec is described as Rapunzel meets The Raid.
Pic will be Produced by Original Film’s Neal H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe and Derek Kolstad (John Wick). King will be exec producer with Lustig and Thornton co-producing.
If the allusion to The Raid throws you, consider that King is moving from star/exec producer of the Netflix phenomenon The Kissing Booth to being cast opposite Brad Pitt in the action-thriller Bullet Train for Sony Pictures. She was Emmy-nominated for playing Gypsy Rose Blanchard in Hulu limited series The Act, and recently became the youngest person to make a first look deal to produce series for the streaming service.
Pic will be Produced by Original Film’s Neal H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe and Derek Kolstad (John Wick). King will be exec producer with Lustig and Thornton co-producing.
If the allusion to The Raid throws you, consider that King is moving from star/exec producer of the Netflix phenomenon The Kissing Booth to being cast opposite Brad Pitt in the action-thriller Bullet Train for Sony Pictures. She was Emmy-nominated for playing Gypsy Rose Blanchard in Hulu limited series The Act, and recently became the youngest person to make a first look deal to produce series for the streaming service.
- 10/30/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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- 9/1/2020
- E! Online
“The Kissing Booth” star Joey King is in talks to join Brad Pitt in David Leitch’s “Bullet Train” action movie for Sony Pictures, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Zak Olkewicz, whose credits include “Fear Street,” is writing the screenplay based on the hugely popular Japanese manga “Maria Beetle” by Kotaro Isaka. The project is described as a contained thriller in the vein of “Speed” and “Non-Stop” and can be shot on a closed set subject to Covid-19 shooting protocols. “Bullet Train” is being eyed for a fall shoot.
Leitch and Kelly McCormick (“Atomic Blonde”) will produce the film through their company 87North, alongside Antoine Fuqua and Kat Samick. Brittany Morrissey is overseeing the project for Sony Pictures.
Also Read: Brad Pitt Joins David Leitch's 'Bullet Train' for Sony
King is in talks for the teenaged assassin named Prince, while Pitt will play an American hitman named Ladybug.
Zak Olkewicz, whose credits include “Fear Street,” is writing the screenplay based on the hugely popular Japanese manga “Maria Beetle” by Kotaro Isaka. The project is described as a contained thriller in the vein of “Speed” and “Non-Stop” and can be shot on a closed set subject to Covid-19 shooting protocols. “Bullet Train” is being eyed for a fall shoot.
Leitch and Kelly McCormick (“Atomic Blonde”) will produce the film through their company 87North, alongside Antoine Fuqua and Kat Samick. Brittany Morrissey is overseeing the project for Sony Pictures.
Also Read: Brad Pitt Joins David Leitch's 'Bullet Train' for Sony
King is in talks for the teenaged assassin named Prince, while Pitt will play an American hitman named Ladybug.
- 8/3/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
“The Act” star Joey King has signed a first-look deal with Hulu, TheWrap has confirmed.
The new agreement marks a further foray into producing for King, who most recently starred in and executive produced the Netflix film “The Kissing Booth 2.”
At 20 years old, she is currently the youngest person with a first-look deal at a streaming service.
Also Read: Joey King to Star in Limited Series Based on Jodi Picoult Novel 'A Spark of Light'
On the TV side, King is attached to star in and executive produce a limited series adaptation of Jodi Picoult’s “A Spark of Light” at Sony Pictures Television. King is set to play the 17-year-old daughter of a police hostage negotiator who learns that his daughter is being held inside a women’s clinic by an armed gunman.
At Hulu, King last starred in “The Act” alongside Patricia Arquette as Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her mother Dee Dee,...
The new agreement marks a further foray into producing for King, who most recently starred in and executive produced the Netflix film “The Kissing Booth 2.”
At 20 years old, she is currently the youngest person with a first-look deal at a streaming service.
Also Read: Joey King to Star in Limited Series Based on Jodi Picoult Novel 'A Spark of Light'
On the TV side, King is attached to star in and executive produce a limited series adaptation of Jodi Picoult’s “A Spark of Light” at Sony Pictures Television. King is set to play the 17-year-old daughter of a police hostage negotiator who learns that his daughter is being held inside a women’s clinic by an armed gunman.
At Hulu, King last starred in “The Act” alongside Patricia Arquette as Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her mother Dee Dee,...
- 7/21/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Exclusive: The Act star Joey King has closed a first-look deal with Hulu. Under the pact, King, who at age 20 is one of the youngest ever to strike a deal with a streaming network, will produce TV series for Hulu.
King is coming off a starring role in the acclaimed Hulu limited series The Act, which earned her an Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG nomination.
King is attached to headline and executive produce the limited series A Spark of Light, set up at Sony Pictures TV based on the bestselling book by Jodi Picoult. The project is executive produced by Doug Robinson and Allison Greenspan of Drp as well as Picoult, Dan Spilo and Jamie King.
King stars and is an executive producer on Netflix romantic comedy The Kissing Booth 2, set for release Friday. She also stars in the upcoming Blumhouse film The Lie opposite Peter Sarsgaard. King also...
King is coming off a starring role in the acclaimed Hulu limited series The Act, which earned her an Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG nomination.
King is attached to headline and executive produce the limited series A Spark of Light, set up at Sony Pictures TV based on the bestselling book by Jodi Picoult. The project is executive produced by Doug Robinson and Allison Greenspan of Drp as well as Picoult, Dan Spilo and Jamie King.
King stars and is an executive producer on Netflix romantic comedy The Kissing Booth 2, set for release Friday. She also stars in the upcoming Blumhouse film The Lie opposite Peter Sarsgaard. King also...
- 7/21/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Hollywood stars and Broadway veterans are teaming up on May 18th to celebrate Covenant House, the international charity providing housing, food and healthcare to children and youth facing homelessness.
In a special virtual concert, titled A Night of Covenant House Stars, more than 50 powerhouse performers are uniting to sing and share a message of inspiration for young people.
The concert will by co-hosted by 6-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald (CBS’ The Good Fight) and CBS 60 Minutes correspondent John Dickerson, both members of the Covenant House Board of Directors. A Night of Covenant House Stars will feature performances and appearances by Jon Bon Jovi, Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton, Rachel Brosnahan, Stephen Colbert, Martin Short, Dolly Parton, Dionne Warwick, Stephanie J. Block, Tony Shalhoub, Charlie Day, Chris O’Dowd, Zachary Levi, Zack Quinto, Robin Thicke, Deborah Cox, Quentin Earl Darrington, Ariana DeBose, Darius de Haas, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Eden Espinosa, Jordan Fisher,...
In a special virtual concert, titled A Night of Covenant House Stars, more than 50 powerhouse performers are uniting to sing and share a message of inspiration for young people.
The concert will by co-hosted by 6-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald (CBS’ The Good Fight) and CBS 60 Minutes correspondent John Dickerson, both members of the Covenant House Board of Directors. A Night of Covenant House Stars will feature performances and appearances by Jon Bon Jovi, Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton, Rachel Brosnahan, Stephen Colbert, Martin Short, Dolly Parton, Dionne Warwick, Stephanie J. Block, Tony Shalhoub, Charlie Day, Chris O’Dowd, Zachary Levi, Zack Quinto, Robin Thicke, Deborah Cox, Quentin Earl Darrington, Ariana DeBose, Darius de Haas, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Eden Espinosa, Jordan Fisher,...
- 5/15/2020
- Look to the Stars
Carolyn Reidy, the powerhouse publisher who ran Simon & Schuster as president and CEO and edited seven Pulitzer Prize winners, died today of a heart attack. She was 71.
Simon & Schuster CFO Dennis Eulau confirmed the news in this memo to staff.
As a publisher and a leader,” he wrote, “Carolyn pushed us to stretch to do just that little bit more; to do our best and then some for our authors, in whose service she came to work each day with an unbridled and infectious enthusiasm and great humor.”
Read the full memo below.
Reidy joined Simon & Schuster in 1992 from Avon Books as President of the Trade Division and was named president of its Adult Publishing Group in 2001. Reidy was upped to president and CEO in 2007 to replace the retiring Jack Romanos.
She was named Publishers Weekly‘s Person of the Year in 2017.
During her tenure, Simon & Schuster published books...
Simon & Schuster CFO Dennis Eulau confirmed the news in this memo to staff.
As a publisher and a leader,” he wrote, “Carolyn pushed us to stretch to do just that little bit more; to do our best and then some for our authors, in whose service she came to work each day with an unbridled and infectious enthusiasm and great humor.”
Read the full memo below.
Reidy joined Simon & Schuster in 1992 from Avon Books as President of the Trade Division and was named president of its Adult Publishing Group in 2001. Reidy was upped to president and CEO in 2007 to replace the retiring Jack Romanos.
She was named Publishers Weekly‘s Person of the Year in 2017.
During her tenure, Simon & Schuster published books...
- 5/12/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
On the day her new Off Broadway production Between the Lines was set to open, producer Daryl Roth has announced the musical based on the novel by Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer will instead make its debut in Spring 2021.
Most of the planned cast will stay on board for the pandemic-postponed production, including Arielle Jacobs, Morgan Siobhan Green (Be More Chill), Vicki Lewis, Will Burton, Jerusha Cavazos (The Prom), Pierre Marais (Aladdin), John Rapson (Les Misérables), Carrie St. Louis, and Julia Murney (Wicked). Due to scheduling conflicts, Jason Gotay, previously announced as Prince Oliver, will cede the throne to Jake David Smith.
Directed by Jeff Calhoun and choreographed by Paul McGill, Between the Lines features a book by Timothy Allen McDonald and music & lyrics by Elyssa Samsel & Kate Anderson.
Between the Lines follows Delilah, an outsider...
Most of the planned cast will stay on board for the pandemic-postponed production, including Arielle Jacobs, Morgan Siobhan Green (Be More Chill), Vicki Lewis, Will Burton, Jerusha Cavazos (The Prom), Pierre Marais (Aladdin), John Rapson (Les Misérables), Carrie St. Louis, and Julia Murney (Wicked). Due to scheduling conflicts, Jason Gotay, previously announced as Prince Oliver, will cede the throne to Jake David Smith.
Directed by Jeff Calhoun and choreographed by Paul McGill, Between the Lines features a book by Timothy Allen McDonald and music & lyrics by Elyssa Samsel & Kate Anderson.
Between the Lines follows Delilah, an outsider...
- 5/7/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
A virtual concert event to benefit the Covenant House charity for homeless and trafficked youth has lined up a 50-plus roster of stars to perform or appear for the May 18 fundraiser, including Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton, Jon Bon Jovi, Rachel Brosnahan, Stephen Colbert, Martin Short, Dolly Parton, Dionne Warwick, Stephanie J. Block, Tony Shalhoub, Charlie Day, Chris O’Dowd, Zachary Levi and Zachary Quinto.
A Night of Covenant House Stars, to be held Monday, May 18 at 8 p.m Et on the Broadway on Demand streaming platform, will be co-hosted by six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and 60 Minutes correspondent John Dickerson, both members of the Covenant House Board of Directors.
The event is designed to support Covenant House, the international, mostly privately funded charity providing housing, food and healthcare to children and youth facing homelessness, and the front-line staff working during the Covid-19 crisis.
“This virus does not get the last word,...
A Night of Covenant House Stars, to be held Monday, May 18 at 8 p.m Et on the Broadway on Demand streaming platform, will be co-hosted by six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and 60 Minutes correspondent John Dickerson, both members of the Covenant House Board of Directors.
The event is designed to support Covenant House, the international, mostly privately funded charity providing housing, food and healthcare to children and youth facing homelessness, and the front-line staff working during the Covid-19 crisis.
“This virus does not get the last word,...
- 5/6/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Joey King is set to star in a new limited series in the works at Sony Pictures Television based on Jodi Picoult’s novel “A Spark of Light,” a person with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap.
The plot of “Spark Of Light” is described as what appears to be another day of service at a women’s clinic that turns tragic when a gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, arrives at the scene just as he gets a text that his 17-year-old daughter, Wren (King), is inside the clinic. She is joined there by a nurse, a wounded woman, a doctor, a pro-life protester-tuned-patient, a young woman who has come to terminate her pregnancy, as well as the disturbed gunman himself, vowing to be heard.
Doug Robinson is producing for his Doug Robinson Productions (Drp) banner, which is also behind ABC’s “The Goldbergs.
The plot of “Spark Of Light” is described as what appears to be another day of service at a women’s clinic that turns tragic when a gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, arrives at the scene just as he gets a text that his 17-year-old daughter, Wren (King), is inside the clinic. She is joined there by a nurse, a wounded woman, a doctor, a pro-life protester-tuned-patient, a young woman who has come to terminate her pregnancy, as well as the disturbed gunman himself, vowing to be heard.
Doug Robinson is producing for his Doug Robinson Productions (Drp) banner, which is also behind ABC’s “The Goldbergs.
- 10/15/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Coming off an Emmy nomination for her starring role in The Act, Joey King is attached to headline another limited series, A Spark Of Light.
The project is set up at Sony Pictures TV which, in a competitive situation, has landed the rights to the bestselling book by Jodi Piccoult for producer Doug Robinson’s studio-based Drp banner (ABC’s The Goldbergs).
Described as a Dog Day Afternoon in a woman’s reproductive health services clinic, in Spark Of Light, what appears to be another day of service to woman at the clinic, becomes tragic as a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage.
Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, arrives at the scene just as gets a text that his 17-year-old daughter, Wren (King), is inside the clinic. She is joined there by a nurse, a wounded woman, a doctor, a pro-life protester-tuned-patient,...
The project is set up at Sony Pictures TV which, in a competitive situation, has landed the rights to the bestselling book by Jodi Piccoult for producer Doug Robinson’s studio-based Drp banner (ABC’s The Goldbergs).
Described as a Dog Day Afternoon in a woman’s reproductive health services clinic, in Spark Of Light, what appears to be another day of service to woman at the clinic, becomes tragic as a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage.
Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, arrives at the scene just as gets a text that his 17-year-old daughter, Wren (King), is inside the clinic. She is joined there by a nurse, a wounded woman, a doctor, a pro-life protester-tuned-patient,...
- 10/15/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
A musical adaptation of Between the Lines, the best-selling novel by mega-selling author Jodi Picoult and daughter Samantha Van Leer, is heading for Off Broadway. Producer Daryl Roth announced today that the new musical will begin performances on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 with an official opening in May 2020 at the Tony Kiser Theater at Second Stage.
Directing will be Jeff Calhoun, a two-time Tony nominee best known for Newsies, Grey Gardens and a slew of other Broadway productions. Lorin Latarro (Waitress) will choreograph.
Between the Lines, featuring a book by Timothy Allen McDonald (Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach) and music & lyrics by Elyssa Samsel & Kate Anderson (Disney Animation’s Olaf’s Frozen Adventure), made its world premiere in a well-received 2017 engagement at Kansas City Rep. A sold-out concert version was presented at New York’s 92nd Street Y last year.
“At the heart of good theatre is a story worth telling,...
Directing will be Jeff Calhoun, a two-time Tony nominee best known for Newsies, Grey Gardens and a slew of other Broadway productions. Lorin Latarro (Waitress) will choreograph.
Between the Lines, featuring a book by Timothy Allen McDonald (Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach) and music & lyrics by Elyssa Samsel & Kate Anderson (Disney Animation’s Olaf’s Frozen Adventure), made its world premiere in a well-received 2017 engagement at Kansas City Rep. A sold-out concert version was presented at New York’s 92nd Street Y last year.
“At the heart of good theatre is a story worth telling,...
- 9/23/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Thought-provoking, current, and tear-jerking are just a few of the adjectives that describe the complex storytelling of Jodi Picoult. The best-selling author of more than 20 novels is known for focusing on tough topics including incarceration, rape, and school shootings. Those subjects may not sound like they would make for great beach reads, but her true gift is for finding the human heart that beats within all current events. Her stories may feel like they were ripped from the headlines, but she fills them with characters that readers can relate to no matter how difficult the circumstances they're dealing with are. Picoult's books will make you think and they'll make you cry, but above all else they'll keep you coming back for more.
There's a good chance you'll tear your way through her entire back catalog in time, but for now, here are the 10 best Picoult books to read this Summer.
There's a good chance you'll tear your way through her entire back catalog in time, but for now, here are the 10 best Picoult books to read this Summer.
- 6/9/2019
- by Sabienna Bowman
- Popsugar.com
The final season of Game of Thrones triggered strong reactions, with loyal viewers questioning everything from the writing to the lighting.
The hit HBO drama from creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss concluded Sunday night. The ending was polarizing to say the least, with reactions burning up Twitter.
It seemed just about everyone had an opinion or meme to share. Some loved it, others hated it and a few were indifferent.
Among those chiming in were the drama’s cast members, Disney CEO Bob Iger, rapper-producer T-Pain, who’s apparently a super fan, and horror author Stephen King.
Check out some of the reactions below.
This is the end!!! #GameOfThronesFinale
— Pilou Asbaek (@PilouAsbaek) May 19, 2019
So tonight we have our very last episode. It’s the final step of a long and wonderful journey. A journey that, for me, started at 10am on Monday 19th of July 2010. I know this...
The hit HBO drama from creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss concluded Sunday night. The ending was polarizing to say the least, with reactions burning up Twitter.
It seemed just about everyone had an opinion or meme to share. Some loved it, others hated it and a few were indifferent.
Among those chiming in were the drama’s cast members, Disney CEO Bob Iger, rapper-producer T-Pain, who’s apparently a super fan, and horror author Stephen King.
Check out some of the reactions below.
This is the end!!! #GameOfThronesFinale
— Pilou Asbaek (@PilouAsbaek) May 19, 2019
So tonight we have our very last episode. It’s the final step of a long and wonderful journey. A journey that, for me, started at 10am on Monday 19th of July 2010. I know this...
- 5/20/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: Do not keep reading if you have not seen the series finale of “Game of Thrones,” titled “The Iron Throne.”
Whether you loved it or hated it, the series finale of “Game of Thrones” was one for the history books.
After the final episode aired Sunday night, fans across the globe took to social media to share their thoughts about the grand finale of the mega-hit fantasy series. Celebrities like “Game of Thrones” alum Pedro Pascal, Stephen King, and more weighed in with their thoughts on the final installment of “Game of Thrones.”
This episode is already proving to be as divisive as the other five episodes have been in the eighth and final season. “Thrones” enthusiasts have been voicing their displeasure at the direction of the season from the get-go, a criticism that has mounted since series creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss moved beyond the material...
Whether you loved it or hated it, the series finale of “Game of Thrones” was one for the history books.
After the final episode aired Sunday night, fans across the globe took to social media to share their thoughts about the grand finale of the mega-hit fantasy series. Celebrities like “Game of Thrones” alum Pedro Pascal, Stephen King, and more weighed in with their thoughts on the final installment of “Game of Thrones.”
This episode is already proving to be as divisive as the other five episodes have been in the eighth and final season. “Thrones” enthusiasts have been voicing their displeasure at the direction of the season from the get-go, a criticism that has mounted since series creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss moved beyond the material...
- 5/20/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
What’s your plan?
Everytown for Gun Safety has released a video featuring more than 20 celebrities and influencers (including Kevin Bacon, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Susan Sarandon) encouraging fans to hit the polls for the midterms.
“What’s your plan for voting? Mine is to walk,” Will Arnett says in the video. “To my car, and then drive to the polling place, but then vote. Even though my car is running. But it’s electric, so it’s not really … technically not running.”
“I know I’m going to do it early in the morning so I can get an ‘I...
Everytown for Gun Safety has released a video featuring more than 20 celebrities and influencers (including Kevin Bacon, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Susan Sarandon) encouraging fans to hit the polls for the midterms.
“What’s your plan for voting? Mine is to walk,” Will Arnett says in the video. “To my car, and then drive to the polling place, but then vote. Even though my car is running. But it’s electric, so it’s not really … technically not running.”
“I know I’m going to do it early in the morning so I can get an ‘I...
- 10/25/2018
- by Sophie T. Stern
- PEOPLE.com
Kansas City Repertory Theatre will open its 201718 season with Between The Lines, a new musical based on the best-selling book by New York Times bestselling authors Jodi Picoult and her daughter Samantha Van Leer that features music and lyrics by Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson, book by Timothy Allen McDonald and be directed by Tony Award-nominated director Jeff Calhoun.
- 8/27/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
After President Donald Trump withdrew guidelines issued to public schools in defense of transgender rights on Wednesday, celebrities took to social media to sound off against the motion.
The protection, set by former President Barack Obama in May 2016, allowed students to choose which bathroom and locker room to use based on their gender identity. Gender identity, Obama’s administration said, is a civil rights and equality issue.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer said in a press briefing Tuesday that Trump believes the issue should be left to the states to decide.
“I think that all you have to do...
The protection, set by former President Barack Obama in May 2016, allowed students to choose which bathroom and locker room to use based on their gender identity. Gender identity, Obama’s administration said, is a civil rights and equality issue.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer said in a press briefing Tuesday that Trump believes the issue should be left to the states to decide.
“I think that all you have to do...
- 2/23/2017
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
This article originally appeared on EW.com.
Actors, music artists, comedians, authors, and other celebrities are speaking out on social media about their opposition to the Trump administration’s decision to revoke federal protections for transgender students that allowed them to use bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identities.
In the wake of the announcement Wednesday, Ellen DeGeneres tweeted, “This isn’t about politics. It’s about human rights, and it’s not okay.”
Read more responses below.
Just seeing the news about removing laws protecting trans people. This isn’t about politics. It’s about human rights, and it’s not okay.
Actors, music artists, comedians, authors, and other celebrities are speaking out on social media about their opposition to the Trump administration’s decision to revoke federal protections for transgender students that allowed them to use bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identities.
In the wake of the announcement Wednesday, Ellen DeGeneres tweeted, “This isn’t about politics. It’s about human rights, and it’s not okay.”
Read more responses below.
Just seeing the news about removing laws protecting trans people. This isn’t about politics. It’s about human rights, and it’s not okay.
- 2/23/2017
- by Oliver Gettell
- PEOPLE.com
Julia Roberts and the Oscar-nominated Viola Davis are set to star in a new drama revolving around white supremacists.
Per Deadline, the pair has agreed terms to headline Small Great Things, an adaptation of Jodi Picoult’s novel of the same name. No director or writers are attached as yet, though the project already has an ace card in the form of La La Land producer Marc Platt. DreamWorks Pictures will foster development, and with Roberts and Davis now locked in, we fully expect the studio to begin casting the net in search of the film’s supporting players.
Tackling themes of privilege, power, race and all of the underlying tensions they tend to evoke, Small Great Things is said to be loosely based on real events, chronicling the remarkable story of Ruth, a labor nurse with 20 years of experience under her belt. Stationed at a hospital in Connecticut, one...
Per Deadline, the pair has agreed terms to headline Small Great Things, an adaptation of Jodi Picoult’s novel of the same name. No director or writers are attached as yet, though the project already has an ace card in the form of La La Land producer Marc Platt. DreamWorks Pictures will foster development, and with Roberts and Davis now locked in, we fully expect the studio to begin casting the net in search of the film’s supporting players.
Tackling themes of privilege, power, race and all of the underlying tensions they tend to evoke, Small Great Things is said to be loosely based on real events, chronicling the remarkable story of Ruth, a labor nurse with 20 years of experience under her belt. Stationed at a hospital in Connecticut, one...
- 1/31/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Exclusive: Talk about a feature film dream team: The movie rights to Small Great Things, the popular novel by Jodi Picoult, have been picked up by Amblin Partners with last night’s SAG Best Supporting Actress winner (and Oscar front-runner) Viola Davis attached to star along with Oscar winner Julia Roberts. Attached to produce is Marc Platt, one of the producers on Best Picture Oscar front-runner La La Land — the Lionsgate movie that received 14 noms, topped $100M domestic…...
- 1/30/2017
- Deadline
Rob Leane Dec 2, 2016
Is there any older tradition than giving books at Christmas? Well yes, there is. But here's a list anyway...
Books! Undeniably, the combination of ink, paper, a nice cover and a gripping story makes for a classic Christmas present.
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Whether you and your loved ones are into books or comics, biographies or crime, laughs or love stories, we hope you’ll find something in our gift guide of the biggest and best books coming to shops both real and digital this festive season...
Out now A Life In Parts
If you saw Bryan Cranston on The Graham Norton Show, you’ll know that he’s lived a fair few different lives, from waiter to actor via murder suspect and online dating expert. He chronicles all those roles, and the ones he’s played in TV and film.
Is there any older tradition than giving books at Christmas? Well yes, there is. But here's a list anyway...
Books! Undeniably, the combination of ink, paper, a nice cover and a gripping story makes for a classic Christmas present.
See related The Man In The High Castle season 2: new trailer
Whether you and your loved ones are into books or comics, biographies or crime, laughs or love stories, we hope you’ll find something in our gift guide of the biggest and best books coming to shops both real and digital this festive season...
Out now A Life In Parts
If you saw Bryan Cranston on The Graham Norton Show, you’ll know that he’s lived a fair few different lives, from waiter to actor via murder suspect and online dating expert. He chronicles all those roles, and the ones he’s played in TV and film.
- 11/17/2016
- Den of Geek
[Press Release] Norwalk, Ct - March 11, 2015 - Today, ReedPOP, the leading producer of pop culture events and team behind BookCon, announced that Mindy Kaling, star of the hit Fox series “The Mindy Project,” will take the stage to kick off the second annual BookCon on Saturday, May 30 at 11:00 Am. Joining her is her former co-star and on-screen love from “The Office,” B.J. Novak. Together they join the current BookCon roster of bestselling authors and Hollywood heavyweights including Academy Award winner Julianne Moore, Nick Offerman, John Hodgman, Taye Diggs, Rainbow Rowell, Mamrie Hart, Meg Cabot, Jodi Picoult, Jacqueline Woodson, Sherman Alexie and David Levithan, with more exciting guests to be announced in the coming months. With their excellent on-screen (and now on-stage) rapport...
- 3/12/2015
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
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