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Marshall Brickman, who co-wrote 'Annie Hall' with Woody Allen, dies at 85
Read full article: Marshall Brickman, who co-wrote 'Annie Hall' with Woody Allen, dies at 85The Oscar-winning screenwriter Marshall Brickman, whose wide-ranging career spanned some of Woody Allenās best films, the Broadway musical āJersey Boysā and a number of Johnny Carsonās most beloved sketches, has died.
Oscar, Tony-nominated writer-director Douglas McGrath dies
Read full article: Oscar, Tony-nominated writer-director Douglas McGrath diesStage, TV and film writer-director Douglas McGrath, who earned a Tony nomination for āBeautiful: The Carole King Musicalā and an Oscar nod for the āBullets Over Broadwayā screenplay he co-wrote with Woody Allen, has died.
Letters sent to GarcĆa MĆ”rquez to be shown in Mexico City
Read full article: Letters sent to GarcĆa MĆ”rquez to be shown in Mexico CityWhile reviewing the photo archives left by Nobel Prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel GarcĆa MĆ”rquez, one of his granddaughters came across a mysterious plastic box with the word āgrandchildrenā written on its label.
Collection of Norman Mailer's writing finds new publisher
Read full article: Collection of Norman Mailer's writing finds new publisherAn anthology of the late Norman Mailerās writing that Random House allegedly had scheduled for his centennial in 2023, but backed off from, will be released by a publisher that has taken on such discarded works as Woody Allenās memoir āApropos of Nothingā and a Philip Roth biography written by Blake Bailey.
Penelope Cruz honored by MoMA for her career in cinema
Read full article: Penelope Cruz honored by MoMA for her career in cinemaDuring a tribute to her career at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA), Penelope Cruz recalled the Betamax videotape store that opened in her neighborhood, in a suburb of Madrid, when she was a child and that made her discover cinema.
Philip Roth biography, pulled last month, has new publisher
Read full article: Philip Roth biography, pulled last month, has new publisherA long-awaited book about Philip Roth that was pulled last month amid allegations of sexual assault and harassment against biographer Blake Bailey has a new publisher.
HBO docuseries to explore Woody Allen, Mia Farrow fallout
Read full article: HBO docuseries to explore Woody Allen, Mia Farrow falloutFILE - Director Woody Allen attends a special screening of "Wonder Wheel" on Nov. 14, 2017, in New York. A docuseries about the relationship of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow and its fallout is coming to HBO. The four-part documentary series is titled "Allen v. Farrow" and will debut Feb. 21, 2021, on HBO. Allen and Previn didn't participate in the documentary, nor did Moses Farrow, the son of Allen and Mia Farrow. āAllen v. Farrow,ā from filmmakers Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering and Amy Herdy, will debut Feb. 21 on HBO, with episodes airing weekly.
New this week: 'Resident Alien,' Arlo Parks & 'Palmer'
Read full article: New this week: 'Resident Alien,' Arlo Parks & 'Palmer'This image released by Syfy shows Alan Tudyk as Harry Vanderspeigle in a scene from the new series "Resident Alien," premiering Wednesday on Syfy. ā AP Film Writer Jake CoyleMUSICā iHeartRadioās fifth annual ALTer EGO show dedicated to contemporary rock artists starring Billie Eilish, Foo Fighters and Coldplay will air virtually on Thursday night. ā British singer-songwriter Arlo Parks is having a breakthrough, and she can count former first lady Michelle Obama as a fan. ā If a wacky sci-fi series sounds appealing, check out āResident Alien.ā Alan Tudyk plays Harry, masquerading as a small-town doctor ā and a human ā after crash-landing on Earth. Based on the comic book series of the same name, āResident Alienā debuts 10 p.m. EST Wednesday on SyFy.
Publishing saw upheaval in 2020, but 'books are resilient'
Read full article: Publishing saw upheaval in 2020, but 'books are resilient'(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)NEW YORK ā Book publishing in 2020 was a story of how much an industry can change and how much it can, or wants to, remain the same. To its benefit and to its dismay, publishing was drawn into the events of the moment. Penguin Random House, among other initiatives, asked all employees to read Ibram X. Kendiās āHow To Be an Anti-Racist.ā Kendi later presided over a company town hall. Macmillan CEO Don Weisberg, who cited a wide range of diversity programs at the publishing house that began before āAmerican Dirt,ā said he āunderstands the skepticism." The CEO of Penguin Random House U.S., Madeline McIntosh, noted how well book publishing could meet the public's needs during the pandemic and other events of 2020.
Trump books will continue after Trump leaves office
Read full article: Trump books will continue after Trump leaves officeNEW YORK ā One of publishing's most thriving genres of the past four years, books about President Donald Trump, is not going to end when he leaves office. In 2021 and beyond, look for waves of releases about the Trump administration and about the president's loss to Democratic candidate Joe Biden. āBut there are tens of millions of Americans who look to the Trump presidency as an important time and are fans of his administration. Center Street, a Hachette Book Group imprint, has published Donald Trump Jr., Newt Gingrich and Judge Jeanine Pirro among others. Any publisher signing with Trump or a top administration official might face the anger not just of Trump critics among the general public, but from within the industry.
Michael Cohen book on Trump to be published Sept 8
Read full article: Michael Cohen book on Trump to be published Sept 8NEW YORK Michael Cohen's memoir about President Donald Trump will be released Sept. 8 by Skyhorse Publishing, which confirmed the news Thursday to The Associated Press. It is a story that you havent read in newspapers, or on social media, or watched on television. Cohen is completing the last two years of a three-year prison sentence at home after pleading guilty to campaign finance charges and lying to Congress. He has said that Trump directed him to make the payments. Skyhorse has a history of taking on books by controversial public figures, including a memoir this spring by Woody Allen that had been dropped by Hachette Book Group.
Broadway veteran Nick Cordero dies from virus complications
Read full article: Broadway veteran Nick Cordero dies from virus complicationsFILE - In this April 10, 2014, file photo, actor Nick Cordero attends the after-party for the opening night of "Bullets Over Broadway" in New York. Tony Award-nominated actor Cordero, who specialized in playing tough guys on Broadway in such shows as Waitress, A Bronx Tale and Bullets Over Broadway, has died in Los Angeles after suffering severe medical complications after contracting the coronavirus. Cordero died Sunday, July 5, 2020, at Cedars-Sinai hospital after more than 90 days in the hospital, according to his wife, Amanda Kloots. (Photo by Brad Barket/Invision/AP, File)
Broadway veteran Nick Cordero dies from virus complications
Read full article: Broadway veteran Nick Cordero dies from virus complicationsFILE - In this April 10, 2014, file photo, actor Nick Cordero attends the after-party for the opening night of "Bullets Over Broadway" in New York. Tony Award-nominated actor Cordero, who specialized in playing tough guys on Broadway in such shows as Waitress, A Bronx Tale and Bullets Over Broadway, has died in Los Angeles after suffering severe medical complications after contracting the coronavirus. Cordero died Sunday, July 5, 2020, at Cedars-Sinai hospital after more than 90 days in the hospital, according to his wife, Amanda Kloots. (Photo by Brad Barket/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK ā Tony Award-nominated actor Nick Cordero, who specialized in playing tough guys on Broadway in such shows as āWaitress,ā āA Bronx Taleā and āBullets Over Broadway,ā has died in Los Angeles after suffering severe medical complications after contracting the coronavirus. Cordero died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai hospital after more than 90 days in the hospital, according to his wife, Amanda Kloots.
2 Garrison Keillor books set for release this fall
Read full article: 2 Garrison Keillor books set for release this fallFILE - In this Feb. 23, 2018, file photo, Garrison Keillor poses for a photo in Minneapolis. Keillor has two books coming out this fall, his first releases since sexual harassment allegations were made against the author and humorist three years ago. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen, File)NEW YORK Garrison Keillor will have two books out this fall a novel and a memoir marking his first releases since sexual harassment allegations were made against the author and humorist three years ago. Arcade Publishing announced Thursday that Keillor's The Lake Wobegon Virus, which continues his popular Lake Wobegon series and ties it to the current pandemic, is coming Sept. 8. "The people of Lake Wobegon were waiting for the chance to go wild and so the book wrote itself.
Spike Lee issues apology after defending Woody Allen
Read full article: Spike Lee issues apology after defending Woody AllenNEW YORK After voicing support for Woody Allen and criticizing cancel culture, Spike Lee apologized Saturday for words he said were wrong.In an interview Friday on the New York radio station WOR 710, Lee called Allen a great, great filmmaker.This cancel thing is not just Woody. Woodys a friend of mine, said Lee. "I know hes going through it right now.The following day, Lee tweeted an apology. Earlier this year, he released a memoir through Arcade Publishing after his original publisher, Hachette Book Group, dropped the book amid widespread criticism. Lee's latest film, the Vietnam War drama Da 5 Bloods, debuted Friday on Netflix.
'Exorcist' actor Max von Sydow dies at age 90
Read full article: 'Exorcist' actor Max von Sydow dies at age 90"It is with a broken heart and with infinite sadness that we have the extreme pain of announcing the departure of Max von Sydow,ā Diamond said. In 1980, von Sydow starred as the evil emperor Ming the Merciless in "Flash Gordon." He was baptized Carl Adolf von Sydow, but later changed his first name to Max. āIām very grateful to the schooling I had in Sweden because in order to learn acting you have to work, work, work,ā he said. Von Sydow married Swedish actress Christina Olin in 1951 and had two sons, Clas and Henrik.