Hillary and Chelsea Clinton to form film and TV production company

The mother-daughter pair follow the Obamas into content creation, focusing on stories about womenHillary and Chelsea Clinton are to form a film and TV company to produce female-centric content. Bloomberg and the Hollywood Reporter have confirmed that the pair are in talks with studios about “a pipeline of programmes” aimed at influencing culture and society now that Hillary Clinton is out of politics. Related: Hillary Clinton and Steven Spielberg to make TV series on women's suffrage Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2019-05-31 11:14:17 UTC ]
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Harlequin Audio formed in US

Harlequin in the US is creating a new audio imprint, working in conjunction with HarperAudio. The new imprint, Harlequin Audio, will produce audio versions of Harlequin's print titles, with the aim of releasing 200 titles in its first year, with the first titles published on 30th June... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Clinton Cash,' 'Selfish' Hit the List

'Clinton Cash' and 'Selfish' both landed in the top 15 adult nonfiction bestsellers, according to data released by Nielsen BookScan on Wednesday. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indian to direct film on Barnes book

India's Ritesh Batra is to direct the film adaptation of The Sense of an Ending, Julian Barnes' Booker-winning novel, with British actor Jim Broadbent in the lead. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2015-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Made in Chelsea's Pratt to Headline

“Made in Chelsea” star Stephanie Pratt is to give “an exclusive insight into the trials and tribulations of life on reality TV” in a new book to be published by Headline. Deputy publishing director Sarah Emsley acquired world rights to Made in Reality from Ariella Feiner at United Agents. As... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Completed merger forms 'Springer Nature'

The merger for Springer Science+Business Media with the majority of Macmillan Science and Education has been cleared, with the new company to be named Springer Nature. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Companies Need Novelists

Leaders, take note (and MFA grads, take heart): acclaimed novelist Mohsin Hamid on the most important tool you're not using enough.True story: In 2007, the Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid catapulted into the literary spotlight with his second book, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, an examination of... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Netflix and Ellen are making a 'Green Eggs and Ham' TV show

Hulu picked up Seinfeld, and now Netflix is working on a new show with Ellen DeGeneres -- but it's not a mid-90s sitcom at all. The two will create a 13-episode series based on the Dr. Seuss book Green Eggs and Ham that's due to arrive in 2018, aimed... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nigella and Hairy Bikers back on BBC TV

Nigella Lawson will return to television this autumn with a BBC TV series to accompany her latest cookery book, Simply Nigella: Food to Nourish Body & Soul (Chatto & Windus), BBC2 controller Kim Shillinglaw announced yesterday (21st April), as part of a raft of new programming for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With New Film, 'Diary of a Teenage Girl' Gets New Edition

First published 13 years ago, Phoebe Gloeckner’s acclaimed graphic novel 'Diary of a Teenage Girl' is getting a new, revised edition in anticipation of the August release of an independent film based on the book. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC TV adaptations for Billingham

The BBC has commissioned two TV series based on books by crime writer Mark Billingham, the author revealed on “BBC Breakfast” this morning (21st April). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV Land Renews Younger and Comedy Central Brings Back Inside Amy Schumer

TV Land has given the green light for a second season of Younger, starring Sutton Foster, Hilary Duff, Debi Mazar, Miriam Shor and Nico Tortorella. The Darren Star-produced series follows Liza, played by Foster, a 40-year-old woman who pretends to be 26 in order to get a job in the publishing... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anti-Hillary books may be this season's new genre (+video)

A bevy of upcoming books take aim at former Secretary of State and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rickman's Merrily Watkins novels set for TV

ITV has commissioned a drama series based on the Merrily Watkins novels by Phil Rickman. Following a country vicar with a sideline in exorcism, the latest in the series of cult novels, The Magus of Hay, was published by Corvus in 2013. The next in the series, Friends of the Dusk, will be... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anti-Hillary books may be this season's new genre

A bevy of upcoming books take aim at former Secretary of State and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Smith's Mainlander optioned for TV

Mainlander by Will Smith has been optioned for television by See-Saw Films. The book, published by Fourth Estate in February, follows a British man who moves to Jersey, where he becomes involved in the case of a missing child. Smith is a writer, actor and comedian who has appeared in TV... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hilton's Maestra gets film deal

The first book acquired by Zaffre, the adult fiction imprint of Bonnier Publishing, has been optioned by Columbia Pictures for a film adaptation. Amy Pascal, a producer for the forthcoming "Ghostbusters", "Spider-Man", and Angelia Jolie's Cleopatra movie, is set to produce the film adaptation... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair 2015: After Film Deal, ‘Maestra’ Set as Launch for Bonnier’s Zaffre

A racy novel picking up attention at the London Book Fair has officially been set as the launch title of the new adult fiction imprint at Bonnier. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Queen of Instagram’ Gayle King Spills Her TV Guilty Pleasures

Specs Who Gayle King Age 60 Claim to fame Co-host of CBS This Morning (weekdays at 7 a.m.) and editor at large of O, The Oprah Magazine (currently celebrating its 15th anniversary) Base New York Twitter @GayleKing What's the first information you consume in the morning? I get up at 3:30, so I... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headey buys film rights for 'H is for Hawk'

Film rights for Helen Macdonald’s H is for Hawk (Jonathan Cape) have been acquired by actress Lena Headey, who stars in the hugely successful television series “Game of Thrones”.   The deal was brokered by Emily Hayward-Whitlock at Knight Hall Agency Ltd on behalf of Jessica Woollard at The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate signs Kermode and Mayo on film

Canongate has signed a title on films by Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo, the duo behind "Kermode and Mayo's Film Review" radio show. Running since 2001, the BBC Radio 5 Live programme attracts 2m downloads every month. The book, titled The Movie Doctors, brings their film knowledge and sense of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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