As if multipledocumentaries, podcasts and books weren't enough to tell the tale of last year's GameStop stock squeeze, a feature film about the saga is in the works. Seth Rogen (aka Donkey Kong), Pete Davidson, Sebastian Stan and Paul Dano will star in Dumb Money, which starts filming this month, according to Variety.Craig Gillespie (Pam & Tommy, Cruella) will direct the film, which is based on the nonfiction book The Antisocial Network by Ben Mezrich. It will focus on the Redditors at the heart of the story. If you recall, a group of users banded together on the r/WallStreetBets subreddit to artificially send GameStop stock soaring. Hedge funds and short sellers felt the brunt of the squeeze, with at least one hedge fund closing shop as a result. The situation even caught the attention of Congress amid calls for stricter regulation of the stock market. Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2022-09-02 14:25:50 UTC ]
A new series is stepping into the fraught territory of Northern Ireland in the 70s by telling the real-life story of a woman abducted by the IRA. Its creators talk about truth, reconciliation and trying to depict both sides of the conflict“To be honest, I’d always thought of the Troubles as a... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-11-12 11:00:55 UTC ]
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Learn about the world's hidden libraries, vanishing animals, and more in this month's best nonfiction titles. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-11-06 11:30:00 UTC ]
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With a forthcoming nonfiction book and an online army of Nerdfighters, the young-adult author aims to eliminate an entirely curable global scourge. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Maia Kobabe calls this graphic nonfiction book a "beautiful and compassionate primer" to trans histories. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-10-10 18:35:00 UTC ]
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Learn about the life of the first Black woman to be nominated to the Supreme Court, as well as hear from women around the globe in this week's nonfiction book talk. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-09-06 15:00:00 UTC ]
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The Boys may be one season away from ending but it’s not done caking your screens with blood and torn muscle tissue. Cast member Jensen Ackles who plays Soldier Boy on The Boys revealed at the San Diego Comic-Con that Amazon will produce a prequel of the superhero show called Vought Rising. The... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-07-26 20:10:58 UTC ]
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Author of Anansi’s Gold, a nonfiction account of a notorious Ghanian conman ‘told with biting wit’, wins £1,000 awardYepoka Yeebo has won the 2024 Jhalak prize for her nonfiction book about a Ghanaian con artist.Anansi’s Gold is an “exhilarating journey” through the life and “almost... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-05-30 18:30:16 UTC ]
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The investigation was requested by City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and the Legal Aid Society. New York City’s watchdog agency has launched an investigation into allegations that the city’s police department improperly used its official social media accounts to target public officials and... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2024-05-09 14:19:00 UTC ]
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Atria signs CNN Anchor Jake Tapper’s first nonfiction book in over a decade; Kensington takes a spicy paranormal romance series, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The buyout offer is expected to close in June, when Indigo will be removed from Toronto's stock market, the company going private. The post Canada’s Indigo Bookstore Chain Agrees to a Buyout Offer appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-04-03 21:44:05 UTC ]
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Britain’s youngest code-breakers, brought to life in a new nonfiction book by Candace Fleming, were normal teenagers: playing pranks, attending dances. Continue reading at The New York Times
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The author and podcaster on young love, chips and curry sauce, and her husband’s selective hearingBorn in Essex, Giovanna Fletcher, 39, studied at drama school. She made her fiction debut in 2013 with Billy and Me, writes young adult fiction with her husband, musician Tom Fletcher, and in 2017... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-02-10 09:30:38 UTC ]
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Vivendi plans to separate into four companies, including an as-yet-unnamed publishing company that would include its nearly 57.3% majority stake in Lagardère, the parent company of Hachette Livre. The company would be listed on the stock market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
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New nonfiction books hitting shelves in February 2024 include memoirs, food stories, ex-wives, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-02-02 12:00:00 UTC ]
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I first encountered Irma Pineda’s poetry in the Mexico City literary journal Generación in 2005, as I was writing a nonfiction book set in her home region (No Word for Welcome, Nebraska, 2011). Pineda’s language, Didxazá (Isthmus Zapotec), has a written literary history that extends back 2,500... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-01-19 09:50:05 UTC ]
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Kensington picks up TikTok star Harley Laroux’s new novel, Bloomsbury nabs a nonfiction book by Miriam Toews, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Edinburgh Evening News and Yorkshire Evening Post owner is ‘possible participant’ in sale, despite strike ballot and staff exodusA local newspaper publisher facing a staff exodus and a strike ballot over low pay has announced it is considering a bid for the Daily Telegraph.National World, which... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-08-10 12:57:44 UTC ]
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“Our Migrant Souls,” the author’s first nonfiction book in nearly a decade, is a deeply personal meditation on Latino American experience. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-05-09 09:00:12 UTC ]
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Finding “Enough”: A Conversation with Nicole Chung, by Renee H. Shea Interviews [email protected] Mon, 04/03/2023 - 21:13 Writer and editor Nicole Chung is the author of the best-selling memoir All You Can Ever Know (Catapult, 2018), the story of... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2023-04-04 02:13:03 UTC ]
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The paleobiologist and author of Foyles’ nonfiction book of 2022 on Earth’s deep past, the joys of the British Library, and how early four-limbed vertebrates helped him find his feetThomas Halliday was born in 1989 and raised in Rannoch in the Scottish Highlands. He studied zoology at Cambridge... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-01-28 18:00:26 UTC ]
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