Awards editor and columnist for TheWrap. Been writing about entertainment and popular culture for more than 30 years for such publications as the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, the New York Times and the Washington Post. Rock ‘n’ roll writer back in the day.
Experience:
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Ice Cube, Dr. Dre Find Their MC Ren, DJ Yella for N.W.A. Biopic
Aldis Hodge and Neil Brown Jr. join Universal and director F. Gary Gray’s “Straight Outta Compton”
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Brett Ratner to Produce Donna Tartt’s ‘The Goldfinch’ for Warner Bros.
Now that the studio has closed a deal for the bestselling novel, RatPac Entertainment has boarded the project
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DreamWorks Animation Expands Senior Leadership Team
Former Disney executive Mark Zoradi has been named COO, while Ann Daly has been promoted to president
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ABC Family Developing Fantasy Series ‘Londen’s Calling’ (Exclusive)
The network has optioned a pilot written on spec by up-and-coming scribe Brigitte Hales
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The Black List Brings Back Cassian Elwes Independent Screenwriting Fellowship
Inaugural fellow Matthew Hickman (“An Elegy for Evelyn Francis”) now has representation and a script deal
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Eva Green in Talks to Star in Tim Burton’s ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’
Chernin Entertainment is producing the adaptation of Ransom Riggs’ novel, which 20th Century Fox will distribute
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Christopher Walken, Giancarlo Esposito Join Jon Favreau’s ‘Jungle Book’
Disney’s voice cast includes Oscar winners Ben Kingsley and Lupita Nyong’o, as well as Idris Elba and Scarlett Johansson
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Scott Bernstein Exits Universal After 10 Years to Become a Producer
The studio veteran recently oversaw production on the box office hit “Ride Along”
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‘Justice League’ Recruiting ‘Batman v Superman’ Writer Chris Terrio
The Oscar-winning “Argo” writer plans to reunite with Ben Affleck again despite his own aspirations to direct
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‘Beneath’ Director Ben Ketai on Sam Raimi’s Tutelage, Claustrophobic Coal Mining Sets and VOD
The filmmaker tells TheWrap about the challenges that come with making a low-budget genre movie
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Edgar Wright to Direct Young Adult Adaptation ‘Grasshopper Jungle’ for Sony
Scott Rosenberg is adapting Andrew Smith’s novel as well as producing with Matt Tolmach and Nira Park
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Jodie Foster’s ‘Money Monster’ Starring George Clooney Lands at TriStar
Tom Rothman’s studio beat out Focus Features with an offer to finance the film for $30 million
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Joaquin Phoenix Eyed to Star in Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’ (Exclusive)
Scott Derrickson (“Sinister”) is directing the superhero movie, which could have a presence at Comic-Con
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Psychological Horror Movie ‘Dementia’ Has Girl With Gun, Bloody Man (Photos)
Hailing from the “Contracted” team, the film stars Gene Jones (“The Sacrament”) and Kristina Klebe (“Proxy”)
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