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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Jennifer Lawrence’s ‘Glass Castle’ Lands ‘Short Term 12’ Director
Destin Daniel Cretton is in negotiations to direct the Lionsgate movie based on Jeanette Walls’ 2005 memoir
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‘Elysium’ Director Neill Blomkamp, Sony, Producers Sued for Copyright Infringement
Screenwriter Steve Wilson Briggs alleges that the “Elysium” filmmakers cribbed from his “Butterfly Driver” script
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‘Carrie’s’ Chloe Moretz to Star in Sacha Gervasi’s ‘November Criminals’ (Exclusive)
Indian Paintbrush is producing and financing the adaptation of Sam Munson’s 2011 novel
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‘Angry Birds’ Movie in Safe Hands With Animation Veterans as Co-Directors
Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly will co-direct the 3D animated movie for Sony Pictures and Rovio Entertainment
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Open Road Films Extends CEO Tom Ortenberg’s Contract
The company’s films include “The Grey,” “End of Watch” and “Machete Kills”
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Toni Collette Comedy ‘Lucky Them’ Acquired by IFC Films
Megan Griffiths directed the movie, which also stars Thomas Haden Church, Oliver Platt and Nina Arianda
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Oliver Stone to Executive Produce Biopic of Algerian Leader Emir Abd el-Kader (Exclusive)
Charles Burnett (“Killer of Sheep”) will direct the film for Cinema Libre Studio
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Sam Worthington, Jim Sturgess, Ryan Kwanten to Kidnap Anthony Hopkins
Daniel Alfredson is directing Informant Media’s international action-thriller “Kidnapping Freddy Heineken”
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Doug Liman in Early Talks to Direct Former Tony Scott Project ‘Narco Sub’ (Exclusive)
The “Bourne Identity” director is in line to take over the 20th Century Fox film
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Taylor Lautner to Play Dirk Diggler in Jason Reitman’s ‘Boogie Nights’ Live-Reading (Exclusive)
Judy Greer will take over the role of porn star mom Amber Waves from her “Carrie” co-star Julianne Moore
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Megan Woodward to Adapt Andrea Lochen’s ‘The Repeat Year’ for Ineffable Pictures (Exclusive)
Raphael Kryszek and Jesse Israel are producing for Ineffable, whose Ross Putman will oversee the project
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Lake Bell to Join Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan in Action-Thriller ‘The Coup’
John Erick Dowdle is directing the long-gestating project for Bold Films
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‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Casting Jennifer Ehle as Anastasia Steele’s Mother
Dakota Johnson and Charlie Hunnam star
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John Travolta’s Heist Movie ‘The Forger’ Adds Jennifer Ehle, Anson Mount
Abigail Spencer and Marcus Thomas have also joined the cast, which includes Tye Sheridan and Christopher Plummer
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Jennifer Lawrence Will Kill for Lionsgate as Studio Nears Deal for ‘Burial Rites’
Gary Ross is attached to direct the adaptation of Hannah Kent’s period crime novel
