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to the Sunday Times this weekend, the crime novelist said that “white older male writers” aren’t getting hired for “writing gigs in film, theatre, TV or publishing” right now — claiming the phenomenon is “just another form of racism.” “What’s that all about? Can you get a job? Yes. Is it harder? Yes. It’s even harder for older writers.
You don’t meet many 52-year-old white males,” he insisted.Patterson has sold more than 450 million books across 20 or so titles during his nearly 30-year career — most notably, the neo-noir book series following Detective Alex Cross, later played by actor Morgan Freeman in 1997’s “Kiss the Girls” and its 2001 sequel, “Along Came a Spider.”Book sales, film adaptations and his many other business ventures have earned him an estimated $677 million (£558 million), the Daily Mail reported on Monday. Meanwhile, the prolific writer’s first autobiography, “James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life,” hit bookstores just last week.“This book is about — I don’t know — the values we had, the importance of love. The importance of family.
Things like that,” he shrugged. Patterson, who grew up in Newburgh, north of New York City, said he was “driven” to succeed in life, thanks to his Irish Catholic upbringing. “I really believed that my parents wouldn’t love me as much if I wasn’t successful,” he confessed.“I don’t think I am the same person now,” the “Alex Cross” series creator added.
“I do believe that I’m lovable. I think I’m a decent person.”Speaking of lovable: Patterson will produce the upcoming film “Run Rose Run,” based on the book he wrote with literary newcomer — and now star of the cinematic adaptation — Dolly Parton. The thriller inspired by Nashville’s music industry debuted
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John Hinckley Jr. is apologizing.
canceled performances in Brooklyn, Chicago and Connecticut won’t be rescheduled for the “foreseeable future.”“I don’t know anybody else who’s certainly had a life like I’ve had,” Hinckley said on “CBS Mornings.” “I mean, what I tell people now, if you want to get to know John Hinckley, listen to his songs.”The 67-year-old has expressed an ambition to be a singer/songwriter and to perform on tour, but his scheduled performances were canceled due to safety concerns. During his first television interview since his unconditional release earlier this month, Hinckley told CBS News’ chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett that he has “true remorse” for the assassination attempt 41 years ago.He publicly apologized to the families of his shooting victims, and to Jodie Foster “for bringing her into this.”“I know [the victims] probably can’t forgive me now, but I just want them to know that I am sorry for what I did,” Hinckley said.”On March 30, 1981, then-25-year-old Hinckley brought a .22 caliber revolver to the Washington Hilton and carried out the shooting as President Reagan walked to this limousine. He fired six shots, and struck Reagan in the chest. Press secretary James Brady was paralyzed and died from his injuries decades later.
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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAbsence can make the heart grow fonder, and one of the ironies of the power-pop revival of the mid-1980s was how hard it was to find records by some of its main archetypes, even if those earlier groups had genuine hits: The brace of great early-‘70s albums and singles by Beatles-obsessed bands like Badfinger, Big Star and the Raspberries had been out of print for years and could only be found at specialty shops for exorbitant prices or as random junkshop jackpots.Even more ironically, one of the greatest albums of that ‘80s wave — Redd Kross’ “Neurotica” — suffered the same fate. It was released in 1987 on the short-lived U.S.
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James Patterson is backtracking on his remarks about white writers.
following a prior remark on racism. Speaking to the UK’s Sunday Times this weekend, Patterson said that “white older male writers” aren’t getting hired for “writing gigs in film, theatre, TV or publishing” right now — claiming the phenomenon is “just another form of racism.”“What’s that all about? Can you get a job? Yes. Is it harder? Yes.
Author James Patterson is walking back some controversial remarks about alleged racism against older, white male writers after stirring up backlash.
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tweet on Tuesday. Patterson’s comments from an interview with The Times UK went viral Monday after he said it is becoming much harder for white male writers of a certain age to find opportunities, despite Patterson himself being one of the world’s best selling authors. “Can you get a job? Yes.
Offering his take. James Patterson shared his thoughts on the publishing industry in a new interview, and his opinions raised plenty of eyebrows.
Amber Heard has spoken out in her first interview since her defamation trial with ex-husband Johnny Depp. Following their trial, the American actress, 36, was asked to pay her former partner, 59, £8million ($10million) in compensatory damages and a further £4million ($5million) in punitive damages.
Author James Patterson is coming under fire for making controversial remarks about alleged racism against older, white male writers.
Wilson Chapman editorJames Patterson claimed that white male writers face “another form of racism” and criticized his own publisher for dropping Woody Allen’s memoir in a new interview that published over the weekend.The author was profiled for British paper the Sunday Times for his recent memoir “James Patterson: The Stories of My Life.” Speaking to journalist Sarah Baxter about his career, Patterson claimed that it is more difficult for white male writers to get started in the publishing world now, saying they face “another form of racism.”“Can you get a job? Yes. Is it harder? Yes,” Patterson said.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, author James Patterson lamented the struggle he says white men now face find writing jobs in film, theater, TV and publishing industries. He called it “just another form of racism.”
Author James Patterson is trending on Twitter and going viral for his comments about racism.