Library of Congress to honor author Colson Whitehead

LOS ANGELES -- A new documentary about the life and work of “Little House on the Prairie” author Laura Ingalls Wilder puts her novels’ scattered racist references in historical context, the film’s producers said. Wilder’s work reflects the perspective of her family and attitudes in the late 1800s Midwest, the setting for the coming-of-age novels based on her childhood, said Mary McDonagh Murphy, director and producer of PBS’ “American Masters” biography.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticEXCLUSIVE: Less than a week after Empire co-creator Danny Strong and long-time director and executive producer Sanaa Hamri reunited on a Taraji P.

Ted Johnson As his poll numbers have slipped, Donald Trump renewed his complaints against mail-in voting on Thursday, but this time he also suggested that the Nov. 3 presidential election could be delayed.“With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures just closed a preemptive deal for Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro’s upcoming novel, Klara and the Sun. Gabler was able to make the deal was made as bids were mobilizing from multiple parties.

NEW YORK -- A new literary award with a $50,000 cash prize will honor those best at telling a New York story. The Gotham Literary Prize, announced Thursday, came out of a conversation between businessman-philathropist Bradley Tusk and political strategist Howard Wolfson, who told The Associated Press that they first thought of the award last year and saw a renewed urgency for it after the spread of the coronavirus.

coronavirus, will have an album released posthumously. Broadway Records said Wednesday it will release “Nick Cordero: Live Your Life” on Sept.

Fiona Apple has contributed her iconic lyricism to the upcoming season finale of Apple TV+'s musical cartoon, Central Park.

Ever have a dream so vivid that you’d swear it was real? Ever seen your dream spring to life from your frontal lobe and collide with another person’s dream? Most folks wistfully sigh about following their dreams with an inert yearning, as if they’re hoping somebody else will do it on their behalf; the characters in Emir Kusturica’s “Arizona Dream” literalize the search, chasing after their dreams starting in their sleep and continuing on to their waking hours.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: APA has inked award-winning journalist, author and podcaster Michael Harriot in all areas.Harriot is a senior writer at the Black news site, TheRoot.com, and has also written for the New York Times, The Washington Post, covering race, culture and politics.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterActivist and New York Times best-selling author D.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: WME has inked Caroline Randall Williams in all areas.Prior to her viral June 26 New York Times op-ed “You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a Confederate Monument,” Randall Williams was best known for her cookbook, the NAACP Image Award-winning Soul Food Love, co-written with her mother, best-selling author Alice Randall.Last year, Jack White’s literary imprint Third Man Books published her poetry collection, Lucy Negro,

NEW YORK -- Author Joanna Cole, whose “Magic School Bus” books transported millions of young people on extraordinary and educational adventures, has died at age 75. Scholastic announced that Cole, a resident of Sioux City, Iowa, died Sunday.

Peter White Television EditorChris Grabenstein, author of children’s books including the Mr. Lemoncello series, and a frequent collaborator of The President Is Missing author James Patterson has signed with talent agency APA.The move will see the agency help secure adaptations of the New York Times bestselling author’s books for film and TV.Grabenstein has written over forty books in the last 15 years including Escape From Mr.

David Robb Labor EditorSAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris is asking her members to urge Congress to expand the federal COBRA healthcare subsidy for workers who lost their jobs during the pandemic and are in danger of losing their health coverage.“It is time that Congress pass the next federal relief package to protect the American worker from the economic consequences of the COVID-19 public health crisis,” she said tonight in a message to her members.

In an interview with the Daily Star, authot Tom Quinn revealed that although Harry 'doesn't hate' living abroad - he is allegedly struggling to find a solid 'role' in the US. Furthermore he claimed the Duke of Sussex's habit of getting "swept up in Meghan's positive energy" has been an existing problem in their relationship.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: We can tell you that CAA has inked New York Times bestselling author Tara Westover.Westover is known for her 2018 memoir Educated about a young girl who, kept out of school, who leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University.The Random House book debuted at No.

Justin Kroll Film ReporterAfter a fierce bidding war, Sony Pictures and SK Global have acquired the film rights to bestselling author Kevin Kwan’s new novel “Sex and Vanity,” which became an instant New York Times bestseller after its release on June 30.Published by Doubleday, this is Kwan’s first novel since the release of his “Crazy Rich Asians” trilogy, which became a worldwide phenomenon and was adapted into a critically acclaimed and box office hit film earning $240 million

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticDana Canedy, the administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes and a winner of the prestigious award during her long tenure at The New York Times, has been named publisher of the Simon & Schuster imprint.As a successor to Jonathan Karp, who took over as Simon & Schuster president and CEO following the heart attack death in May of Carolyn Reidy, Canedy becomes the first Black publisher in the company’s history.“I am confident that as our new publisher, Dana can

Idris Elba and New York producers The Knocks have shared their euphoric new single ‘One Fine Day’, which features guest vocals from South London rapper Tiggs Da Author.The optimistic, house-inflected track is available to listen to below, with Elba donating 100 per cent of his royalties to the Black Cultural Archives, an organisation based in Brixton, London.“With everything that’s going on in the world right now, this song feels very relevant.

Following the arrest of Jeffrey Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell in New Hampshire this morning, one question is top of mind: how will this affect her friend Prince Andrew?Audrey Strauss, the acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, spoke of the royal during today's press conference officially announcing the charges against Maxwell.