Netflix abandons Alice Sebold book adaptation after rape conviction overturned

EXCLUSIVE: Scoot McNairy (C’mon C’mon, Narcos: Mexico) is the latest addition to the cast of Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, Will Speck and Josh Gordon’s film for Sony Pictures, based on the bestselling children’s book by Bernard Waber.

Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction was under intense scrutiny today before an all-female bench of appeals court judges in New York.

Here’s the trailer for Netflix’s try.Just like “Million Dollar Beach House,” Discovery+ series “Selling the Hamptons” follows the real-estate agents of the Hamptons, New York-based Nest Seekers International. The featured Nest Seekers agents are Bianca D’Alessio, J.B.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticYears into the COVID-19 pandemic, “Station Eleven” suggests we got off easy.Both the 2014 novel by Emily St. John Mandel and its limited-series adaptation on HBO Max tell the story of a viral plague that decimates the world’s population too quickly for any response.

universe.  A source confirmed to ET that Julia Haart and her husband, Silvio Scaglia Haart, are calling it quits.

Netflix has cancelled a handful of original television content after just one season on the air.

Netflix has cancelled its live-action Cowboy Bebop adaptation less than a month after its first season premiered on the platform.The Hollywood Reporter points out that while the series has received nearly 74million viewing hours worldwide since its premiere on November 19, critical response has been largely mixed.The series currently has a 46 per cent critic approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with the audience score not much higher at 55 per cent.The 10-episode adaptation

The publishers for Alice Sebold’s memoir, "Lucky," have pulled the title from shelves after a man was exonerated last week of the 1981 rape that was the basis for her book, Fox News has confirmed.  "Following the recent exoneration of Anthony Broadwater, and in consultation with the author, Scribner and Simon & Schuster will cease distribution of all formats of Alice Sebold’s 1999 memoir ‘Lucky’ while Sebold and Scribner together consider how the work might be revised," a spokesperson for Simon

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterA new documentary will chronicle the wrongful rape conviction of Anthony Broadwater.From Red Badge Films and Red Hawk Films, “Unlucky” will follow the story about a Syracuse man who spent more than 16 years in prison, and another 20 being labeled as a registered sex offender, before being exonerated of the 1981 rape of best-selling author Alice Sebold.Sebold wrote about the rape in her 1999 novel “Lucky,” based on her sexual assault as a freshman at Syracuse

Aaron Carter and his fiancée Melanie Martin have called it quits just one week after she gave birth to their son, Prince.The 33-year-old singer made the announcement Tuesday on Twitter saying that «due to personal reason[s] Melanie Martin and I have decided to go our separate ways.»Carter didn't offer any specifics as to what led to the sudden breakup but he did allude to «a very big lie» that appears to involve his estranged twin sister, Angel.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorAlice Sebold, the author of bestselling book “The Lovely Bones” and memoir “Lucky,” has apologized to Anthony Broadwater, the man she misidentified as her rapist 40 years ago.In a Medium post, she wrote, “First, I want to say that I am truly sorry to Anthony Broadwater and I deeply regret what you have been through.

NEW YORK -- Author Alice Sebold apologized Tuesday to the man who was exonerated last week in the 1981 rape that was the basis for her memoir “Lucky" and said she was struggling with the role she played “within a system that sent an innocent man to jail.”Anthony Broadwater, 61, was convicted in 1982 of raping Sebold when she was a student at Syracuse University. He served 16 years in prison.

Aaron Carter and Melanie Martin are breaking up.

Alice Sebold is apologizing.

They’ll tell the story of tonight. Original Hamilton stars Anthony Ramos and Jasmine Cephas Jones have called it quits, Us Weekly confirms.