Rarely seen Shirley Jackson story is finally published

EXCLUSIVE: Exile Content has teamed with Pulp Fiction producer Lawrence Bender to acquire the rights to Azam Ahmed’s New York Times article, “He Was One of Mexico’s Deadliest Assassins. Then He Turned on His Cartel”. Exile and Bender are currently developing the story into a film or series with Ahmed and Caitlin Roper as producers.

New parents! Emma Roberts and Garrett Hedlund are loving life with their newborn son.

The first new couple of 2021? Olivia Wilde was spotted holding hands with Harry Styles following her split from fiancé Jason Sudeikis.

Bachelor contestant finally broke her silence on Instagram—and her post is pretty drama-free. Turns out she just wanted time to collect her thoughts!She ended the post wishing Peter the best and thanking followers for their support, saying, "I’m still hoping to make it to New York one of these days, but for now I just want to focus on my happiness! 2021, I can’t wait to see what you have in store!"Fans are still confused about what went wrong between Peter and Kelley, especially since .

Hilaria Baldwin is having her say amid the controversy surrounding her and her Spanish heritage.

A Delaware computer repairman who went public with the sordid contents of Hunter Biden’s hard drive is now suing Twitter for defamation — claiming its content moderation unfairly branded him a "hacker." In October, the New York Post exclusively reported on the tranche of damaging documents on the laptop which was left at John Paul Mac Isaac’s repair store in April 2019 but never collected.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorA Delaware computer repair shop owner sued Twitter, alleging the social network defamed him by labeling him a “hacker” after his business was cited as the source for info obtained from a laptop allegedly owned by Hunter Biden that served as the basis for several New York Post articles in October.In the lawsuit, John Paul Mac Isaac said he was forced to shut down the Mac Shop, his computer repair business, after Twitter initially said the NY Post stories violated

Just in case you didn’t read the story of the mother who tracked down the cartel kidnappers who murdered her daughter when the New York Times published it earlier this month, you’re in luck, because Variety reports that Blumhouse just won a heated bidding war for the rights to the story.

Angelique Jackson Blumhouse has acquired the rights to The New York Times’ story about Miriam Rodríguez, the Mexican mother who fearlessly tracked down the kidnappers who abducted and murdered her daughter, Karen.Rodriguez — who went on to become a prominent human rights activist, helping to imprison 10 members of the local cartel in San Fernando — was shot and killed in front of her home on Mother’s Day in 2017.

In a very competitive situation. Blumhouse has won the screen rights to a Dec. 13 New York Times story which chronicled one desperate mother’s revenge spree in Mexico, when she avenged her daughter’s murder by taking on the drug cartels and tracking down the perpetrators by herself. She saw ten of them apprehended by police before she was shot and killed in front of her home on Mother’s Day, 2017.

the cancellation of the 2021 Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge pretty hard.Hugh Jackman was spotted out on a Hamptons beach with wife Deborra-Lee Furness on Monday, and despite it being December in New York, the pair went for a swim!Furness was wearing a wetsuit, so she at least hasn’t taken complete leave of her senses, though Jackman opted for just a pair of swim trunks despite the water temperature in Montauk being recorded at 44 degrees Monday.

NEW YORK -- A decade after publishing his memoir “Decoded,” Jay-Z is forming a more lasting partnership with the book industry.Roc Nation, the entertainment company founded by the rapper, is starting an imprint with Random House called Roc Lit 101.

NEW YORK -- Just the other day, pianist and actor Hershey Felder found himself in the apartment in Italy once owned by the 19th century Russian composer Tchaikovsky. It must have been a treat for anyone watching since Felder at the time was dressed as Tchaikovsky.He walked in the old master's rooms, took in the views and stood in Tchaikovsky's terrace.

DALLAS -- A West Texas oilman's mural-sized print of an Ansel Adams photo has sold for nearly $1 million at an auction.Sotheby's New York, the auction house, said Tuesday that “The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming” sold for $988,000, a record price for Adams at auction.The photograph, taken on commission for the Department of Interior in 1942, shows a view of the mountains over Jackson Hole.

House Republicans have doubled down on their request for an emergency hearing on Big Tech's censorship of stories damaging to Hunter Biden, the president-elect's son, just days before the Nov. 3 election.  All 18 GOP members of the House Oversight Committee are demanding that the Democratic-led committee hold a hearing to investigate Twitter and Facebook's "unjustifiable censorship" of the New York Post's reporting on Biden's foreign business entanglements.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeFormer “Morning Becomes Eclectic” host Jason Bentley is back with his first new project since leaving the signature KCRW show last year.Bentley has partnered with 101 Studios and Soho House to launch a new entertainment podcast, “The Backstory,” which pairs different artists, creators and performers in conversation.

Lucy Liu, Elizabeth Banks, Billie Jean King, Katie Couric and more empowering glass ceiling breakers joined forces with Jane Walker by Johnnie Walker for Human Rights Day to celebrate women breaking boundaries and to inspire & support others on the journey to a monumental first.

Chris Willman Music WriterAfter moving last year from its longtime New York base to L.A., Cyndi Lauper’s annual benefit for homeless LGBTQ youth has found a new home for these holidays, and it’s online, of course.