Taffy Brodesser-Akner to Pen Adaptation of ‘The Orthodox Hit Squad’ for Stacey Snider's Sister Banner

Liev Schreiber is getting around the Big Apple on his scooter!

David Robb Labor EditorSandra Karas, secretary-treasurer of Actors’ Equity, was surprised Monday morning when she read The New York Times’ article about President Trump’s income taxes – and the $70,000 that he reportedly wrote off as a business expense for hair styling in connection with his TV show The Apprentice. “It made me laugh when I saw it in the paper,” she said.

published an open letter to Netflix’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos asking him to “seriously reconsider” adapting Cixin’s series.

Rihanna has announced details of her second Savage X Fenty lingerie show, including a star-studded line-up of Travis Scott, Rosalía and others.The pop star founded the lingerie line in 2018 and held her first New York Fashion Week showing last September.A trailer for the second Savage X Fenty show was released today (September 18) in which a range of big names set to take part in the event were announced. Savage X Fenty Show Vol.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorSister is teaming with New York Times bestselling author and journalist Taffy Brodesser-Akner to develop and produce the feature film The Get, based on Matt Shaer’s GQ article “The Orthodox Hit Squad.” Brodesser-Akner will write the feature.Carolyn Strauss and Kate Fenske are producing for Sister alongside Shaer.The Get follows how communities take care of each other in the name of what’s right, and how “right” can be a moving target.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSister will partner with Taffy Brodesser-Akner on “The Get,” a feature film based on Matt Shaer’s GQ piece “The Orthodox Hit Squad.”Brodesser-Akner, best known for her New York Times Magazine profiles of the likes of Val Kilmer to Bradley Cooper along with her best-seller “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” will write the screenplay. “The Get” unfolds in New York and New Jersey’s ultra-orthodox communities.

Nicky Hilton has spoken out about the first time she watched her sister Paris’ new documentary, “This Is Paris”.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Iliana Regan’s Burn The Place, which was described by the New York Times as “perhaps the definitive Midwest drunken-lesbian food memoir” is being adapted for television after Annapurna optioned the rights.The company, which recently produced David Simon and Ed Burn’s HBO limited drama The Plot Against America from, is developing the book, which was published by Agate Midway in July 2019, as a series.Burn The Place was the first food book to be long-listed

NEW YORK -- Playwright-novelist Ayad Akhtar has been named the new president of PEN America, the human rights and literary organization.Akhtar, who assumes the presidency Dec. 2, succeeds novelist Jennifer Egan.“PEN America has its work cut out for it in an era when the quest for truth is challenged as never before,” Akhtar said in a statement Tuesday.

Kristin Scott Thomas, Daisy Ridley and Nina Hoss are teaming up for writer-director Jane Anderson’s Women in the Castle. Adapted by Anderson from Jessica Shattuck’s 2017 New York Times bestseller, the film, set in the ruins of WWII Germany, is a heart-wrenching and hopeful tale of secrets, survival and the astonishing power of forgiveness.

Naman Ramachandran Kristin Scott Thomas (“Fleabag”), Daisy Ridley (the “Star Wars” franchise) and Nina Hoss (“My Little Sister”) will star in writer-director Jane Anderson’s “Women in the Castle.”Adapted by Anderson from Jessica Shattuck’s 2017 New York Times bestseller, the film, set in the ruins of WW2 Germany, follows three women, bound by their past and clinging to each other for a future, who must grapple with the realities of liberation from the Nazis, and face the consequences of

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: The exciting trio of Daisy Ridley (Star Wars), Kristin Scott Thomas (Darkest Hour) and Nina Hoss (Phoenix) have been set to star in Jane Anderson’s (The Wife) adaptation of Jessica Shattuck’s 2017 New York Times bestseller Women In The Castle, about three widows of conspirators involved in an assassination attempt on Hitler.The story of the three German women, set during and after World War II, explores how each deals with the fallout of her

Jim Parsons and Matt Bomer lead an all-star cast in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix film adaptation of the Tony-winning play. And the first trailer gives a look at the wild night that awaits them. Written by playwright Mart Crowley, tells the story of a group of gay men in 1968 New York City who gather at a mutual friend's apartment for a birthday celebration.