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Stephen King’s affinity for the novella form goes back to the early stages of his long, prolific career. In 1982, King published “Different Seasons,” a quartet of long stories that contained some of his finest work, and eventually led to some memorable film adaptations, among them “The Shawshank Redemption” and “Stand by Me.” Since then, at roughly 10-year intervals, King has produced three similar volumes that have allowed him to play with a wide variety of themes, scenes and settings.

Stephen King has two words for those who feel the coronavirus pandemic is akin to being trapped in the fictional world of one of his books: “I’m sorry.”

With film and television productions shutting down, concerts and other major events being canceled, and venues from amusement parks to select movie theaters closing their doors temporarily amid coronavirus concerns, there is one tried and true place to which to turn for entertainment and escapism: books.

Stephen King has said he feels “very uneasy” after Woody Allen’s publisher decided to cancel the planned release of his memoir.

A formidable character actor, Bill Camp has built a career on supporting roles in award-winning films — from to — and buzzy TV shows like FX’s and on HBO. 

Someone give this guy an Oscar for flip-flopping.

Harriet star Cynthia Erivo is insisting people of colour be given a “fair shot” in the wake of controversial comments made by Stephen King on diversity.

Cynthia Erivo is weighing in on Stephen King's recent controversial comments about diversity. 

Just a day after Stephen King came under fire for Tweeting that he “would never consider diversity in matters of art. Only quality. It seems to me that to do otherwise would be wrong” in response to this year’s Oscar nominees not being inclusive for women or people of color, HBO presented a panel for the latest adaptation of one of his works, “The Outsider.”

Stephen King has come under fire for the “backward and ignorant” comments he made while addressing the lack of diversity in the 2020 Oscars nominations.