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Authors Nicola And David Yoon Start Romance Imprint: Today In Books

Authors Nicola And David Yoon Start Romance Imprint

Married authors Nicola and David Yoon (The Sun Is Also A Star/ Frankly In Love) will run a romance imprint for Random House Children’s Books with a focus on YA books by authors of color. Joy Revolution, will not focus on the struggle of being an immigrant or the pain of being Black or a person of color but rather celebrate love stories. Nicola Yoon: “I believe love stories are truly revolutionary. Because love has the power to unmake and remake the world.”

Zac Efron Will Be Daddy In Stephen King Adaptation

Stephen King’s Firestarter is being remade and they’ve just cast the father: Zac Efron. If you’re not familiar with the story, his child is Charlie McGee, a nine-year-old with pyrokinesis (played by Drew Barrymore in the ’80s film adaptation), hence the title.

The Witches Going Straight To Streaming In Time For Halloween

Another adaptation, but one you’ll be able to watch soon–if you have access to HBO Max. A new adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches (the ’90s one starred Anjelica Huston) will skip releasing in theaters and go straight to HBO Max on October 22nd, just in time for a family-friendly Halloween sofa viewing. The cast includes Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Kristin Chewoweth, Stanley Tucci, and Chris Rock.

#45Lies Campaign Challenges Misinformation

Authors and lyricists have joined forces to launch the #45lies campaign, creating 45 second videos to fact-check falsehoods spread by Donald Trump.