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BIZARRE: 3 - What They Never Told You

Sleepless in Seattle at 30: Nora Ephron’s romcom still worth falling for

Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan exude timeless star power as a couple kept apart for almost the entirety of the 1993 classic

The Guardian - US

Tom Hanks And Meg Ryan Nearly Teamed Up Before Sleepless In Seattle, According To Rita Wilson

Tom Hanks’ wife, Rita Wilson, reveals he and Meg Ryan almost teamed up before Sleepless in Seattle.

Cinemablend

Robert Gottlieb, celebrated editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, has died at 92

Gottlieb, whose work helped shape the modern publishing canon, edited fiction by future Nobel laureates, spy novels by John le Carré, essays by Nora Ephron and Caro's nonfiction epics.

WEKU

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Robert Gottlieb, celebrated literary editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, dies at 92

One of the greatest literary editors in modern times, Robert Gottlieb, has died

The Independent UK

Tom Hanks Reveals Why Sleepless In Seattle Made Him 'Cranky,' And How He Changed His Attitude

Tom Hanks opens up about working on Sleepless in Seattle and what made him "cranky" on set. Luckily, something eventually shifted his mood.

Cinemablend

On Marriage by Devorah Baum review – endless love or life sentence?

The author and film-maker explores the landscape of matrimony in an erudite and entertaining quest for enlightenment

The Guardian - UK

Tom Hanks, actor and first-time novelist, shows his Chicago cred at Auditorium Theatre

For the Oscar winner, star of four locally made movies, the big building will always be Sears Tower.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Hollywood Strike: Writers Demand More Pay, New Limits on ChatGPT

Their last strike previewed the struggles of the streaming era. This one might be giving us an early taste of the age of artificial intelligence.

Reason

Email refuses to go away, despite how much we hate it

“Email has been around for so long, but there is this idea that you’ve lost control of it.” How do we return email to a technology that works for us?

Fortune

From Love Actually to Grease: 20 ‘romantic’ relationships in film that were actually toxic

Louis Chilton ranks 20 of the most torrid romances ever committed to screen

The Independent UK

How Heartburn turned Nora Ephron into the poster girl for millennial writers

Four decades since the publication of her autobiographical divorce novel ‘Heartburn’, Katie Rosseinsky explores the complicated legacy of the queen of ‘everything is copy’

The Independent UK

‘You can read it in the time it takes to have a one night stand’: authors on their favourite romcom books

Stanley Tucci, Jenny Colgan, David Nicholls and others reflect on their favourite romantic comedies, including Heartburn, A Room With a View and The Spanish Love Deception

The Guardian - UK

Like Harry, they wrote brutally honest memoirs about their families. What happened next?

Clémence Michallon speaks to authors who published books detailing their difficult relationships with friends and relatives

The Independent UK

The debut authors you’ll love in 2023

From the Londoner whose first book sold for a whopping seven figures to the food writer being compared to Nora Ephron, Francesca Brown compiles the year’s most hyped new writers ten literary names to know now

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

‘Brave’ and ‘necessary’ or just plain regressive? How sad girls with bad boyfriends took over the internet

Every few weeks a different confessional essay goes viral, each one underpinned by gender essentialism and regressive ideas about relationships. Eloise Hendy unpacks the tropes that are rapidly becoming eerily influential

The Guardian - AU

Five Great Reads: Facebook’s virtual insanity, looking back on Qatar, and an awkward breakup

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

The Guardian - US

My boyfriend, a writer, broke up with me because I’m a writer

The ability to bend an inch at a time while seeming to stand up straight is a useful and gendered skill

The Guardian - UK

Julie Powell obituary

Writer whose blog about cooking her way through the recipes of Julia Child became the Hollywood film Julie & Julia

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Food writer Julie Powell, author of 'Julie & Julia,' dies at 49

Powell became an internet darling after blogging for a year about making every recipe in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, leading to a book deal and a film adaptation.

Evening Standard

Julie Powell: Food blogger who inspired hit film Julie & Julia dies aged 49

Food writer Julie Powell, who became an internet darling after blogging for a year about making every recipe in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, has died aged 49.

The Guardian - AU

Julie Powell, food writer and blogger behind Julie & Julia, dies aged 49

Food blogger was played by Amy Adams in the film inspired by her memoir, about attempting to cook more than 500 Julia Child recipes in a year

Chicago Sun-Times

Julie Powell, ‘Julie & Julia’ writer, dies at 49

Powell became an internet darling after blogging for a year about making every recipe in Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” leading to a book deal and a film adaptation.

The Independent UK

Julie Powell, food writer of 'Julie & Julia,' dies at 49

Food writer Julie Powell, who became an internet darling after blogging for a year about making every recipe in Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” leading to a book deal and a film adaptation, has died

Salon

Remembering food writer Julie Powell

Powell initially rose to prominence while writing about cooking over 500 Julia Child recipes in a blog at Salon

Los Angeles Times

Grey Poupon’s Don’t Worry Dijon wants a taste of Olivia Wilde’s salad-dressing drama

Don’t worry, darling: Olivia Wilde’s “special” salad dressing recipe is for everyone. Even Grey Poupon.

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