Each month, The Hollywood Reporter will offer up the best new (and newly relevant) books that everyone will be talking about — whether it’s a tome that’s ripe for adaptation, a new Hollywood-centric tell-all or the source material for a hot new TV show.
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Small World by Laura Zigman (WME)
The author follows the cohabitation of two sisters forced to reunite after their respective
divorces; they reckon with traumatic childhoods and navigate their anxieties in a
tender, funny novel that proves the smallest stories can have the biggest heart.
Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan (Susanna Lee Associates)
Set in 1980s Sri Lanka, the story centers on young protagonist Sashi, whose dream of
becoming a doctor is derailed amid civil war. Her morality is tested as she joins a group of
activists documenting human rights violations.
Vintage Contemporaries by Dan Kois (The Gernert Company)
This novel about a young,...
Rights Available
Small World by Laura Zigman (WME)
The author follows the cohabitation of two sisters forced to reunite after their respective
divorces; they reckon with traumatic childhoods and navigate their anxieties in a
tender, funny novel that proves the smallest stories can have the biggest heart.
Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan (Susanna Lee Associates)
Set in 1980s Sri Lanka, the story centers on young protagonist Sashi, whose dream of
becoming a doctor is derailed amid civil war. Her morality is tested as she joins a group of
activists documenting human rights violations.
Vintage Contemporaries by Dan Kois (The Gernert Company)
This novel about a young,...
- 2/3/2023
- by Seija Rankin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
No plans this weekend? Let us fix that for you. Welcome to The Independent’s Arts Agenda, our brand new guide to the very best culture to catch up with across your Saturday and Sunday.
Carefully curated by our critics and editors, this round-up will bring you our hot tips across art, film, TV, theatre, dance, comedy, opera, books and music. Whether it’s a must-see newly opened show, or a gem you might have missed, we hope our recommendations mean you’re never stuck for something to see or do.
This week, if you haven’t watched The Last of Us yet, our TV Editor Ellie Harrison says you’re in store for a treat, while our Arts Editor Jessie Thompson is very curious about Melanie C’s Sadler’s Wells dance show. Elsewhere, our Film Editor Adam White says you can now watch Damien Chazelle’s Babylon at...
Carefully curated by our critics and editors, this round-up will bring you our hot tips across art, film, TV, theatre, dance, comedy, opera, books and music. Whether it’s a must-see newly opened show, or a gem you might have missed, we hope our recommendations mean you’re never stuck for something to see or do.
This week, if you haven’t watched The Last of Us yet, our TV Editor Ellie Harrison says you’re in store for a treat, while our Arts Editor Jessie Thompson is very curious about Melanie C’s Sadler’s Wells dance show. Elsewhere, our Film Editor Adam White says you can now watch Damien Chazelle’s Babylon at...
- 1/20/2023
- by Culture Staff
- The Independent - TV
Over the weekend, Amy Schumer experienced what has become a contemporary ritual for rising entertainment stars after an editorial in The Guardian criticized her work as racially insensitive. Monica Heisey wrote, “For such a keen observer of social norms and an effective satirist of the ways gender is complicated by them, Schumer has a shockingly large blind spot around race.” What made headlines wasn’t the piece itself, but Schumer’s reaction. “You can call it a ‘blind spot for racism’ or ‘lazy’ but you are wrong. It is a joke and it is funny. I know that because people laugh at it. Even if you personally did not,” she wrote on Twitter. “I ask you to resist the urge to pick me apart. Trust me. I am not racist. I am a devout feminist and lover of all people.”The response is disheartening for those who’ve been cheering Schumer’s ascendance.
- 6/29/2015
- by E. Alex Jung
- Vulture
In Monica Heisey's new piece in the Guardian about Amy Schumer and her insanely good year, the writer praises Schumer's unapologetic feminist stances, but also criticizes the comedienne for racial insensitivity:For such a keen observer of social norms and an effective satirist of the ways gender is complicated by them, Schumer has a shockingly large blind spot around race. Her lacklustre stint hosting the MTV Movie awards (a rare misstep) featured lazy jokes about Latina women being “crazy” that left Jennifer Lopez as unimpressed as the online commentariat. While a much-lauded sketch from the show featured an ad for a training centre where old people learn not to be racist, Schumer’s stand-up repeatedly delves into racial territory tactlessly and with no apparent larger point. Her standup special features jokes like “Nothing works 100% of the time, except Mexicans” and much of her character’s dumb slut persona is predicated...
- 6/28/2015
- by Greg Cwik
- Vulture
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