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Pretty Things (novel)
''Pretty Things'' is a 2020 suspense novel by American writer Janelle Brown. The novels follows two brilliant yet emotionally scarred women, Nina and Vanessa, as they navigate a perilous game of deception and devastation. When a hesitant con artist forms an unlikely bond with a wealthy "influencer" at Lake Tahoe, her elaborate scheme transforms into a gritty and hazardous pursuit of long-awaited retribution. According to the book review aggregator Bookmarks.reviews, ''Pretty Things'' received "rave" reviews from bookreporter and '' Library Journal'', "positive" reviews from ''Booklist'' and '' Kirkus Reviews'', as well as a "mixed" review from ''Publishers Weekly''. In April 2020, it was reported that a television series adaptation of novel series is in development from Blossom Films, a production company owned by Nicole Kidman and Per Saari, for Amazon after securing the rights in a fiercely competitive bidding war with multiple contenders. Nicole Kidman is slated to star a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janelle Brown
Janelle Brown (born September 12, 1973) is an American novelist. From 1995 to 1998, she worked at '' Wired'', helping launch ''Wired News'', and was named one of the Top 25 Women on the Web. From 1998 to 2002, Brown worked as a senior writer at '' Salon.com'', writing about technology and culture. She was also the co-founder of ''Maxi'', an early online feminist zine. Five of her novels have made the '' New York Times'' bestseller list. Her novel ''Pretty Things'' is currently being adapted as a television series reported to include actress Nicole Kidman. Novels * ''All We Ever Wanted Was Everything,'' 2008 * ''This is Where We Live,'' 2010 * ''Watch Me Disappear,'' 2017 * ''Pretty Things,'' 2020 * ''I'll Be You'', 2022 References External links www.janellebrown.com 1973 births Living people 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American women writers American fiction writers American women novelists University of California, Berkeley alumni {{US- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Random House
Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. The company has several independently managed subsidiaries around the world. It is part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. History Random House was founded in 1927 by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, two years after they acquired the Modern Library imprint from publisher Horace Liveright, which reprints classic works of literature. Cerf is quoted as saying, "We just said we were going to publish a few books on the side at random," which suggested the name Random House. In 1934 they published the first authorized edition of James Joyce's novel '' Ulysses'' in the Anglophone world. ''Ulysses'' transformed Random House into a formidable publisher over the next two decades. In 1936, it absorbed the firm of Smith and Haas—Robert Haas became the third partner until retiring and selling his share back to Cerf and Klopfer in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. Finke was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as being worth "millions of dollars", as well as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bookmarks
A bookmark is used to keep one's place in a printed work. It can also refer to: * Bookmark (digital), a pointer in a web browser and other software * ''Bookmarks'' (album) by Five for Fighting * ''Bookmarks'' (magazine), an American literary magazine * Bookmark (TV series), a BBC Two TV series * ''Bookmarks'' (TV program), an educational television show on Netflix * Bookmarks (bookshop), a socialist bookshop in London * Bookmark Biosphere Reserve, South Australia * Bookmarking, method of genetic communication * Enterprise bookmarking, a method of applying tags to data and content to improve enterprise search * Social bookmarking, a method for internet users to store, organize, and share links to web pages *Book Marks, a review aggregation website of Literary Hub * ''Bookmark'', a television show on PBS from 1989 to 1991 hosted by Lewis H. Lapham Lewis Henry Lapham (; born January 8, 1935) is an American writer. He was the editor of the American monthly ''Harper's Magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Library Journal
''Library Journal'' is an American trade publication for librarians. It was founded in 1876 by Melvil Dewey. It reports news about the library world, emphasizing public libraries, and offers feature articles about aspects of professional practice. It also reviews library-related materials and equipment. Each year since 2008, the Journal has assessed public libraries and awarded stars in their Star Libraries program. Its "Library Journal Book Review" does pre-publication reviews of several hundred popular and academic books each month. ''Library Journal'' has the highest circulation of any librarianship journal, according to Ulrich's—approximately 100,000. ''Library Journal's'' original publisher was Frederick Leypoldt, whose company became R. R. Bowker. Reed International (later merged into Reed Elsevier) purchased Bowker in 1985; they published ''Library Journal'' until 2010, when it was sold to Media Source Inc., owner of the Junior Library Guild and '' The Horn Book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booklist
''Booklist'' is a publication of the American Library Association that provides critical reviews of books and audiovisual materials for all ages. ''Booklist''s primary audience consists of libraries, educators, and booksellers. The magazine is available to subscribers in print and online. ''Booklist'' is published 22 times per year, and reviews over 7,500 titles annually. The ''Booklist'' brand also offers a blog, various newsletters, and monthly webinars. The ''Booklist'' offices are located in the American Library Association headquarters in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. History ''Booklist'', as an introduction from the American Library Association publishing board notes, began publication in January 1905 to "meet an evident need by issuing a current buying list of recent books with brief notes designed to assist librarians in selection." With an annual subscription fee of 50 cents, ''Booklist'' was initially subsidized by a $100,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkus Reviews
''Kirkus Reviews'' (or ''Kirkus Media'') is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus (1893–1980). The magazine is headquartered in New York City. ''Kirkus Reviews'' confers the annual Kirkus Prize to authors of fiction, nonfiction Nonfiction, or non-fiction, is any document or media content that attempts, in good faith, to provide information (and sometimes opinions) grounded only in facts and real life, rather than in imagination. Nonfiction is often associated with be ..., and young readers' literature. ''Kirkus Reviews'', published on the first and 15th of each month; previews books before their publication. ''Kirkus'' reviews over 10,000 titles per year. History Virginia Kirkus was hired by Harper & Brothers to establish a children's book department in 1926. The department was eliminated as an economic measure in 1932 (for about a year), so Kirkus left and soon established her own book review service. Initially, she arranged to ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Publishers Weekly
''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of Book Publishing and Bookselling". With 51 issues a year, the emphasis today is on book reviews. The magazine was founded by bibliographer Frederick Leypoldt in the late 1860s, and had various titles until Leypoldt settled on the name ''The Publishers' Weekly'' (with an apostrophe) in 1872. The publication was a compilation of information about newly published books, collected from publishers and from other sources by Leypoldt, for an audience of booksellers. By 1876, ''The Publishers' Weekly'' was being read by nine tenths of the booksellers in the country. In 1878, Leypoldt sold ''The Publishers' Weekly'' to his friend Richard Rogers Bowker, in order to free up time for his other bibliographic endeavors. Eventually the publication ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blossom Films
Blossom Films is a production company founded by American-born Australian actress Nicole Kidman in 2010. The first production by the company was the film '' Rabbit Hole'', based on the play of the same name by David Lindsay-Abaire. History In 2010, Kidman launched the production company Blossom Films together with Per Saari. The first project was '' Rabbit Hole'' starring Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest and Aaron Eckhart, followed by ''Monte Carlo'' starring Selena Gomez and Leighton Meester. The company also produced a film adaption of '' The Family Fang'' starring Jason Bateman and Kidman. In June 2018, Blossom films signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios for features, television series and digital content. Under the pact, Amazon and Kidman's Blossom Films will develop original series that will be available exclusively on Amazon Prime Video, as well as movies for theatrical release. Upcoming projects In May 2019, Hulu gave a straight-to-series order to the adaptation of ''Nin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Mary Kidman (born 20 June 1967) is an American and Australian actress and producer. Known for her work across various film and television productions from several genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and six Golden Globe Awards. Kidman began her acting career in Australia with the 1983 films '' Bush Christmas'' and '' BMX Bandits''. Her breakthrough came in 1989 with the thriller film ''Dead Calm'' and the miniseries ''Bangkok Hilton''. In 1990, she achieved international success with the action film '' Days of Thunder''. She received greater recognition with lead roles in '' Far and Away'' (1992), '' Batman Forever'' (1995), '' To Die For'' (1995) and '' Eyes Wide Shut'' (1999). For her portrayal of writer Virginia Woolf in the drama '' The Hours'' (2002), Kidman won the Academy Award for Best A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon (company)
Amazon.com, Inc. ( ) is an American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. It has been referred to as "one of the most influential economic and cultural forces in the world", and is one of the world's most valuable brands. It is one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Alphabet, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft. Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos from his garage in Bellevue, Washington, on July 5, 1994. Initially an online marketplace for books, it has expanded into a multitude of product categories, a strategy that has earned it the moniker ''The Everything Store''. It has multiple subsidiaries including Amazon Web Services (cloud computing), Zoox ( autonomous vehicles), Kuiper Systems (satellite Internet), and Amazon Lab126 (computer hardware R&D). Its other subsidiaries include Ring, Twitch, IMDb, and Whole Foods Market. Its acqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reed Morano
Reed Morano (born April 15, 1977) is an American film director and cinematographer. Morano was the first woman in history to win both the Emmy and Directors Guild Award for directing a drama series in the same year for the pilot episode of The Handmaid's Tale. Morano is known for her cinematography on feature films such as '' Frozen River'' (2008), '' Kill Your Darlings'' (2013) and ''The Skeleton Twins'' (2014). In 2013, Morano became the youngest member of the American Society of Cinematographers at that time, and one of only 14 women in an organization of approximately 345 active members. Two years later, she made her directorial debut with her critically acclaimed feature film '' Meadowland''. She also directed the first three episodes of Hulu's ''The Handmaid's Tale'', for which she won an Emmy Award. She also won a Directors Guild of America Award for directing a drama series for the episode "Offred" of ''The Handmaid's Tale'', which makes her the first woman to win the Emm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
