Actor Will Smith to Release Memoir This November
Two-time Academy Award-nominated actor Will Smith is releasing his first memoir on November 9, 2021. In a video announcement on Instagram, Smith revealed that his upcoming memoir will be entitled Will, and it will be published by Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House. The actor said in his video, “I’ve been working on it for the past two years and it is finally ready.” He also revealed the book’s cover, which was designed by New Orleans-based visual artist Brandan “BMike” Odums. Smith will also be narrating the audiobook version of his memoir.
Katie Couric Announces In-Person Tour for Her Memoir Going There
Since 2020, promotional events for books have remained mostly virtual, but for the promotion of her upcoming memoir Going There, journalist Katie Couric is planning a book tour that would be more of a return to the pre-pandemic world. Today, Little, Brown and Company and Live Nation announced that Katie Couric would be going on an 11-city tour, starting two days after the release of her memoir on October 28 at Boston’s Orpheum Theatre. Couric said in a statement, “Given the challenging period we’ve been through, I’m so excited to be out in the world, creating a sense of community and a place where we can all get together for meaningful conversations, and have some fun, too.”
Nicholas Braun and Emilia Jones Starring in Adaptation of Hit New Yorker Story “Cat Person”
“Cat Person,” the hit New Yorker short story by Kristen Roupenian, is getting a film adaptation. The psychological thriller will star Nicholas Braun (Succession) and Emilia Jones (Locke & Key) and will be directed by Susanna Fogel. The 2017 short story was the year’s most downloaded fiction published in The New Yorker and one of the most widely read pieces overall that year. “Using Kristen’s excruciatingly well-observed short story about the horrors of dating as the jumping off point for an actual genre film, Cat Person will explore the hellscape of modern romance and the idea that we have all been the villain in someone else’s story, and the victim in others,” said director Susanna Fogel, who has previously directed films such as Booksmart and The Spy Who Dumped Me. Cat Person will be produced by Imperative Entertainment’s Jeremy Steckler, in association with 30WEST.
What Batman Doesn’t Do
Recently, Twitter blew up when the news broke that there was sexy business between Batman and Catwoman that was removed because, according to DC, “heroes don’t do that.”