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Lisa Taddeo Shares a First Look at the Adaptation of Three Women

Author Lisa Taddeo has shared a first look at Showtime’s television adaptation of Three Women, based on her bestselling nonfiction book. Shailene Woodley stars as the character representing author Lisa Taddeo at the center of the story, with DeWanda Wise (She’s Gotta Have It) as Sloane, Betty Gilpin (GLOW) as Lina, and Gabrielle Creevy (In My Skin) as Maggie. You can also watch a teaser trailer for the upcoming series here.

Leslie Mann & Tim Robbins Exit The Power Amazon Drama Series

Leslie Mann and Tim Robbins have left Amazon Studios’ global thriller drama series The Power, based on the feminist sci-fi novel by Naomi Alderman. Due to Covid delays and rescheduling issues, Robbins and Mann have had to drop the project, and their scenes will be reshot. Both roles will be recast.

Akwaeke Emezi is Taking a Break from Writing

Yesterday, Akwaeke Emezi, author of The Death of Vivek Oji and most recently You Made A Fool of Death with Your Beauty, announced on Twitter that they will be taking a break from writing. “I’m taking a break to execute other worlds outside of books, and although I’ll return to books, I’ll be a different beast when I do,” they tweeted. “Thank you all so, so much for reading my work. All these books have always in (sic) service to you and I’m vv proud to give you a literal buffet of worlds to pick from.”

June 2022 Horoscopes and Book Recommendations

How is it June already? Here are your horoscopes and book recommendations for June 2022.