Taylor Swift Debuts Folksy Where the Crawdads Sing Soundtrack Song ‘Carolina’
Taylor Swift has just released a new single called “Carolina,” which will make an appearance in the movie adaptation of Where the Crawdads Sing. The folksy, gothic song is available to purchase on most music streaming platforms. Where the Crawdads Sing is based on the 2018 bestselling novel by Delia Owens, and was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick. Witherspoon then optioned it for film and is a producer of the movie, which will be out in theaters on July 15.
Former Chronicle Reporter Signs Deal With Jamie Lee Curtis On Paradise Fire Movie
Lizzie Johnson, the author of Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire, has just signed a deal to adapt her book on the Camp Fire into a film, with Jamie Lee Curtis’s company to produce, along with Blumhouse Productions. Drawn from Johnson’s extensive coverage of the event and aftermath while working for the San Francisco Chronicle, the book has been praised for being extensively researched and respectfully written to honor the victims who lost their lives, homes, and livelihoods.
‘I Felt Very Unsafe’: Parents Speak Out After Proud Boys Show Up At Children’s Library Event
In Wilmington, North Carolina, the hate group known as Proud Boys showed up at the Pine Valley Library during their special Pride story time event to protest what they claimed was tax dollars funding “pornography and drag queens.” While there were peaceful protestors outside of the library, the Proud Boys entered the library and were disruptive and intimidating to staff and patrons. Sheriff deputies had to be dispatched to the library to prevent the Proud Boys from entering the story time room, and one parent said she “felt very unsafe” while attending with her one-year-old child.
Librarian Vandalizes 2 Public Libraries, Spray Painting “Groomer”: Book Censorship News for June 24, 2022
Pride story times and book displays continue to be attacked and dismantled across the country.