Booksellers, Friends Raise Money for Ukraine
Mitchell Kaplan, owner of Books & Books bookstore chain in Miami, has launched HUBB (Helping Ukrainian Books and Booksellers) to support the Ukrainian literary community. Many of Kaplan’s literary friends are also joining in to help the effort, including translator and novelist Askold Melnyczuk from the University of Massachusetts, Boston; novelist Jane Unrue of Harvard’s Scholars and Artists at Risk Program; poet and memoirist Christopher Merrill, director of the University of Iowa International Writing Program; and poet and memoirist Carolyn Forche. HUBB has also received support from bookstores and booksellers, such as Brookline Booksmith in Brookline, MA; Bookends and Beginnings in Evanston, IL; and the Grolier Poetry Book Shop in Cambridge, MA. “When I heard just how devastating this war has been to its very rich literary community…I felt like supporting them was an undeniable undertaking that needed to happen,” Kaplan said. “We’re just beginning, but I feel a groundswell beginning and I know we can make a difference in so many brave souls‘ lives as they try to keep books and literature alive until the ravages of war are reversed.”
WandaVision‘s Spinoff Series Adds Patti LuPone in Mystery Role
Patti LuPone has joined the cast of Disney+’s WandaVision spinoff Agatha: Coven of Chaos in a mystery role. LuPone is a Tony Award-winning musical theater legend, and she joins the cast alongside Kathryn Hahn, who is reprising her WandaVision role as Agatha Harkness. Also starring in the new series are Aubrey Plaza, Joe Locke, and Emma Caulfield Ford. Coven of Chaos has yet to announce a premiere date, but it’s expected to debut in the winter of 2023-24 as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase 5 rollout.
Black Adam 2 Not Moving Forward as Part of New DC’s “First Chapter”
Actor Dwayne Johnson announced earlier this week that Black Adam 2 would not be moving forward. This news comes as new DC Studios runners James Gunn and Peter Safran work to reshape the entire DC slate. “James Gunn and I connected, and Black Adam will not be in their first chapter of storytelling,” Johnson wrote in a statement Tuesday. “However, DC and Seven Bucks have agreed to continue exploring the most valuable ways Black Adam can be utilized in future DC multiverse chapters.” Gunn has also shared that he can’t wait to collaborate with Johnson soon.
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