Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television producer. After appearing on the children's series Barney & Friends (2002–2004), she received wider recognition for her portrayal of Alex Russo on the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place, which aired from 2007 until 2012.
Gomez also starred in the films Another Cinderella Story (2008), Princess Protection Program (2009), Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009), Ramona and Beezus (2010), and Monte Carlo (2011). Thereafter, she focused on more mature roles in Spring Breakers (2012), Getaway (2013), The Fundamentals of Caring (2016), and The Dead Don't Die (2019). She voices the character of Mavis in the Hotel Transylvania film franchise, and serves as an executive producer of the Netflix television drama series 13 Reasons Why (2017–present) and the Netflix documentary series Living Undocumented (2019).
‘Dopesick’ Inspired By Creator Danny Strong’s Desire To Put Sackler Family On Trial – Contenders TV
deadline.comDanny Strong still remembers the anger he felt while researching the opioid crisis that would lead to the creation of Dopesick.
Before writing the Hulu limited series that would Michael Keaton and Kaitlyn Dever, Strong was shocked to learn how the Sackler family, the founders and owners of Purdue Pharma, caused “so much destruction to so many people and got away with it.”“It was so outrageous and their crimes so staggering, it enraged me,” said Strong at Deadline’s Contenders TV event at the Paramount Theatre.
The 10-episode series that’s streaming on Hulu takes a deep dive into the Sackler’s company that triggered the massive drug epidemic.“Ultimately, I just wanted to put the Sackler family on trial because they hadn’t been put on trial,” said Strong, who wrote and executive produced the limited series that’s inspired by the New York Times bestselling book of the same name by Beth Macy. “This could be the trial they haven’t gotten yet.
That was my original motivation. Oxycontin use has curtailed in U.S. somewhat, but now they’re using this same techniques internationally.
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