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When it comes to young adult literature, there are few books as universally beloved and influential for preteen girls as “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” Judy Blume’s seminal 1970 novel. Tackling everything from boys to periods to religion, “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” was a groundbreaking exploration of so-called taboo topics that plague all young girls.

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Beverly D’Angelo, Dennis Haysbert, Nicole Richie & Josh Peck Set For ‘Summer Camp’ Comedy

EXCLUSIVE: Beverly D’Angelo (National Lampoon’s Vacation), Dennis Haysbert (Far from Heaven), Nicole Richie (Bless This Mess) and Josh Peck (How I Met Your Father) are among the newest additions to the indie comedy Summer Camp from writer-director Castille Landon (After franchise).

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Judy Blume Says Book Banning In US “Worse Than 1980s – It’s Become Political”

Author Judy Blume says she worries about intolerance in the US, following the removal in schools of some of her novels.

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Chris Rock calls out Oscars for snubbing Adam Sandler: ‘F–king a–holes’

tribute speech in honor of his friend Adam Sandler being awarded this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the comedian called out the Oscars for snubbing the “Uncut Gems” star.“I’ve known this guy for 30 years,” Rock, 58, said of Sandler, 56, during his speech from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.“The Oscars, you know, they’re f–king a–holes,” he continued. “And if they don’t want to give my man his props, we will tonight.”Rock appeared to be referencing Sandler’s lack of a nomination for his role as New York City jeweler Howard Ratner in the 2019 film, “Uncut Gems.” Sandler’s role was highly praised, with some even calling it the “finest” performance in his entire career — including The Post.The movie grossed over $500 million domestically on a $19 million budget, according to box office stats.Along with glowing reviews, it even scored an award from the USA National Board of Review as a “top ten film.”However, the Josh and Benny Safdie-directed film was not nominated for any Oscars.In response to the snub, Sandler tweeted out a message at the time, writing, “Bad news: Sandman gets no love from the Academy.

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Eugene Levy Set For ‘Summer Camp’ Comedy With Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates & Alfre Woodard

EXCLUSIVE: Schitt’s Creek alum Eugene Levy is heading to Summer Camp. The four-time Emmy winner will play Diane Keaton’s love interest in the comedy also set to star Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard.

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‘Matlock’: Jason Ritter Joins Cast Of CBS Reboot Pilot

Jason Ritter is set as a lead opposite Kathy Bates in CBS’ drama pilot Matlock, a new take on the classic legal TV drama that starred Andy Griffith. The new show comes from Jane the Virgin creator Jennie Snyder Urman and NCIS: Los Angeles star Eric Christian Olsen. Ritter rounds out the series regular cast for the pilot. In addition to Bates and Marshall, he joins previously announced Skye P. Marshall, David Del Rio and Leah Lewis.

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Publicist Jillian Roscoe Opens Birch Public Relations

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Publicist Jillian Roscoe has launched Birch Public Relations. Her clients include Donald Glover, Melissa Rauch, Gerard Butler, John Cho, Jeremy Allen White, James Marsden, Judy Greer, Jesse Garcia, Mandy Moore, Sharon Horgan, David Duchovny, Lake Bell, Jim Parsons, Fred Armisen, Ty Burrell, Ben Schwartz, Jesse Tyler Ferugson, Kemp Powers and Hannah Fidell, among others. Roscoe was previously a senior vice president at ID PR. She left that firm — run by Kelly Bush and Mara Buxbaum — after 20 years last month. Publicists Rachel Karten and Lindsay Krug recently announced the formation of their company, Origin Public Relations, after also leaving ID in early February after 16 years with the company.

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Publicists Rachel Karten and Lindsay Krug Launch Origin Public Relations (EXCLUSIVE)

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Former ID PR publicists Rachel Karten and Lindsay Krug have launched their own firm, Origin Public Relations. Their client roster already includes Kathy Bates, Hannah Einbinder, Tracee Ellis Ross, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kumail Nanjiani, Emily Hampshire, D’Arcy Carden, Gillian Jacobs, Uzo Aduba, Abbi Jacobson, Christopher Storer, Jen Statsky, Andrea Savage, Busy Philipps, Ilana Glazer, Chris Estrada, Martha Plimpton, Lennon Parham, Jessica St. Clair, Liam James, May Calamawy, Michaela Watkins, Annabel Oakes, Jillian Bell, Abe Sylvia, Katy Mixon and Ellen Rapoport. Karten and Krug left ID PR — founded by power player Kelly Bush Novak in 1993 — in early February after 16 years with the company. “We are grateful to ID for their guidance and mentorship over the past 16 years. We are thrilled to be launching our own publicity firm and embark on this next chapter of our careers,” Karten and Krug told Variety in a joint statement shorting after announcing their departures.

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‘Matlock’: Skye P. Marshall Joins Kathy Bates In CBS Pilot

EXCLUSIVE: Skye P. Marshall has been tapped as a lead opposite Kathy Bates in CBS’ drama pilot Matlock, a new take on the classic legal TV drama starring Andy Griffith, which comes from Jane the Virgin creator Jennie Snyder Urman and NCIS: Los Angeles star Eric Christian Olsen.

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2023 Berlin Prize Winner ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ Acquired By Sony Pictures Classics

Sony Pictures Classics has picked up all rights in North America, Latin America and European Europe (excluding Hungary) to the Ilker Çatak drama The Teachers’ Lounge, which won both the Europa Cinemas Label award and the CICAE Arthouse Cinema award at this year’s Berlin Film Festival.

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Sony Pictures Classics Buys ‘Miracle Club,’ Starring Laura Linney, Maggie Smith

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all rights in the U.S., Latin America, and select territories in Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe to “The Miracle Club.” Directed by Thaddeus O’Sullivan, the film stars Laura Linney, Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates and Agnes O’Casey. The Dublin-shot film centers on four Dublin women who come together on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Lourdes in France, where they discover the solidarity in their friendship and unveil their own personal miracles. Produced by Chris Curling, Joshua Maurer and Larry Bass, the film was shot throughout 2022 and is currently in post-production. “The Miracle Club” reunites its leading actresses and Sony Pictures Classics, with all three having starred in previous films released by the distributor, including Linney in “Jindabyne” (2006) and “Driving Lessons” (2006), Smith in the titular role of “The Lady in the Van” (2015), and Bates in “Love Liza” (2002) and “Midnight in Paris” (2011).

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Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates & Alfre Woodard Set For Castille Landon Comedy ‘Summer Camp’

EXCLUSIVE: Diane Keaton (Book Club: The Next Chapter), Kathy Bates (Richard Jewell) and Alfre Woodard (The Gray Man) have locked deals to star in the feature comedy Summer Camp, which Castille Landon (After franchise) is directing from her own script.

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Kat Coiro To Direct & Exec Produce CBS’ ‘Matlock’ Reboot Pilot

EXCLUSIVE: Kat Coiro (Marry Me) has been tapped to direct and executive produce CBS’ Matlock pilot, a gender-swap reboot of the classic legal drama starring Kathy Bates, from Jennie Snyder Urman and Eric Christian Olsen.

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AnnaSophia Robb, Star of Netflix’s ‘Rebel Ridge,’ Joins Kathy Bates, John Malkovich in ‘Thelma’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor AnnaSophia Robb has joined Kathy Bates, John Malkovich, Tim Blake Nelson, Stephen Root and Lewis Pullman in the cast of “Thelma.” The Exchange is selling the film at Berlin’s European Film Market. Robb starred in Hulu’s Emmy-winning series “The Act,” Hulu’s “Little Fires Everywhere” and HBO Max’s “The Carrie Diaries,” and is toplining Netflix’s upcoming “Rebel Ridge.” “Thelma” tells the true story of the 11-year battle by the mother of John Kennedy Toole, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of “A Confederacy of Dunces,” to get his novel published after his suicide.

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Damon Wayans & Damon Wayans Jr. Father/Son Comedy Gets Pilot Order At CBS

CBS has made its first comedy pilot order this season, and it went to the network’s script with the highest-profile talent pairing attached, Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. Four months after Deadline broke the news of the father-son project being in development at CBS, the multi-camera comedy, co-written by the elder Wayans and former Last Man Standing executive producer Kevin Hench, remains untitled.

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CBS Orders Pilots For ‘The Good Wife’ Spinoff ‘Elsbeth’ Starring Carrie Preston & ‘Matlock’ Reboot With Kathy Bates, Writers Rooms For ‘The Pact’ & ‘Watson’

The decline in broadcast pilots continues. CBS has ordered its fewest drama pilots ever in a pilot season, two. Also part of a trend, both are based on IP from established auspices and big-name talent already attached — Robert and Michelle King’s Elsbeth starring Carrie Preston, a police procedural spinoff from the Kings’ The Good Wife/Good Fight universe, and Matlock, a gender swap reboot of the classic legal drama starring Kathy Bates, from Jennie Snyder Urman and Eric Christian Olsen.

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Are You There God? It's Me Margaret first official trailer: Rachel McAdams and Kathy Bates star

The first official trailer for the highly anticipated film version of Judy Blume's beloved book Are You There God? It's Me Margaret was shared on Thursday.In the clip Hollywood heavyweights Rachel McAdams, 44, and Kathy Bates, 74, are seen bantering. The coming-of-age adaptation also introduces 14-year-old newcomer Abby Ryder Fortson as Margaret.The two-minute-long promotional preview opens with a nod to the novel - which was originally published in 1970 - as a subtitle reads: 'For over 50 years one iconic book has connected generations.' New role: Rachel McAdams stars in the new trailer for Are You There God? It's Me Margaret alongside newcomer Abby Ryder Fortson It continues, 'Now it's finally coming to the big screen,' as it simultaneously hones in on a private moment in which Fortson's character Margaret sheepishly reviews her reflection in a full-length mirror. Fortson is heard in a voiceover reciting the eponymous line, 'Are you there God? It's me, Margaret.'Next she sits in an auditorium with her classmates as they settle in for a health class focusing on their 'changing bodies.' Icon: Hollywood heavyweight Kathy Bates also shines in the new teaser, released by Lionsgate Her role: Rachel plays Barbara Simon, 11-year-old Margaret's mother in the forthcoming featureThe pre-teens are visibly perturbed as they learn about puberty and menstrual cycles via a presentation on a projector.While b-roll from various scenes flash across the screen, the voiceover continues with Margaret pleading, 'Please, just do this one thing for me.'The main character is then shown on her knees with her hands in prayer position as she prays, 'Just let me be normal and regular like everybody else.

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'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret': Everything We Know About the Adaptation of Judy Blume's Book

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret—'s seminal coming-of-age novel.In the 50 years since it was first published, the book has become a cultural touchpoint. It's often referred to as the novel about as a young girl—from groan-inducing sex-ed presentations to the “Mom, I need a bra!” conversation.

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‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ Trailer: Rachel McAdams, Benny Safdie & Abby Ryder Fortson Star In Judy Blume’s Classic Coming-Of-Age Adaptation

How can an 11-year-old overcome the scary and uncertain time that is adolescence? Judy Blume’s 1970 novel “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” explores topics that generations of young women have faced. After decades in print, the beloved classic is getting the big-screen treatment.

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Charlamagne tha God poses with Judy Blume, 84, at screening of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Charlamagne tha God teamed up with young adult author Judy Blume on Wednesday at a screening of the upcoming film adaptation of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret? in New York City.The 84-year-old writer wrapped an arm around the 44-year-old radio show host during a screening event held at the Crosby Street Hotel.The Breakfast Club co-host beamed while posing next to Judy who read a chapter from her classic 1970 novel before joining NBC's Jenna Bush Hager, 41, for a fireside chat. Classic novel: Charlamagne tha God teamed up with young adult author Judy Blume on Wednesday at a screening of the upcoming film adaptation of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret? in New York CityThe film's star Abby Ryder Fortson, 14, also was in attendance along with co-star Benny Safdie, director Kelly Fremon Craig and producer James L.

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Alan Arkin, Kathy Bates and Teyana Taylor join Casey Affleck and Marisa Tomei in The Smack

The cast of the new indie thriller The Smack has gotten even bigger, with Oscar winners Alan Arkin and Kathy Bates signing on with Teyana Taylor.They will join a cast that already includes Casey Affleck, Marisa Tomei, Isabel May and Yul Vasquez, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Production is slated to being this fall in Los Angeles, though no release date has been planned at this time. Alan: The cast of the new indie thriller The Smack has gotten even bigger, with Oscar winners Alan Arkin and Kathy Bates signing on with Teyana Taylor Kathy: They will join a cast that already includes Casey Affleck, Marisa Tomei, Isabel May and Yul Vasquez, according to The Hollywood Reporter Teyana: Production is slated to being this fall in Los Angeles, though no release date has been planned at this time The film is an adaptation of the 2017 novel of the same name by Richard Lange, which follows a con man character played by Affleck.He meets an up and coming grifter played by Taylor, who ultimately team up and head to L.A. to pull off the biggest con of their lives. They soon realize that they aren't the only ones after the big payday, with a hoard of other swindlers in the mix including Marisa Tomei's character, the ex of Affleck's character.