The Hollywood Reporter

April 14, 2016

8:30am PT by

Andy Lewis

'Transparent' Star Jeffrey Tambor's Memoir Coming Spring 2017

'Are You Anybody' will tell his story from a "fat kid with a lisp" to his award-winning turn as Maura Pfefferman.

The Bookmark

April 13, 2016

12:30pm PT by

Andy Lewis

TV Development

Hot Drama About Eccentric Magicians Scores Deal With Knopf, Paramount TV (Exclusive)

'Spoonbenders' follows a quirky family of magicians who lose and then regain their powers and are pursued by everyone from the CIA to the Mafia.

April 12, 2016

6:11pm PT by

Andy Lewis

3 Cool Books to Know This Week

First crushes, a teamster's moviemaking memoirs and a behind-the-scenes look at 'Hamilton' top the week.

April 12, 2016

2:13pm PT by

Andy Lewis

Beverly Cleary Turns 100: 8 Fun and Offbeat Things About the Children's Writer and Her Books

The 'Ramona Quimby' author once wrote 'Leave It to Beaver' tie-in novels, eloped because her parents didn't like her fiance and counts Amy Poehler as a fan.

April 12, 2016

8:17am PT by

THR Staff

Today

Rachel Dolezal Writing Book About Racial Identity

She says she has no regrets nearly a year after making headlines for lying about being black: "I'm still me, and nothing about that has changed."

April 11, 2016

6:20pm PT by

Andy Lewis

Michael Mann Finds Home for Book Imprint at HarperCollins

Up first from Michael Mann Books: a novel co-written with ‘The Cartel’ author Don Winslow.

April 11, 2016

5:30am PT by

Kate Stanhope

PBS

PBS' 'American Experience' Orders 1936 Olympics Documentary Ahead of Summer Games (Exclusive)

The telecast, which centers on the U.S. men's rowing team during the 1936 Games, will coincide with the Summer Olympics.

April 08, 2016

3:51pm PT by

Scott Feinberg

Academy Board of Governors Candidates Share Their Platforms (Updating)

THR is offering a forum for Academy members who intend to run for the board to share the platforms on which they are running.

April 08, 2016

11:29am PT by

Andy Lewis

O.J. Simpson Prosecutor Marcia Clark Signs With UTA (Exclusive)

The agency will represent the lawyer and author for film and television.

April 08, 2016

6:30am PT by

Andy Lewis

A Donald and Hillary Romance? Read Excerpts From 5 Wild Trump Fanfics

Clinton, Hitler and even Scooby-Doo feature in the imagined love life of the Republican presidential candidate.

April 07, 2016

11:07am PT by

Andy Lewis

White House-Set YA Novel 'When Audrey Met Alice' Optioned

The first daughter of today’s president finds the lost turn-of-the-century diary of Teddy Roosevelt's child.

April 07, 2016

9:00am PT by

Lesley Goldberg

'Walking Dead' Exclusive: See the First Page of Negan's Backstory

The 48-page story will be revealed with four pages per month as part of previews catalog "Image+."

April 06, 2016

10:30am PT by

Andy Lewis

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Tatiana Siegel

Rights Available! Twin Assumes the Life of Her Deceased Sister in New Novel

Helen Simonson's 'The Summer Before the War,' along with Chloe J. Esposito's 'Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know,' are both ripe for optioning.

April 05, 2016

3:11pm PT by

Andy Lewis

3 Cool Books to Know This Week

A history of burglaries over the last 2,000 years, the memoir of a middle-aged guy trying to reinvent himself as a techie and an L.A.-set thriller top the week.

April 01, 2016

5:00am PT by

Rebecca Ford

Big Book and Script Buys Don't Equal Big Box Office

A giant book deal and a big spec sale rocked March, but rich deals don't always translate into box-office hits.