Fred Wasser

Jul 31, 2024 | indyweek.com | Fred Wasser

Paul Green was a literary giant. A lifelong native of North Carolina, he became a cultural force—a nationally known playwright, fiction writer, essayist, and teacher who was prominent in the first half of the 20th century. Yet, he’s largely forgotten today.

Jun 26, 2024 | indyweek.com | Fred Wasser

Stephanie Clare Smith: Everywhere the Undrowned: A Memoir of Survival and Imagination | UNC Press, January 2024 I have at least one thing in common with North Carolina–based writer Stephanie Clare Smith: we share a fascination with Harry Houdini, the great magician, escape artist—and keeper of secrets. “Harry Houdini said that his audience never saw the hours of torturous self-training it took to overcome fear and master the illusion,” Smith writes in her new memoir.

Jan 23, 2024 | wfit.org | Fred Wasser

From the race drama In the Heat of the Night to the musical Fiddler on the Roof, Canadian-born director Norman Jewison defied categorization. He has died at the age of 97. Jewison started his career in television. He was producing and directing a TV special when he caught the attention of actor Tony Curtis. "You do nice work, kid," Curtis recalled in his 2005 autobiography.

Jan 23, 2024 | laist.com | Alexei Koseff |Joel Rose |Fred Wasser

Topline: Campaigning for the Oscars is a tale almost as old as the award’s ceremony itself. Why it matters: Today, it's typical for studios to shell out millions of dollars on billboards, magazine ads, and orchestrated Q+A screenings as a way to sway the thousands of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voters their way. It was the 1999 award season that completely changed the game.

Jan 22, 2024 | tpr.org | Fred Wasser

Norman Jewison has died. He directed a number of celebrated classics, including In The Heat Of The Night, Moonstruck and the musical adaptations of Fiddler on the Roof and Jesus Christ Superstar. Copyright 2024 NPR