Michael Schaub

6 days ago | kirkusreviews.com | Michael Schaub

E.B. White’s The Trumpet of the Swan is headed to the big screen again. HarperCollins Productions and Hobie Films are developing an animated movie based on White’s popular children’s book, the companies announced in a news release. The screenplay for the film adaptation will be written by David Guion and Michael Handelman.

6 days ago | kirkusreviews.com | Michael Schaub

Kerry Kennedy will tell the life story of her mother, Ethel Kennedy, in a new biography. HarperOne will publish Kerry Kennedy’s Ethel: Faith, Hope, Family, and an Extraordinary American Life next fall, the press announced in a news release.

6 days ago | kirkusreviews.com | Michael Schaub

President Donald Trump fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden via email on Thursday, with no reason given for her dismissal, the Associated Press reports. Hayden received an email from the White House Presidential Personnel Office reading, “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as the Librarian of Congress is terminated effective immediately.

1 week ago | kirkusreviews.com | Michael Schaub

Susan Lucci will take a look back at her life and career in a new memoir. Blackstone will publish the actor’s La Lucci, co-written with Laura Morton, next year, the press announced in a news release. It says the book “explores Susan’s journey through love, joy, reinvention, and resilience in the face of profound loss—both personal and professional.”Lucci had bit roles in films and television series before being cast as Erica Kane in the soap opera All My Children.

1 week ago | kirkusreviews.com | Michael Schaub

Michael Sheen and Eva Longoria will star in a film adaptation of James Patterson and Ted Safran’s The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days of Christmas, Variety reports. Sheen, known for his roles in films including Frost/Nixon, The Queen, and Midnight in Paris, will play Henry in the film, titled The 12 Days of Christmas, while Longoria (The Young and the Restless, Desperate Housewives) will star as Mariana, an animal protection worker investigating the family.