Aaron Sorkin’s attempt to “Aaron Sorkin-ize” the classic novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” for Broadway is not going as planned. The New York Times reported Thursday that Harper Lee’s estate is suing Sorkin for deviating from the novel’s original plot. The New York Times reports: “In a complaint filed Tuesday in federal court in Alabama,…
This week brought the 2018 Oscar nominations, the single best outcome of which is that now everyone has good reason to use the brilliant photo, above, of nominee Agnes Varda eating an Oscar statuette. It’s applicable in every situation. Angry at the establishment? Consider munching on an Oscar. Trying to figure out who you want…
It’s shaping up to be a Jew-ish year at the Oscars, with chosen nominees in several of the major categories. But the recognition for other minority and oppressed groups — surprise attention in the top categories for “The Big Sick,” “Get Out,” and “Lady Bird” alongside the very Jewish “Call Me By Your Name” —…
Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin had an epiphany of sorts over the weekend. He announced at an industry event that he could not believe people who aren’t white men face obstacles in Hollywood. Did he really only just notice this, one wonders? Without entering his mind — a superpower that eludes this Sisterhood Editor — it’s impossible…
Aaron Sorkin was reportedly shocked to learn that people who are not men, and who are not white, have a more difficult time getting their projects produced. During the Writers Guild Festival on Saturday, Variety reported that Sorkin allegedly expressed “disbelief” when he was asked about the challenges minorities and women face in Hollywood. “Are…
Aaron Sorkin had politics on his mind during Sunday’s Writers Guild of America Awards. The “The West Wing” creator took to the stage to accept the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement, and had some choice words about the current administration. “We’ve been told that as coastal elites we’re something less than real…
After Donald Trump won the presidential election Tuesday night, “The West Wing” and “Newsroom” creator Aaron Sorkin penned a powerful open letter to his wife and daughter. The note, which appeared in full on Vanity Fair, began by lamenting the win of an “incompetent pig with dangerous ideas” and discussing the repercussions that may follow….
Last night’s Golden Globes was perhaps the Jewiest in recent memory and as the fashion police are out in full force today, we thought we’d do a roundup of the best Jewish moments of the night. Here are our favorites, for better or for worse, moments in no particular order: • Aziz Ansari stole the…
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