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"Kevin Kwan's heart was pounding... the author of the breakout 2013 novel 'Crazy Rich Asians' was in his Manhattan home, on a conference call with the producers of the planned film adaptation and its director, Jon M. Chu, along with their legal teams, about 22 people in all. They had a massive decision to make. Warner had outbid other traditional studios with a distribution offer for Crazy Rich Asians a week earlier. But Netflix had come in hot, dangling complete artistic freedom, a greenlighted trilogy and seven-figure-minimum paydays for each stakeholder, upfront. Warners came back with not so much a counteroffer as an ultimatum, giving the filmmakers just 15 minutes to pick an option. Co-producer Nina Jacobson spoke up: 'We're going to go with whatever Kevin and Jon want to do.'"
When John Chu and Kevin Kwan Shunned Netflix's Offer For Crazy Rich Asians

Alice Bolin on "The Ethics of Highbrow and Lowbrow in the New True Crime Boom" 

I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s almost 4 years ago—and no one is ever prepared to hear those words. I’m generally a private person, sharing this with the world is a daunting thing to do. Still. Here we are. I’m healthy, I’m determined, and I’m grateful. @jessiemaltin @alanalda https://t.co/sQA08VSqFB

— Leonard Maltin (@leonardmaltin) August 1, 2018

"We were on a beautiful rooftop in New York and playing the kind of music we were dancing to in the scene so they whole crew felt a little bit like we were at a party. The transition from the goofy dancing to the slow dancing, to watch Claire find those moments of them looking at each other in such an already-romantic setting. Obviously, the pizza scene was fun, seeing the two of them as they were literally inhaling pizza at a rate I’d never seen in my human life."

Amy Nicholson and Katie Silberman Conspire To Resurrect The Rom-Com

“A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals, and you know it.”

~ Ed Solomon, Men in Black

Next Tuesday night THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY is coming to MOVIES ON THE RIVER. Watch this classic British crime film on the Thames – right where its most iconic scenes were shot. https://t.co/zUjbGxhiSa pic.twitter.com/k1XWvdK2He

— Time Out Film (@TimeOutFilm) August 1, 2018

"John Cleese should stop moaning. Comedy has moved on from the Pythons"