Chrissy Metz writes children’s book
“This is Us” star Chrissy Metz is teaming with partner Bradley Collins on a children’s book about parenting and religious faith.
Flamingo Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, announced Thursday that “When I Talk to God, I Talk About You” will be published
Feb. 14. According to Flamingo, the book is written in “simple, rhyming verse,” with illustrations by Lisa Fields.
“‘When I Talk to God, I Talk About You’ is a journey through the dream of raising a child and watching them grow right before your eyes all while supporting their unique path with love and guidance through a tender introduction to prayer,” Metz and Collins said in a statement.
Metz is also the author of the bestselling memoir “This is Me.” She has been seeing Collins, a Nashvillebased songwriter and creative community advocate, since 2020.
Tarantino, Avary plot a film podcast:
Long before Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary won an Oscar for co-writing “Pulp Fiction,” they were just a couple of cinephiles working at a video rental store in Manhattan Beach, California, discussing and recommending movies and becoming the filmmakers they were meant to be.
Now almost 40 years after meeting at Video Archives in 1983, Tarantino and Avary are revisiting that pivotal moment and the films that made them with the Video Archives Podcast, a new venture from Siriusxm’s Stitcher premiering this summer. The company said Thursday that on each episode Tarantino and Avary will rewatch and discuss movies culled from the
original Video Archives library.
“We never imagined that 30 years after we worked together behind the counter at Video Archives, we would be together again doing the exact same thing we did back then: talking passionately about movies on VHS,” Tarantino and Avary said in a joint statement.
When Video Archives went out of business, Tarantino bought its
inventory and essentially re-created the store in his home. He once estimated that it was close to 8,000 video tapes and DVDS.
The Video Archives Podcast will be available this summer on Stitcher, the SXM App, Pandora and other podcast platforms.
Halsey can release single:
Capitol Music announced its “support” for Halsey on social media Tuesday, after the singer posted on Tiktok last week that the
label was preventing the release of Halsey’s new single, “So Good.”
“Halsey, we love you and are here to support you,” tweeted the label, noting it was “committing” to dropping the song Thursday.
It wasn’t long before Halsey, 27, responded via Twitter on Tuesday.
“I didn’t expect so much conversation about this record, all I know is that I wanted you guys to hear it and now you can,” the singer wrote. “So Good, song on June 9th and video the next day.”
June 3 birthdays: Actor Irma P. Hall is 87. Singer Eddie Holman is 76. Actor Penelope Wilton is 76. Singer Deniece Williams is 71. Actor Scott Valentine is 64. Singer Mike Gordon is 57. Journalist Anderson Cooper is 55. Singer Lyfe Jennings is 44. Actor Nikki M. James is 41. Actor Josh Segarra is 36. Actor Anne Winters is 28.