Tarantino lands deal for film books
Oscar-winning director Quentin Tarantino has a two-book deal with Harper, beginning with a novelization of “Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood” that is scheduled for next summer.
“Once Upon a Time” will be a true Tarantino production: Thebook will come out first as a massmarket paperback, like the old pulp novels the film maker loves, and will offer “a fresh, playful and shocking departure fromthe film,” according to Harper.
“In the ’70s, movie novelizations were the first adult books I grewup reading,” Tarantino said in a statement Tuesday. “And to this day, Ihave a tremendous amount of affection for the genre. So as amovie-novelization aficionado, I’m proud to announce ‘Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood’ asmy contribution to this often marginalized, yet beloved sub-genre in literature.”
Tarantino’s second book will be the nonfiction “Cinema Speculation,” which Harper is calling “a deep dive into themovies of the 1970s” that draws in part on the director’s admiration for the late New Yorker critic Pauline Kael. Are lease date has not been determined.
Swift’s catalog sold again:
Ayear-and-a-half after a public fight between multiplatinum artist Taylor Swift and music mogul Scooter Braun made headlines, Braun’s It hac a Holdings has sold the master rights to Swift’s first six studio albums.
Newowner Shamrock Capital paid over$300 million for the rights to Swift’s master recordings stretching back to2006.
In a statement posted to social media, Swift, 30, slammed the transaction and Braun, writing that she andher team hadbeen attempting tobuy back her music.
In a separate letter to
three of the new owner’s partners, Swift wrote that she “was thrilled” when she first heard of Shamrock’s acquisition but felt different after learning that Braun and Ithaca would continue to earn income even after the sale. As a result, she will proceed with her plans to re-record the albums as away to circumvent the rights issues.
Songrieves Eddie Van Halenin song tribute:
Wolf gang Van Halen, bassist for the band Van Halen and son of the late Eddie Van Halen, released his first solo song and its accompanying music video Monday.
Van Halen wrote “Distance” while his father was battling throat cancer and recorded the track under then ame Mammoth WVH. The accompanying video was stitched together
from home videos of Eddie Van Halen meeting, loving and raising his only son.
“While the song is incredibly personal, I think anyone can relate to the idea of having a profound loss in their life,” Wolfgang Van Halen, 29, wrote in a YouTube caption.
Eddie Van Halen died at 65 in early October. All proceeds from “Distance” will go to his favorite charity, the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation.
Nov. 18birthdays: Actor Brenda Vaccaro is 81. Actor Linda Evans is 78. Comedian Kevin Nealon is 67. Actor Oscar Nunez is 62. Actor Elizabeth Perkins is 60. Actor Owen Wilson is 52. Actor Mike Epps is 50. Actor Mekia Cox is 39. Comedian Nasim Pedrad is 39. Designer Christian Siriano is 35. Actor Nathan Kress is 28.