Novelist Leonard suffered stroke
Acclaimed crime novelist Elmore Leonard is recovering at a hospital following a stroke last week.
Leonard’s longtime researcher, Gregg Sutter, said Tuesday that family members are guardedly optimistic about the 87-year-old author’s condition. Leonard lives in suburban Detroit. He has written 45 Westerns, crime novels and mysteries. Sutter says Leonard has been at work on No. 46.
Many of his books — notably “Out of Sight,” “Get Shorty” and “Be Cool” — have been adapted as films. “Life of Crime,” based on Leonard’s “The Switch,” is to be screened next week at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Leonard was given an honorary National Book Award last year.
Galavis next ‘Bachelor’
What Juan Pablo Galavis lacked in airtime on “The Bachelorette,” he made up in popularity among viewers.
Now the former pro soccer player will be ABC’s next “Bachelor,” where 25 women begin the show vying for his heart.
The 32-year-old was born in Ithaca,
Ifill, Woodruff to co-host ‘Hour’
“PBS NewsHour” has named Gwen Ifill N.Y., but moved to Venezuela when he was 2. He returned to the U.S. to play college soccer and then went pro.
“Bachelorette” Desiree Hartsock rejected Galavis, sending him home on the show’s sixth episode.
“I’m really excited. I hope he finds the love of his life,” she said in an interview Tuesday.
Galavis has a young daughter named
Camila. and Judy Woodruff as co-anchors and co-managing editors of the weeknight broadcast.
The network said Tuesday that the Washingtonbased If i ll and Woodruff will share anchor duties Mondays through Thursdays. Each Friday, Woodruff will anchor solo as Ifill continues to host “Washington Week” that evening.
Hari Sreenivasan will serve as senior correspondent of the “NewsHour,” along with his duties anchoring the New Yorkbased “PBS NewsHour Weekend” on Saturdays and Sundays starting Sept 7.
In recent years, the “NewsHour” has had rotating teams of anchors who included Ifill and Woodruff.
The announcements were made at a session of the Television Critics Association.