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Explained: Elon Musk’s ‘pay for Twitter blue tick’ row
Fp Explainers •The blue tick indicating a verified account may soon come for a price. Elon Musk, who took complete control of Twitter, is planning on charging people — anywhere between $4.99 and $19.99 a month — to retain their checkmark. The move has unsurprisingly angered people on the platform
Lisey's Story review: Julianne Moore's Apple TV+ show is a clumsy attempt at generating horror through loss and death
Pratishrutiganguly •This Stephen King adaptation is a yawn-fest with brief fangirl moments when Moore appears on screen.
Stephen King's Christine to get new feature film adaptation; Bryan Fuller to pen screenplay, direct
Fp Staff •Stephen King's novel was previously adapted into a 1983 feature film, starring Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky and Harry Dean Stanton.
Stephen King on adapting his favourite novel Lisey's Story for Apple TV+, and responsibility shouldered by horror creators
•"Ordinarily, I send my novels off the way you send a kid to college. You hope they do well, but you’re hands-off. But if you're in it, you're going to be in it all the way."
The Julianne Moore interview | 'To find the reality of your character in a supernatural story is exciting, challenging'
Devanshsharma •Julianne Moore talks about her new supernatural show Lisey's Story, translating Stephen King's favourite novel to screen, and why she thinks psychological dramas are therapeutic.
The JJ Abrams interview | 'Stephen King adapting Lisey's Story himself gave us the confidence we could pull this off'
Devanshsharma •JJ Abrams talks about producing the Apple TV+ adaptation of Stephen King's favourite novel, his association with the author, and choosing Pablo Larrain and Julianne Moore as collaborators.
Apple TV+ series Lisey’s Story, based on Stephen King's novel and starring Julianne Moore, to premiere on 4 June
Fp Staff •Lisey’s Story will premiere on Apple TV+ on 4 June with the first two episodes, followed by new episodes every Friday.
Margaret Atwood, John Grisham among writers who will contribute to a new novel around the COVID-19 pandemic
•The story is set on a Manhattan rooftop in 2020 as the virus spreads worldwide and the rich are fleeing the city.
16 international titles to watch for in March: A lowdown on the best fiction and non-fiction books for the month
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Later book review: Stephen King delivers a gory mix of crime and horror in his latest whodunnit thriller
•Published under the Hard Case Crime imprint, which also distributed The Colorado Kid (2005) and Joyland (2013) — Later is narrated by 22-year-old Jamie, looking back on his formative years. He begins his story at age six, when he first figured out he could see and talk to the dead.