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Who is Rebecca Blunt? Pseudonymous Mystery Solved!

It’s Rebecca Blunt’s birthday today… but who is Rebecca Blunt? 

Logan Lucky, directed by Steven Soderbergh, premiered in 2017. It follows Channing Tatum and Adam Driver as they play two brothers who attempt to rob a racetrack in North Carolina. The movie, which also stars Riley Keough and Daniel Craig, received critical acclaim for its screenplay, which was credited as written by “Rebecca Blunt.”read more.

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Judy Blume Makes a Career Out of Empathy

Today is Judy Blume’s birthday!

The beloved author of children’s and young adult novels has written over 30 books — which also include non-fiction and works for older adults — and earned over 90 literary awards throughout her prolific career. 

Judy wrote her first book, The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo, in 1969 when she was 31 years old.read more.

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Gurinder Chadha: Directing Multicultural Feminist Dramedies

Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley in Gurinder Chadha's Bend it Like Beckham.
From 1990 to the present day, Gurinder Chadha has built a prolific career as a director and screenwriter.
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FF2 Congratulates Ann Hui on her AMPAS Directors Branch Appointment

Ann Hui, award-winning filmmaker from Hong Kong, is one of the women added to the AMPAS Directors Branch this month. Our Time Will Come is her new feature. Here’s what we think!

FF2’s Managing Editor Brigid K. Presecky:

Director Ann Hui’s third feature goes on an atypical journey with “Lan,” (Zhou Xun) a quiet leader who takes on an important role in Japanese-occupied Hong Kong during the 1940s.… read more.

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