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After Seeing ‘Devil Wears Prada,’ Anna Wintour Didn’t Remember Former Assistant Who Wrote Novel
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Obliviousness, for spring? How original.

In a new biography of Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, sources claim that Wintour told then managing editor Laurie Jones that she had no idea who her past assistant was that penned novel “The Devil Wears Prada.” It was only until the book was adapted for the big screen starring Meryl Streep in the allegedly Wintour-inspired role that the Vogue icon took notice.

“On May 21, 2002, Women’s Wear Daily reported that ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ had sold to Doubleday for a reported 250,000. When Anna learned about the book, she said to [managing editor Laurie] Jones, ‘I cannot remember who that girl is,'” author Amy Odell wrote in “Anna: The Biography,” via Entertainment Weekly, citing Wintour’s confusion over author Lauren Weisberger who previously worked as her assistant.

Streep went on to portray Miranda Priestly, a character that production maintained was “not a direct caricature” of Wintour. Anne Hathaway played the Weisberger insert,...
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  • 5/3/2022
  • by Samantha Bergeson
  • Indiewire
Kate Mulvany at an event for The Great Gatsby (2013)
"The Hunt" Adds Kate Mulvany As Series Regular, 5 More Join In Recurring Roles For Amazon Original
Kate Mulvany at an event for The Great Gatsby (2013)
Exclusive: The cast for Amazon Prime Video’s vengeance-driven Nazi-hunting series executive produced by Academy Award winner Jordan Peele continues to grow with Kate Mulvany joining as a series regular and James Le Gros, Ebony Obsidian, Caleb Emery, Henry Hunter Hall and Jeannie Berlin boarding in key recurring roles. They join an already robust cast including Al Pacino, Logan Lerman, Jerrika Hinton, Josh Radnor as well as Lena Olin, Carol Kane, Saul Rubinek, Tiffany Boone, Louis Ozawa Changchien, Greg Austin and Dylan Baker.

The Hunt, created by David Weil, follows a diverse band of Nazi hunters living in 1977 New York City. The Hunters, as they’re known, have discovered that hundreds of high-ranking Nazi officials are living among us and conspiring to create a Fourth Reich in the U.S. The eclectic team of Hunters will set out on a bloody quest to bring the Nazis to justice and thwart their new genocidal plans.
See full article at Deadline Film + TV
  • 4/11/2019
  • by Dino-Ray Ramos
  • Deadline Film + TV
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