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Cate Blanchett Looking to Adapt Cancer Vixen
This is some of the coolest movie news I've seen in a while: Cate Blanchett is apparently hoping to adapt Marisa Acocella Marchetto’s frank and funny memoir Cancer Vixen for the big screen. Here's more:
"It's about a cartoonist's look at her contracting cancer," Blanchett observed of the book, which she acquired the rights to through her Working Title Films production company shortly after its release. "And the process of getting cancer."
Movie Preview: War, Inc.
War, Inc. is one of those head-scratchers where I'm at a loss as to whether or not this movie will be good, or even watchable. Starring John Cusack (who's also a credited writer on the film), it looks like one of those cynical, dark comedies where the goal is to make you think, "That's so absurd!
Breast Cancer Awareness Month Spotlight On: Cancer Vixen
In honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I'll be featuring people and products from pop culture that have to do with the disease — those who have beaten it, have been touched by it, or are working toward finding a cure.
Today's spotlight is on Cancer Vixen, the alternately hilarious and horrifying memoir by Marisa Acocella Marchetto, a cartoonist for Glamour and The New Yorker. She was leading a decidedly fabulous life — hot fiancé, successful artistic career, kicky shoes — when a breast cancer diagnosis cast doubt on everything.
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