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6 days ago
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- Yahoo
Eva Longoria to Direct ‘Anita De Monte Laughs Last' for Searchlight
Eva Longoria will direct an adaptation of Xochitl Gonzalez's novel 'Anita De Monte Laughs Last' with Searchlight, reuniting the multi-hyphenate Hollywood star with the studio that released her directorial debut 'Flamin' Hot.' Gonzalez's 2024 novel tells the story of a first-generation Ivy League student who uncovers the genius work of a female artist decades after her suspicious death. Searchlight describes it as 'a propulsive, witty examination of power, love and art, daring to ask who gets to be remembered and who is left behind in the rarefied world of the elite.' More from TheWrap 'Better Go Mad in the Wild' Subject Frantisek Klisik Dies Hours After Film Wins at Karlovy Vary Film Festival 'The Odyssey' Imax 70mm Screenings Are Already Being Scheduled for July 2026 Tom Holland Says 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Leans Into 'Old-School Filmmaking' After 'Restricted' 'No Way Home' | Video 'Superman' Mid-Air Kiss Cut by India's Film Board for Being 'Overly Sensual' Gonzalez will write the screenplay off of her novel and produce with Longoria, the latter of whom is producing through her Hyphenate Pictures banner. Cris Abrego and Jada Miranda are also producing. SVP of production Taylor Friedman and creative executive Daniel Yu will be overseeing the project for Searchlight Pictures, reporting to co-heads of production and development DanTram Nguyen and Katie Goodson-Thomas. Longoria, who most recently hosted the CNN travel shows 'Searching for Spain' and 'Searching for Mexico,' is set to host a third season of the series set in France and is also set to direct the Netflix comedy 'The Fifth Wheel.' She is repped by WME, Linden Entertainment, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes, Krintzman, Rubenstein, Kohner, Endlich, Goodell & Gellman. Gonzalez, who is a Pulitzer Prize finalist staff writer for The Atlantic, adapted her 2022 debut novel 'Olga Dies Dreaming' into a pilot for Hulu. She is repped by CAA, Entertainment 360 and Granderson Des Rochers, LLP. The post Eva Longoria to Direct 'Anita De Monte Laughs Last' for Searchlight appeared first on TheWrap.
Atlantic
05-07-2025
- Lifestyle
- Atlantic
What Moving Your Body Can Mean
This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning. Although exercise has clear benefits for both physical and mental health, for many people, 'those are side effects of the aesthetic goal,' Xochitl Gonzalez wrote in 2023. People who grew up equating working out with trying to lose weight may ultimately need to find a new form of movement or a new community to rewire their brain's associations. For Xochitl, it was running with her dog—and sometimes doing SoulCycle. For my colleague Julie Beck, it was weight lifting. For others, it's a group fitness class. Finding a form of movement that works for you can make you feel better in your body than you thought you could. 'It turned out that picking up something heavy for a few sets of five reps, sitting down half the workout, and then going home and eating a big sloppy burger did far more to make me feel comfortable in my body than gasping my way through endless burpees and rewarding myself with a salad ever did,' Julie writes. Today's newsletter explores movement and why we really do it. On Movement The Paradox of Hard Work By Alex Hutchinson Why do people enjoy doing difficult things? Read the article. The Feminine Pursuit of Swoleness By Julie Beck Casey Johnston's new book, A Physical Education, considers how weight lifting can help you unlearn diet culture. Read the article. In the Age of Ozempic, What's the Point of Working Out? By Xochitl Gonzalez The idea that we exercise to get thin may be more dangerous than ever. Still Curious? Inside the exclusive, obsessive, surprisingly litigious world of luxury fitness: How Tracy Anderson built an exercise empire A ridiculous, perfect way to make friends: Group fitness classes aren't just about exercise. Other Diversions Alexandra Petri on what the Founders wanted The Ciceronian secret to happiness That dropped call with customer service? It was on purpose. P.S. I asked readers to share a photo of something that sparks their sense of awe in the world. Chris Spoeneman, 65, from Ponte Vedra, Florida, shared this photo from his and his wife's 'bucket-list trip to the South Island of New Zealand (otherworldly!!) and Australia. This was taken while hiking the Ben Lomond Track … The hike was somewhat strenuous but the views just blew me away,' he writes, including this one—'which I dubbed the most beautiful outhouse on Earth!'
