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Taylor Jenkins Reid is not afraid to challenge herself with her writing
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press
June 1, 2021, 7:22 PM
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NEW YORK “Malibu Rising,” by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine Books)
Taylor Jenkins Reid is not afraid to challenge herself with her writing.
In 2015 s “Maybe in Another Life, she wrote about two parallel universes, documenting the resulting path of a character s choice in alternating chapters. In 2018 s “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo,” she created an aging movie star, Evelyn Hugo, who after rising to fame during the days of the old studio system and famously married seven times wants to finally tell her story, mysteriously choosing an up-and-coming journalist to be the conduit. And in 2019 s “Daisy Jones & The Six” she revisited the formation and abrupt breakup of a 1970 s rock band, with its members, loved o
On this day in horror history,
Julian Beck was born in Washington Heights, New York in 1925. He is best known for his role as Kane, the malevolent preacher in the 1986 movie
Poltergeist II: The Other Side.
Beck was diagnosed with stomach cancer in late 1983. He died two years later on September 14, 1985, at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, aged 60. After his death, producers brought in voice actor Corey Burton during post-production to loop some of his lines for
Poltergeist II: The Other Side.
The second entry in the
Poltergeist series follows the Freeling family who again finds themselves under attack from supernatural forces attempting to claim their daughter. This time the spirit of an insane preacher who led an apocalyptic cult during the 19th century. In their efforts to save their daughter, the family finds help in a Native American shaman.