Oprah's Book Club Pick, Oscar Movie Tie-Ins, Romance panel...

OPRAH's 2018 Book Club Pick has been announced!

FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST

( Lisa Capretto OWN/O, The Oprah Magazine)

Oprah has announced her latest pick for 'Oprah’s Book Club,' selecting An American Marriage , the fourth novel written by author

Tayari Jones.

"The novel redefines the traditional American love story ― it’s really a love triangle ― and places it inside a world that a lot of people don’t know about, but impacts all of us in really big ways," Oprah says.

That world is the criminal justice system. Careful not to spoil the plot of the book, Oprah writes in the latest issue of O, the Oprah Magazine that “a wrongful arrest and conviction shatter the lives of the couple at its center.” As characters Roy and Celestial try to cope with Roy’s incarceration, cracks in the foundation of their relationship are exposed ― and new ones emerge where none existed before.

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Awards Season

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The book that inspired the Choose Kind movement . Over 6 million people have read this #1 New York Times bestseller and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face.

Oscar nomination for Make-up & Hairstyling

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In this prize-winning debut, prejudice is both subtle and brutal. It is 1946 in the Mississippi Delta when two men return from the war— one white, charming, and haunted by his memories of combat; the other, the war hero son of black sharecroppers. Their unlikely friendship drives this powerful novel to its inexorable conclusion.

Oscar nominations for Actress in a Supporting Role, Original Song, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography

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After the deaths of her two great loves—Prince Albert and John Brown—aging Queen Victoria meets servant Abdul Karim. Drawn from secrets closely guarded for decades, this book tells the story of their intimate friendship in last years of the nineteenth-century.

Oscar nominations for Costume Design, Make-up & Hairstyling

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The hilarious story behind a deliciously awful movie, the 2003 cult film The Room, starring, written, produced, and directed by a mysteriously wealthy social misfit. It earned $1,800 at the box office, closed after 2 weeks, and 10 years later emerged as a cult phenomenon, with screenings featuring costumes, audience rituals, merchandising, and thousands of plastic spoons.

Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay

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In 1940, the Allies retreated from the Nazis to the port of Dunkirk. In a race against time, more than 300,000 Allied soldiers were evacuated across the Channel. This was the moment when Winston Churchill called on Franklin Roosevelt to enter the war. This book explores the real lives of soldiers and civilians caught up in the conflict.

Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Cinematography, Production Design, Original Score, Film Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing

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May, 1940. Britain is at war and the new Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, must deal with the horror and shore up the will of a nervous people. In this gripping account of how an often uncertain Churchill turned Britain around, the author exposes sides of the great man never seen before and explains how he became an icon almost overnight.

Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, Make-up & Hairstyling

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Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead after he sets off with a friend on a journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel’s family history.

Oscar nominations for Best Animated Feature, Original Song

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When Paul Getty was kidnapped, his grandfather, J. Paul Getty, the richest living American, refused to pay the ransom, oblivious to his sufferings. It was Paul’s determined mother who was left to negotiate with his captors. This biography of the Getty family traces the creation of their phenomenal wealth and the ways in which it has touched and tainted the lives of various generations. (Originally published as Painfully Rich)

Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

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Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Fiction and one of the great love stories of our time, this book portrays the powerful romance between a teenage boy and a summer guest at his parents’ mansion on the Italian Riviera. Each is unprepared for the consequences of their attraction and, recklessly, the two verge toward the one thing both fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy.

Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Original Song

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Molly Bloom dreamed of a life without rules and limits. Her story takes you through her adventures running an exclusive high-stakes private poker game catering to Hollywood royalty, athletes, billionaires, politicians, and financial titans. She made millions, lived the high life, and fearlessly took on the Russian and Italian mobs—until she met the one adversary she could not outsmart: the United States government.

Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay

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Author Panel

ROMANCE, LOVE & LUST: Is it all the same in YA Lit?

Sunday, February 25, 4 PM

Cat Jordan , moderator

in conversation with

Brandy Colbert, Lauren Miller, Iva-Marie Palmer

The authors examine the one constant in young adult literature: romantic relationships.They discuss reader expectations, staying in touch with your teen

self while writing, and ask if love triangles will ever go away.

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How long does it take to travel 13 light-years to Earth? How long does it take to fall in love?

Intersectional and honest, this book covers topics of mental health, sexuality, loyalty, and family.

A severe accident drives this love story celebrating the messy, complicated people we are behind the masks we put on for the world.

Two lovers are star-crossed, but three are unscripted…Will Juliet and Jim rewrite the ending of the world's most famous love story?

What Else is Happening...

2 / 11, 5 PM: Rattle Poetry series presents Brendan Constantine & Rayon Lennon Read more...

2/17, 10:30 AM

STORYTIME

Angela Sanchez , author & illustrator of the children's book "Scruffy & the Egg."

Angela was recently featured in a Los Angeles Times article/interview: Angela Sanchez, a blossoming L.A. writer, was once homeless. Her children's book 'Scruffy and the Egg' tells the tale

2 / 18, 4 PM: Moonday Poetry series presents Lynne Thompson & Carine Topal Read more...

3/1, 7 PM: Bonnie Buratti, planetary astronomer, Senior Research Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She holds degrees from MIT and Cornell in Astronomy. She currently serves on the Science Teams for both the Cassini and New Horizons missions and is the NASA Project Scientist for the Rosetta Mission to a comet. Buratti was awarded the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal, and the International Astronomical Union recognized her work by naming asteroid 90502 Buratti after her.

Buratti's book, Worlds Fantastic. Worlds Familiar , is a personal guided tour of NASA's latest discoveries. She takes readers through the Solar System - from Mercury, Venus, Mars, past comets and asteroids and the moons of the giant planets, to Pluto, and on to exoplanets. Read more...