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‘Little Fires Everywhere’ Review: Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington’s Hulu Series Is Gripping


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Speaking of the ’90s, the show goes to great lengths to accurately portray fashion and beauty standards as they existed before the turn of the century. “We really tried to strike a balance in the production design and wardrobe design so that it felt real without feeling campy,” Washington says. “We didn’t want you to think we we were having a ’90s costume party.”

Part of the fun in that is watching Elena go from a Kathy Smith–esque workout queen in the morning to a Talbot’s power-suit-wearing working woman in the afternoon. Add in an iconic ’90s playlist (everything from Annie Lennox to Hootie and the Blowfish) and delightfully dated phrases (“I’m already over my minutes this month,” Elena says of her car phone), and you have the makings of a classic.

Hulu drops the first three episodes today, March 18, but will then release one a week for the remainder of the series run. Witherspoon says that unique rollout plan will help set up the world before “everything changes.”

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It’s also why Washington thinks you should wait to read Ng’s book until after you finish the TV series. “They are different enough,” she explains. “We’ve made enough small changes that it could be confusing to read it and watch at the same time. But if you haven’t read the book, you have to at some point.”

As for the show, Witherspoon and Washington can’t wait to see what conversations the series will provoke. “Part of our instinct as human beings is to evaluate and judge others, and that’s part of the experience of watching this,” Witherspoon says. “It’s going, Am I like them? Or, Am I like her? Or, I know someone just like her. All of that will shift and change by the time you get to the end. It takes you to a lot of places that are unexpected.”

Witherspoon is right. Even in today’s must-see-TV landscape, I haven’t been this gripped by developments on screen in some time. Washington and Witherspoon’s commitment to bringing Ng’s story to life comes through in every way. “We gave so much of ourselves in the making of it,” Washington says, “and we want people to be inspired to do the same.”

Little Fires Everywhere premies March 18 on Hulu. Jessica Radloff is the Glamour West Coast editor. You can follow her on Instagram at @jessicaradloff14.





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Simone Biles Fires Back at USA Gymnastics' Happy Birthday Tweet By Asking for An ‘Independent Investigation’


Simone Biles, one of the greatest athletes of all time, turned 23 years old this Saturday, March 14. On Instagram, Biles shared a sweet snap with fans saying she was excited and “ready for my Jordan year!”

To honor the Olympian, USA Gymnastics also sent a tweet to the star (though they tagged the wrong account) saying, “HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the most decorated gymnast of all time, @simonebiles! We know you will only continue to amaze us and make history!”

However, Biles wasn’t amused by the tribute from the organization that recently offered a settlement to athletes who have sued the organization over sexual abuse suffered at the hands of sports doctor Larry Nassar. In response to the tweet, Biles fired back with a birthday request. “How about you amaze me and do the right thing…have an independent investigation,” she tweeted.

This isn’t the first time Biles has requested the organization take further action. In February, following USA Gymnastics’ announcement that it will give $215 million to sexual assault survivors in an effort to settle lawsuits over its failure to protect them from Nassar, Biles tweeted that more needed to be done.

“Ugh at the airport,” she tweeted. “Heading to team camp. Still want answers from USAG and USOPC. Wish they BOTH wanted an independent investigation as much as the survivors & I do. Anxiety high. Hard not to think about everything that I DON’T WANT TO THINK ABOUT!!! “

As of Sunday, her tweet had more than 428,000 likes and fellow gymnastics Olympian Aly Raisman took to Instagram to praise her teammate. “This. Is. AWESOME. @simonebiles I love you!!!!” Raisman wrote in the caption of a screenshot of Biles’ tweet.

Biles, who shared that she was also abused by Nassar, isn’t alone in calling out the need for an independent investigation. In 2019, a bipartisan Senate committee announced at the conclusion of its own 18-month investigation that both USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee “knowingly concealed abuse by Larry Nassar, leading to the abuse of dozens of additional amateur athletes from summer 2015 to September 2016.” The report added, the organizations and Michigan State had a chance to stop Nassar and “failed to do so.”

Following the investigation’s rulings, and just prior to competing in the 2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Biles told reporters, “They couldn’t do one damn job. You had one job. You literally had one job, and you couldn’t protect us. And it’s just really sad because every time I go to the doctor or training, I get worked on and I don’t want to get worked on, but my body hurts. I’m 22. At the end of the day, that’s my fifth rotation, and I have to go do therapy, but it’s just hard, and we try to work through it, but it’ll take some time.

She added, “I’m strong, I’ll get through it, but it’s hard.”





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'Little Fires Everywhere': Everything We Know So Far


More than a year after Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington shared that their production companies would team up on a TV series, the treatment that brought Sharp Objects and Big Little Lies to the small screen is finally coming for Celeste Ng‘s blockbuster novel Little Fires Everywhere. And across social media, Witherspoon and Washington have shared tiny hints about the forthcoming series, including a few peeks behind the scenes as the show takes shape. From what we can see so far, it’s going to be the next major installment in appointment TV.

The cast is only one table read into production so far, so there’s still a while to wait for its premiere. To tide you over until then, here’s everything we know so far about the sure-to-be blockbuster series.

The cast is stacked.

Witherspoon and Washington will headline the series as rival matriarchs of the Richardson and Warren families. Joshua Jackson will play alongside Witherspoon as her character’s husband. They’re not the only names to get excited about: Up-and-comers from hits like The Good Doctor and La La Land, including Rosemarie DeWitt, Jade Pettyjohn, Jordan Elsass, Gavin Lewis, and Lexi Underwood, will appear in the series.

It’s based on Celeste Ng’s bestselling novel. Little Fires Everywhere topped the bestseller list in 2017 shortly following its debut. It’s the kind of women-centric, multigenerational drama that begged for a TV adaptation. The novel follows two opposing families in Shaker Heights, Ohio: the Richardsons, an affluent family with four children, and the Warrens, a mother-daughter duo who struggle to get by. A unexpected friendship between the families’ children draws them together, but a custody battle for a Chinese-American baby threatens to tear them—and the entire town—apart.

The show won’t copy the book line for line, but Ng gave the adaptation her stamp of approval after a visit to the writers’ room last fall. “True to the characters and themes and plot, but with lots of new layers and some tweaks and twists,” she tweeted.

Production is officially underway—and Washington and Witherspoon play a huge role behind-the-scenes, too. Last week, Washington shared a peek at the cast’s first table read. “The Warrens and the Richardsons have reported for duty!” she wrote. “#LittleFiresEverywhere production is underway!:”

The cast isn’t the only aspect of the show powered by women: Washington and Witherspoon are also named as executive producers on the series.

The show will air on Hulu. Washington and Witherspoon secured the rights to Little Fires Everywhere back in 2018. It was shopped around to several streaming networks before finding a home at Hulu.

It’s slated for one season. The show will air eight episodes on Hulu, so, technically, it’s a miniseries. Big Little Lies started out that way too…and then we got a second season. So the story could go on.

A release date hasn’t been announced. The series is estimated to premiere in 2020, but an official schedule hasn’t been released yet. We’ll update this post with the official premiere date when it’s available.

Halie LeSavage is a contributing writer at Glamour. Follow her @halielesavage.





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Oprah Winfrey Fires Back at Racist Robocall Targeting Stacey Abrams


Oprah Winfrey has taken the midterm cycle into her own hands this year, rolling up her sleeves and knocking on doors to get voters to the polls. She surprised some lucky Georgians earlier in the week by canvassing for Stacey Abrams, who could become America’s first black female governor if she beats out Republican candidate Brian Kemp.

However, just after Winfrey gave Abrams a boost, a racist robocall went out to voters in Georgia. In the recording, a male voice pretends to be Winfrey and makes several racial slurs. But Winfrey quickly responded: She went on Instagram and clapped back, letting the world know that nothing was going to stop her from encouraging people to make their voices heard.

“I heard people making racist robocalls in my name against Stacey Abrams, who I am 100 percent for in Georgia,” she said. “I just want to say: Jesus don’t like ugly. And we know what to do about that. Vote.”

In the video, Winfrey wears a shirt with bright letters that spell the word vote. She captioned the post, “The antidote to Hate… VOTE your love!”

The call seems to have been funded by theroadtopower.com, a white supremacist group that recently also targeted Florida candidate Andrew Gillum. In it, the Oprah impersonator refers to Abrams as a “poor man’s Aunt Jemima” and says she will trick white women “especially fat ones” to vote for her. A recording of the call was posted widely on social media and lambasted for its offensive, racist language. It has also been condemned by several politicians and celebrities.

Still, the call wasn’t going to get in Winfrey way. She’s still making sure voters know how important turnout is, especially because today is Election Day. Winfrey has been such a powerful organizer that many people believed she could be a candidate in 2020. While she’s said she won’t be running, she’s shown she still a forced to be reckoned with in the political arena.

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Catt Sadler Fires Back at E!'s Claim That Jason Kennedy's Higher Salary Was Justified


Sunday evening’s Golden Globes red carpet felt like a longtime-coming reckoning for E! News as several actresses spoke out in support of Catt Sadler following her departure from the network because of a pay-disparity dispute. And now the former anchor has fired back herself at her former employer, which recently claimed that the disparity in pay between Sadler and former colleague Jason Kennedy was somehow justified.

On Tuesday, while speaking to reporters during the Television Critics Association press tour, NBCU Lifestyle president Frances Berwick spoke openly about Sadler’s decision to leave E! after learning she made nearly half of cohost Kennedy’s salary. Berwick said she “wanted to set the record straight” that Sadler and Kennedy’s salaries couldn’t be fairly compared as the pair had “different roles” at the network. Berwick went on to justify the pay gap by explaining that Sadler and Kennedy had different amounts of airtime and different focuses altogether. “Our employees’ salaries are based on their roles and their expertise, regardless of gender,” Berwick said, following up with, “Catt was focused on daytime. Jason Kennedy is on prime evening news, plus red carpet.”

But in an interview today with The Hollywood Reporter, Sadler vehemently denied these claims by Berwick. According to Sadler, comparing Kennedy’s involvement with the network against her own would be comparing “apples to apples.” She continued, “We came to the network at the same time and did similar jobs. For people to use the argument that Giuliana somehow made more money than Jason, that comparison doesn’t work. They’re apples and oranges. She joined before him, she was managing editor, she had multiple shows on the network. It’s unfortunate that people who don’t work there are trying to be the voice for the network. The only story I can tell is my truth, and the truth speaks for itself.”

Back in December in the initial post on her website announcing her separation with E!, Sadler wrote, “I have two decades experience in broadcasting and started at the network the very same year as my close friend and colleague that I adore. My team and I asked for what I know I deserve and were denied repeatedly.”

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