“A 19th Century Stalker”
By Raymond Benson
The youngest daughter of the great French author, Victor Hugo, was a victim of schizophrenia. Although she was devastatingly beautiful, history tells us that Adèle Hugo was seriously disturbed.
Around the time of America’s Civil War, Adèle became fixated on a British soldier, one Lieutenant Pinson. She followed him across the Atlantic to Nova Scotia, where he was stationed, for she was convinced that he loved her and would marry her. In fact, the couple had experienced a brief relationship in England (while Victor Hugo was living in Guernsey, in exile from France), but Pinson ultimately rejected Adèle and wanted no more to do with her. Even though he was obviously a rakish cad, the girl became obsessed with the man and went to great lengths to pursue him.
These days we would call it stalking.
François Truffaut’s The Story of Adèle H.
By Raymond Benson
The youngest daughter of the great French author, Victor Hugo, was a victim of schizophrenia. Although she was devastatingly beautiful, history tells us that Adèle Hugo was seriously disturbed.
Around the time of America’s Civil War, Adèle became fixated on a British soldier, one Lieutenant Pinson. She followed him across the Atlantic to Nova Scotia, where he was stationed, for she was convinced that he loved her and would marry her. In fact, the couple had experienced a brief relationship in England (while Victor Hugo was living in Guernsey, in exile from France), but Pinson ultimately rejected Adèle and wanted no more to do with her. Even though he was obviously a rakish cad, the girl became obsessed with the man and went to great lengths to pursue him.
These days we would call it stalking.
François Truffaut’s The Story of Adèle H.
- 4/24/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
In a rare deal for a third-party format, Talpa Global will partner with Israel’s A Cappella to handle the worldwide distribution rights to game show The Big Picture. Created by TV host and mentalist Nimrod Harel and A Cappella, The Big Picture sees studio contestants given a shot at winning $1M by correctly answering 12 picture-based questions. If the studio player is unsure, they can enlist help from a connected viewer playing along in real time with the Big Picture app. At that moment, the connected player will have their image projected on the TV screen, play along via the technology and also have a shot at winning a substantial amount of the studio player’s total prize money. A budget of $1M went toward developing and producing an English-language Big Picture pilot, which A Cappella’s Einat Shamir and Tal Shaked shopped at Mip-tv in April.
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- 9/25/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
CaCee Cobb is feeling the love! The 31-year-old, who has costarred with close pal Jessica Simpson on reality shows Newlyweds and The Price of Beauty, is reveling in the well-wishes for her just-announced pregnancy. "Thank you for all the sweet notes," Cobb, who wed Donald Faison in December, wrote Saturday (Feb. 2) on her Facebook page. "We're over the moon!" Once Simpson's personal assistant, Cobb and the Fashion Star mentor, 32, are now bonding through their pregnancies, with Simpson (as is well known) expecting her second [...]...
- 2/2/2013
- by Justin Ravitz
- Us Weekly
Here is the latest celeb gossip about the following topic from one of the freelance news writers at Green Celebrity Network. Contact Music might not be happy to hear Jessica Simpson might be getting her own prime time television show on NBC, but fans of the actress are delighted to hear it. The sitcom is one that producer Ben Silverman says will put the Gen Y Disney princess on the same comedic playing field as WWII generation celebrity Lucille Ball. Simpson, a former Disney kid, and ex husband Nick Lachey were the stars of their own reality show. It aired on MTV and was called "Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica." The "Fashion Star" judge also hosted "The Price of Beauty" on VH1. Will a sitcom about her life actually be funny? Keep reading...
- 1/16/2013
- by Kae Davis
- Green Celebrity
Jessica Simpson is returning to acting ... with her own sitcom!NBC is developing a untitled scripted comedy based on her life and the singer is attached to star. "I am so excited to work with NBC again, this time on a scripted comedy," Jessica tells The Hollywood Reporter. "I often find myself thinking that no one could ever make up the things that actually happen in my life -- so between the real-life elements and a great team of writers, I think we'll have people laughing!"The chairman of Electus (the production company behind the show) Ben Silverman adds that Simpson is "truly a modern-day Lucy with incredibly comedic chops.""From running a fashion empire to wrangling her public image as a new mom, we see Jessica's character approach a variety of 'everyday' circumstances that will get audiences laughing out loud," he adds.This isn't Simpson's first foray into the acting world.
- 1/15/2013
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
Jessica Simpson's daughter Maxwell is obviously going to be well dressed. This 3-week-old tot is also going to have an awesome godmother: Simpson's rep confirmed to E! News Thursday that CaCee Cobb will fill this special role. CaCee, who is engaged to longtime beau Donald Faison, has been a close friend of Jessica's for many years. More: Jessica Simpson Tweets About Baby Maxwell She was originally Jessica's personal assistant and has appeared alongside her employer-turned-bff on MTV's Newlyweds and VH1's Jessica Simpson: The Price of Beauty. And with any luck, Maxwell will get to grow up with her godmother's future kids. "All my friends are...
- 5/24/2012
- E! Online
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