
From “The Color Purple” to “12 Years a Slave” and “If Beale Street Could Talk,” these Oscar-nominated and winning films began as books by Black authors. Here’s a look at the memoirs and novels that made the journey from page to screen — and onto Hollywood’s biggest stage.

James Van Der Beek is known for his roles in the six-season teen drama “Dawson’s Creek,” which aired from 1998 to 2003, the 1999 movie “Varsity Blues” and the 2012 sitcom “Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23.” The actor died Feb. 11 at age 48 of complications from stage 3 colorectal cancer. He was…

Since Emily Brontë’s novel was published in 1847, “Wuthering Heights” has been adapted more than a dozen times for film and television around the world, including versions from the United States, Britain, France, Mexico, India, Japan and the Philippines. The first screen adaptation was a silent film in 1920, and the story has been reimagined…
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