
Earlier this month, we looked at why filmmakers and audiences alike are just so enamored with Dracula, the most iconic vampire in literature and film. While the count has certainly drawn widespread attention over the decades, “Dracula” isn’t the only book Irish author Bram Stoker wrote. And it’s not the only one that’s been adapted…

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…
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