Screenwriter News--4.4.12

'Two and a Half Men' Co-Creator Lee Aronsohn's Female Comedy Rant Daily Beast Lee Aronsohn, the show's co-creator and executive producer, this week found himself in the center of a Twitter maelstrom for statements that he made at the Toronto Screenwriting Conference, issuing several comments that many—from everyday Twitter ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Beast

What To Watch At Sundance London FemaleFirst.co.uk Filly Brown (Directors: Youssef Delara, Michael D. Olmos, Screenwriter: Youssef Delara) - A Hip Hop-driven drama about a Mexican girl who rises to fame and consciousness as she copes with the incarceration of her mother through music. See all stories on this topic » FemaleFirst.co.uk

Independence Day Director Tapped To Destroy The White House Again PerezHilton.com So the screenwriter who wrote The Amazing Spider-Man just sold a spec script to Sony called White House Down, which is about a paramilitary takeover of the White House. The project is being compared to Die Hard and the studio knew just who to go to ... See all stories on this topic » PerezHilton.com

Clowes-Up: Oakland Museum Readies Daniel Clowes Retrospective - UnBeige mediabistro.com By Stephanie Murg on April 4, 2012 9:04 AM "The only valuable class I took in art school was from a guy who taught display lettering which was literally like sign painting," says cartoonist (and screenwriter) Daniel Clowes of his formative years at ... See all stories on this topic » mediabistro.com

Baseball legend Hank Aaron getting biopic treatment CNN Barry Levinson ("The Natural") is attached to direct, working with screenwriter Adam Mazer, who wrote Levinson's HBO biopic on Jack Kevorkian, "You Don't Know Jack," which Rigberg exec produced. Based on Howard Bryant's book "The Last Hero: The Life ... See all stories on this topic »

HBO updates Network with Newsroom Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog) The show's creator Aaron Sorkin, also creator of "The West Wing," Oscar winning screenwriter of "Social Network," and Oscar nominated writer of "Moneyball, is no Chayesky, but he is clearly on a roll. "Newsroom," which debuts June 24, stars Yooper ... See all stories on this topic »

Shonda Rhimes adopts second daughter Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) The TV screenwriter and producer has revealed she became a mother for the second time in February. Little Emerson Pearl joins Rhimes' daughter Harper, who she adopted in 2002. She tells UsMagazine.com, "Emerson is incredibly mellow. See all stories on this topic »

Omar Epps, Kimberly Elise Set New Projects BET Epps is adding screenwriter and producer to his résumé with Between Us, a romantic comedy he wrote. Epps will also star in the film, described as a story about two best friends "looking for love in the wrong places with a contemporary twist," and it ... See all stories on this topic » BET

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'Wrath of the Titans' Screenwriter Updates 'Jonny Quest' and 'Bleach ... 'Wrath of the Titans' screenwriter, Dan Mazeau is making the rounds to promote the film, (which isn't doing too shabby at the box office) and in between fielding ... latino-review.com/.../wrath-titans-screenwriter-updates-jonny-...