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Exclusive: Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis, the screenwriters behind CBS Films’ upcoming Cole Sprouse starrer, Five Feet Apart, have been tapped by the studio to write the screenplay based on the social media sensation Esther the Wonder Pig. Jack Leslie and Lauren Shuler Donner of Donners’ Company, the company that produced the animal rescue films Free Willy and Hotel for Dogs, are producing this project.

The pic will follow the true story of how a couple adopts what they believe is a pigmy pig, also sometimes colloquially referred to as a micro piglet. Esther joins the family at five pounds and then grows to 650 inspiring the local community and millions of online followers in the process.

After adopting Esther, real-life couple, Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter opened the Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary, where they could care for Esther and other animals in need. Jenkins and Walter, along with Caprice Crane,...

Looks like 2014 just may be a big year for reboots. Now that the hit 1960s show Gilligan's Island is officially in talks to be remade, with Book of Mormon star Josh Gad already attached to the project, the casting of the iconic characters is now up for discussion and Caprice Crane, the daughter of Tina Louise, the actress who played Ginger, is offering up her expert opinion. And turns out, she wants to give Gilligan's Island a Modern Family-esque spin! "My mom was constantly coming on to the Professor on the show, and he was never into it," Crane told Today of the show's stud, who was always strangely oblivious to the two hot single lady castaways. "So the Professor could be the gay...

To everyone on the east coast taking a battering from Irene, please be careful out there. You just never know what kind of damage the storm can cause, and what might be hidden.

Adam Levine is upset with MTV on the eve of the Video Music Awards, tweeting "the Vma’s. one day a year when MTV pretends to still care about music. I’m drawing a line in the sand. f**k you Vma’s." MTV, to their credit, seemed amused. "”Soooo you’ll be tuning in at 9/8C tomorrow right? (Btw, bonus points if you TwitPic your 2004 Moonman!)”

The Daily Mail has some absolutely fabulous photos of Absolutely Fabulous filming on the streets of London.

Pam's House Blend was the first to break the news that Human Rights Campaign Ed Joe Solmonese is resigning. The follow up press release tweaks a few details, like his departure is at...

Exclusive: After dividing her time between careers as a TV/feature writer and as a novelist for the past several years, Caprice Crane will merge the two with a gig to adapt her first novel into a TV series. NBC has put in development a half-hour comedy based on Crane’s book Stupid and Contagious, a romantic comedy whose title is taken from the Nirvana anthem Smells Like Teen Spirit. It centers on Heaven and Brady, two hate-at-first-sight neighbors navigating their way through life and love in their twenties. Crane, whose previous series writing credits include the CW’s 90210 and Melrose Place, will pen the script. Additionally, Crane has closed a deal to write her debut young-adult novel How To Be a Hater for publisher Fiewel and Friends. It is described as Mean Girls meets Revenge of the Nerds with a comic book twist. Crane, who recently released her fourth novel,...

Caprice Crane is set to adapt her first novel into a TV series for NBC, reports Deadline. The romantic comedy's title comes from Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit and apparently tells of Heaven and Brady two twenty-something neighbors who experience "hate-at-first-sight" as they navigate throught love and life Crane will write the script, having experience with two CW offerings in Melrose Place and 90210. Asside from Stupid and Contagious, Crane has landed with Fiewel and Friends to pen How To Be a Hater, her debut young-adult novel which is being described as Revenge of the Nerds meets Mean Girls.

Caprice Crane is set to adapt her first novel into a TV series for NBC, reports Deadline. The romantic comedy's title comes from Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit and apparently tells of Heaven and Brady two twenty-something neighbors who experience "hate-at-first-sight" as they navigate throught love and life Crane will write the script, having experience with two CW offerings in Melrose Place and 90210. Asside from Stupid and Contagious, Crane has landed with Fiewel and Friends to pen How To Be a Hater, her debut young-adult novel which is being described as Revenge of the Nerds meets Mean Girls.

See the movie poster and images from Love, Wedding, Marriage, starring Mandy Moore, Kellan Lutz, Jessica Szohr, Jane Seymour, James Brolin and Michael Westin! The IFC Films comedy opens June 3rd and is helmed by Dermot Mulroney from the writing by Anouska Chydzik and Caprice Crane. Love, Wedding, Marriage follows a happy newlywed marriage (Moore) counselor and how her views on wedded bliss get thrown for a loop when she finds out her parents are getting divorced. Michelle Chydzik Sowa produces the film...

See the movie poster and images from Love, Wedding, Marriage, starring Mandy Moore, Kellan Lutz, Jessica Szohr, Jane Seymour, James Brolin and Michael Westin! The IFC Films comedy opens June 3rd and is helmed by Dermot Mulroney from the writing by Anouska Chydzik and Caprice Crane. Love, Wedding, Marriage follows a happy newlywed marriage (Moore) counselor and how her views on wedded bliss get thrown for a loop when she finds out her parents are getting divorced. Michelle Chydzik Sowa produces the film...

See the movie poster and images from Love, Wedding, Marriage, starring Mandy Moore, Kellan Lutz, Jessica Szohr, Jane Seymour, James Brolin and Michael Westin! The IFC Films comedy opens June 3rd and is helmed by Dermot Mulroney from the writing by Anouska Chydzik and Caprice Crane. Love, Wedding, Marriage follows a happy newlywed marriage (Moore) counselor and how her views on wedded bliss get thrown for a loop when she finds out her parents are getting divorced. Michelle Chydzik Sowa produces the film...

Paramount Insurge, the studio's new low-budget arm, has acquired the indie supernatural thriller "The Devil Inside" by writer-director William Brent Bell says Heat Vision.

Shot under the radar in Rome and Bucharest a year ago, the documentary-style story follows a woman (Fernanda Andrade) who has been led to believe her mother brutally murdered three people because she was clinically insane. After being told the murders occurred during an exorcism, she sets out to discover the truth.

While documenting her experience with a film crew in Italy, she becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms. Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth and Suzan Crowley also star while Morris Paulson and Matthew Peterman produced.

Meanwhile, IFC Films has acquired North American rights to Dermot Mulroney’s directorial debut "Love, Wedding, Marriage" reports Risky Biz Blog.

The romantic comedy follows a marriage counselor whose happy newlywed status is complicated by the news that her parents are suddenly talking divorce.

IFC Films bought North American rights to Love, Wedding, Marriage, the directing debut of actor Dermot Mulroney. Kellen Lutz, Mandy Moore, James Brolin, Jane Seymour and Jessica Szohr star. Moore plays a marriage counselor determined to save her parents' faltering marriage on the eve of their 30th anniversary surprise party. Pic was written by Anouska Chydzik Bryson and Caprice Crane. Chydzik Media Group and Voodoo Pictures financed the film and Icm brokered the sale.

The wild, weird and insane television tweets of the past 24 hours...

(Note: Every now and then, something sorta newsworthy might slip in here too... not often though)

"Castle" star Nathan Fillion has a question: @NathanFillion: Wasn't the Indy 500 last year? Shouldn't this be the Indy 501? I'll go anyways.

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The "Glee" kids take New York: @chriscolfer: @iharryshum @dijontalton and I on top of the world!!! http://tweetphoto.com/24378524

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Interesting, because we too thought "Big Bang Theory" co-creator Bill Prady was using Twitter to tease top secret decisions made behind closed doors at CBS: @billprady: Picking the kid up from preschool -- and no, Nikki Finke, that's not code for anything.

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"Modern Family" kid Nolan Gould is feeling a little "Glee" envy: @Nolan_Gould: I may have to quit following the Glee cast. Your lives are too good! Have fun! @chriscolfer we're about to perform at Radio City Music Hall.

The wild, weird and insane television tweets of the past 24 hours...

(Note: Every now and then, something sorta newsworthy might slip in here too... not often though)

"Community" star Joel McHale was confused about which sporting event he was attending: @joelmchale: Throwing the 1st pitch at the Dodger game tonight. Very excited. I was totally in shape to do this 16 years ago. Im bringing my hockey stick

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"Modern Family" costars Eric Stonestreet and Rico Rodriguez take NYC by storm: @ericstonestreet: @StarringRico breaks all the rules. http://tweetphoto.com/18417730

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Bill Prady teases what's to come on "The Big Bang Theory": @billprady: Rt @linksmonkey: Enjoying Tbbt. Awaiting origin ep. How did these 4 meet? //You may be in luck soon --bp

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Former "Melrose Place" and "90210" writer Caprice Crane puts the latest Larry King split in perspective: @capricecrane: Larry King has just filed for his 7th divorce...continuing his trend of one divorce every 30 years.

"Family Affair: A Novel", by author Caprice Crane, follows a divorcing couple fighting for custody, not of a child, but of an entire family.

"...'Layla' and 'Brett Foster' became high school sweethearts after her mother died and her musician father left her in the care of Brett's parents. Their subsequent marriage appeared rock solid, but now, on the verge of 30, immature Brett is a college football coach who begins thinking the thrill is gone and Layla is a pet photographer/co-owner of 'Tlc Paw Prints' with sister-in-law 'Trish'.

In the ensuing domestic battle, Brett's family become Layla's fierce allies, as Layla files a countersuit for joint custody of Brett's family..."...

Caprice Crane writes lupine one-liners for Heather Locklear on the CW's Melrose Place, but she's also a bestselling author and daughter of Gilligan's Island's immortal Tina Louise. After graduating from Nyu in the '90s and penning a bunch of "comedy, dramedy, news, reviews, biography, rock-star hagiography, promotions, and devotions" for MTV (including the legendary bad video countdown 25 Lame, featuring an incensed Vanilla Ice), Crane began work on the revamped 90210 and her books Stupid & Contagious and Forget About It.

Now, on the heels of her brand new book Family Affair comes Cross Road Blues, a one-page screenplay aimed squarely at the suburbanite who dreams of an easy, murder-tinged path to retirement.

Dermot Mulroney will make his directorial debut with "Keep It Together," a family comedy-drama about love and divorce. The plot consists of an idealistic young newlywed who is also a marriage counselor. Upon returning from her honeymoon she learns that her parents, whom she saw as the model for a happy marriage, are getting a divorce. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Christopher Walken and Blythe Danner are in negotiations to play the older couple, with producers still searching for the young female lead. Michelle Chydzik and Nathalie Marciano will handle producing duties through their 26 Films banner. Caprice Crane and Anouska Chydzik Bryson wrote the script. Chydzik and Marciano have collaborated with Mulroney as an actor twice before; once on...

Cannes -- Dermot Mulroney will make his directorial debut with "Keep It Together," a family comedy-drama about love and divorce.

In the project, an idealistic young newlywed who is also a marriage counselor returns from her honeymoon only to learn that her parents, whom she saw as the model for a happy marriage, are getting a divorce.

Christopher Walken and Blythe Danner are in negotiations to play the older couple, with producers out to cast on the young female lead.

The project will be produced by Michelle Chydzik and Nathalie Marciano via their 26 Films banner. The script is written by Caprice Crane and Anouska Chydzik Bryson.

Chydzik and Marciano have collaborated with the Icm-repped Mulroney as an actor -- on the 2005 romantic comedy "The Wedding Date" and on upcoming drama "Inhale," in which Mulroney stars as a father who goes to desperate lengths to find a lung for his sick daughter.