John Gregory News

To understand the human condition is to feel it in its entirety, and John R. Gregory allows his readers to have a literary experience that reflects the wonderful complexity of life. His new book, 'A Collection of Writings II,' explores the heart and mind through prose and poetry, giving readers unique insights about the world around them, and what lies within their beings as well.

Slouching Towards Bethlehem, the legendary essay collection by author and journalist Joan Didion, has been a literary benchmark for years but unavailable to digital readers. Startup Zola Books will release this title plus four more by Didion and five by Didion's late husband, author John Gregory Dunne, as e-books for the first time on November 12.

The college football schedule across ESPN networks on Saturday, Oct. 5, will include 13 of the remaining 20 undefeated teams, highlighted by three matchups between unbeatens.

ESPN networks will carry four of the top five ranked teams - and nine of the top 15 - on Saturday, Sept. 28, highlighted by prime-time telecasts of No. 1 Alabama and No. 5 Stanford on ESPN and No. 4 Ohio State on ABC.

ESPN networks will combine to cover seven of the top 10 ranked programs in action during the fourth week of the season, beginning with No. 3 Clemson at undefeated ACC Atlantic division rival NC State on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN Radio

ESPN will kick off the 2013 college football season with national coverage of 46 games in five days as part of the sixth annual DICK's Sporting Goods Kickoff Week from Thursday, Aug. 29, to Monday, Sept. 2.

Shows featuring a solitary performer onstage are a hell of a thing. Playwrights/authors put their thoughts and ideas into a piece that is often biographical, and just as often fictional. The sole performer then must bear their soul onstage, working one on one with a director to inhabit the persona of the character. With no nets, no outside help, this actor or actress then leave themselves emotionally naked onstage with only themselves for help; equally terrifying and fulfilling. Janis Stevens does just that in her performance of THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING at the Theater at Monmouth. A performance that will leave you in awe.

Rounding out Theater at Monmouth's 2013 summer fare is Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking, opening Friday, July 26 at 7:30 p.m. In this adaptation of her best-selling memoir of the same name, Didion presents a life-affirming approach to the grief experienced after the death of a loved one. Told with eloquent language, humor, and the searing candor Didion is known for, this one-woman tour de force paints an insightful portrait of a lifetime of love and a moment of loss.

'Showdown Saturday' will include 16 of the teams in the BCS Standings across ESPN networks, top rivalries, the last two undefeated programs, matchups between ranked teams, Notre Dame competing for a spot in the Discover BCS National Championship and more. Highlights for Saturday, Nov. 24:

ESPN's college football schedule this week will be highlighted by two Saturday night telecasts matching ranked teams with all four in the top 11 of the BCS standings:

ESPN's college football schedule this week will be highlighted by telecasts of three of the four matchups between ranked teams, all on Saturday, Oct. 13: No. 3 South Carolina at No. 9 LSU (8 p.m. ET on ESPN); the Red River Rivalry pitting No. 15 Texas vs. No. 13 Oklahoma from Dallas (noon on ABC); and No. 22 Texas A&M vs. No. 23 Louisiana Tech from Shreveport, a game postponed from opening weekend due to weather (9 p.m. on ESPNU).

ESPN's college football schedule this week will be highlighted by coverage of the top five teams in the Associated Press Top 25 poll today, Sept. 22.

ESPN's college football schedule this week will be highlighted by coverage of the top five teams in the Associated Press Top 25 poll on Saturday, Sept. 22.

Speckulation Entertainment has announced that Momentous Musicals at New Wimbledon Theatre on Thursday 19th July 2012 will feature ten up and coming performers alongside previously announced cast members Gareth Gates (Joseph, Les Misérables); Jonathan Ansell (G4, Whistle Down the Wind); Daniel Boys (Any Dream Will Do, Avenue Q); Emma Williams (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Love Story) and Rachael Wooding (Jersey Boys, Hairspray).

Westport Country Playhouse stages the National Book Award-winning memoir, "The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion, now through June 30, featuring noted actress Maureen Anderman as Didion. Directed by Nicholas Martin, the play is based on the author's actual experience rebuilding her life during the year after her spouse's death and her capacity to emerge strengthened from even the most shattering of life's trials. Watch the video below for behind-the-scenes interviews with Artistic Director Mark Lamos, Director Nicholas Martin and actor Maureen Anderman!

Down but not out with Maureen Anderman's Joan Didion

Joan Didion will be a guest at a Westport Country Playhouse Sunday Symposium today, June 17, following the 3 p.m. matinee performance of Ms. Didion's play, "The Year of Magical Thinking," based on her 2005 National Book Award-winning memoir. She will converse on the Playhouse stage with David Kennedy, Playhouse associate artistic director. Following the symposium, Ms. Didion will sign copies of her books which will be available for purchase.

Westport Country Playhouse stages the National Book Award-winning memoir, "The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion, now through June 30, featuring noted actress Maureen Anderman as Didion. Directed by Nicholas Martin, the play is based on the author's actual experience rebuilding her life during the year after her spouse's death and her capacity to emerge strengthened from even the most shattering of life's trials. See below for Anderman playing Didion on stage!

Westport Country Playhouse stages the National Book Award-winning memoir, "The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion, now through June 30, featuring noted actress Maureen Anderman as Didion. Directed by Nicholas Martin, the play is based on the author's actual experience rebuilding her life during the year after her spouse's death and her capacity to emerge strengthened from even the most shattering of life's trials.