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Netflix will adapt best-selling memoir 'Hillbilly Elegy' into a movie after a fierce bidding war, and reportedly spend $45 million
Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment nabbed the book rights in 2017, and after a com…
Jason Guerrasio
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'Hillbilly Elegy' author and potential Senate candidate JD Vance deleted his old anti-Trump tweets
Having gone to Mar-a-Lago to meet with Trump about a potential Ohio Senate run, JD Vance deleted se…
Jake Lahut
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Ron Howard says 'Hillbilly Elegy' critics are looking for 'political thematics' that are irrelevant to the film
The film stars both Amy Adams and Glenn Close but has been almost unanimously panned by critics who…
Zac Ntim
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J.D. Vance slammed for tweet calling on Donald Trump to react to fatal Alec Baldwin set shooting
J.D. Vance is the author of "Hillbilly Elegy" and an Ohio Republican Senate candidate. Alec Baldwin…
Zac Ntim
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I reread JD Vance's 'Hillbilly Elegy.' He hasn't transformed as much as you think.
The Ohio senator's book contains clues that Vance had made an unstable compromise with elite societ…
Bryan Metzger
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'Hillbilly Elegy' author is launching a $125 million VC fund in America's heartland with backing from Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen
Until recently, Vance had been working with former AOL head honcho Steve Case on a similarly focuse…
Alex Morrell
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Meet the woman who helped boost JD Vance from Ohio obscurity to 'Hillbilly Elegy' superstardom
Yale Law professor Amy Chua played a critical role in bolstering Vance's profile when she encourage…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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The best friend of J.D. Vance says negative reviews to the 'Hillbilly Elegy' film were the 'last straw' in the Senate candidate's turn against elites
As Vance campaigns for the GOP nod to succeed Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, he has taken on a Trumpian …
John L. Dorman
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'Hillbilly Elegy,' which was called 'objectively terrible' when released, tops Netflix after Trump picks JD Vance as VP
Donald Trump isn't the only one having a comeback. The film version of JD Vance's memoir, 'Hillbill…
Katie Balevic
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Billionaire Peter Thiel donates $10 million to 'Hillbilly Elegy' author J.D. Vance's potential Senate run
Thiel donated $10 million to the Protect Ohio Values PAC, which was formed last month to back a pot…
Allana Akhtar
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Republican Senate candidate JD Vance scored handsome royalties for his 'Hillbilly Elegy' book while launching his US Senate campaign
A US senator makes $174,000 annually. JD Vance earned more than two-and-a-half times that from book…
Madison Hall
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A $150 million seed fund is on the hunt for the next hot startup - and this spring, it will scour 5 southern cities on its search
AOL founder Steve Case and "Hillbilly Elegy" author JD Vance are headed to the southern United St…
Richard Feloni
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'Hillbilly Elegy' author J.D. Vance said he regrets his deleted anti-Trump tweets and asked people 'not to judge' him amid his bid for Ohio Senate seat
The GOP Senate hopeful said he regrets "being wrong about" Trump, who he thinks was "a good preside…
Erin Snodgrass
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Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance is now openly feuding with Jennifer Lawrence
Vance hit back at Lawrence after the Oscar-winning actress called him a "rich twat" and accused him…
Cheryl Teh
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Ex-Trump critic J.D. Vance is running for Senate after meeting with Trump and Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel at Mar-a-Lago, according to new report
Before Trump's 2016 win, Vance said he was "noxious" and "would be terrible for the country." Now, …
Eliza Relman
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We found tax records showing 'Hillbilly Elegy' author JD Vance's anti-opioid nonprofit faltered
Tax filings show 'Hillbilly Elegy" author JD Vance's Ohio non-profit spent more on management servi…
Adam Wren,Meghan Morris
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The last thing JD Vance probably wants to be associated with right now is a couch. But for some reason, he's still talking about it.
It's unclear if Vance meant it as a direct reference to viral memes on social media.
Cheryl Teh
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JD Vance once wrote that he 'convinced myself that I was gay' when he was a kid
According to "Hillbilly Elegy," Vance's grandmother assured him that he wasn't gay, but that God wo…
Bryan Metzger
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Bill Gates just recommended a book that people have been obsessed with since the election
Some have argued that Vance's book unfairly suggests that the rural poor should pull themselves up …
Chris Weller
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We asked 24 big names in tech which book they're reading right now - here's what they said
So we asked some big names in the tech world - from FCC chairman Ajit Pai to Turner Broadcasting CE…