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John Green Delivers Graduation Keynote Speech
You could say Doctor Green is now canon. As he announced in a throwback-style John-at-the-dentist vlog, John Green spoke to the Butler University class of 2013 in a keynote address this morning. He later posted the speech transcript on his More…
Ansel Elgort Is Augustus Waters In TFIOS
Holy crap! Entertainment Weekly today reports that the coveted and highly-speculated-upon role of August Waters in the film adaptation of the Fault In Our Stars is going to none other than Ansel Elgort! The role has been offered to him, and that More…
Augustus Waters Casting Spec Part Deux
Now that the director and leading lady of The Fault in Our Stars have been confirmed there has been a notable uptick in the anxiety over who will play Augustus Waters. A couple of months ago, we gave you what we still More…
John Green to Write Introduction for Esther Earl Book
Earlier today the AP reported that John Green will be writing the introduction to This Star Won’t Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl. Here’s what John had to say on his Tumblr: I’ve said many times over the More…
CONFIRMED: Shailene Woodley Cast as Hazel in “The Fault in Our Stars”
Moments ago it was announced that Shailene Woodley has been cast as Hazel Grace Lancaster in the film adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. As you may recall, we first speculated that Woodley had been cast a little More…
Josh Boone Confirmed as Director for The Fault in Our Stars
Well folks, it looks like our Twitter sleuthing paid off! The Hollywood Reporter is confirming that Josh Boone will indeed be helming the film adaptation of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars. And I’m going to go so far More…
“Fault in Our Stars” Casting Spec Continues: Augustus Waters
Hey, you know what’s harder than casting Hazel Grace Lancaster? Casting her superhot, witty, metaphor-loving, martyr-complex-having, cigarette-dangling, defined-jawline-rocking boyfriend, Augustus Waters. This is worse than Finnick, and woe betide the poor boy who gets the role, because that is one More…
Who Should Play “Fault in our Stars”‘ Hazel Grace? Our Top 5 Picks
With filming of the adaptation John Green’s novel The Fault In Our Stars likely to happen this summer, the question on everyone’s mind is who should play Hazel Grace Lancaster, the cancer-riddled teen girl who narrates the tragic and empowering love story. More…
Producers: “Fault in Our Stars” to have Director in Two Weeks, Filming in Summer
Things are looking rosy for the film adaptation of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars! According to MTV, the producers will choose a director in about two weeks, and start filming in summer. Also, apparently every actress they’ve discussed the More…
Vote For The HPA In P4A
Today is the Project For Awesome on Youtube, and our friends over at the HPA are participating! Here’s a little more information about what they’re up to this year: Project for Awesome 2012 is underway! Hundreds of videos have been uploaded, More…
TFiOS Named on Amazon Top 10 of 2012
John Green’s latest novel, The Fault in Our Stars, has been named on Amazon’s list of Top 10 Books of 2012. Not just teen books, not just young adult fiction: all books of 2012! Amazon also named TFiOS the Number 1 More…
Equality FTW Update
At LeakyCon, HPA Executive Director Andrew Slack launched a new campaign at a press conference called EqualityFTW. So far Equality FTW has raised almost $40,000 for immigration, education, and LGBTQ equality. It has inspired amazing perks donated from Evanna Lynch, More…
NPR’s Top 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels
This morning NPR released its Top 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels list, noting that “it’s almost a cliche at this point to say that teen fiction isn’t just for teens anymore.” We agree, but it still needs to be heard! Just More…
Massive New John Green TFioS Interview
Today we’ve learned that video of a huge interview with John Green, shot in Amsterdam, has made it onto the series of tubes we like to call the internet. In this hour long exploration of the novel, John answers a More…