From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V16 #5 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Saturday, May 5 2012 Volume 16 : Number 005 * If you ever wish to unsubscribe from this digest, send an email to * jewel-digest-request@smoe.org with ONLY the word * unsubscribe in the BODY of the email * . * For the latest news on what Jewel is up to, go to * the OFFICIAL Jewel web site at http://www.jeweljk.com * and click on "calendar" * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: jewel-digest V15 #___ gives fellow list readers * no clue as to what your message is about. Today's Subjects: ----------------- [EDA] Jewel to play June Carter Cash! [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 10:05:05 -0300 From: Subject: [EDA] Jewel to play June Carter Cash! http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/lifetime-jewel-june-carter-cash-biopic-319968 Lifetime Taps Jewel for June Carter Cash Biopic"American Horror Story's" Matt Ross will co-star in the TV movie, with "Southland's" Allison Anders set to direct the Richard Friedenberg effort. *Reese Witherspoon*, move over. The project is based on Carter Cash's son *John Carter Cash*'s memoir *Anchored in Love: An Intimate Portrait of June Carter Cash.* *Richard Friedenberg * (Lifetime's *Of Two Minds*) will adapt, with *Southland*'s *Allison Anders* on board to direct. John Carter Cash, *Steven Michaels* and *Jonathan Koch* will executive produce.Lifetime has tapped *Jewel* to star in *The June Carter Cash Story*, a biopic about the late country singer, the network said Thursday. *American Horror Story*'s *Matt Ross* will play*Johnny Cash* in the story that tracks June's life from her childhood in Virginia through her rise to fame as she performed with icons like Elvis Presley and her relationship with the Man in Black. Like the *Joaquin Phoenix*-Witherspoon feature*Walk the Line*, the Lifetime telepic will chronicle the singer-songwriter's relationship with her third husband and detail her efforts to save his life as he battled substance abuse. Witherspoon picked up an Oscar for her portrayal of Carter Cash in the 2005 movie. "Many people know about the legendary love story of Johnny and June, but June Carter Cash has her own epic journey filled with triumphs, tragedies, loves and losses," Lifetime exec vp *Rob Sharenow *said in announcing the news Thursday. "This movie will explore all aspects of the woman behind the icon, and we're thrilled Jewel will be playing the role." The biopic marks the first scripted effort for the "You Were Meant for Me" singer following her hosting gig on Bravo's music competition series *Platinum Hit*. She has appeared as herself in numerous projects, including *Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story* and ABC's *Men in Trees*, among others. Jewel, a four-time Grammy nominee and children's book author, is repped by CAA; Ross is with ICM and Framework Entertainment. Asylum Entertainment will produce *The June Carter Cash Story*; filming is set to begin in the summer in Atlanta for a premiere this year. For Lifetime, the telefilm follows another high-profile effort in its Elizabeth Taylor biopic*Liz & Dick*, with *Lindsay Lohan* attached, and comes as the network is rebranding itself for the multitasking woman. ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V16 #5 **************************