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South China Morning Post
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Who is Zoe Jackson, daughter of Samuel L. Jackson? She's an Emmy-winning producer with credits including Project Runway and RuPaul's Drag Race – and she went to school with Anne Hathaway
Last October, Hollywood legend Samuel L. Jackson was honoured at the Museum of Modern Art's star-studded Film Benefit in New York – and the celebrated actor had two of the most important women in his life by his side to cheer him on. We're talking, of course, about his wife, LaTanya Richardson Jackson and their daughter, Zoe Jackson, both of whom looked radiant in white, while the man of the hour sported an all-black ensemble. Other celebrity guests included Denzel Washington , Amanda Seyfried, Natasha Lyonne , Meghann Fahy and Tinseltown's newest 'It' couple, Iris Apatow and Sam Nivola, among others. The evening also featured a performance by singer Tems. Honoree Samuel L. Jackson and wife LaTanya Richardson Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art Film Benefit in New York last October. Photo: AP Advertisement The Pulp Fiction star thanked his partner during his speech, in which he touched on what he called the life-changing power of cinema and on his drive to 'keep creating', but he also gave her a shout-out on Instagram, calling her his 'rock'. He then took the chance to thank his daughter, addressing her as 'the inspiration'. So, what else do we know about Zoe Jackson? She's an Emmy-winning producer Samuel L. Jackson's daughter, Zoe Jackson, as a baby. Photo: @samuelljackson/Instagram Zoe Jackson, 43, studied psychology at Vassar College, New York, where a classmate was actress Anne Hathaway . On her graduation day, it was her dad who gave the commencement speech, making it extra special. After graduating, Jackson took to production and worked on huge successes like Project Runway and RuPaul's Drag Race . It was for RPDR that she won an Emmy in 2021. Jackson worked with Hathaway and father Samuel on Funny or Die and collaborated with him again on documentary series Life on the Edge, about gang culture. She helps keep her parents together Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson Jackson welcomed their daughter, Zoe, on March 28, 1982. Photo: @samuelljackson/Instagram Zoe Jackson was raised with much love by her superstar parents. Her mum, a prolific actress, took a step back from her career after Zoe was born to focus on motherhood, and her father also made sure to be a part of her life. 'My dad was an absentee dad, so it was always important to me that I was part of my daughter's life, and she deserved two parents, which is part of what informs us staying married for 30 years,' the Star Wars actor told Esquire in 2010. To spend time with their daughter, the busy couple go on a lavish sailing holiday with her every July. She can cook
Sydney Morning Herald
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘I love my cats': All's fair for feted felines at curious new cat expo
The famous adage goes that dogs have masters, and cats have staff. A phalanx of felines basked in the slavish, open adoration of fanciers who flocked to Melbourne's newest cat expo on Sunday. And for an inaugural event, there was enough to see at the Oz Feline Fair to tickle cat lovers' fancies, including a hairless elf-breed cat riding a skateboard, Bengal cats with leopard-like fur, and Persian cats with enough hair to make a small rug. Even attendees like Zoe Jackson, 9, of Thomastown, who already had pet moggies queued for the popular 'pat a kitten' stall. Zoe wanted 'to pat a different cat'. On the stage, charismatic Portugal-based American cat judge Steven Meserve held court, talking about the characteristics of Persian cats. Charmayne Hales, of Enfield, near Ballarat, said she didn't have three of her cats judged at the fair for the money. The prize for 'supreme exhibit', won by Lil Winnie, a Singapura cat owned by Fiona Sullivan, of Grantville, was worth about $1500. Hales said she enjoys showing off the rare breed Australian mist, which was developed 50 years ago and blends Burmese, Abyssinian and domestic breeds. Hales said she, husband Gary and daughter Emma, 12, love chatting to the public at the 20 shows a year they attend with their cats.
The Age
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
‘I love my cats': All's fair for feted felines at curious new cat expo
The famous adage goes that dogs have masters, and cats have staff. A phalanx of felines basked in the slavish, open adoration of fanciers who flocked to Melbourne's newest cat expo on Sunday. And for an inaugural event, there was enough to see at the Oz Feline Fair to tickle cat lovers' fancies, including a hairless elf-breed cat riding a skateboard, Bengal cats with leopard-like fur, and Persian cats with enough hair to make a small rug. Even attendees like Zoe Jackson, 9, of Thomastown, who already had pet moggies queued for the popular 'pat a kitten' stall. Zoe wanted 'to pat a different cat'. On the stage, charismatic Portugal-based American cat judge Steven Meserve held court, talking about the characteristics of Persian cats. Charmayne Hales, of Enfield, near Ballarat, said she didn't have three of her cats judged at the fair for the money. The prize for 'supreme exhibit', won by Lil Winnie, a Singapura cat owned by Fiona Sullivan, of Grantville, was worth about $1500. Hales said she enjoys showing off the rare breed Australian mist, which was developed 50 years ago and blends Burmese, Abyssinian and domestic breeds. Hales said she, husband Gary and daughter Emma, 12, love chatting to the public at the 20 shows a year they attend with their cats.
Los Angeles Times
22-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
What's ‘romantasy'? What's a cool girl? The internet's favorite book genres
Calling all bookworms! Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. I'm Meg. I write shut up and read, a book newsletter. I also am known to wade into the waters of BookTok — TikTok parlance for accounts all about the world of literature — and I have also written about the many scandals that plague the subcommunity. A lie I love to tell myself is that time spent scrolling is not wasted. BookTokers such as Zoe Jackson, Alexandria Juarez, @smallcasualbooktok and Lauren Louise enable that lie thanks to their trustworthy recommendations, reviews and rankings of books old and new. But BookTok is big. Unfortunately for me, but fortunately for you, I am deep in its trenches and can offer a primer on how to navigate the unwieldy world of books. Romantasy runs the show: You can't write about BookTok without writing about 'Romantasy' (a portmanteau of the genres romance and fantasy). You probably can't even write about the publishing industry today without referencing the genre that saved bricks-and-mortar bookstores. Rulers of the romantasy space — authors like Rebecca Yarros and Sarah J. Maas — owe their meteoric rises, in large part, to the untold number of readers on BookTok. Yarros' latest installment in her Empyrean series, 'Onyx Storm,' was released a mere month ago, and the book's hashtag has already been featured on more than 221,000 videos on TikTok. And Callie Hart's originally self-published 'Quicksilver' — which Hodderscape, an imprint of Hachette, won the rights to — is already gaining steam, and a Netflix adaptation, despite only being released in December 2024. Let's not forget about the romance purists: BookTok gave romance a big boost. In 2020, there were only two romance-specific bookstores in the United States. There are now more than 20. You can't walk down the romance aisle without running into Ali Hazelwood, Casey McQuiston, Ana Huang, Emily Henry, Jasmine Guillory, Hannah Grace or Tessa Bailey, and you can't scroll through RomanceTok without encountering #SpicyTok, a rating system that determines how steamy a romance read gets. Thought daughter: 'Hot girls' reign supreme on BookTok. They also go by 'cool girls' or 'sad girls,' depending on their mood. Sometimes they're even hot and sad. Or just messy. Hot girls are nothing more than marketing. They're status symbols for the literary — but they're also usually conventionally good-looking (read: thin). The hot girls' syllabus includes books by the patron saint of sad girls, Sally Rooney, and is bolstered by the works of Ottessa Moshfegh, Melissa Broder, Emma Cline and Elif Batuman. The hot girls club's umbrella is even big enough to cover the works of Eve Babitz and Joan Didion, though surely against their will. To be clear, Babitz and Didion are literary icons — and snobs that would definitely reject being part of a category so commercialized and contrived, despite arguments that their work fits the bill. And for inexplicable reasons, content creators usually include Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels when doing roundups of hot girl reads. (Please note: The Times may earn a commission through links to whose fees support independent bookstores.) The country's biggest book fest is back, baby! The 30th Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is going to be bigger and better than ever with over 600 authors and cultural icons, 300 exhibitors, activities for all ages and more — over a whole weekend this spring. Speaking of, Andrew Garfield, Percival Everett and Attica Locke are among the 61 Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalists. The awards ceremony will take place April 25 at USC's Bovard Auditorium ahead of the festival. Bad Bunny's sixth solo studio album, 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos,' was dubbed his 'most Puerto Rican album ever.' The record was released with 17 informative visualizers, written by professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, that outlined key moments in Puerto Rican history. Here are 5 essential Puerto Rican reads for those looking to engage more deeply with the island's history. From the late two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and former Los Angeles Times journalist Kim Christensen, 'On My Honor' unpacks the tarnished legacy of the Boy Scouts of America. His reporting documented hundreds of cases in which the organization failed to report accusations to authorities, hid allegations from parents and the public, or urged admitted abusers to quietly resign. Times columnist Michael Hiltzik provides a comprehensive history of California's storied past in 'Golden State: The Making of California.' Though hard to fathom wrapping one's arms around such a massive undertaking, in one volume no less, Hiltzik proceeds methodically but vigorously, and with a healthy dose of skepticism. This week, we speak to Reparations Club owner Jazzi McGilbert. When the South Central native opened her bookstore in 2019, she envisioned it becoming a space for conversation and community. 'I wanted the space to be accessible to my younger self,' she says. 'I wanted a space for us to gather and have conversations, and books were the most natural conduit for that.' What are the most popular titles at your store lately? 'Parable of the Sower' by Octavia Butler. I think that's probably the most popular in all of Los Angeles, if not all bookstores at the moment. That's a constant. 'All About Love' by bell hooks is also a constant. 'James' by Percival Everett has been a big one in the last year. 'Mutual Aid' and 'Love in a F*cked Up World' by Dean Spade. What are some of the upcoming releases that you're excited about as a reader? A Toni Morrison moment is coming. There's a re-release of 'Fish Tales' by Nettie Jones, which Toni Morrison edited. There's 'Toni at Random,' which is about Toni Morrison's run as an editor at Penguin Random House, which is quite storied. What is your favorite reading spot? I love reading in my car, which might be very L.A. of me. Not while I'm driving, obviously, although I will listen to an audiobook while I drive. I like to pull over on the side of the road at a park, at the beach, pop the trunk and read in my car. That's something I've done as long as I can remember. I like confined spaces, but I also like nature, so that's my way of being confined but also outside. See you in the stacks — or on Goodreads!
