Paul Rudnick
The screenwriter (?In and Out?) and playwright (?I Hate Hamlet?) puts the colorful details of his life in his new memoir, I Shudder: And Other Reactions to Life, Death, and New Jersey. As the original writer of ?Sister Act,? he tells Kurt why the sight of Whoopi Goldberg in a habit still makes him cringe. And he explains how Hollywood’s best characters are often behind the camera.
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