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PEOPLE & ARTS Friday 23 February 2018
CBS names Margaret Brennan

as 'Face the Nation' anchor

By DAVID BAUDER
NEW YORK (AP) — In ap-
pointing Margaret Brennan
This image released by Universal Pictures shows a scene from as moderator of "Face the
the upcoming "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom," in theaters on Nation" on Thursday, CBS
June 22.
Associated Press News gets the first person
with day-to-day experi-
Universal launches ence covering the Trump
administration as host of a
plans for third Sunday morning political
talk show. Brennan, 37, re-
places John Dickerson and
'Jurassic World' film will start on Sunday. Dicker-
son recently moved to New
York to become one of the
three anchors of "CBS This
NEW YORK (AP) — Four rising."
months before "Jurassic "Jurassic World" ranks Morning." Brennan, in an
World: Fallen Kingdom" among the biggest box- interview, said the Sunday In this April 6, 2016 file photo, CBS News correspondent Marga-
hits theaters, Universal Pic- office hits. It launched with political shows are an in- ret Brennan arrives at the 7th Annual Women in the World Sum-
tures has announced plans a $208.8 million opening creasingly important forum mit opening night in New York.
Wednesday for a third in- weekend and finished with for lending perspective Associated Press
stallment in the rebooted $1.7 billion worldwide in at a time the news cycle
dinosaur franchise. ticket sales. moves so quickly for jour- Garrett. She's currently a tries to get things done that
Universal says "Jurassic Trevorrow and Steven nalists and viewers. "To be White House and foreign may be an advantage
World 3" will land in June Spielberg are executive able to step back and give affairs correspondent for over her rivals. "It's not a
2021. The film is to be writ- producing each new "Ju- some perspective is value- CBS, and interviewed Sec- White House that mimics
ten by Emily Carmichael rassic World" film. added," she said. Bren- retary of State Rex Tillerson any other," she said. Mary
and Colin Trevorrow, the Directed by J.A. Bayona, nan has been a panelist on "60 Minutes" this past Hager, executive producer
director of 2015's "Jurassic "Jurassic World: Fallen King- on "Face the Nation" and Sunday. She'll exit the White of "Face the Nation," cited
World." Carmichael co- dom," starring Chris Pratt filled in as moderator since House for her new job, but Brennan's "ability to ask
wrote the upcoming sci-fi and Bryce Dallas Howard, Dickerson's exit, along with leaves with a perspective newsmakers tough but fair
adventure "Pacific Rim Up- opens June 22.q Nancy Cordes and Major on how it operates and questions in a deft and re-
spectful manner, her sharp
news instincts and her tre-
Book Review: Lippman's mendous ability to make
complicated subjects un-
derstandable" as strengths.
'Sunburn' is intriguing mystery Brennan worked at Bloom-
berg News and CNBC be-
fore joining CBS in 2012.
She takes over a broad-
By OLINE H. COGDILL merging themselves with besides a main street and cast that had Bob Schieffer
Associated Press layers of duplicity. In the the oddly named High-Ho and Lesley Stahl as long-
Laura Lippman's versatil- hard-boiled vein, Lippman diner, where she gets a job running predecessors be-
ity as a writer ascends to takes the femme fatale — as a waitress. It's what she fore Dickerson took over.
a new level with her excel- the linchpin of novels such needs — no stress, no one CBS News President David
lent 22nd novel, "Sunburn," as "Double Indemnity" — she has to take care of, just Rhodes credited Dicker-
which ignites as a classic and puts a modern spin on enjoying "steeping herself son with giving "Face" an
hard-boiled mystery and this archetype, then turns it in silence" when she's not all-week presence across
contemporary domestic upside down. at work. She doesn't want This book cover image re- digital and social media. "I
leased by William Morrow
thriller. Lust, deceit and the At the center of "Sunburn" a man, nor need one. Then shows "Sunburn," a novel by can't wait to see how Mary
simple quest for happiness is Polly Costello who walks Adam Bosk walks into the Laura Lippman. and Margaret together will
rule the plot as "Sunburn" away from her husband, diner and the attraction is Associated Press continue to evolve this im-
works well as an homage Greg, and their 3-year- instantaneous. It suits her portant public affairs pro-
to Raymond Chandler, old daughter, Jani, during that Adam is only passing ly is like the sun that Icarus gram," he said in a note
James M. Cain and Anne a beach vacation. She's through; his job as a cook flew too near, and anyone to CBS employees. Her
Tyler. Lippman delves into been making these plans at the High-Ho is temporary, who gets too close to her competition on Sundays in-
a study of contrasts with a for a while, considering though he does know more heat is likely to get burned. cludes Chuck Todd at NBC,
story that's as cynical as it her actions a pre-emptive than just flipping burgers. Lippman shows Polly's vul- George Stephanopoulos
is hopeful, a look at hearts strike, knowing that Greg Adam and Polly's secrets nerability, her strength, her and Martha Raddatz at
of darkness coupled with a would leave her soon, with- are doled out in small rev- compassion and her heart- ABC, Chris Wallace at Fox
domestic thriller. The 1995 out support for Jani. That elations, making "Sunburn" lessness. Even when Polly and Jake Tapper on CNN.
setting also adds to the in- would "trap" her as a single even more intriguing. Mur- resorts to the worst possible "I have thought of the show
tense character studies — parent. And Polly refused der, insurance, investiga- behavior, the reader is still as being an exclamation
with no cellphones or social to be trapped. tors and hidden loves come on her side. The ingenious point for the week that was
media to cloud each per- Polly doesn't get far — the to the forefront as the char- plot evolves into myriad and a starting point for the
sona. Characters are seek- small Delaware town of acters struggle with their twists that are as believable week that's coming," Bren-
ing their identities yet sub- Belleville, which has little identities. The complex Pol- as they are surprising.q nan said.q