En legendarisk matlagningsexpert ger en frustrerad kontorsarbetare ny smak för livet i "Julie och Julia". En sann historia om hur Julia Childs liv och kokbok inspirerade nybörjarskribenten Julie Powell att laga 524 recept på 365 dagar. Med matlagningen som vapen tänjer de gränser, utmanar tillvaron och greppar chansen för förändring, allt för att hitta sig själv. En utsökt komedi om glädje, besatthet och smör. Bon appétit!
En författare som är trött på cyniskt författade böcker skriver under pseudonym en egen bok som får hans karriär att slira in i det hyckleri och den galenskap som han påstås förakta.
The publication of a new dictionary titled The Great Passage progresses. Mitsuya Majime, originally from publisher Genbu Shobo's sales department, has been recruited by Kouhei Araki, a veteran editor of the dictionary department who is looking to retire soon. The dictionary department is known internally as the "money-eating insect," but Mitsuya uses his perseverance and attachment to the words in order to become a great editor. Mitsuya, who has poor social skills, finds himself working with another man named Masashi Nishioka, who is able to express himself better.
Gloss was a television drama series in New Zealand that screened from 1987-1990. The series was about a fictional publishing empire run by the Redfern family. It was a starting point for many actors who went on to many productions in New Zealand, Australia and around the world including Temuera Morrison, Miranda Harcourt, Peter Elliott, Lisa Chappell, Danielle Cormack and Kevin Smith. Writers for the show included James Griffin, who went on to write Outrageous Fortune, Rosemary McLeod and Ian Mune. The show's title theme song was performed by Beaver Morrison. The show has not been rescreened since its original screening, but selected extracts have been made available for viewing on NZ On Screen.
