Colleen Hoover is making headlines once again as her bestselling psychological thriller Verity has been adapted into a movie.

The film stars Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett, with Hathaway playing the titular character, Verity Crawford, Johnson as struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh and Hartnett as Jeremy Crawford. Other cast members include Ismael Cruz Córdova and Brady Wagner. Directed by Michael Showalter and written by Nick Antosca, the movie is based on Hoover’s bestselling 2018 novel.

The movie follows Lowen Ashleigh, a struggling writer who is hired to complete the book series of acclaimed but incapacitated author Verity Crawford. After moving into Verity’s home, Lowen discovers a disturbing manuscript that reveals dark secrets about the family and leaves her questioning what is real and what is fiction.

It can be recalled that Colleen Hoover gained significant attention in the movie industry after her books It Ends With Us and It Starts With Us became major talking points, with It Ends With Us adapted into a 2024 film starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.

Verity is scheduled to be released in cinemas on October 2, 2026

Former Big Brother Naija star Cross Okonkwo has spoken about the security situation in Nigeria after alleging that he was robbed by a street beggar in Lagos.

Cross shared his experience after the incident, which he said occurred in the Ikate area of Lekki, Lagos, while several beggars approached his vehicle.

According to the reality TV star, one of the men reached into his car, took an item and ran away. “Federal government, I just got robbed. All these beggars, they were in my window talking to me. I did not refuse the guy and he just ripped off something from my car and ran away,” Cross said.

“Nigeria is not safe. Federal government, what kind of mistake are you guys doing allowing these guys on the street?” he added.

“This Lagos, I don’t understand why you guys are allowing these people to be on the street. This is unfair,” Cross said

Nollywood actor Tayo Faniran has revealed his struggles within the Nigerian film industry. Speaking about his career and the movie industry during a recent interview on TVC’s entertainment programme eSplash, Faniran expressed confidence that he would have gone further in his career if the industry operated differently.

He claimed that some of the producers widely regarded as the biggest names in Nollywood are not necessarily the most talented.

“In Nollywood, the film producers you guys see and know as the biggest are not the most talented film producers. “If Nollywood were strictly about talent, I should be far beyond where I am. There is a lot of rigging in the industry,” he said.