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July 24, 2014
Come Dine With Me
Come dine with me, in my favorite Indian restaurant in New York, proceeds to go to the wonderful homeless charity BRC, with a signed book and film poster thrown into the pot. To bid for the meal, please go to CharityBuzz.com.
January 20, 2014
The Hundred-Foot Journey Club
“A hundred-foot journey begins in that moment when you bravely drop what is familiar and cross over into a new realm that is far out of your comfort zone. It is a profound journey, however small in physical distance, that materially changes the course of your life for the better.”
That’s the intro to a new club I have created. The idea is simple.
Anyone who has made or dreams of making a hundred-foot journey can join. My goal is to build a community of like-minded people who understand that even the smallest events and initiatives can transform one’s life for the better. If you have a hundred-foot journey story you’d like to share, please write it up or make a short video and send it to me. Every month my team and I will pick the tale we find most moving, and, upon anointing our hundred-foot honoree, will send them a signed copy of The Hundred-Foot Journey book. I look forward to hearing from you.
To learn more or submit your story, visit my new website, The Hundred-Journey Club, and visit our regularly updated page on Facebook.
December 22, 2013
Pierre Cardin Bio Reissued
Delighted that my unauthorized biography, Pierre Cardin: The Man Who Became A Label, has been reissued in e-book form. I wrote the book when I was in my 20s, when we lived in London. Published by Bantam Press, it was greeted with critical acclaim when it came out in 1991. Here are some of the reviews from back in the day:
“Richard Morais has an easy, witty style which carries one with panache through the life of a fairly unattractive man. It’s a journalistic style which matches his subject perfectly, but his power of description – the rue de Rivoli in early morning, London’s Teddy Boys in the Fifties – suggests a more sensitive talent searching for fulfillment…. There is extraordinary, often startling information throughout this book, but the pleasure is in the writing. I hope he is working on his second book.” – Moira Shearer, The Sunday Telegraph
“Morais’ style makes for compulsive reading.” – Sir Ralph Halpern, Sunday Express
“Cardin is undoubtedly one of the world’s most successful businessmen, and how he got there is a fascinating story which Morais tells colorfully and well. It is no hagiography; neither is it a hatchet job. He has caught the essence of the man.” – Lucia van de Post,Financial Times
“The author’s analytical business mind unraveling of the complexities of this secret empire is the strength of this book, which, in the world of vainglorious fashion biographies stuffed with glossy pictures, is thorough, excellently researched, racy and entertaining.” – Suzy Menkes, International Herald Tribune
“I praise a very efficient piece of journalism…. an astute journalist who has not been seduced by Cardin’s charm…. This excellent book is heady stuff to the aspirant dress designer.” – Sir Hardy Amies, The Daily Telegraph
‘Cardin, an extreme eccentric, has no business organization and operates on total confusion…. The book is full of hilarious tales of mismanagement, and the very weirdness of his life: a homosexual famous for his affair with Jeanne Moreau, a man who talks of himself in the third person, who lives alone with his 90-year-old sister, dresses like a tramp, and can hardly shave, a world of millionaire megalomania worthy of Howard Hughes.” – Adrian Danmatt, The Times
“A controversial new biography.” – Jonathan Cooper, The European
“Morais has a readable, if scurrilous line in gossip: we learn that Jean Cocteau liked to masturbate behind a two-way mirror in a local public sauna and that the fashion designer Balenciaga used a clean linen handkerchief to clean his dog’s bottom during walks.” – Lisa Armstrong, The Independent
“’It was instantaneous. I knew his reputation as a homosexual. I didn’t give a damn,’ Jeanne Moreau said. Paris was amazed and Cardin’s boyfriend André was furious. He threatened suicide and had to be bought off, says Richard Morais, in a well-researched, unauthorized biography…” – Peter Grosvenor, Daily Express
“Packed with wicked gossip, scurrilous anecdotes and mountains of contextual information. …Morais dissects several myths that most of the press are happy to swallow.” – Men’s Wear
October 21, 2013
Japan Joins the 100-Foot Family
My new sub-agent in Japan, the famous Tuttle Mori Agency, just held an auction for the rights to The Hundred-Foot Journey. The winner of the bidding was the famous Japanese publishing house, Shueisha, which publishes everything from comic books to Proust in Japan.
Kangei – welcome – or 歓迎.
That brings the publishers worldwide of The Hundred-Foot Journey to a robust 25 houses.
August 10, 2013
Om Puri, Charlotte le Bon Join DreamWorks’ 100-Foot Film Cast
The great Indian actor Om Puri was my first choice to play Papa in DreamWorks’ adaption of my novel, The Hundred-Foot Journey. It’s happening. DreamWorks has just confirmed Om Puri will play opposite my ideal Madame Mallory, Dame Helen Mirren. Is that a dream cast or what? Can’t wait to see the sparks fly. 
And if that isn’t enough chemistry, Charlotte le Bon, the rising French-Canadian actress, is going to play Margaret opposite Manish Dayal’s Hassan. Guiding this powerful pack of actors through the process of making a film will be the always superb director, Lasse Hallstrom – who was also my first choice.
July 20, 2013
Buddhaland Brooklyn Teaser
At the wonderful Strand Books last week. Here is a brief clip, reading a scene from Buddhaland Brooklyn.
July 2, 2013
Helen Mirren in The Hundred-Foot Journey FIlm
It’s official. Dame Helen Mirren (Madame Mallory) and the fast-rising Manish Dayal (Hassan Haji) join the cast of The Hundred-Foot Journey film due out August 8, 2014. I am a lucky fellow. The wonderful Lasse Hallstom is directing; the screenwriter is Steven Knight, while the producers are Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, and Juliet Blake. Rather good bones, as they say. But who will play Papa?
Helen Mirren to go The Hundred Foot Journey
TV3.ie
Helen Mirren to go The Hundred Foot Journey. Helen Mirren is to star as Madam Mallory in The Hundred Foot Journey due out in August 2014. Dame Helen Mirren is to star in The Hundred Foot Journey. The 67-year-old actress will portray the unusual and …
Helen Mirren to Star in DreamWorks Drama ‘The Hundred-Foot Journey‘
Hollywood Reporter
Lasse Hallstrom will direct the film, which kicks off when an Indian family moves to southern France and opens an Indian restaurant 100 feet across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant. A culinary battle ensues between the two that …
Helen Mirren and Manish Dayal join The Hundred-Foot Journey
Screen International
In The Hundred-Foot Journey, when an Indian family moves to Southern France and opens an Indian restaurant a hundred feet across the street from a Michelin starred French restaurant, a culinary battle ensues between the two. Production will begin in …
Helen Mirren & Manish Dayal To Star In ‘The Hundred-Foot Journey‘
Flicks and bits
Various sources are reporting that Helen Mirren will play Madame Mallory in the Lasse Hallstrom-directed (Chocolat, The Cider House Rules) drama ‘The Hundred-Foot Journey,’ an adaptation of Richard C. Morais’ novel about the rivalry between an Indian …
Helen Mirren Joins The Hundred-Foot Journey
ComingSoon.net
The Lasse Hallstrom-directed DreamWorks’ culinary movie The Hundred-Foot Journey has added the first two names to its cast, one an Oscar-winning actress, the other a virtual unknown, as the trades are reporting that Helen Mirren has been cast in one of …
Helen Mirren – Helen Mirren To Star In The Hundred-foot Journey Movie
Contactmusic.com
British actress Helen Mirren has been cast in a Hollywood adaptation of author Richard C. Morais’ bestselling book The Hundred-Foot Journey. The Queen star will appear alongside rising actor Manish Dayal in the culinary-themed drama, about an Indian …
TOLDJA: Helen Mirren Set For DreamWorks’ ‘The Hundred Foot Journey‘
Deadline.com
Helen Mirren The Oscar-winning actress will be starring in The Hundred Foot Journey, DreamWorks Studios officially announced today. Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr first reported in early June that Helen Mirren was circling the project to play eccentric and …
’90210′s’ Manish Dayal to Star Alongside Helen Mirren in DreamWorks’ ‘The …
TheWrap
Manish Dayal, a star of the CW’s â90210â reboot and AMC’s âRubicon,â will take the lead role in DreamWorks’ âThe Hundred-Foot Journey,â the studio announced on Monday. Helen Mirren also will star in the film, which had been previously reported but just …
Helen Mirren Joins Oprah- and Steven Spielberg-Produced ‘The Hundred-Foot …
Moviefone
The film, based on the novel by Richard C. Morais, stars Mirren as Madame Mallory, an eccentric, renowned chef of a three-star Michelin restaurant whose life is turned upside down when an Indian family moves to her small town in southern France and …
Helen Mirren to Star in DreamWorks’ ‘JOURNEY‘
Broadway World
Helen-Mirren-to-Star-in-DreamWorks-JOURNEY-20130701. Variety reports that Helen Mirren and Manish Dayal have signed on to star in DreamWorks upcoming drama THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY, based on the novel by author Richard Morais.
0 Helen Mirren and Manish Dayal Join The Hundred-Foot Journey
Lasse Halsstrom is directing this adaptation of Richard Morais’ novel about a culinary rivalry between two French and Indian restaurants.
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Mirren joins Hundred-Foot Journey - IMDb
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TOLDJA: Helen Mirren Set For DreamWorks’ ‘The Hundred Foot …
From Yahoo! Movies: The Oscar-winning actress will be starring in The Hundred Foot Journey, DreamWorks Studios officially announced today. Deadline’s Mike …
movies.yahoo.com/…/toldja-helen-mirren-set-dreamwork-hun…
Helen Mirren and Manish Dayal Set to Make ‘Journey‘ for … - Variety
Low ‘Big Brother’ Tops Anemic Sunday for the Broadcasters. Helen Mirren and Manish Dayal are set to star in the DreamWorks pic âThe Hundred-Foot Journey,â Â …
variety.com/…/helen-mirren-manish-dayal-dreamworks-12005…
Helen Mirren will star in Dreamworks’ ‘The Hundred Foot Journey …
Helen Mirren has officially signed on to star in Dreamworks’ ‘The Hundred Foot Journey,’ which is being co-produced by Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey.
thecelebritycafe.com/…/helen-mirren-will-star-dreamworks-hu…
June 30, 2013
Performance at The Strand
Esteemed Jungian analyst Morgan Stebbins will interview me about BUDDHALAND BROOKLYN at Strand Books in New York.
The night’s theme: The psychology of religion.
The date: July 11th
The time: 7pm
The address: 828 Broadway
You’re all heartily invited to come join us.
May 25, 2013
British Review
Review of BUDDHALAND BROOKLYN published by the York Press in Britain: âThis book has everything: humour, tragedy, conflictâ¦a beautifully-written book to savour and enjoyâ¦I will certainly read it more than once.â For the full review, click here.
May 2, 2013
Indian Cover of Buddhaland Brooklyn
My publisher in Delhi, HarperCollins India, is publishing a rather moody and stylish cover for BUDDHALAND BROOKLYN. Rather cool, I think.
