Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Nyad, Julia Cox‘s adaptation of Diana Nyad’s memoir that was the diving-off point for directors ...

The biopic chronicles the life of long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, who swam from Cuba to Miami at the age of 64. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Nyad director Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. It was a feat of ...

The Oscars slate this year is packed with films rooted in historical events and biographies. How much influence should the subjects have? By Julia Jacobs Annette Bening plays the long-distance swimmer ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. I first heard of Diana Nyad in 2011, still in my late twenties and ...

Diana Nyad is a name familiar to anyone who follows marathon swimming. Let’s be honest, though: That’s a pretty small assemblage. Others of us know Nyad as a television commentator, the author of four ...

The writers who adapted two of this season’s most layered portraits of complicated women — one fictional, one ripped from the headlines — discuss bringing their powerful characters to life. By Seija ...