Books and The Stars: Ellen Page and Geri Halliwell

Honest to blog, Mr. Rochester? Academy Award-nominated actress Ellen "Juno" Page is set to play Jane Eyre in the umpteenth adaptation of the Bronte novel, according to Variety. The adaptor of the recent historical adaptation "The Other Boleyn Girl" is involved but there is no director, and more importantly no Mr. Rochester, announced yet. (I'm thinking, pull a "Ghost World" and cast Steve Buscemi as Rochester -- he's older than her and he needs a role that's completely opposite from what he usually does. And Blake Lively in a minor role as Jane Eyre's sainted friend who [SPOILER] dies tragically.) Other Janes have included Joan Fontaine and most recently Charlotte Gainsbourg. (Related: my review of WIDE SARGASSO SEA, a postcolonialist response to JANE EYRE.)

Celebrity author of the week: Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, whose signing for her children's book UGENIA LAVENDER in Essex, England was disrupted this week when she got stuck in an elevator for an hour. She had to be rescued by firefighters! That's a lot of excitement for a book signing.