Karen McCullah Lutz

Karen McCullah Lutz is an American screenwriter and novelist. McCullah Lutz was born in the Philippines, where her father had been assigned with the United States Navy performing counterespionage duties. She grew up in Bergen County, New...

In this article: William Shakespeare, 10 Things I Hate About You, The Taming of the Shrew, Indian Hills High School, James Madison University, Amanda Brown, United States Navy, and Kirsten Smith

...a secretly heartbroken man fall in love. This summary simply screams boring and unoriginal, but somehow writers Nicole Eastman, Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith captivate with the thoroughly amusing "Ugly Truth. " TV show producer Abby...

In this article: The Ugly Truth, Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, and Kirsten Smith

...because they are by far the most useful and most readable books on screenwriting I've ever come across," said screenwriter Karen Lutz ("The Ugly Truth"). "He truly loved movies and was able to break down the structure of them in a way...

In this article: Blake Snyder, Karen Lutz, UCLA, Cardiac arrest, Stop!, Georgetown University, Beijing Film Academy, and Disney

...best of the '90s boon on teen movies? The high school take on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (shockingly written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, the two women responsible for the much less savvy The Ugly Truth) is smart,...

In this article: Step Brothers, John C. Reilly, Dylan McDermott, Will Ferrell, Oscar, Ryan Phillippe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 10 Things I Hate About You, The Way of the Gun, and Suicide

...a joke. "He's the Bill Clinton of movie stars," says Kirsten Smith, who co-wrote The Ugly Truth with fellow-screenwriter, Karen McCullah Lutz. "There were several men at the premiere who said to me, 'Gee, he's really attractive. '...

In this article: Gerard Butler, The Ugly Truth, Katherine Heigl, Leonidas, Kirsten Smith, 300, and Jennifer Aniston

...where you'll be embarrassedly laughing at her antics (Legally Blonde director Robert Luketic and screenwriters Nicole Eastman, Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith take the When Harry Met Sally faux orgasm scene to its next step: real orgasm...

In this article: The Ugly Truth, Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Dog, The New York Observer, Emmy, and Sony

The fantasy of the redeemable, even lovable cad is a favorite romantic fantasy, one that the writers Nicole Eastman, Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith peddle shamelessly. That three women thought up this junk should be no more...

In this article: Katherine Heigl, The Ugly Truth, Gerard Butler, Kirsten Smith, Columbia Pictures, and Robert Luketic

...roof. Abby's scale is rattled by her new Cro-Magnon commentator, and not in a good way. Screenwriters Nicole Eastman, Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith make sure that we don't share her sense of gall, letting us in on a secret early on.

In this article: The Ugly Truth, Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Kirsten Smith, Eric Winter, Cheryl Hines, and John Michael Higgins

...interview. Smith, who penned "Legally Blonde" and reunited with that movie's creative team, including writing partner Karen McCullah Lutz and director Robert Luketic, for "The Ugly Truth," adds that at the movie's premiere "there were...

In this article: Gerard Butler, The Ugly Truth, Katherine Heigl, Los Angeles, Kirsten Smith, 300, and Robert Luketic

Now that more edgy fare is being embraced, they have, in Silverstein's words, "the freedom to write like a guy." Apparently, Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, who wrote the script for The Ugly Truth along with Nicole Eastman, told...

In this article: The Ugly Truth, Kirsten Smith, God, Lorene Scafaria, What Happens in Vegas, Diablo Cody, and Katherine Heigl