Martin Scorsese’s latest biopic will be based on the memoir of millionaire-stockbroker-turned-white-collar-inmate Jordan Belfort and stocked with stars like Leonardo DiCaprio and Rob Reiner. Adapted from Belfort’s book by Boardwalk Empire creator Terence Winter, the script promises to be a sturdy foundation for the ruthlessly flashy life of the man nicknamed the Wall Street Wolf. Shooting will begin in New York next week. [via Vancouver Sun]

If the crowd of wildly enthusiastic Bob Dylan fans is known for anything, it’s for a decades-long ability to hang onto the musician’s every word. Which makes journalist Jonah Lehrer’s decision to slip phony Bard quotes into his book on artists’ creative patterns especially bewildering. In response to a journalist (and Dylan disciple) exposing Lehrer’s unorthodox biographical approach, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has recalled the book and Lehrer has resigned from his months-old position as a staff writer at The New Yorker. [via the New York Times]

Some people find a high-stakes poker game even more irresistible when it’s illegal -- and a lot of those people are sports stars and Hollywood faces. Read all about them in a memoir by Molly Bloom, the daring founder of a web of exclusive underground poker games held in U.S. cities from NYC to LA. Bloom’s story is slated for release in summer 2014, courtesy of HarperCollins’ It Books. [via Miami Herald]

Mickey Rourke may soon tackle the role of another rugged sports figure, one fitter and cleaner than the one he’s currently known for. Retired Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas -- who gets extra points as one of the few openly gay male professional sports figures -- says filming could begin this summer. Despite some rumors to the contrary, Thomas and Rourke remain teamed up, with Thomas betting on their friendship to inspire a second masterful portrayal of an aging sportsman. [via NewsTalk]

This year’s Julia Child centennial feast continues, with a new Bob Spitz–penned biography due on August 7 from Knopf. Packed with the requisite insider details, Spitz’s picture of the larger-than-life Child also includes an often missing ingredient: her flair for rigorously scientific recipe research, which has made her translation of French traditions into American hands the authoritative one for more than five decades now. [via Richmond Times-Dispatch]