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Rare US comic books fetch $3.5m - news.bbc.co.uk
3 hours agoA collection of early comic books - including those featuring the debuts of Batman and Superman - is sold for $3.5m (£2.2m) at auction in New York.
VIDEO: Meet the Author: Clare Morrall
5 hours agoThe BBC's Nick Higham talks to Clare Morrall about her book The Roundabout Man, in which the central character lives on a roundabout in a caravan.
In the Orchard, the Swallows by Peter Hobbs: review
5 hours agoPhilip Womack enjoys the allegorical tale of a young Pakistani, in Peter Hobbs's new novel, In the Orchard, the Swallows.
Leaving Alexandria by Richard Holloway: review
5 hours agoDavid Robson applauds a former bishop's erudite exploration of faith
Enemies: a History of the FBI by Tim Weiner: review
5 hours agoKeith Lowe on an excellent insight into the American secret service, Enemies: A History of the FBI by Tim Weiner.
Palin book author pays fine for using confidential emails
7 hours agoANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A former aide to Sarah Palin who wrote an unflattering memoir of his time in her inner circle has paid a $11,900 fine for using confidential state emails without permission, according to the Alaska Department of Law.
Report of cocaine found in stomach of reality show producer raises suspicions...
11 hours agoUgandan authorities claim American reality show producer Jeff Rice died from a cocaine overdose after medical professionals performed a post mortem and found high concentrations of the drug in his stomach, the English language Ugandan newspaper The Daily Monitor reports.
Film studio sues to prevent more 'Godfather' books
14 hours agoParamount Pictures have sued Mario Puzo's estate, claiming that an unauthorised sequel of 'The Godfather' books should not have been published.
Kim Kardashian ‘To Date Jeremy Lin’ - showbizspy.com
16 hours agoKIM Kardashian wants to date Jeremy Lin. The socialite’s publicist has apparently arranged for her to go out for dinner with the NY Knicks player. “She thinks Jeremy is cute, and she’s good friend’s with Jeremy’s teammate Carmelo Anthony‘s wife Lala. It’s going to be a double date,” a source MediaTakeOut.
Book Grocer: 22-28 February
16 hours agoBook, poetry and spoken word events in London this week Wednesday: Lars Iyer launches his new novel, Dogma, at the Wapping Project (7pm). He’ll be chatting about it with Sam Jordison. Poet and novelist John Fuller is in conversation with Adam Phillips at Lutyens & Rubinstein ‘s beautiful bookshop in Notting Hill (7pm, £5). Rachel Rose Reid tells stories about fashion at Selfridges (6pm, free ...
Malaysia bans UK sex education book
17 hours agoMalaysia has banned a nearly 40-year-old sex education book written by a British author after complaints by Muslim activists that it is obscene.
Justin Bieber Excited to Release Another Book - showbizspy.com
18 hours agoJUSTIN Bieber is “excited” about releasing another book. The 17-year-old singer — whose first tome ‘First Step 2 Forever: My Story’ has sold over one million copies since its release in 2010 — will release a second photographic compilation, ‘Justin Bieber: Just Getting Started’ in September. The book will feature exclusive candid photos of the [...]
Author's dream of a plot inspires pupils to write their own tales
19 hours agoAn award-winning children's author revealed he had the idea for one of his much loved characters in a dream.
Prestatyn author's e-novel embraces the digital age
20 hours agoAN AUTHOR is launching his work into the digital age with a Kindle-only novel.
Malaysia bans British sex education book
21 hours agoPredominantly Muslim Malaysia on Wednesday banned the sale of a children's sex education book written by a British author, saying its contents "could threaten moral values".
By Far The Best Book About Investing Ever Written
21 hours agoLegendary investor Warren Buffett advised investors to read just three chapters from two books in order to understand the current market, so I decided to take a closer look at them.Today I examine Chapter ...
Jenny Wren: My favourite Charles Dickens character
23 hours agoJenny Wren - from Our Mutual Friend - is one of Dickens's most sentimental characters and is the twenty second in the Telegraph pick of the best Charles Dickens characters.
New Ways to Kill Your Mother by Colm Tóibín: review
1 day agoJane Shilling considers Colm Tóibín's penetrating collection of essays, New Ways to Kill Your Mother.
Susan Hill on five of the best books by 20th-century women
1 day agoThe writer Susan Hill picks five great novels by 20th-century women, from Vita Sackville-West to Anita Brookner
A Page in the Life: Adonis
1 day agoReligion imperils the Arab Spring, the Syrian poet Adonis tells Sameer Rahim.
A Card from Angela Carter by Susannah Clapp: review
1 day agoJane Shilling savours the concentrated essence of a maverick novelist
Children of addicts have a lot to lose - guardian.co.uk
1 day agoWhitney Houston's daughter, Bobbi Kristina, is just one of many children struggling with the death of an addicted parentWhen I heard about Whitney Houston's death, my thoughts turned to her daughter, Bobbi Kristina, 18, and the struggle she must be facing in dealing with the loss of her mother.I have seen children lose a parent to addiction. Accompanying the grief of bereavement are tormenting feelings of anger and a lack of self-worth. I have heard children say their parent chose alcohol or drugs over them, or that as a son or daughter they "weren't worth sticking around for". According to the charity Addaction, it is estimated that one in five people in the UK have a family member with a drug or alcohol problem. While addiction tends to hit the headlines when a celebrity such as Houston dies, thousands of other children are watching their parents abuse substances on a daily basis, and much of this is behind closed doors. The hidden nature of addiction is unsurprising given the ste...
Barnes & Noble boosted by Nook sales
1 day agoBarnes & Noble showed that its multi-million dollar bet on e-reading device Nook is beginning to pay off, after sales surged in the past three months.
Book: Sacred Land by Martin Palmer
1 day agoIn the early 1990s, British theologian Martin Palmer went to Moscow to work with Russian Orthodox priests on their environment programmes. One evening he had a conversation which changed his view of the world. An old priest showed him that the city of Moscow was laid out according to the images in the Book of Revelation, and when he expressed his amazement, they told him that every
Justin Bieber to release new book - exposay.com
1 day agoJustin Bieber is ''excited'' about releasing another book. The 17-year-old singer - whose first tome 'First Step 2 Forever: My Story' has sold over one million copies since its release in 2010 - will release a second photographic compilation, 'Justin Bieber: Just Getting Started' in September.
David Walliams' book Mr Stink to be made into BBC One comedy drama
1 day agoDavid Walliams to play prime minister in the BBC One adaptation of his children's book, Mr Stink, about schoolgirl who hides homeless man in her family's garden shed.
Colbert to release kids' book about a flag pole - whdh.com
1 day agoNEW YORK -- With the blessing of Maurice Sendak, Stephen Colbert is releasing a children's book.
'Ban' for Mayle book in Malaysia
1 day agoMalaysian officials order book shops to stop selling a sex education book by British author Peter Mayle.
Astronaut Mark Kelly writing children's book - abclocal.go.com
1 day agoRetired astronaut Mark Kelly, who collaborated with his wife, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, on her memoir, is writing a children's book about a mouse that goes to space.
Interview with RJ Palacio, author of Wonder
1 day ago'Wonder', a new children's novel about a boy with a shocking facial disfigurement, is tipped to be a word-of-mouth hit.
Cormac McCarthy the book editor
1 day agoRenowned author Cormac McCarthy edits a book on physics - and takes out all the exclamation marks and semicolons.
Walliams book to be made for TV
1 day agoLittle Britain star David Walliams is to have his best-selling children's novel Mr Stink adapted into a BBC One comedy drama, it is announced.
Walliams book to be made for TV - news.bbc.co.uk
1 day agoLittle Britain star David Walliams is to have his best-selling children's novel Mr Stink adapted into a BBC One comedy drama, it is announced.
Malaysia blocks British sex education book
1 day agoMalaysia has ordered bookstores to stop selling a children's sex education book by a British author over concerns it could "corrupt people's minds" in the conservative Muslim-majority country.
My Heroes and Heroines: Jacqueline Wilson
1 day agoMore celebrity nails! Zooey Deschanel's typewriter talons at WGAs - osoblog.tv
1 day agoZooey Deschanel has been showing off her latest quirky manicure at the Writer's Guild Awards. See it here...
Jo the crossing sweeper: My favourite Charles Dickens character
1 day agoJo the crossing sweeper - from Bleak House - is one of Dickens's most sentimental characters and is the twenty first in the Telegraph pick of the best Charles Dickens characters.
Author Interview: Dave Pelzer
2 days agoAMERICAN Dave Pelzer is the undisputed king of the misery memoir after his book, A Child Called 'It', remained at the top of the New York Times bestseller list for a staggering six years.
Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville: review
2 days agoA woman's fight to find an identity of her own in a 'new' colony captivates Mark Sanderson
Truth and Consequences: Life Inside the Madoff Family by Laurie Sandell: review
2 days agoTry as she might, Helen Brown can't muster too much sympathy for the fallen Madoff family.
Target Tirpitz: X-Craft, Agents and Dambusters by Patrick Bishop: review
2 days agoChurchill tried every weapon to destroy Hitler's battleship, says Saul David, reviewing Target Tirpitz: X-Craft, Agents and Dambuster by Patrick Bishop.
David Walliams' book to be made for TV - inthenews.co.uk
2 days agoDavid Walliams' best-selling children's novel Mr Stink to be made into TV show.
Author to see first novel in print... after brain condition made her FORGET s...
2 days agoAlexandra Singer was struck down with the crippling nerve condition cerebral lupus in 2008, while she writing her debut Tea At The Grand Tazi.
Captain Scott and J M Barrie: an unlikely friendship
2 days agoA century after Captain Scott's doomed expedition, Kevin Telfer explores how he inspired his friend J M Barrie.
The Swan who danced herself to death
2 days agoRupert Christiansen salutes the magical Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova as a new performance honours her memory.
Blood on the Altar: In Search of a Serial Killer by Tobias Jones: review
2 days agoNicholas Shakespeare is gripped by Blood on the Altar: In Search of a Serial Killer by Tobias Jones.
Mackenzie Crook takes on orchestral role
2 days agoActor Mackenzie Crook will narrate the Prokofiev children's classic Peter And The Wolf with the Aurora Orchestra.
Allen wins Writers Guild honour - news.bbc.co.uk
2 days agoWoody Allen's Midnight in Paris and Alexander Payne's The Descendants win best screenplay prizes at the Writers Guild Awards.
Miss Havisham: My favourite Charles Dickens character
2 days agoMiss Havisham - from Great Expectations - is one of Charles Dickens's most memorable characters and is the twentieth in our series of his best characters.
Pick of the Paperbacks: February 19
2 days agoHolly Kyte on the best of recent paperback releases
Zooey Deschanel: Writer's Guild Awards with Joel McHale! - icelebz.com
3 days agoZooey Deschanel arrives in style to the 2012 Writers Guild Awards held at the Hollywood Palladium on Sunday (February 19) in Los Angeles. The 32-year-old New Girl actress wore her very own vintage Shareen dress to the event, honoring the top writers of the year. "Writers: this is for you. Manicure by redcarpetman courier font stencils by enamelle" Zooey tweeted before the show, with a picture of her fingernails which had letters stenciled on them! Zooey met up with funnyman Joel McHale on the red carpet the two hosted the big event together.
No, Abbey, your stardom's not OK! | Victoria Coren - guardian.co.uk
4 days agoThe fame thrust on footballers' wives is skewing the worth of true celebrity and talentIf you feel incensed when some poor female celebrity is photographed unwittingly on a beach with a ring drawn round her cellulite, or queuing for coffee with a spot visible and her hair undone, then Lord knows what you must make of one being described as "dead in the bath with her blood full of drugs".There are no posthumous photographs of Whitney Houston, as far as I know, but they would be all over the internet if there were. The press is certainly inviting us to imagine her water-logged corpse, going down the back stairs of a glitzy hotel in a body bag. This is the extreme end of: "Her dress is accidentally pulled up at the back! Not so glamorous now, are you, madam?"I find those cruel, ungallant paparazzi snaps of famous women looking spotty, or fat, or haggard, impossible to defend – until I look at OK! magazine.This week's issue, for example features a prominent interview with the footballe...
Author 'chuffed' by kids' award
4 days agoA book about a boy and his terminally ill mother, conceived by a writer who herself died from cancer, wins a prize decided solely by young readers.
There is no one reason behind Whitney's awful self-destruction - guardian.co.uk
5 days agoSome suggest that homophobic cultural pressure drove Whitney Houston to self-hatred and self-destruction, but it's probably not that simpleWhitney Houston certainly paid a high price for fame. We all know about the drug abuse that dogged her for years, with the genesis of her addiction often laid at the door of her former husband, Bobby Brown. He says different, as he would, and claims that Houston married him in order to hide her lesbianism. Others concur. An afterlife in the glittering pantheon of tragic gay icons beckons.It's horrible to think that homophobic cultural pressure drove Houston to self-hatred and self-destruction. Homophobia is a vile and inexcusable brand of hatred. Still, it's a huge leap to suggest that, out and proud, Houston would have lived happily ever after. Sadly, countless heterosexuals can attest that being comfortable with your sexuality is no panacea – as can some gay people, too. Even if life can be made fair, it cannot always be made simple.Whitney Hou...
What makes pop stars want to step out of the limelight? | Deborah Orr - guard...
5 days agoAdele may have been joking about taking five years off, but Lily Allen did opt out of the pop bubble, and it's not so hard to see whyThe awesomely successful young pop star, Adele, announced this week that she was going to take five years off to focus on her personal life. She has since backtracked on the idea, but such talk of withdrawal from the limelight does invite comparison with the hopefully temporary retirement of another lauded singer-songwriter, Lily Allen.Never has it been more apparent that great success in popular culture can carry great burdens, too. Allen is to be admired for having the confidence to step off the merry-go-round. For her, the spotlight felt particularly harsh. She told me in an interview that the relentless media attention made her feel "like a caged animal".Mass-market success now brings with it such avid attention that, to bowdlerise the phrase coined by David Quantick in the mid-1980s, pop really is beginning to eat itself. Words such as "goose", "k...
Alex James's new memoir proves him to be Britain's premier cheese bore - guar...
5 days agoAll Cheeses Great and Small describes the Blur bassist's purchase of a farm in the Cotswolds. It contains much rennet-based droningStop what you're doing: Alex James is to publish the second volume of his autobiography. All Cheeses Great and Small – yes, I know – is to hit the shelves in March, picking up after A Bit of a Blur, which detailed James's years as the bass player in Blur. If you're searching for the Churchillian analogy, as all multivolume autobiographies demand, this instalment is perhaps akin to Winston's London to Ladysmith via Pretoria, detailing his experiences of the second Boer war, first as war correspondent for the Morning Post, when he was captured by the Boers and made a daring escape, and then as he combined reporting duties with an army commission, managing to be one of the first soldiers to relieve the Siege of Ladysmith, and going on to see the British take Pretoria.All Cheeses Great and Small describes Alex's purchase of a farm in the Cotswolds and his em...
Mitchell Gross: Author 'duped two women out of $4.4million after meeting them...
6 days agoMitchell Gross is expected to plead guilty after duping women into investing millions in a sham company he set up, using some of the money to buy expensive artwork, a luxury car and a golf club membership.
The coverage of Whitney Houston's death: it's not right, but it's OK! - guard...
6 days agoCertain magazine reports following the singer's demise may have been greatly exaggeratedMeanwhile, the reaction of one Danyl Johnson to the death of Whitney Houston offers a masterclass in the overweening pride of The X Factor. You may well have forgotten Danyl, if indeed you ever knew him, but he was a contestant on the show a few series ago. At some point, the acts were briefly guest mentored by Whitney Houston – yet it was in the manner of an old rival that Danyl took to his Facebook page to give his reaction to her death."I know that Whitney Houston & I didn't see eye to eye," he declared, "but another legend is lost."Most gracious. Still, there were less seemly takes on Whitney's demise. Consider OK!'s exclusive, described on the cover as "OK!'s DAY WITH WHITNEY HOURS BEFORE HER DEATH."Alas, OK! has misrepresented tragic events on its cover far more cynically before, so in some ways it is no surpise to find it telling complete whoppers about Houston's death. This is, after all,...
O'Reilly book on JFK murder coming this fall - whdh.com
6 days agoNEW YORK -- After the big success of "Killing Lincoln," Bill O'Reilly is back on the case of a presidential assassination.
Book Talk: Carol O'Connell on life with Mallory
6 days agoTOKYO (Reuters) - Green-eyed, blonde and tall, Kathy Mallory is respected and feared by the cops who work with her, described sometimes as a cat playing with a mouse and nicknamed "Mallory the Machine." Even her creator, author Carol O'Connell, says she's not entirely sure how much she might actually like her own heroine in real life. Mallory, the star of a series of bestselling novels, now ...
Billy Bob Thornton denies new movie is based on relationship with Angelina Jo...
6 days agoDespite confirmation from And Then We Drove's producer to the contrary, Thornton insists he and Jolie are still good friends and he would never make a movie about herAn independent road movie about a "guy who's on a road trip and picks up this girl along the way" might not sound like a surefire smash at the box office - unless the hitchhiker in question happens to be based on one of the most famous women in the world.Representatives for Billy Bob Thornton were yesterday forced to deny that the Oscar-winning film-maker and actor's forthcoming movie, And Then We Drove, is based on his short-lived but much-documented relationship with Angelina Jolie, who he was married to between 2000 and 2003. An unnamed source close to the production told Variety that Thornton's romance with Jolie was the basis for the film, and the story was later confirmed by producer Alexander Rodnyansky during an interview at the Berlin festival.Rodnyansky told Variety: "I found the story amazing. It's a pretty n...
Sean Penn has every right to wade in on the Falklands | Ally Fogg - guardian....
6 days agoOf course celebrities can be ill-informed or stupid. But we should laugh at what they're saying, not that they're saying it at allSean Penn has been sounding off again. "Last year I went to Iraq," he told an interviewer. "It was a happy place. They had flowery meadows and rainbow skies, and rivers made of chocolate, where the children danced and laughed and played with gumdrop smiles."Oh no, silly me, that wasn't the real Sean Penn, that was his puppet from Team America: World Police. In truth, the Hollywood star met Argentina's president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, in Buenos Aires and said: "It's necessary that these diplomatic talks happen between the United Kingdom and Argentina. I think that the world today is not going to tolerate any kind of ludicrous and archaic commitment to colonialist ideology."Cue the inevitable outburst of anger, outrage and mockery from patriotic Brits, and (according to Google News) 479 newspaper articles around the world. The consensus on social ...
Boy genius's book reveals life in college at age 8 - whdh.com
7 days agoLOS ANGELES -- The one thing 14-year-old Moshe Kai Cavalin dislikes is being called a genius.
Book Grocer: 15-21 February
7 days agoBook, poetry and spoken word events in London this week Wednesday: See Shearsman poets Tim Allen and Jeremy Reed at Swedenborg Hall (7.30pm, free). Becky Cremin and Alan Halsey read from their new collections at Xing the Line , at the Apple Tree (7.30pm, £5 / £3). Open Ealing launches its first Poetry night with readings and an open mic session from (from 8pm, free). Thursday: Joanne Harris is ...
Hefner son arrested in domestic violence case - whdh.com
9 days agoPASADENA, Calif. -- Authorities say Hugh Hefner's 21-year-old son has been arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic violence in Pasadena.
Mark Salzman memoir coming out as e-book original - whdh.com
9 days agoNEW YORK -- Mark Salzman's latest book is based on a live performance.
Authorities: Houston was underwater in tub - whdh.com
9 days agoLOS ANGELES -- Whitney Houston's life was a doleful cover of other addiction-riddled pop stars who put their talent and themselves at risk.
JFK intern recounts long-ago affair in new book - whdh.com
9 days agoNEW YORK -- Mimi Alford was terrified in 1998 when the Monica Lewinsky scandal turned the word "intern" into a dirty joke, exposing an affair with a president. Her decades-old secret about her trysts with John F. Kennedy was still safe then.
iBooks Author 1.0 review
9 days agoAnyone who’s tried to create any sort of multimedia-based ebook knows that it isn’t the easiest process in the world.
Whitney Houston found dead in LA hotel room - osoblog.tv
10 days agoWhitney Houston has been found dead in a hotel room in LA, her publicist has confirmed. She was forty-eight.
Detroit-area author Zaslow killed in car accident - whdh.com
12 days agoWARNER TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Best-selling author Jeffrey Zaslow has died after he lost control of his car on a snowy road in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula. He was 53.
The Reidonator's campaign for 'stuff' continues - guardian.co.uk
13 days agoAlex Reid sets off to parliament to get the country sorted – and reveals the true depth of his social understandingTo the Palace of Westminster, where the evolution of Alex Reid from Jordan's cagefighting ex-husband to Campaigner For Stuff continues. Hitherto, Alex has seemed a bit of a public intellectual without a cause, and on Wednesday he pitched up to parliament on another hazily defined mission. "Let's get this country sorted!" ran one of his tweeted dispatches, while another inquired: "So Mr Cameron, wot do u think about …? Just about to sit in the House of Commons PM question time. Must keep quiet must keep quiet."Who can say for certain, but some clarity might have been provided by a later message reading "Let's get school dinners in this country sorted!" Mm. I can't help feeling confused if Alex has indeed picked school dinners as his big idea. After all, it's not as if a much bigger-hitting celebrity has turned their much more considerable attentions to the subject.Of mor...
Abu Qatada's weight and the showbizification of terror - guardian.co.uk
13 days agoThe latest tabloid attempt to paint 'preacher of hate' Abu Qatada as a bloater certainly puts his lesser sins in perspectiveLost in Showbiz is aware that politics is showbiz for ugly people, but is something similar true of terrorism? Or is terrorism showbiz for ugly politicians? Or politics for ugly celebrities? Once again we have the Daily Mail to thank for plunging us into this ontological crisis, as the paper criticises BBC directives on coverage of Abu Qatada, the radical preacher who is to be freed on bail."Whose side are they on? BBC tells journalists to stop calling Qatada 'an extremist' – and showing pics of him looking fat (but we can, so here he is!)" reads a lengthy headline that might have been written by Ben Bradlee. There follows a snap of a relatively corpulent Qatada – the sort of trick they might pull with a reality TV star – but we shall come to which preacher of hate would look hottest in a bikini later.Meanwhile, the Mail is distressed the corporation should reg...
Rap mogul arrested on Vegas traffic, drug charges - whdh.com
13 days agoLAS VEGAS -- Rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight is facing a March court date in Las Vegas following his arrest on a 2009 traffic warrant and a new misdemeanor drug charge, authorities said Thursday.
Study: Low self esteem behind poor Facebook behavior - whdh.com
14 days agoMany Facebook users have friends who tend to complain and post negative thoughts and feelings on their wall.
Author withdraws from Smithwick
15 days agoThe journalist and author Toby Harnden withdraws from giving evidence to the Smithwick Tribunal.
Maya Angelou hosts Black History Month special - whdh.com
20 days agoWASHINGTON -- Author and activist Maya Angelou hopes for a time when Black History Month will no longer be needed to explain the contributions of African-Americans.
Making a case for Elizabeth Taylor as a feminist - whdh.com
21 days ago"The Accidental Feminist" (Walker & Co.), by M.G. Lord: Elizabeth Taylor was many things: a talented actress whose first star turn came at age 12 in "National Velvet"; an international celebrity whose eight husbands included her "Cleopatra" co-star Richard Burton twice; an AIDS activist long before it became fashionable; a recovering addict, diet book author and friend of Michael Jackson; and a voluptuous, violet-eyed, raven-haired beauty for the ages. But was she a feminist?
Ala. attorney questions death penalty in new book - whdh.com
26 days agoBIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- After defending more than 60 people charged with capital murder and getting three men off Alabama's death row, attorney Richard Jaffe wants to get people talking about the death penalty and what he believes are its flaws.
911 call from Demi Moore's home to be released - whdh.com
26 days agoLOS ANGELES -- Authorities are set to release a 911 call made from Demi Moore's home earlier this week.
Lit fest cancels Rushdie video, fearing violence - whdh.com
29 days agoJAIPUR, India -- The organizers of an Indian literary festival have canceled a video conference with author Salman Rushdie after protests and threats.
Golshifteh Farahani exiled over nude photo - entertainment.oneindia.in
31 days agoActress Golshifteh Farahani, who recently caused a stir in the Iranian media, has been exiled from her homeland for posing nude for the French magazine Madame Le Figaro. The 28-year-old Iranian star has revealed that the Iranian authorities have warned her
Jill Biden writes kids' book, a tribute to troops - whdh.com
36 days agoNEW YORK -- Jill Biden, after years of teaching English to college and high school students, has written a book of her own.
Indian fest hopes Rushdie attends, despite protest - whdh.com
36 days agoLUCKNOW, India -- Organizers of an Indian literary festival said Tuesday they hope Salman Rushdie will attend, despite calls by Muslim clerics to ban the British-Indian author from the event.
Gene Hackman injured while riding bicycle - whdh.com
40 days agoMIAMI -- Gene Hackman's publicist says the veteran Oscar-winning actor was briefly hospitalized after a truck bumped him from behind while he was riding a bicycle in the Florida Keys.
Noted novelist Picoult to speak at UNH graduation - whdh.com
40 days agoWEST HAVEN, Conn. -- A best-selling author whose works have been made into several television movies and a feature film will be visiting Connecticut this weekend as the keynote speaker at the University of New Haven's winter commencement.
Heather Locklear taken to Calif. hospital - whdh.com
41 days agoTHOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Authorities say Heather Locklear was taken to a Southern California hospital for precautionary reasons after receiving an emergency call from her home.
'The Firm' moves to permanant Thurs. spot - whdh.com
41 days agoFirst it was a best-seller for author John Grisham, then a hit movie for Tom Cruise. Now the Firm is returning as a weekly legal drama on NBC.
Authorities: No new evidence in Natalie Wood case - whdh.com
42 days agoLOS ANGELES -- No new evidence has been uncovered in the death of Natalie Wood that would point to foul play, authorities said Tuesday.
Book depicts tensions between first lady, aides - whdh.com
46 days agoWASHINGTON -- First lady Michelle Obama is a behind-the-scenes force in the White House whose opinions on policy and politics drew her into conflict with presidential advisers and who bristled at some of the demands and constraints of life as the president's wife, according to a detailed account of the first couple's relationship.
MSNBC chief: No decision on Pat Buchanan - whdh.com
46 days agoPASADENA, Calif. -- MSNBC's top executive said Saturday that he hasn't decided whether conservative commentator and author Pat Buchanan will be allowed back on the network.
'Descendants,' 'Bridesmaids' earn writers noms - whdh.com
48 days agoLOS ANGELES -- George Clooney's "The Descendants," Brad Pitt's "Moneyball," Kristen Wiig's "Bridesmaids" and Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" are among nominees for the Writers Guild of America Awards.
Netflix stock surges with Internet video streaming - whdh.com
49 days agoSAN FRANCISCO -- Netflix has released some statistics that indicated the video subscription service must be doing something right, even though investors and customers have been ridiculing it for much of the past six months.
E-book sales top 5 million for James Patterson - whdh.com
49 days agoNEW YORK -- The sales machine that is James Patterson continues in the e-book era.
Jimmy Carter's latest book offers lessons in faith - whdh.com
49 days agoATLANTA -- Jimmy Carter may never have been president if he didn't go square dancing.
Movie sword-fight master Bob Anderson dies at 89 - whdh.com
51 days agoLONDON -- British fencing authorities say Bob Anderson, a former Olympic swordsman who staged fights for films including the "Star Wars" and "Lord of the Rings" series, has died. He was 89.
Authorities: Eazy-E's son not killed in car wreck - whdh.com
53 days agoANNONA, Texas -- Texas authorities say they mistakenly identified the son of the late NWA frontman Eazy-E as one of eight people killed in a two-car collision.
Ex-'Saturday Night Live' writer Joe Bodolai dies - whdh.com
57 days agoLOS ANGELES -- Former "Saturday Night Live" writer Joseph Bodolai has committed suicide in a Hollywood hotel room, the Los Angeles coroner's office said Tuesday.
Facebook unwelcome in Vietnam, but Zuckerberg OK - whdh.com
57 days agoHANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam may block its citizens from using Facebook, but that didn't stop website founder Mark Zuckerberg from vacationing in the communist country.
Rapper 'Tyler, the Creator' arrested for vandalism - whdh.com
61 days agoWEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- The rapper known as "Tyler, the Creator," was arrested after authorities say he got rowdy following a show at The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood.
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- Keira Knightley
- Kerry Katona
- Konnie Huq
- Lady GaGa
- Leonard Cohen
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Lily Allen
- Lindsay Lohan
- Madonna
- Matthew McConaughey
- Mel B
- Natalie Portman
- Oprah Winfrey
- Paloma Faith
- Paris Hilton
- Peaches Geldof
- Shahrukh Khan
- Tom Cruise
