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Idiot Arrested For Throwing Tomatoes At Palin Book Signing Event

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: December 9, 2009 · Comments (4)

Everyone's a critic it seems. But some idiot carried things way too far by throwing two tomatoes at former governor Sarah Palin during a book signing event at the Mall Of America on Monday. 33 year old Jeremy Olson was arrested on suspicion of assault and disorderly conduct by Bloomington... [Full Story]

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Tough Guy Actor Jerry Orbach Actually A Romantic

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: November 24, 2009 · Comments (0)

Tough guy actor Jerry Orbach was actually a real romantic according to his wife. Every single day he left her with a poem that he wrote that would just melt any heart. His wife, Elaine, had just recently passed away as well. However, she leaves us with this wonderful new... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (1 votes cast)

Book Update: Critics Attack Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue" Book

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: November 16, 2009 · Comments (7)

Although, the new book "Going Rogue" was recommended by me as a pretty good historical document on the 2008 campaign this past week, new critics are starting to emerge for Sarah Palin's new book. Chief critic has been Steve Schmidt, John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign manager, who termed the new... [Full Story]

Rating: 1.8/5 (5 votes cast)

Books: "Going Rogue" By Sarah Palin

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: November 14, 2009 · Comments (2)

Maybe, Sarah Palin was hoping to bury any hards feelings with her daughter's baby father, Levi Johnston, when she made a little gesture toward him this week on OPRAH inviting him to Thanksgiving dinner. But Johnston was quick to decline the offer. Johnston turned a little more caustic in his... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.5/5 (4 votes cast)

Pastor Joel Osteen's New Book Preaches A Message Of Patience Through The Recession

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: November 14, 2009 · Comments (0)

Pastor Joel Osteen, whose upbeat positive thinking books have been embraced like a success manual by millions of followers, is now preaching a new message tailored for survival through the recession. The message is to be patient and wait for better times ahead. This is far different than the normal... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.6/5 (5 votes cast)

Did Bad Accountants Murder The Fortune Of Crime Author Patricia Cornwell?

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: October 23, 2009 · Comments (3)

Celebrated crime author Patricia Cornwell has a real mystery on her hands. Did some bad accountants murder her $40 million dollar earnings from her famous books? Even this would be a mystery challenge for her her famous fictional character, Kay Scarpetta. Patricia Cornwell and her wife, Harvard Neuroscientist, Staci Gruber,... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (1 votes cast)

Book Claims Hendrix Was Murdered

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 3, 2009 · Comments (2)

Jimi Hendrix was murdered by his manager, according to a new book by a former roadie. James "Tappy" Wright alleges that Hendix's manager, Michael Jeffrey, once drunkenly confessed to killing the guitarist by stuffing pills into his mouth and washing them down with several bottles of red wine. Jeffrey... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Hollywood paparazzo pioneer says he has no regrets

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: November 11, 2008 · Comments (0)

A Hollywood paparazzo famous for being sued by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and getting his teeth knocked out by Marlon Brando is unapologetic about the guerrilla celebrity photography culture he helped pioneer. But Ron Galella, who at 77 still has an active press pass, says he has little interest in... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Sammy Davis Jr Died Broke, says new book

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: August 5, 2008 · Comments (0)

Former Rat Pack member Sammy Davis Jr. died broke, in debt to the IRS, and left his estate in such a shambles that it still hasn't been straightened out. And according to "Deconstructing Sammy" (due next month from Amistad/HarperCollins), by journalist Matt Birkbeck, Davis didn't have to die. After... [Full Story]

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Plastic surgery explained in a children's book

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: April 24, 2008 · Comments (1)

"If mommy doesn't get cut, daddy will keep schtupping the nanny." Forget bedtime stories featuring "Winnie the Pooh" or "The Cat in the Hat"; one new children's book stars mommy -- and her new nose job. "My Beautiful Mommy," written by Florida-based plastic surgeon Dr. Michael Salzhauer, is billed... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Literary War: Booze Vs. Lsd

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: January 11, 2008 · Comments (0)

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Wallace Stegner got along with most of his creative writing students at Stanford University - but Ken Kesey wasn't one of them, and the two ended up hating each other. In "Wallace Stegner and the American West," out next month from Knopf, Philip Fradkin reveals that... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (1 votes cast)

Gawker Book Sits on Shelves

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: November 1, 2007 · Comments (0)

Before Gawker Media gets carried away with dominating the world, maybe it should try to master the book industry? As of yesterday, The Gawker Guide to Conquering All Media had sold a scant 242 copies since it went on sale Oct. 2, according to Nielsen BookScan. The site, in... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

RITA HITS #1

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: September 6, 2007 · Comments (1)

Rita Cosby's Anna Nicole Smith shocker Blonde Ambition is fairing pretty well on Amazon.com. Released yesterday, the book's overall Amazon.com sales rank is #20, but it has snagged the #1 spot in three categories: True Crime, Rich & Famous and Anna Nicole Smith. ... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Siegfried & Roy Tell All Being Shopped Around

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: August 28, 2007 · Comments (0)

An unauthorized tell-all book by Siegfried & Roy's former bodyguards will lift the curtain on "the darker side" of the illusionists' lives. "Buried Elephants: Siegfried and Roy's Secrets Revealed" will be on the book stands in January, about the same time as a book written by Siegfried Fischbacher and... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Could boy archaeologist be next Harry Potter?

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 12, 2007 · Comments (0)

The publisher who first signed up J.K. Rowling believes he may have found another Harry Potter -- but this time it is a boy archaeologist. Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams were signed by Chicken House publisher Barry Cunningham after he tracked down an early version of their book "Tunnels"... [Full Story]

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Celebrity Summer Reading

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: May 30, 2007 · Comments (1)

Thinking of doing some light reading this summer? To help you decide People.com has gathered a short list of celebs who are making time to read this summer. So curl up in a nice rubber body suit and get your crazy on... MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY What he's reading: The Case For... [Full Story]

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Unfinished Tolkien Book Found

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: March 26, 2007 · Comments (0)

An unfinished book by "Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien, which was completed by his son, will go on sale on next month, a newspaper said. "The Children of Hurin", which Tolkien began in 1918, will be in bookshops on April 17, the Independent on Sunday added. The... [Full Story]

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Bush twin to publish book for teens

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: March 6, 2007 · Comments (0)

Jenna Bush, the daughter of US President George W. Bush, is entering the publishing world with a book for teens that focuses on a teenage single mother in Panama living with HIV. The 25-year-old, who along with her twin sister Barbara once provided fodder for tabloids because of her... [Full Story]

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Scott Baio Breaks His Silence; No One Cares

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: January 26, 2007 · Comments (3)

What's a guy to do when he's "dated and made love to some of the most desirable, beautiful starlets in Hollywood" but still can't find love? If you're Scott Baio, you find two co-writers to package up your pinhead thoughts and try to sell a book... Baio is shopping... [Full Story]

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TMI KIRK DOUGLAS, TMI

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: January 24, 2007 · Comments (0)

In his new memoir, "Let's Face It - 90 Years of Living, Loving and Learning," due in April from Wiley, the cleft-chinned Oscar-winning star of such pictures as "Spartacus" and "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" recalls a fling with a "big, tall blond" German airline stewardess who liked to... [Full Story]

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Allen Iverson, A Demon In The Sack

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: November 16, 2006 · Comments (1)

Why can't someone who nailed Gretzky write a tell all? Allen Iverson isn't just one of the great basketball stars of our time - he's also a tireless slam-dunk in the bedroom, according to one of his ex-lovers. In her autobiography, "It's No Secret," out this month from Pocket Books,... [Full Story]

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"Long Tail" on short list for business book prize

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: September 19, 2006 · Comments (0)

WizBangTV's Jen Oliver is mildly fascinated by the idea of 'The Long Tail' and so I thought I would give it's success a shout out. Holla. Don't quite get it? Try a visual breakdown on the left of this article. "The Long Tail," a best seller about the growing importance... [Full Story]

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