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Tina Fey Finds Pee in the Writers Room

April 17, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

Women who try to be funny for a living have a really hard time because they are genetically predisposed to be unfunny - except for Fey

  

Perez Hilton to Publish a Children's Book

March 29, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Celebrity blogger continues career 180° with "The Boy with Pink Hair"

  

Book Deals: Jon Meacham Nabs Al Gore for Random House

March 15, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Also: John Wayne's family authorizes first official book on John Wayne

  

His Ratings Fizzling, Has Glenn Beck Lost His Mojo?

March 1, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Controversial Fox News host is down 35% this year after nine consecutive months of declines in viewers. Will the slide shiv Brand Beck?

  

Chilean Miners and Singer/Songwriter Skylar Grey Sign With WME

March 1, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 years ago

(Updated) Grey was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2011

  

Report Alleges Roger Ailes Told Judith Regan to Lie to Feds

February 24, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

New York Times uncovers documents that say former Harper Collins head taped conversations with Fox News chief

  

Julian Assange's $1.5M Memoir Being Rushed to Press by Publisher

January 7, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

WikiLeaks founder's book to be published in April

  

N-Word Removed From 'Huckleberry Finn'

January 5, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

One of the classic novel's publishers replaces term with "slave"; meanwhile, trial over TV reporter’s use of "n-word" set

  

Borders Reportedly Warns Employees to Make a Run for It

January 5, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Author claims beleaguered book chain tells employees to look for work elsewhere

  

Hollywood Throws Big Bucks at Untested Novelists

November 9, 2010 By Lisa Carroll 2 years ago

Hollywood's paying a lot more – and pushing the films through faster – in the hopes of capitalizing on the Next Big Thing

  

Rock Books 101 (Slideshow)

October 24, 2010 By Dominic Patten 2 years ago

Not all rock memoirs are created equal: here are some of the greats

  

Sex, Drugs & Publishing: Music Memoirs on a Rockin' Roll

October 24, 2010 By Dominic Patten 2 years ago

Keith Richards' is just the latest in a series of rock books that have taken over the bestseller list … with David Bowie and Billy Idol coming soon

  

Jonathan Franzen Snubbed by the National Book Awards

October 13, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Acclaimed author shut out of 2010 competition

  

Amazon to Launch Story-Length 'Kindle Singles'

October 12, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Company calls for e-books that are "twice the length of a New Yorker feature"

  

Summit to Develop 'Tempest'

October 4, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Studio acquires rights for film based on author Julie Cross' debut novel

  

Ruth Reichl Heads to Random House

September 30, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Former editor of Condé Nast's Gourmet named editor-at-large at book publisher

  

'CSI's' Zuiker on 'Dark Prophecy': The Fate of the Digi-Novel

September 27, 2010 By Anthony E. Zuiker 2 years ago

Inventing a whole new kind of interactive book requires trial and error -- here's how we've made ours better

  

Oprah Winfrey Picks Franzen's 'Freedom' for Book Club

September 16, 2010 By Associated Press 2 years ago

All is apparently forgiven from their earlier flap over "The Corrections"

  

Jon Stewart, Bill O'Reilly to Go at Each Other Again

September 16, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

"Daily Show" and "Factor" hosts to appear on each other's shows

  

The Origins of Discovery Channel Gunman James J. Lee

September 1, 2010 By Hunter Walker 2 years ago

How the radical environmentalist came across the book that shaped his beliefs and the cash he used to finance his protest groups

  

Barnes & Noble Closing Lincoln Center Store

August 30, 2010 By the New York Times 2 years ago

The Broadway and 66th Street location will shut January 2011

  

James Patterson Ousts Stephanie Meyer as Highest-Paid Author

August 23, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Pair combined to earn $110 million in last year, topping Forbes list

  

Betty White Sells Her Memoirs

August 18, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

The 88-year-old nabs two-book deal with Penguin's Putnam

  

Christopher Hitchens: 'I Woke Up Feeling Like Death'

August 5, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Author and Vanity Fair columnist talked to Anderson Cooper about recent cancer diagnosis

  

Stieg Larsson First to Pass 1 Million Books Sold on Kindle

July 27, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Author reaches Amazon e-reader milestone

  

'Mad Men': Why Don Draper Understands L.A.

July 22, 2010 By Natasha Vargas-Cooper 2 years ago

History is disposable in Los Angeles; it’s the poetry of constant reinvention that speaks to Dick Whitman

  
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