Image Credit: George Rose/Getty ImagesCharlie Sheen is a wordsmith, at least that much is abundantly clear from the last few days of complete Sheen overload. Say what you will about his lifestyle, mental state, personal character, or general status as a human being, but quotes like “I am battle-tested bayonets” and “can’t is the cancer of happen” sound more like they erupted half-formed from the mind of William S. Burroughs than the former star of Two and a Half Men.* READ FULL STORY »
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Mar 2
2011
05:59 PM ET
Charlie Sheen's book of poetry: Putting the crazy to verse
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Mar 2
2011
03:30 PM ET
'Hunger Games' director Gary Ross signs a deal for his children's book
Image Credit: Albert L. Ortega/PR PhotosBack when his twin son and daughter were just a year old, writer-director Gary Ross got a frantic call from a friend: David Koepp was shooting his first movie, The Trigger Effect, and needed a bedtime story for Elisabeth Shue to read to her son in a scene. Could Ross come up with something quickly?
He dashed out some lines about a boy named Bartholomew Biddle who flies out his window using his bedsheet as a kite. “Bartholomew is very courageous,” says Ross. “He has untainted curiosity and the vehicle to explore it.”
Over the years, Ross kept writing, and kept reading to his children, until Bartholomew’s tale had bloomed into a 30,000-word epic told in verse. Candlewick Press, which recently bought Bartholomew Biddle and the Very Big Wind, plans to publish it in 2013, the year before Ross’ twins graduate from high school. “The book has spanned their entire childhood,” he says. “The end of the book is so poignant to me because the story is about growing up and breaking free.”
Mar 2
2011
12:28 PM ET
Stephen King's new time travel novel, '11/22/63' announced
Image Credit: Ida Mae Astute/ABC via Getty ImagesStephen King has announced his next novel, 11/22/63, scheduled to be released by Scribner November 8th of this year. Described as a “1,000-page tour de force,” the story follows Jake Epping, a high school English teacher, who finds a secret portal to 1958 and takes on a mission to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Jake finds himself in a new world of “Elvis and JFK, of American cars and sock hops,” and in the midst of growing accustomed to life in a past decade, he encounters a “troubled loner” Lee Harvey Oswald and falls in love with a beautiful librarian.
Mar 1
2011
03:40 PM ET
'The Passage' paperback cover and an exclusive excerpt from Justin Cronin's sequel
Fans of Justin Cronin’s Twilight-plus-The Stand-plus-awesomely violent vampires-minus-Twilight novel The Passage rejoice: We have a double-dose of those limbs-ripping, telepathic bloodsuckers for you. First, there’s the cover for the upcoming paperback edition, which will be especially helpful for those of you who didn’t have the arm-strength to take the nearly 800-page tome along to the beach last year. As you can see, the paperback trades in the hardcover’s creepy darkened woods for something brighter and a bit more…AHH! There’s a face!! Sorry, I didn’t see that at first.
We also have an exclusive excerpt from Cronin’s in-the-works sequel The Twelve, set to release sometime in 2012. Check it out below, and for those whose curiosity is piqued by this Passage passage, a larger extract will be included in the paperback, which hits stores on May 17.
Mar 1
2011
01:19 PM ET
Biographer Andrew Morton discusses the royal wedding and his upcoming book
Image Credit: Reuters/Brendan McDermid/Landov; Samir Hussein/WireImage.comAndrew Morton is a master of what is currently known as the “unauthorized biography” and what was known in 16th-century England as “hangable sedition.” Luckily for us, times have changed, royals have become more accessible to both the common people and the People reader, and we can enjoy his behind-the-scenes glimpses at the lives of Britain’s monarchy. With the wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton on the near horizon, we caught up with Morton to discuss his upcoming book, William and Kate: A Royal Wedding, and his predictions for the nuptials.
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Mar 1
2011
12:00 PM ET
Sloane Crosley has practically written a third book by now
Image Credit: Henry S. Dziekan III/Getty ImagesEver since I read her first insightful, funny collection of essays, I Was Told There’d Be Cake, I haven’t been able to get enough of Sloane Crosley. In moments of boredom, I sometimes scour the Internet for mentions, profiles, or any interviews she’s given. I find her endlessly fascinating. Sloane has broad appeal, I’m sure, but to me, she’s like my nonexistent cool older sister’s even cooler best friend. She’s 32 now to my 25, and I look to her as an example of someone who’s made the transition from clueless upstart to real New York publishing power player in the most enviable fashion. Sloane’s absolutely gorgeous — shiny hair, a great figure, and an ample posterior–but it’s clear from reading her work and hearing her speak that she’s gotten to where she is by being smart, hard-working, and really, really nice. But I love that she’s no Girl Scout, either. By her own admission in Cake, her early-twenty-something self seems to have been way flakier than I ever was or currently am, yet she managed to grow up and eventually have it all: She kicked serious ass at her day job as book publicist extraordinaire, wrote two best-selling essay collections in her spare time, and is now adapting her own work for an HBO pilot. Plus, she does well at fancy parties and seems to go out more nights than she doesn’t. Do I need to explain any more why she’s my hero? READ FULL STORY »
Mar 1
2011
10:28 AM ET
On the Books Mar. 1: Anjelica Huston signs a memoir deal; Lindsay Lohan will not be naked in Terry Richardson book; Bristol Palin update; lawsuits; and more
Image Credit: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic.com Scribner’s Nan Graham has signed Anjelica Huston to write her as-yet-untitled memoir, due out in 2013. In a press release, Huston said, “My father once said that interest was the most important thing in the world, and he wasn’t talking about money, but rather the infinite possibilities and choices and patterns we all have in life. In this book, I want to look back at the landscapes that formed me—the exceptional highs and lows I have experienced.” I don’t know about you, but this is the one Hollywood memoir I’ve always been dying to read (her father! her acting career! her years with Jack Nicholson!).
The Daily Mirror reported that Lindsay Lohan signed a deal worth $3.4 million to appear nude in “graphic” shots, alongside James Franco, in a book by photographer Terry Richardson. Lohan confirmed that she will be in the book but called the story “absurd,” saying she would appear fully clothed and the book will not be about sex. READ FULL STORY »
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