Beautiful Marilyn Monroe photos in new book
27 Sep 2010 02:44:19
The book, published this week by Calla Editions, features digitally restored black and white images taken during the summer of 1953 of a then 27-year-old Monroe.
The photos were shot by John Vachon, on assignment for LOOK magazine in Alberta, Canada, where Monroe was filming "River of No Return" with Robert Mitchum.
An injured ankle prevented Monroe from filming, allowing Vachon to have several days to shoot the Hollywoodicon. Only three of photos from the sessions were published in an October... Read Full Story
There are two people who become recipients of the PEN Award
27 Sep 2010 02:42:47
Among recipients of 2010 PEN Literary Awards are playwrights David Mamet and Theresa Rebeck, PEN American Center announced.
PEN has awarded 14 prizes to writers at work in a variety of genres. From fiction and drama to translation, biography, and poetry, "the works of this year's award recipients often find man in a world of madness and violence, seeking salvation across physical, spiritual, and linguistic borders," according to PEN.
Pulitzer Prize winner Mamet, currently represented on Broadw... Read Full Story
The book about Harry Potter become in Banned Books Week
27 Sep 2010 02:39:01
Since infancy, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling's fictional boy wizard, has been facing attacks from Lord Voldemort, a wizard so evil that few characters dare speak his name. In addition to death threats from Voldemort and his followers, young Mr. Potter also has come under fire from concerned parents, educators and religious leaders.
According to the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom (OIF), which has been tracking challenges to objectionable books since 1990, the entire H... Read Full Story
Academics from Oxford found something interesting
24 Sep 2010 04:13:35
The innuendo-filled poem, entitled "An Extempore Upon A Faggot," was found in a collection of poetic anthologies at Oxford while the collection was being put online, the university said in a statement.
However experts are unsure of the poem's authenticity as it is in a style unlike Milton's, and it is thought the poem may have been attributed to Milton by a jealous rival to cause a scandal.
"To see the name of John Milton, the great religious and political polemicist, attached to such a bawdy ... Read Full Story
iPad will be control subscription services by newspapers
24 Sep 2010 04:09:41
Apple is reportedly accelerating efforts to launch a newspaper subscription service, which could theoretically help newspapers stem massive losses incurred from years of declining print sales and relatively thin online ad revenue.
The foray into newspaper subscriptions would be a new one for Apple, which currently offers free access to The New York Times among dozens of others and sells individual editions of magazines.
Apple has allowed some publishers -- like The Wall Street Journal -- to co... Read Full Story
The interview with the author of `The Hunger Games' Suzanne Collins
24 Sep 2010 04:06:53
With the release of "Mockingjay," an instant chart-topper, SuzanneCollins is a celebrity. Perhaps not the kind you'd spot on the street, but one whose name is known and welcome to millions of readers, young adult and adult. Her fame comes not from wizards or vampires, but from her portrait of a brutish, dystopian future in which young people are forced to fight to the death, on television.
Inspiration, like a sudden phone call, began at home. A few years ago, Collins was surfing channels late a... Read Full Story
"Immortal Beloved" by Cate Tiernan
23 Sep 2010 02:21:26
In the words of Oscar Wilde, "Memory ... is the diary that we all carry about with us." And when you're immortal, that's a lot of baggage to carry.
When Nastasya watches Tracy, her best friend and immortal, severely injure a man using "magick" powers, she decides it's time to re-evaluate her life — and her friends. Now 449 years old, Nastasya realizes she's on a self-destructive path and that her friends are literally draining her.
She retreats to a rehab facility for immortals in a remote Mas... Read Full Story
Thompson Publishing Group Inc will publish new chapter of bankruptcy protection
23 Sep 2010 02:20:21
Thompson Publishing Group Inc., whose books focus on regulatory compliance advice for professionals in health care, human resources and other industries, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
The company's filing Tuesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware lists $10 million to $50 million in assets and $100 million to $500 million in estimated liabilities.
Its biggest equity stakeholder is listed as Avista Capital Partners, a private equity firm.
Avista was in the ... Read Full Story
First secret story about MI6
23 Sep 2010 02:13:54
The first-ever official history of MI6 reveals that Britain's foreign spy agency debated assassinating Nazi leaders, landed a spy wearing a wetsuit over his tux at a casino by the sea and experimented with exploding filing cabinets — but also wrangled with other government departments and had to make do on a shoestring budget.
The book, published Tuesday, tells a story of plots, paperwork, duplicity and derring-do that takes in fears of a Nazi anthrax attack, cross-dressing secret agents and wo... Read Full Story
Literature critics doesn’t like Daniel Kehlmann’s new novel
22 Sep 2010 00:42:09
Authors may not enjoy the level of celebrity as other artists, but that hasn't stopped German literary sensation Daniel Kehlmann from wryly reflecting on fame and how it changes people in his new novel.
Kehlmann, who has been praised by critics and literary titans such asJonathan Franzen, humorously reflects on the perils and quirks of fame and those who mix with celebrities in his book, "Fame," just been published in the United States.
Credited with infusing humor and vigor into contemporary ... Read Full Story
Jimmy Carter remembers tea party in 1976
22 Sep 2010 00:41:20
Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday he sees parallels between today's tea party and his own campaign for theWhite House in 1976. But he doesn't think the movement will be much of a factor beyond this fall's elections.
The Georgia Democrat told The Associated Press he rode a wave of voter discontent to the presidency on the heels of the Vietnam Warand the Watergate scandal that felled President Richard Nixon, much like tea party conservatives are now earning support by voicing anger at t... Read Full Story
Who is Charlie Chan? And that is success for him
22 Sep 2010 00:39:58
The Swede played him most memorably, followed by the portly middle-aged white guy from Missouri. When they were both done and the series was gasping its final breaths, the one-time radio announcer for the Boston Red Sox got a short-lived shot.
But throughout his phenomenally successful 17-year run in Hollywood movies — from the Depression's beginnings well into postwar America — never, ever was Charlie Chan brought to life by a Chinese actor.
Unsurprising. Because from his earliest appearanc... Read Full Story
