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Barbra Streisand is directing her first movie in what seems like ages. No, it’s not “The Normal Heart.”  It seems she may have lost the chance to make that since now Ryan Murphy of ̶... Read More

The casting is on for the ingenue to star in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” Yes. every young actress wants to play Lisbeth Salander in Stieg Larsson‘s trilogy. The British press has a... Read More

Joaquin Phoenix, semi-retired but on the way back, is being sought for a new movie about Mafia murders. Phil Carlo, the legendary crime writer, has optioned his book, “The Butcher: Anatomy of a Mafia... Read More

Keith Richards is just this week starting to go over the galleys for his memoir, called “Life.” It’s coming in late September from Little, Brown. The Rolling Stones’ guiding light a... Read More

Michael Jackson‘s immediate family will not be around this week for all the tributes that are about to take place. As preparations occur at the Beverly Hilton Hotel for Saturday’s Jackson Famil... Read More

Michael Jackson‘s devoted mother, Katherine Jackson, will publish a book next week about her son. The self published coffee table book–consisting of personal photographs–is called “... Read More

Today would have been author/writer/novelist/essayist/short story writer Laurie Colwin‘s 66th birthday. She died on October 24, 1992 of a sudden heart attack at age 48. Every year I tell my readers a... Read More

Greta van Susteren has posted a picture of Sarah Palin‘s new badly built fence on her blog (no link, sorry). The wobbly structure, which angles up off the ground enough to leave room for a crawl-thro... Read More

It wasn’t enough that publicity hound Sarah Palin could see Russia from her kitchen window. Now she can see Joe McGinnis, the respected journalist and author of a great book about Alaska, “Goin... Read More

Suzanne Somers — as someone whose weight goes up and down, I have come to agree with a lot of her dieting theories. She’s smarter than you think and still cute as a button. She’s scored a... Read More