Books

Paul McCartney Plans “Memoir” Told Through Two Volumes of Lyrics with Memorabilia as Holiday Gift Box

Paul McCartney been busy through the pandemic, that's for sure. First he released the much praised "McCartney III" and it was his first real...

EXCLUSIVE UPDATE: Woody Allen’s Publisher Sends Letter to HBO Over Unauthorized Use of Audio Book in Documentary

As I told you first on Saturday, Woody Allen's book publisher, Skyhorse, didn't grant permission for use of audio from Woody's book, "Apropos...

Flashback: How Barbra Streisand Recorded Her One and Only Rock Hit, “Stoney End” Even Though She Didn’t Want To

Barbra Streisand has plenty of hits and signature songs. But she's pretty much known for ballads and show tunes, not rock songs or anything...

Exclusive: Carly Simon’s Producer, Richard Perry, Fesses Up About You’re So Vain, Mick Jagger, and Warren Beatty

EXCLUSIVE Landing on amazon.com and in bookstores tomorrow is just about the most explosive, detailed account of 1970s pop I've ever read. Famed record producer...

Cicely Tyson Wrote in Her Memoir About Husband Miles Davis: “He emitted a distinctly powerful scent, like the smell of burnt iron”

Hard to believe that Cicely Tyson finally published a memoir, this past Tuesday, and died two days later. There is so much to read...

A Star is Born: Following Inauguration, Amanda Gorman’s Books Now Occupy Top 3 Spots on Amazon Best Sellers List

Amanda Gorman is the biggest star in America right now. Her books take up the top 3 slots on Amazon's best seller list. Editions of "The...

Inauguration Goof: Bidens Inadvertently Snub Actual Official U.S. Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo, First Native American Named to Post

Everyone loved 22 year old Amanda Gorman when she read her poem this morning at the Presidential Inauguration. Only one problem: Gorman was introduced...

Books: As Simon & Schuster Cancels Josh Hawley’s New Book, Other Trumpers May Find it Difficult to Get Deals

Simon & Schuster finally took a stand today about books from Trumpers. They cancelled Missouri Senator Josh Hawley's newest book, about tech, not politics. "We...

Copyrights End for 1925 Hits “The Great Gatsby,” “Mrs. Dalloway,” Songs by the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Ma Rainey, “Sweet Georgia Brown”

1925-- it was a very good year. It was the year F. Scott Fitzgerald published "The Great Gatsby," Virgina Woolf issued "Mrs. Dalloway," Theodore...

Review: Tabloid Book Writer Ed Klein’s Son Throws Dad Under the Bus, Reveals His Grisly Suicide Attempt in New Book

I guess Ed Klein should be proud of his son, Alec. The elder Klein has made a living writing nasty tabloid books about the...