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Books: Mark Strausman’s Been Feeding the Elite at Barneys For Years, Comfort Food at the Highest Level
It's Saturday morning in Manhattan. For many that means preparing for brunch or a late lunch at Fred's at Barney's, the hottest spot in...
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Books By Celebs — Sean Penn, Rose McGowan — Thought to Have Waiting Fans Are Sales Duds
Book publishing re-learned an old lesson this winter. Books by celebrities are not automatic best sellers.
Indeed. they are flops. To wit: Sean Penn's novel,...
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Famed Playwright David Mamet Says He’s Written a Play About Harvey Weinstein
Famed playwright David Mamet, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is not known for writing sympathetic parts for women. Indeed, most of his famous plays,...
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Rose McGowan’s Story Fails to Attract Audience as Book Drops Out of Amazon Top 500, TV Doc Bombs
Rose McGowan is "Brave." And as Citizen Rose, in her E! documentary, I was fascinated by her childhood, her resolve, and the path she's...
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New Trump Book Turns Washington Upside Down: Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury” Hits Number 1 Days Before Publication
Wednesday was a wild day for Donald Trump. While he was busy tweeting inanities to distract the media, a ticking bomb went off that...
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Why Isn’t Bradley Cooper Playing Famed War Photographer Jonathan Alpeyrie?
I'm still catching up from yesterday, one of those rare days when you spend the entire time away from the desk, and meet everyone...
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Bill Clinton on Donna Brazile’s Claims: “She Did it for Book Sales, But You Know Then She Backed Off”
Bill Clinton is still a rock star. So it made sense that he was seated with fellow rock stars Elton John, Sting, and Billy...
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How Paul McCartney Was Lied to by Jann Wenner Over His Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction
There are many great stories in Joe Hagan's "Sticky Fingers," the biography of Rolling Stone and Rock Hall founder Jann Wenner. Almost none of...