Sunday, December 21, 2025

Books

Famed Writer Gay Talese, 84, Sells Sex and Murder Book to Spielberg, “American Beauty” Director

Gay Talese, the most dapper journalist in the world, is 84 years young. The famed for New York Times reporter and Esquire writer, and...

Aretha Franklin’s 74th Birthday Gala in NYC Features Manhattan Transfer, A List Singers, Jazz All Stars, Jesse Jackson

This is how you put on a swingin' 74th birthday party: come to New York and take over the lobby restaurant at the swanky...

Megyn Kelly Leaving Fox News? Not So Fast. She Has a $6Mil Book Contract with Rupert Murdoch

Before everyone starts writing goodbye notes and throwing farewell parties for Megyn Kelly, keep in mind something important: Kelly has a $6 million book...

Anderson Cooper Says Mom Gloria Vanderbilt is Pressuring Him to Have Kids (And He’s Considering It)

At last night's screening of HBO's "Nothing Left Unsaid," Anderson Cooper admitted his mom, Gloria Vanderbilt, wants him to have kids. “She constantly has asked...

Cancelled: Carlyle Group-Kennedy Center Chief David Rubenstein Pulls Book at Last Minute

EXCLUSIVE A lot of people have decided to pull their memoirs from publication at the last minute. Oprah did it years ago, Billy Joel...

J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Biz Booming with New Book Planned for Sale in 4 Editions

J.K. Rowling is already a wizard at making money, but now she's becoming a true star. In July, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"...

Oprah Cuts Deal for “Memoir” 22 Years After Cancelling Original Book

Oprah Winfrey has cut a deal to publish a "memoir" and have her own imprint with MacMillan Publishers. It's being done under Flatiron Books,...

Marlon Brando on Marilyn Monroe: “They most certainly murdered her”

It was about time actress Illeana Douglas wrote a book. I found out about it by accident since her publisher has kept it all...