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Britain appoints first woman to Poet Laureate role
London - A feminist writer who rose to fame from a humble working class background was Friday named...
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Austrian holocaust denier sentenced to five years in jail
Vienna - Notorious Austrian holocaust denier Gerd Honsik was sentenced to five years in prison...
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French writer Maurice Druon dies aged 90
Paris - French author Maurice Druon, a former culture minister and fighter for...
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Calls Grow For China To Free Charter '08 Dissident
Beijing - Leading international writers, scholars, lawyers and rights advocates...
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US Shift From Iraq To Afghanistan "Came Too Late"
Kabul - Seven years down the line fighting terrorism in Afghanistan, the US government wants to...
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Leading Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo arrested
Beijing - Liu Xiaobo, a prominent Chinese human rights activist, has been detained by police for...
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Director, Egyptian Fans Find Common Ground On Mahfouz Novel
Cairo - Egyptians who flooded a cinema hall in downtown Cairo were curious to watch a movie based...
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"Sistine Chapel" At United Nations Sparks Controversy
Madrid - As Spanish artist Miquel Barcelo prepares for the unveiling of his most gigantic work so...
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Mafia-Threatened Writer Says He's Quitting Italy
Rome - Two years of living under a 24-hour police guard and Roberto Saviano, the Italian author of...
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American Literature – Eliminated A Priori From the Nobel Run?
For years, Americans have been complaining that the Swedish
Academy is turning a blind eye to...
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio Wins Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to French writer
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, renowned...
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Update1: SNL Is Hugging Us Closer And Closer
As expected, the former writer and cast member of Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey, did make a guest...
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Russian Nobel Winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn Dies At 89
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel prize winner for
literature,died at age 89, the news agency...
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Huckabee More Convincing Thanks To His Pal Chuck Norris
President-wannabe Mike Huckabee
made a last appearance in order to convince the electors to vote...
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China Commemorates 70 Years Since the Nanjing Massacre
The Chinese government organized the 70th anniversary of the Nanjing massacre on Thursday. The...
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Rushdie’s Knighthood Continues to Anger Muslim World
Author Salman Rushdie’s honoring by Great Britain with a knighthood has riled officials from...
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U.S.
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Father-daughter Visit to India Ends Tragically, Community Members Express Condolences
Kia Scherr learned on Friday that her husband, Alan Scherr, and their daughter, were killed in the...
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Hollywood Celebrates Obama's "Victory of Hope"
New York/Los Angeles - She was one of his earliest and most prominent supporters.
So when Barack...
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Sarah Palin Is The Salt And Pepper Of McCain’s Campaign
Despite the fact that John McCain's appearance on Saturday Night Live (SNL) didn't generate Sarah...
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Obamacans and McCain Democrats: Some voters switching sides
Washington - Five months ago, at the start of the US general election, much of the talk was of...
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Studs Terkel, Chicago Radio Personality And Writer, Dies At 96
The Chicago Tribune reported that Studs Terkel, the writer,
radio-TV personality and social...
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"Stars' War": Celebs raise big money for Obama
New York - Left up to Hollywood, Barack Obama would be a clear shoe-in for the White House on...
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The Real Sarah Palin To Make An Appearance On SNL
Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin is said to
appear on Saturday Night Live this...
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Movie Reviews
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“Fired up!” Fans the Flames of Stupidity
Unsurprisingly, “Fired Up!” is not able to shoot further than other moronic teenage...
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Harvey Milk’s Honorable Tribute
“Milk,” the film about the life and death of openly gay San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, that...
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Movie Review - "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa"
While the crisp, stylized CG graphics of the first movie are
still very much a staple of...
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Teenage Dilemmas And “High School Musical 3”
“High School Musical
3: Senior Year” offers you a straight bombshell of delightful...
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“Body of Lies:” Not for the Faint-Hearted
Friday, October 10, 2008. Warner Bros is scheduled to
release “Body of Lies,” a new war movie...
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"The Women,” Not Too Entertaining…
We all know that a woman’s life is far from being easy. And when you’ve got a group of beautiful...
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“Do Not Disturb” With D, As In Dislike, Distasteful and Dull
In times like these, when television is breaking every barrier of science, when the shows are so...
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Vin Diesel Is A Mercenary In Babylon A.D.
Remember those childhood days when your mom asked you for
the explanations behind your acts? Back...
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Movie Review: Wall-E, The Last Romantic Robot On Earth
This weekend's premiere from Pixar and Disney, “Wall-E”, a romantic comedy about a robot who falls...
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Business
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Universal Sells Rogue Pictures to Relativity Media
Completing a studio acquisition deal that was being prepared for months, Relativity pictures led by...
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Microsoft's Office Products Are Moving Online
Microsoft announced yesterday its plans to soon provide
online versions of some of its products,...
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Christian Science Monitor Abandons Print Edition, Goes Online Only
In a move that may be soon followed by others, the Christian
Science Monitor, a daily publication...
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“I’m a PC” Ads for Microsoft Partially Created on Macs
Thursday,
Microsoft posted on their PressPass site several images that offered
viewers a...
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No More Seinfeld Ads for Microsoft
Microsoft has recently made the decision that its $300 million
advertising campaign for Windows...
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Penguin Wins Back Publishing Rights on J. Steinbeck’s Works
A Manhattan federal appeals court reversed a ruling which had previously granted John Steinbeck’s...
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Google Wants to Make Profit of YouTube, but How?
Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt, said in an interview with the New
Yorker’s writer Ken Auletta that the...
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AOL, Yahoo & RealNetworks Could Pay $100 M in Music Royalties
A New York federal court agreed on a formula according to which Time Warner Inc's AOL unit,...
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Broadcom Buys Sunext Design
Broadcom Corporation has acquired Sunext Design for $48
million in order to expand its presence in...
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Movies
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Sex And The City sequel coming to cinemas in 2010
Los Angeles - The saucy TV spin-off Sex And The City is returning to cinemas, Variety...
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Sopranos star Gandolfini gets rave reviews for new role
Sopranos star James Gandolfini is winning rave reviews for his new Broadway role as a father who...
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Studios Have Great Box Office Expectations for “Watchmen”
Warner Bros., the studio behind “Watchmen,” is not the only one looking forward to...
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“Watchmen” - Successfully Brought to Life
According to surveys of potential moviegoers released Monday, young males may not be embracing...
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Oscar Nominees
It was a dark day for "The Dark Knight" as the 81st annual Oscar nominations, announced...
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“Madea Goes to Jail” Bounces between Drama and Comedy
Tyler Perry’s new movie “Madea Goes to Jail,” starring Perry himself (who is...
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Tyler Perry Strikes as Madea
Tyler Perry's latest effort is half crazy comedy, half soap opera but in spite of the fact that it...
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Horror Valentine’s Day All the Way
A re-make of the classic 1980 horror film “Friday the 13th” has topped the North...
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“Friday the 13th” Beats Box Office
"Friday the 13th" made its way to the top of the holiday box office, earning a record $42...
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The ‘Sex and the City’ Sequel Is Officially Happening
For those left craving more “Sex and the City” action after last year’s big...
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“Push” Presents People With Super-Powers
“Push” turns out to be a supernatural action thriller, jarring and violent about...
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Lara Croft Returning Without Angelina
Warner Brothers has recently confirmed that it was planning to relaunch the Lara Croft: Tomb Raider...
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Daniel Craig And Jamie Bell Reunite For ‘Tintin’
After a successful collaboration in the war drama, “Defiance,” British actors Daniel...
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‘Push’ Scores Big Win at Sundance Film Festival
"Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire" was the star of the ceremony as it won three...
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“Waltz With Bashir” - A Fascinating Animated War Experiment
“Waltz With Bashir” was nominated for an Oscar on Thursday, due to the fact that it can...
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Mike Myers And Paris Hilton Lead The Razzie Awards In Nominations
The annual Razzie Awards announced its nominees earlier today, with Mike Myers’ The Guru...
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Mariah Carey Plays Supporting Role in “Push”
Singer Mariah Carey has taken a break from her pop activities to act in a new movie called...
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“Spring Breakdown” And Its Sundance Premiere
Ryan Shiraki returned to the Sundance Film Festival this year with the very much-talked about...
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‘Friday Night Lights’ Returns On NBC For A Third Season
The critically acclaimed football-based show “Friday Night Lights” will kick off its...
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Sundance Film Festival Seeks for Good Movies
The Utah/U.S. Film Festival was the name which the Sundance Film Festival had back in 1989, when...
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What a Big Night for the Golden Globe Awards!
The Golden Globe Awards was originally offered exclusively to NBC to broadcast it. Yet, on January...
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Golden Globe Nominations, Finally Here!
One of the biggest ceremonies in Hollywood is approaching as we speak. Last year, the ceremony...
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“Slumdog Millionaire” Earns Five Critics’ Choice Awards
Thursday night, at the Critics’ Choice Awards, Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog...
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The Unborn? Next!
Usually, religious horror flicks involve demons and devils that are driven away through Catholic...
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“Slumdog Millionaire” Wins 5 Awards At Critics’ Choice Awards
“Slumdog Millionaire” was Critics’ Choice Awards’ final answer for the...
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Slumdog no underdog in Critics Choice Awards
Los Angeles - Mumbai-based movie Slumdog Millionaire won five prizes...
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SAG’s Strike Vote, Delayed
Strikes seem to be “the new black” in Hollywood and generally in the...
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Rob Zombie To Write And Direct H2
Rob zombie is one of the best known musicians in heavy metal, his solo project, Rob Zombie, selling...
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“The Dark Knight” Makes AFI’s Top 10 Movies List
This summer’s blockbuster “The Dark Knight” has been
selected as one of the best 10 movies of the...
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Technology
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Extensions add new functions to OpenOffice
Kaufbeuren, Germany - The basic version of the free office software suite, OpenOffice, packs in a...
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Quarter of a Million Dollar Reward for Information on “Conficker” Worm
Microsoft not only gathered round the most important security companies, but it has also offered a...
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Mac Users Are Beginning to Put up With Viruses as Well
Mac security software maker Intego discovered last week the so called...
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A New Debate: Barack Obama And His Zune
A new debate has ignited the web and the blogosphere after a
journalist Philadelphia's City Paper...
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The Guild Will Be Distributed Via Microsoft
Microsoft has recently announced that is has gained exclusivity with the second season of the Web...
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Sony-owned Crackle.com to Roll out Web Video Programs
Crackle.com, an online video entertainment site owned by
Sony, is set to reveal its latest...
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Report: Apple Has Threatened To Close iTunes Over Royalty Rates
According to a statement uncovered by Fortune’s
senior writer, Devin Leonard, Apple threatened The...
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Microsoft Ends Seinfeld-Gates Ads, Finally!
Microsoft's desperate attention-grabbing campaign featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates has...
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In The Aftermath of Chrome’s Release Users Express Grievances
After Chrome’s quiet release, almost too
quiet for technology writer Michael S. Malone, and a...
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Aaron Sorkin Exchanges White House Staff for the Facebook Network
Creator of successful productions, such as “The West Wing”
and “A Few Good Men,” screenwriter...
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Google Starts To Test Ads For YouTube Mobile
In a notice posted on Google Mobile Blog, Christine Tsai, Product Marketing Manager, YouTube, said...
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Dell Unveils Studio Hybrid Mini-Desktop
The Round Rock-based computer maker Dell unveiled today a mini desktop which seems to fit perfectly...
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Update 1: Why Knol Won’t Be Wikipedia
Google has finally unveiled one of its latest projects, Knol, an online-publishing service which...
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Fujitsu Releases Its New LifeBook Tablet PCs
Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation announced today the
release of its new 13.3-inch widescreen,...
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VIA Releases Its OpenBook
VIA announced today its new reference design named OpenBook,
considered a response to the HP 2133...
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Dell Announces First Sub-$1000 Blu-ray Laptop
Dell has announced a Blu-ray packing member of their award-winning Inspiron line of laptops that...
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Wal-Mart Dumps Linux PCs from Stores, Available Online
Everex introduced last October a $199 Linux desktop with Google software embedded. The sub-$200...
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Now Google Gears Powers Up Your Mobile Applications
Less than a year since it was launched, Google Gears is now available
for the mobile phones....
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New Discovery Could Boost Battery Life By Up To 10 Times
A new discovery could boost the lives
of rechargeable lithium ion batteries from 4 hours to up to...
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Online Video Sites Double Their Traffic
If you had any doubts about the popularity of video sites,
then the last study released by the Pew...
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Zoho Writer Has Fully Offline Functionality
Zoho Writer, the web-based word processor, added today a
complete Offline functionalty for its...
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Marvel Comics Launches Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited
Marvel Comics has just announced
today the launch of Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited, an...
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Microsoft Launched Windows Live Desktop Suite
Microsoft has just launched the “next generation of Windows
Live”, as the company itself has...
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Everex Launches Linux-Powered $200 PCs and $300 Laptops Coming Up
Everex introduced this week a $198 Linux desktop with Google software embedded. The sub-$200...
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Fake Steve Jobs Blogger Busted
The author behind the satyrical Fake Steve Jobs (FSJ) blog postings has been discovered by a New...
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Specials
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Creator of “To Kill a Mockingbird” Script Dies at 92
Horton Foote, a playwright and screenwriter whose works about the yearning and efforts of people...
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Jimmy Fallon Takes Over the “Late Night” Show
Warning! This may seem a bit familiar. The Peacock Network, in an attempt to substitute a lost...
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Conan O’Brien Says Good-bye
Conan O'Brien is heading to Los Angeles, where NBC will fulfill a promise it made five years ago to...
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A Lesson of Black History
This January the world witnessed and watched the first black president of the United States...
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Neil Gaiman’s “The Graveyard Book” Gets Newbery Medal
“The Graveyard Book” was considered to be the most important contribution brought to...
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Neil Gaiman Blogs About Newbery Medal For ‘The Graveyard Book’
Widely popular fantasy writer Neil Gaiman is “amazed and delighted” after being awarded...
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Edgar Allan Poe at the 200th Commemoration
On January 19, 1809, poet Edgar Allan Poe was born, a man who would leave an undeniable...
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The Golden Globes Will Shine With Star Power
The Golden Globe Awards are given annually to those who have contributed heavily to the scene of...
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British novelist Terry Pratchett honoured with knighthood
London - British comic fantasy novelist Terry Pratchett has been given a knighthood for his...
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JD Salinger, icon of youth rebellion, turns 90 this week
New York - It's been so long since JD Salinger published anything that it's surprising to...
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Harvard Political Scientists Dies At The Age Of 81
Dr. Samuel Huntington, one of the nation's preeminent political scientists and a longstanding...
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New Show About The Mars Expedition Prepared For PBS
Considering the massive interest shown by the public in NASA’s Mars Mission, PBS decided to...
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Publisher Cancels Release of Faux Holocaust Memoir
A publisher has canceled the release of a so-called Holocaust memoir that benefited from an...
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Fake Holocaust Memoir Pulled By Publisher Amid Dispute
Writer Herman Rosenblat's book titled "Angel at the Fence," which Oprah Winfrey called...
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Christmas as We Know it is Richer Thanks to Charles Dickens
In his book, “The Man Who Invented Christmas” (2008), Lee Standiford keeps boasting the...
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Amy Poehler’s Official Goodbye to SNL
New mom Amy Poehler returned this weekend to “Saturday Night
Live” for a last giggle and a goodbye...
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The Grinch Stole Christmas, But Dickens Brought It Back
“A Christmas Carol” is exactly what Charles Dickens described
as his “Little Christmas Book” and...
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Bear Grylls Sustains Shoulder Injury During Independent Expedition
Bear Grylls, the host of Discovery Channel’s popular
television series “Man vs. Wild,” sustained...
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J.K. Rowling Publishes Another Book
Fans of J.K Rowling will be happy to hear that one of her books, which was published in just 7...
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“The Tales of Beedle the Bard” Invade the World Today
The Harry Potter mania continues this week as adored British
writer J. K. Rowling releases “The...
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J. K. Rowling's New Book For Avid Readers
J. K. Rowling, the adored creator of Harry Potter, has a new
book for fans, titled “The Tales of...
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“24:Redemption”, This Sunday!
Popular “Fox” show “24” hasn’t been on the air for about 20 months, after the finale of the 6th...
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Annette Gordon-Reed Wins National Book Awards
This year’s National Book Awards was a very special edition as the grand winner is an...
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Malcom Gladwell’s “Outliers” Can’t Set Success and Society Apart
Timing is everything, as well as social space and communal
activities. At least this is the main...
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Tina Fey To Mimic Sarah Palin No More
The name of “Saturday Night Live” star Tina Fey will forever
be associated with the 2008...
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Famous Writer Michael Crichton, Creator Of ER, Has Died Of Cancer
Notorious best-seller writer Michael Crichton who wrote such novels as "The Andromeda...
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Palin Is The Salt And Pepper Of McCain’s Campaign
Despite the fact that John McCain's appearance on Saturday Night Live (SNL) didn't generate Sarah...
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Courteney Cox to Play Sexy 40-Year-Old Mom in ‘Cougar Town’
Courteney Cox will reportedly star in a brand new sitcom called "Cougar Town." ABC has...
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30 Does Rock As Third Season Debuts Tonight
After hitting the headlines with her “Saturday Night Live”
Impersonation of Gov. Sarah Palin, Tina...
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Lorne Michaels: Sarah Palin’s Long, Winding Road to SNL
Lorne Michaels, the creator and producer of NBC’s sketch
comedy series Saturday Night Live,...
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People
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Stephen King Says ‘Twilight’ Author ‘Can’t Write Worth A Darn’
Renown U.S. writer Stephen King took aim at equally famous “Twilight” series author...
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John Updike Never to be Forgotten
John Updike, the prolific Pulitzer Prize-winning author for fiction novels capturing the mood and...
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John Updike Passed Away
John Updike, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction novels capturing the mood and emotions...
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Fellow Writers Remember Late US Novelist John Updike
Tributes to Pulitzer Prize winner John Updike, who died Tuesday after losing the battle with lung...
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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Writer John Updike Died at 76
John Updike filed the literature with poetry, novels, short stories and literary criticism works....
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Neil Gaiman Honored with the Newbery Medal
Author Neil Gaiman has been honored with the most prestigious writing award in American...
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CSI Actor in Real Assault
According to The New York Daily News’ Rush & Molloy, “CSI” actor Gerald...
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Patrick Swayze Will Write a Memoir Book
There are some people whose life happenings would perfectly fit to be written in a book. These...
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Kelly Osbourne Arrested For Defending Boyfriend’s Honor
Kelly Osbourne, the daughter of rock legend Ozzy Osbourne, is one tough gal. The singer and reality...
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Poet Edgar Allan Poe at 200
Edgar Allan Poe wrote poetry, short-stories, and literary critics while making his way through the...
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Literary Icon Edgar Allan Poe, Subject of Heated Debate
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most prominent writers of the American Romantic Movement. He is...
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Rumpole Creator Sir John Mortimer Dies
British dramatist and author Sir John Mortimer, who gave life to the famous character Rumpole of...
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New "American Idol" Spice For Season 8
Kara DioGuardi will join the familiar trio of Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson when...
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Gossip Girl Kelly Rutherford Pregnant and Divorced
Kelly Rutherford, the actress who plays Lily van der Woodsen in the famous teen drama “Gossip...
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Nobel Prize Laureate Harold Pinter Died on Christmas’ Eve
Harold Pinter lived his life through literature’s most important fields. Born in 1930, Pinter...
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Harold Pinter, a Playwright Who Really Made a Difference, Died on Christmas Eve
Harold Pinter’s wife announced the Nobel Prize-winning playwright’s death after a long...
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Michael Jackson’s Spokesman Says Singer Is In “Fine Health”
A spokesman for Michael Jackson denied in a statement released on Monday that his client was...
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Tina Fey Named Entertainer of the Year
The Associated Press named 38-year-old comedian Tina Fey Entertainer of the Year, which is an...
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Rep for Michael Jackson Denies Illness
A spokesman for Michael Jackson denied all allegations with regard to the former King of...
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Michael Jackson Said To Be Very Ill
Pop star Michael Jackson reportedly has serious health problems and is in need of a lung...
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Goodbye to Father of “sci-fi” – Forrest Ackerman Dies
Forrest J. Ackerman was sometimes an actor, literary
agent, magazine editor and suave eccentric....
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J. K. Rowling's New Book: The Tales of Beedle the Bard
J. K. Rowling, the adored creator of Harry Potter, has a new
book for fans, titled “The Tales of...
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Tina Fey Talks About Her Scar
Tina Fey has been in the public eye recently more than ever, thanks to her flawless comedic...
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“Everybody's got a better side,” Tina Fey Commented on Her Scar
In an interview with Maureen Dowd in January's Vanity Fair, Tina Fey and her husband finally talk...
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Hunky Hugh Jackman Outgrows Australia
Sydney - He can sing. He can dance. He can drive cattle. He's a mean half-man half-wolf with...
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John Mayer Gushes About Jennifer Aniston: She 'Knows' Me
When Jennifer Aniston suggested in her recent interview with Vogue that her boyfriend, rocker John...
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Jennifer Aniston On Angelina Jolie’s “Uncool” Statements
In an interview in the December issue of Vogue, out November 19, Jennifer Aniston has made some...
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Michael Crichton, Author of Jurassic Park, Dies of Cancer at 66
Michael Crichton, aged 66, died in Los Angeles on Tuesday. According to the release issued by his...
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Michael Crichton, ‘Jurassic Park’ Writer, Dies of Cancer
Writer and movie maker Michael Crichton, who was well-known for best-selling novels "Jurassic...
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Studs Terkel Passes Away At 96
Louis “Studs” Terkel was born in 1912, in New York, in a Russian Jewish family. When Studs was...
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