An elaborate bit of marketing for the upcoming ‘Carrie’ remake manages to terrify New Yorkers
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Bridget Jones Exclusive: How Helen Fielding Broke the News About Mark Darcy to Colin Firth
How do you tell the leading man of the wildly successful film adaptations of two of your novels that in the third novel his character is no more? If you’re Helen Fielding, you break it to him as gently as possible.
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David Bowie: His 100 Favorite Reads
No surprise — the Thin White Duke is quite the bookworm
Eat, Pray, Garden: Elizabeth Gilbert on Being a Love Guru (and Hating Lawns)
The author on her passion for gardening, her unconventional marriage, and her new book, “The Signature of All Things.”
Tom Clancy: By the Numbers
Number of Presidents who were blurbed on his first novel: 1
Report: Tom Clancy Dead at 66
Updated: 11:05 a.m.
Tom Clancy, the wildly successful military and spy novelist, died Tuesday in a hospital in his hometown of Baltimore, the New York Times reports. He was 66.
Dave Eggers’ Scathing Attack on Social Media
The author’s new book zings our obsession with being constantly connected
Today’s Movie Trailer: The Hobbit, Part 2
‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ opens December 13
Excerpt: A New Book That Asks ‘Are We Too Soft on Our Kids?’
‘Strings Attached’ tells the story of a tough and demanding music teacher—and how he influenced several generations of students
Q+A: Joanne Lipman and Melanie Kupchynsky, Co-Authors of Strings Attached
The lessons taught by by a tough and uncompromising music teacher still resonate with the writers: one, a former student; the other, his daughter
Watch: Ed Piskor Talk About His Upcoming History of Hip-Hop Comic Book
‘Hip Hop Family Tree’ sheds light on some little-known stories behind this vital musical genre
Next for Jennifer Lawrence? East of Eden and Dumb and Dumber Sequel
It turns out she’s quite a fan of the 1994 Jim Carrey-Jeff Daniels comedy
Quidditch Could Play a Big Part in Future Potterverse Movies
The wizarding game is among the many J.K. Rowling creations that a studio is trademarking