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Oscar winner Kate Winslet will release THE GOLDEN HAT through publisher Simon & Schuster in November of 2011. According to EW, the inspiration of The Golden Hat was taken from a poem by Keli Ericsdottir. Winslet met Ericsdottir, a sufferer of non-berbal autism, while she narrated A Mother’s Courage: Talking Back to Autism. His poem tells the story of a hat that allow an autistic […]
Shia LaBeouf, star of the Transformers franchise, is now attached to star in the Mandalay Pictures’ adaptation of HORNS. Written by Joe Hill, the son of Stephen King, Horns has been described as a love story with horror elements thrown in. Variety reports that LaBeouf will star as Ig Perrish, who wakes up from a blackout to find horns coming out of his forehead. Horns […]
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the screen rights to The New York Times best-seller MOONWALKING WITH EINSTEIN: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF REMEMBERING EVERYTHING by Joshua Foer, have been acquired by Columbia Pictures. In Moonwalking With Einstein, Foer writes about his experience in the U. S. Memory Championship. Columbia president Doug Belgrad stated: “This is a very special book which transcends the already fascinating subject […]
Folks, I’ve been a big…..okay, let’s make that huge Firefly fan for a long time now and as much as I love the captain (aka Nathan Fillion), Wash (aka Alan Tudyk) was, and always will be, my favorite. There was just something about his silliness couple with his complete competence when at Serenity’s controls, that I adored. So when I heard this bit of news […]
According to Publishers Weekly, Microsoft filed a lawsuit against Barnes and Noble for patent infringement from production of the Nook and NookColor. The suits have been filed with the International Trade Commission and the US District Court of the Western District of Washington; and include Barnes and Noble’s manufacturing partners Foxconn International Holdings Ltd. and Inventic Corporation. According to Microsoft VP for intellectual property and […]
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The Alex Cross film franchise reboot I, ALEX CROSS has found Matthew Fox. Deadline reports that the former ‘Lost’ hero has signed on to play assassin Michael Sullivan, AKA the Butcher of Sligo in the James Patterson adaptation. Sullivan takes it very personally when Cross (Tyler Perry) stops one of his killings, leading to Cross taking an equally personal interest in Sullivan. Ed Burns is […]
Reddit has decided to jump aboard the e-book exchange band wagon, according to Galleycat. Now you too can swap print books with other readers on the Reddit site, just follow this link to sign up for the new gift program. But move fast though, because the sign-up deadline is March 17th and the book swap will begin on March 31st. Just follow a few rules […]
Looks like former president Bill Clinton has decided to enter the spy game…sort of. Yahoo! News reports that Clinton, a million-selling memoirist in his own right, has written a preface for Thomas Caplan’s upcoming novel THE SPY WHO JUMPED OFF THE SCREEN. The book is described as a thriller that tells the story of movie star and former intelligence officer Ty Hunter and his race […]
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, has announced the debut of Avon Impulse, a new imprint dedicated to digital publishing. The new imprint will feature e-books and print-to-order novels and novellas by existing Avon authors, and will seek new talent to nurture in an e-book marketplace that finds Romance experiencing expansive growth. Liate Stehlik, Senior Vice President and Publisher of William Morrow and Avon […]
