Anthony Bourdain and Olive Garden critic in talks for a book deal
Marilyn Hagerty is the eighty-five-year-old North Dakota food critic who became an unlikely internet sensation a few months ago wh…
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Newly released Hemingway letters reveal “gentle side,” love of cats
"Certainly missed you… Have had to shoot people but never anyone I knew and loved for eleven years," wrote noted g…
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Best-selling erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey set to hit the big screen
You know that book that your mom gave you that she kept asking if you'd read and you didn't because you assumed it was jus…
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Women’s reading lists are smuttier than ever thanks to e-readers
People used to think that e-readers like Nooks, Kindles, and iPads would allow users to read YA novels like Harry Potter, Twilight…
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Bret Easton Ellis says 2012 Patrick Bateman would “find victims via Blendr while listening to Beyonce”
You know how it goes. You're sitting at your desk at work, bored of crunching numbers or editing documents or whatever it is y…
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Fifty Shades of Grey adds to the burgeoning “mom porn” literature market
The web is positively a-buzz with talk about the new vanilla BDSM bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey. Written by E.L. James, the…
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Dr. Drew finds marriage-saving sexual-submission book trilogy “disturbing”
Book clubs from coast to coast are apparently raving about a kinky novel published last year called Fifty Shades of Grey, by forty…
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Right-wing group threatens to boycott Toys’R’Us for selling gay marriage-themed Archie comic
And you thought the Betty vs. Veronica debate was contentious: fresh off their most recent efforts to get an ad for a drain-cleani…
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J.K. Rowling is writing a novel for adults
When J.K. Rowling announced in a 2007 interview that she was working on a project for adults, everyone naturally assumed that she …
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Stephen Colbert’s kids’ book, “I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)” is getting published
Stephen Colbert fans were happy to see the snarkmeister return to his Comedy Central show Monday, after a brief absence to ca…
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New book exposes J. Edgar Hoover’s massive porn collection
As the first, and long-serving, Director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover is an important figure in modern American history, and last y…
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DC Comics announces Watchmen prequel without Alan Moore
Imagine a Pulp Fiction prequel without Quentin Tarantino. Imagine an Inception prequel without Christopher Nolan.&n…
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Jonathan Franzen thinks e-books are hurting society
Literary golden boy Jonathan Franzen has gone public with his hatred for e-readers and, it would seem, technology as a whole,…
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Publishers fear a “post-apocalyptic” world where Barnes & Noble is gone and Amazon reigns
Now that, if you can believe it, Barnes & Noble is the last chain bookstore left in the country, the role they once played as …
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New memoir reveals “secret sex lives” of old Hollywood stars
Contrary to what your grandma might tell you, the world wasn't so different in the old days: sure, frankfurters only cost a ni…
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Fox News thinks comic books are too sexy by far
Finally some breaking news! Fox News is reporting that comic books contain sex and violence. Can we get Stan Lee on the phone? The…
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Amazon is publishing James Franco’s first novel
Whether you like it or not, James Franco is publishing his first novel, which was just picked up by Amazon. Apparently unfazed by …
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George R.R. Martin releases a new chapter for all you Game of Thrones fans
In an effort to satiate his rabid fans and perhaps buy himself another two years of writing time, George R.R. Martin has published…
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Richard Nixon had gay affair, claims new book
From yesterday's Taylor Lautner fake People magazine cover scandal to Internet petitions campaigning for Ernie and Bert t…
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Blair Witch actress gave up acting to grow pot
Remember Heather Donahue, the blue-ski-capped actress from the 1999 indie-horror juggernaut, The Blair Witch Project, who you neve…
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