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1 hr ago | International Business Times

Gideon Cross' Sexy, Romantic Tweets; Henry Cavill vs David Gandy in Fan-Posted Photos?

Gideon Cross has thousands of fans on Twitter, much like an average celebrity on the social networking site.

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Related Topix: Twitter, Social Software, Bared to You

3 hrs ago | Deadline

Amazon Orders Cop Drama Pilot Based On Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch Novels

EXCLUSIVE : Amazon Studios is moving quickly to expand its original slate. After focusing on comedies and kids programming in its first batch of 14 pilots, five of which - two comedies and 3 kids shows - were picked up to series three weeks ago , the company is already setting its sights on the next target - launching a drama series.

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Related Topix: The Black Echo

7 hrs ago | TheCelebrityCafe

'Walking Disaster' by Jamie McGuire

Walking Disaster is one of the highly anticipated novels of 2013. It is the latest novel from contemporary romance author Jamie McGuire.

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Related Topix: Beautiful Disaster

11 hrs ago | Creative Loafing Atlanta

Laura Moriarty reads from 'The Chaperone' tomorrow

Laura Moriarty's newest novel, The Chaperone , is the story about Cora Carlisle, who is tasked to chaperone fifteen-year old, silent film star Louise Brooks on a trip from Wichita, Kansas to New York City.

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Related Topix: The Chaperone, Wichita, KS

12 hrs ago | Radio Times

Emma Watson set to reunite with Harry Potter producer for Game of Thrones-style movie

Former Harry Potter star Emma Watson has reportedly signed up for another Warner Bros film that might just be the studio's answer to the end of JK Rowling's magical franchise.

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Related Topix: J.K. Rowling, Authors

16 hrs ago | Ricklibrarian

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

Why was Susannah Cahalan, a promising, articulate reporter for the New York Post, suddenly rendered afraid, confused, awkward, lethargic, regressive, suspicious, and forgetful in 2009? Why did she sometimes explode in anger? Why did she lose her appetite and interest in almost everything? With test after test showing her to be normal and healthy, ... (more)

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22 hrs ago | BBC News

VIDEO: The graphic art of Harry Potter

Designers Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima met on the set of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets over a decade ago.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

Bangkok Post

Confessions of a chick ...

Sassy yet klutzy women with high-powered jobs and a love for Jimmy Choo _ this can pretty much sum up the protagonists in most, if not all, of Sophie Kinsella's books.

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Related Topix: I've Got Your Number, Wedding

Mashable

Steve Jobs Bio to be Released in Paperback on Sept. 10

The critically acclaimed and bestselling Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson will be released as a paperback on September 10 by Simon & Schuster, the publisher said on Sunday.

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Related Topix: Steve Jobs, Simon & Schuster, Simon and Schuster, Publishing, Media, Apple, Startups

BroadwayWorld.com

Top Reads: a Song of Ice & Fire Series Reclaims Amazon's List, Week Ending 6/16

Since there's no end-all-be-all 'best seller' list, BWW Books has rounded up both The New York Times' top sellers as well as Amazon's - providing you with your one-stop look at this week's top reads! Dan Brown's latest 'Robert Langdon' novel, INFERNO, held onto the top spot of The New York Times' fiction best seller list, as well as its no.

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Related Topix: American Sniper

Back Stage

'Killing Kennedy'

Please use the dropdown to select your role. For more information on roles, see the "Seeking Talent" section on this page.

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Asheville Citizen-Times

Author explores the lives of children unlike their parents

Andrew Solomon is coming to Asheville today for Autism Pride Week to talk about his book, "Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity" -- which one can already say is a landmark work in world culture.

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Examiner.com

The mind, neuroscience and the beginning of life

Tomorrow at noon, if you are a C-SPAN BookTV watcher, be sure to catch a rebroadcast of Afterwords with Sally Satel, "Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience ," hosted by Dan Vergano, USA Today Science Reporter.

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Related Topix: How to Create a Mind, Abortion

Sat Jun 15, 2013

The Independent

Max Irons: 'Work with my father? That's worst my nightmare'

The actor-son of Jeremy Irons and Sinead Cusack knows the pressure of having famous parents.

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Related Topix: The Host, Max Irons, Comedy Movies, Dad, Drama Movies, Sinead Cusack, Vampire News, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Entertainment, Twilight

The Baltimore Sun

Author Laura Moriarty visits Baltimore

'The Chaperone' is based loosely on the life of silent movie star Louise Brooks and has been optioned for film by actress Elizabeth McGovern It's difficult to imagine what Laura Moriarty's four novels would have been like if she had chosen a place to live other than Kansas, with its endless wheat fields and abundance of ordinary light.

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Related Topix: The Chaperone, Elizabeth McGovern, Entertainment

WFAA-TV Dallas

Climate talk shifts from curbing CO2 to adapting

The conversation is no longer solely about how to save the planet by cutting carbon emissions.

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Related Topix: Weather, New York, NY, Michael Bloomberh, Activism, The Future, US Politics, US News, Al Gore

Hollywood Reporter

'Glass Castle' Author Jeannette Walls Talks New Novel

The writer of the bestselling memoir on her new novel about two half-sisters growing up in 1970s Virginia and the possibility of having Jennifer Lawrence play her on screen.

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Related Topix: The Glass Castle, Entertainment

The Star Online

Breaking hard habits

Pulitzer prize-winning reporter Charles Duhigg's book helps readers to analyse bad habit s and how to change them to be a bet ter pers on.

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Related Topix: The Power of Habit, Entertainment, Drama, Television

TheCelebrityCafe

'Forever Too Far' by Abbi Glines

Abbi Glines's latest young adult romance novel, Forever Too Far , brings the final installment of the series of Rush Finlay and Blaire Wynn's love story.

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Related Topix: Never Too Far, Fallen Too Far, Birmingham, AL

Fri Jun 14, 2013

WCTO-FM Lehigh Valley

PHOTO: Rob Lowe and Ginnifer Goodwin as JFK and Jackie Kennedy

In the new National Geographic Channel film, Killing Kennedy , Rob Lowe stars as John F. Kennedy Jr., alongside Ginnifer Goodwin, who plays his wife, Jackie.

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Related Topix: Killing Kennedy, Richmond, VA