Books

July 30 2012 8:45 PM

Jonah Lehrer, the now former New Yorker writer and best-selling author, was caught making up Bob Dylan quotes in his book "Imagine" by Michael Moynihan in Tablet magazine. Lehrer's rise and fall also matches that of Stephen Glass, a writer who invented sources and plagiarized material nearly a decade earlier at the New Republic.

July 30 2012 5:30 PM

The iconic children's book franchise is doing its best to control for any damage incurred through its continued partnership with Chick-Fil-A, stating on their website that the company has "no control" over the program currently in planning with the controversial fast-food chain.

July 27 2012 4:25 PM

Marilyn Monroe has undoubtedly been the ultimate sex symbol for the past 60 years, but in a new book written by Tony Jerris, "Marilyn Monroe: My Little Secret," Jane Lawrence told the author about her sexually explicit encounters with the 1950s goddess.

July 25 2012 12:43 PM

A video involving a brutal 2008 near death attack on a sea world trainer by a wild whale was released in court and is now being used as evidence in an investigation for the Sea World vs US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Trial. During a show at San Diego Park's Sea World, a veteran trainer, 39-year-old Kenneth Peters was bitten and continuously held underwater by a 7,000 pound killer whale, 28-year-old female named Kasatka.

July 18 2012 6:50 PM

Soft-porn bondage thriller 50 Shades of Grey is all the rage right now, and everyone is dying to get in on the action. In a transparent bid to capitalize on the new erotic fiction craze, digital publisher Clandestine Classics is releasing a series of erotically remastered versions of classic novels, including Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

July 17 2012 2:02 AM

Celebrated author and well-known motivational speaker Stephen Covey died Monday owing to complications stemming from a bicycle accident that occurred in April.

July 16 2012 11:04 AM

Donald J. Sobol, author of the Encyclopedia Brown series that captured the imaginations of children across the world, died Monday, the Publishers Weekly Twitter account announced. He was 87.

July 13 2012 11:37 AM

Biographer Chris Anderson said that Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger has had sex with over 4,000 women, one of which was Angelina Jolie, during his career -- but that's just a low estimate. Anderson, who recently penned Mick: The Wild Life and Mad Genius of Jagger, said 68-year-old Jagger has even slept with David Bowie, whom he had an ongoing affair with during the bisexual revolution in America. And he still couldn't get no satisfaction???

July 12 2012 7:44 PM

Fans of E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey are practically foaming out of their mouths waiting to find out who will play their favorite control freak Christian Grey on the big screen adaptation of the best-selling series. Every week there's a new rumor about which hunky-stud will be putting on a grey tie while hiding a twitchy palm as he portrays Christian Grey.