entertainment - "book"

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -Star running back Branden Ore will not play for Virginia Tech next year, a decision reached after meetings with coach Frank Beamer. Ore would have been a redshirt senior. On his Facebook profile he said he was ''making life ...

New york (AP) -- A gossipy book by two ex-concierges at Chicago's luxurious Four Seasons Hotel has been pulled by Three Rivers Press because the authors were legally banned from writing about their experiences....

(LiveDaily.com) Stone Temple Pilots [ tickets ], who last month announced plans to reunite for some summer shows, have signed on to perform at a number of spring and summer festivals.... continued

William Poundstone is a clear, entertaining explicator of election science. His book asks whether it's possible to devise a fair voting system.

Two former teen TV stars. Two gossipy memoirs. Tons of media exposure. But only one rockets to the top. Two weeks ago, Valerie ...

Few players on the professional circuit invite as much scrutiny for their playing style as does Gus Hansen. The debate began with the very first episode of the World Poker Tour's season 1 in which the 'Great Dane' was shown taking...

In local writer and hip-hop artist Adam Mansbach's third novel, 'The End of the Jews,' three generations of a Jewish family's history unfolds and bumps against itself. Without giving too much away, by the end of the book the young struggling novelist, Tris...

A RARE copy of the first ever Harry Potter book has fetched almost £4000 at auction after being sold by a library for £2.

AP - Borders could become the latest victim of the credit squeeze, announcing Thursday that it may put itself up for sale. Rival Barnes & Noble, meanwhile, saw fourth-quarter profits drop 9 percent as the industry struggles with intense competition from discounters.

A woman who claims Oprah Winfrey's production company stole the idea for Oprah's Big Give is appealing the dismissal of her lawsuit, according to a report, but a lawyer for Harpo has disputed parts of the story's accuracy--including the story's claim that the lawsuit has impacted a book deal related to the show.The new york Daily News' Rush & Molly reported that 'Darlene Tracy, a mother of four with no experience in TV producing, claims that, way back in February 2005, she hatched the concept for a reality show called 'The Philanthropist,' in which contestants are challenged to help the needy.' She 'claims she sent her pitch to Ellen Rakieten, executive producer of Winfrey's talk show, and that Rakieten and another producer, Jennifer Thornton, wrote back to ask for more details. Tracy contends she shipped off a fine-tuned business proposal on March 1, 2005. Four months later, Thornton allegedly told Tracy that Oprah's company, Harpo Productions, was going to pass.'According to the