entertainment - "book"

AP - 'The McSweeney's Joke book of book Jokes' (Vintage Books, 224 pages. $12.95), by the Editors of McSweeney's: Writing a joke book based on classic literature can be a dicey proposition. After all, Americans are better known for their short attention spans and addiction to reality TV. Would people really respond to humor based on the works of Shakespeare, Homer and Faulkner?

New children's book and CD adapts well known nursery rhymes

Author Oliver Galang announces the release of "Card Counting The Real Truth in Blackjack". And with the newly released movie "21," Galang believes people will want to learn how to count cards. His book explains how card counting works and the real reasons why it doesn't work. He doesn't want what happened to him to happen to millions of other innocent people. (PRWeb Mar 31, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb816134.htm

Dutch filmmaker Geert Wilder's movie entitled 'Fitna,' alternates pictures of terrorist attacks with quotations from Muslim holy book

Film Reviews: Given the abysmal quality of recent spoof pics, it's saying something that 'Superhero Movie' provides a fairly steady stream of midsized laughs -- and even the 40% or so of gags that just lie there aren't actively painful. This comicbook actioner sendup should do solid if unspectacular biz.

In his latest book, Pollan shows how nutritionism has unnecessarily complicated the act of eating.

Fiona Maazel's debut novel attempts a doubled apocalyptic vision of our American times.

The votes are in, and a British trade magazine has announced the winner of the Diagram Prize for the oddest book title of 2007.

Helen Mirren is comfortable in her own skin, without question. And the British actress, who won an Oscar for playing Elizabeth ...