entertainment - "book"

Exclusives: Pair acquire rights to bestselling novel -- An unlikely pair has nabbed the film rights to 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society,' one of the most talked-about books of the summer.

In a new book based on his popular blog, Christian Lander tracks the trends and tendencies of white people, from free-trade organic coffee to vintage T-shirts.

Earlier today it was announced Don LaFontaine had died, now another death has occurred. This time actor and singer Jerry Reed has passed away at age 71. Jerry Reed, a singer who appeared in the “Smokey and the Bandit” movies, has died of complications from emphysema at age 71, his longtime booking agent said Tuesday.Carrie [...]

Scholastic is releasing 'The 39 Clues,' a new series by Rick Riordan that is tied to a Web-based game and collectors' cards.

AP - Dr. Francis Collins, arguably the nation's leading geneticist and author of the best-selling 'The Language of God,' is working on a book that promises 'stunning new revelations about why we get sick; what it means to be healthy; how we can prevent disease' and medical treatment.

E! Online - Those concerned over Hilary Swank's plummeting weight can rest easy-maybe. The two-time Oscar nabber is next set to pack on the pounds (and a lot of 'em) to play the lead in French Women Don't Get Fat, an adaptation of Mireille Guiliano's best-selling book, which Swank will also produce.

Jazz legend Wynton Marsalis says that music is the 'art of the invisible' — it is memory, intention and imagination. Marsalis explains his relationship to jazz in his new book, Moving to Higher Ground, and talks about how music changed his life.

Such a pity Mary Ann Shaffer is not around to enjoy her celebrity! Shaffer died in February of this year and thus missed her own miracle-best-sellerdom for a first book written by an already 'mature' librarian, former bookseller, and unpublished, aspiring writer. The good news, however, is that her opus is engaging, ingenious and ahead of the publishing game.

Music News: Singer-turned-actor was in 'Smokey,' 'Survivors' -- Jerry Reed, a singer who became a 'good ol' boy' actor opposite Burt Reynolds in car chase movies like 'Smoky and the Bandit,' is dead at age 71, according to his longtime booking agent.

In a delightful new book, journalist Susan Squire traces the first 5,000 years of marital behavior and reveals just how much of a historical odd couple love and marriage are.