Before the cameras rolled on “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,” the Boss took one more ride down memory lane – literally. Author and music historian Warren Zanes, who served as an executive producer on the newly released Bruce Springsteen biopic, revealed that the “Born to Run” singer led director Scott Cooper and a small crew … Read more
Harold Schechter did not have a killer time watching “Monster: The Ed Gein Story.” Schechter, a true crime historian and author who wrote the definitive book about Gein, “Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original Psycho,” told The Post that he’s unhappy with the third season of Ryan Murphy’s anthology series, which focuses on Gein … Read more
Diva-off. In her upcoming book “Gwyneth: The Biography,” author Amy Odell writes about the reason former pals Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna allegedly had a falling out over ten years ago. Paltrow, according to an excerpt of the book published by People Wednesday, “reached a breaking point” in her friendship with Madonna, 66, after the singer … Read more
King Lorne. Susan Morrison, author of the biography “Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live,” recently appeared on Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast and explained how Lorne Michaels handled Chris Farley’s struggles with drugs and alcohol on the “SNL” set. Morrison recalled that Michaels, 80, went into overdrive to help Farley after original cast member … Read more
There was no breaking “The Chain” between Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks in Fleetwood Mac. Indeed, the two Fleetwood Mac songbirds forged an instant bond when Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined the group alongside McVie, her then-husband John McVie and Mick Fleetwood in 1974. But first, Nicks had to pass a chemistry test with McVie … Read more
Johnny Carson had a troubling relationship with alcohol during all three of his marriages that ended in divorce. The new biography “Carson the Magnificent” written by Bill Zehme (who finished the book before he died in 2023) with Mike Thomas examines how the famous late-night host behaved around his spouses, including his first wife, Jody … Read more
New information has come out about what the late Queen Elizabeth II did on April 9, 2021, the day when her husband, Prince Philip, died. Queen Elizabeth allegedly couldn’t make it to the former Duke of Edinburgh’s bedside before he died at age 99, royal biographer Gyles Brandreth claims. It was reported that the Queen … Read more
John F. Kennedy Jr. did not reach out to Prince William and Prince Harry after their mother Princess Diana’s death, despite his bond with the Princess of Wales. A new biography by Elizabeth Beller alleges that JFK Jr.’s wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, urged the president’s son to contact Diana’s children after she was killed in a … Read more
Welcome to Great Adaptations, the Book Review’s regular multiple-choice quiz about literature that has gone on to find new life in the form of movies, television shows, theatrical productions and other formats. This week’s quiz highlights films that were adapted from the biographies or autobiographies of their notable subjects. Just tap or click your answers … Read more
People who like to read action/adventure books are the most generous tippers, according to new research. A survey of 2,000 Americans who read frequently looked at the personality differences between lovers of different genres and found that adventure readers are the likeliest to tip over 20%. Unsurprisingly, romance readers “always” or “often” daydream the most … Read more
When you have been around Hollywood as long as acclaimed screenwriter David Mamet has, you develop a sixth sense for BS, as Mamet explains in his new memoir “Everywhere An Oink Oink: An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood” (Simon and Schuster). “In Hollywood,” he writes, “everyone is flogging nonsense.” But even though Mamet’s enjoyed a … Read more
It was quite an earful. A former roommate of Madonna’s claimed that the “Like a Virgin” crooner once stuck her tongue in Al Pacino’s ear the very first time the pair met. Speaking with author Mary Gabriel for her new book, “Madonna: A Rebel Life,” Whitley Hill claimed that the spine-shivering incident took place during … Read more
Inventor Nikola Tesla was born on this day in history, July 10, 1856, in what is now Croatia. Tesla’s father was a priest in the Serbian Orthodox Church, notes Encyclopedia Britannica. His mother, while uneducated, was “highly intelligent.” The younger Tesla took a keen interest in science at a young age. Around the age of six, … Read more
JFK wasn’t the only person both these famous ladies were allegedly seeing. Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy reportedly confronted her psychiatrist after discovering that the shrink had also treated Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe — with whom her husband allegedly had an affair. The Tinseltown bombshell was revealed recently in her newly released biography “Jackie: Public, Private, … Read more
While writing his controversial biography of Princess Diana, author Andrew Morton was constantly worried about being murdered. “I was looking for danger in the shadows. I was looking for people following me,” Morton told Entertainment Tonight. “It was like a different world and I remember vividly going back home on the subway and standing well … Read more