For some six decades, it took The Village Voice to tell the alternative story of New York each week – and with its publication late every Thursday — America itself. Beginning in the white bread mid-Fifties when The Voice was founded by the likes of Norman Mailer and a couple of cohorts, through to the … Read more
This scorned woman is about to unleash her fury. Comedian John Mulaney’s ex-wife, Anna Marie Tendler, 38, announced on social media that she’s got a forthcoming memoir, which will be titled “Men Have Called Her Crazy.” In her Instagram post, the visual artist wrote, “I have been writing this book for two years. More accurately … Read more
Some fans can’t stomach the idea of it. Anne Hathaway’s newest film “The Idea of You” divided social media users on Wednesday following its trailer debut. Based on the 2017 romance novel by Robinne Lee of the same name, the movie follows single mom Solène Marchand (Hathaway, 41) who attends Coachella with her daughter only … 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. With the 2024 Academy Awards ceremony on March 10, this month’s challenge focuses on nonfiction books that were adapted into films that went … Read more
What do Britney Spears, talk-show host Wendy Williams and artist Peter Max have in common? All three have been swept up in a secretive court system that controls every aspect of their lives. Currently in California, Cher and Jay Leno are appealing to this type of court arrangement for help with their afflicted loved ones … Read more
In Rome, a few decades back, a then 20-year-old Elizabeth Flock and friends hired a male tour guide to show them the city. Elizabeth remembers everyone taking a shot with the guide at a local bar but nothing after that — he’d roofied her. She woke up to being raped by the man at an … Read more
That’s all. Meryl Streep and her “Devil Wears Prada” co-stars Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt had an epic reunion at the 2024 SAG Awards in LA on Saturday. The trio presented at the show nearly 17 years after the release of the 2006 comedy/drama film, which starred Streep, 74, as the Anna Wintour-esque editor of … Read more
“Life in the White House is magical every day,” writes First Lady Jill Biden in a new introduction to “Life in the White House,” a celebratory picture book written by Betty C. Monkman and published, in a newly revised 15th edition, by the White House Historical Association. A series of new books shed fresh light … Read more
Fans of Jeremiah Brent and Nate Berkus know that the interior design power couple lives an enviable, stunningly beautiful life filled with perfectly tailored peacoats, angular cheekbones, adorable children, Mario Bellini sofas, and Italian marble kitchen islands. “The Space That Keeps You: When Home Becomes a Love Story” is written by Jeremiah Brent. More of … Read more
According to research, Noah from “The Notebook” is the most beloved book boyfriend (33%). A recent survey of 2,000 romance readers found that Christian Grey from the “Fifty Shades” series (28%) and Edward Cullen from the “Twilight” series (21%) round out the top three book boyfriends. As for the best book girlfriends, the top three … Read more
“Stranger Things” star Brett Gelman has had two stops on his book tour vanish. Bookstores in California and Illinois scuttled scheduled events featuring the 47-year-old comedian due to harassment and intimidation from antisemitic and anti-Israel protesters, he alleges. The Jewish actor will no longer have the chance to promote his fiction debut at Book Passage … Read more
Emma Heming Willis, the wife of Bruce Willis, revealed Monday that she plans on releasing a book about caregiving following her husband’s dementia diagnosis. “For me knowledge is power, and building a supportive community around me has been vital,” Heming Willis, 45, said in a statement to People magazine. “It has brought stability and a … Read more
Call it Leo’s secret. Hollywood heartbreaker Leonardo DiCaprio was once allegedly caught flipping through a Victoia’s Secret magazine while working on his 2006 film “Blood Diamond,” according to director Edward Zwick. Zwick recalled the hilarious and awkward moment in an excerpt from his upcoming book “Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood,” … Read more
Stanley Kubrick was just an average Jewish kid, born in Manhattan in 1928 and raised in The Bronx. He read comic books and pulp novels, played chess, and rooted for the Yankees. He also watched every movie he could, often skipping school to go to 25-cent matinees. But as authors Robert P. Kolker and Nathan … Read more
A doting dad from New Jersey who happens to be blind is adding braille to his baby daughter’s storybooks so he can read to her at bedtime. The small act of love is just one part of the proud papa’s promise to never let his sight-challenged status “get in the way of being a good … Read more
It was not picture-perfect. After her “traumatic” experience of living at the Playboy Mansion, Crystal Hefner stopped showing skin in the photos she shared with the world. “I have no bikini pictures on my social media,” she reveals in her new tell-all, “Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself,” which was released on … Read more
You may know Jimmy Failla as the flamboyant, fast-talking conservative comic who’s gained a grand following with his hilarious anti-woke commentaries as kickers for shows on Fox News. Now the ex-New York cabbie has packed his brash bon mots into a new book, “Cancel Culture Dictionary: An A-to-Z Guide to Winning the War on Fun” … Read more
Crystal Hefner is not playing around and revealing the pay disparity between herself and her former beau. Hugh Hefner’s widow disclosed the insane amount of money he made while filming his television shows “Girls Next Door” and “Marrying Hef.” According to the former playmate’s brand-new book “Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself,” Hefner … Read more
There were lights, lots of action — and cameras — in Hugh Hefner’s bedroom. Crystal Hefner reveals in her memoir that she found “little spy holes” at the foot of her late husband’s bed, evidence he was taping his sexual escapades. “When I asked him about them, he just shrugged,” she writes in the new … Read more
Louisa May Alcott, the author of “Little Women,” may have written more works than readers were aware of, thanks to a scholar who made an interesting discovery. Max Chapnick, a postdoctoral teaching associate at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, believes he found roughly 20 stories and poems written by Louisa May Alcott under her own … Read more