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'Star Trek' actress Zoe Saldana will reportedly star in NBC's 'Rosemary's BabySaldana recently appeared in the films 'Out of the Furnace' and 'Star Trek Into Darkness.'
鈥楤ecause鈥� is 2013 word of the yearThe American Dialect Society voted 'because' word of the year for 2013, beating out 'Obamacare,' 'slash,' 'selfie,' and 'twerk.'
Roth UnboundThe warmth of Philip Roth's breath is on every page of Claudia Roth Pierpont's new biography.
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Robert Gates memoir shocks WashingtonFormer Defense Secretary Robert Gates is the first to offer a scathing critique of President Obama and his administration from within the Cabinet.
James Franco stars in an ambitious book trailer for Gary Shteyngart memoirThe trailer for Gary Shteyngart's memoir 'Little Failure' features James Franco and Rashida Jones.
'Salinger' documentary will include additional footage when it airs on PBS'Salinger' is set to air on PBS on Jan. 21.
'The Invention of Wings': What's fact and what's fiction'The Invention of Wings' by Sue Monk Kidd is receiving rave reviews and was recently selected as the latest pick for Oprah Winfrey's revamped book club. But how much of the book actually comes from history?
15 books set to become movies in 2014 These works are scheduled to hit the big screen in the coming year.
10 best books of January 2014, according to Amazon's editors Here are the titles the editors at Amazon like best among the January 2014 releases.
Why I ReadLiterary magazine editor Wendy Lesser leads readers through what feels like a book club discussion on steroids 鈥� brainy, personal, and occasionally off topic.
Reader recommendation: The Time of the PantherMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Bestselling books the week of 01/09/14, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
'The Poisoner's Handbook' author Deborah Blum explores the history of forensic scienceBlum, whose book was adapted into a PBS documentary airing Jan. 7, explains why obtaining poison used to be so easy, why it was historically thought of as a 'woman's weapon,' and how forensic science changed it all.
Publishers, libraries poke fun at the coldThe publisher Consortium Books posts its own video of hot water being tossed in the air in frigid weather, while a library recommends keeping a book at hand when it's cold outside.
Polar vortex takes us back to the coldest story in American literatureThe unnamed protagonist in Jack London's 'To Build a Fire' gets into trouble while hiking in the frozen Yukon with his dog. Widely considered to be London鈥檚 best short story, 'To Build a Fire' captures the cold with painful accuracy.
Zora Neale Hurston: renowned author and folkloristZora Neale Hurston is best remembered today for her novel 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.' But Zora Neale Hurston wrote many other works, including fiction and anthropological studies.
Little FailureGary Shteyngart takes a dark, funny look at his Soviet-Jewish roots.
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Walter Isaacson turns to crowdsourcing to edit his book on innovationsWalter Isaacson, author of 'Steve Jobs,' has posted excerpts of his new book on multiple websites for others to add 'notes, comments, and corrections.'