Category Archives: Books
40+ Trailers: Hugh Dancy, Julia Roberts, Gerard Butler, Jennifer Garner, Chris Evans, Chloe Moretz and more
The Rum Diary—two words: Johnny Depp. Expected U.S. release date: Oct. 28, 2011 Hysteria might catch most people’s attention because it’s a comedy about the invention of the vibrator. However, the appeal for me is that it’s got two of … Continue reading
Book-to-Movie Commentary: ‘Breaking Dawn,’ ‘Catching Fire,’ and ‘Mockingjay’
You know how sometimes, rereading certain books can be more appealing than diving into new (and most likely, better) novels you have just sitting on the shelf? In the last few days, I reread Breaking Dawn of the Twilight series … Continue reading
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‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants’ Author’s New Novel May Be Reincarnated Into a Movie
That feeling when you finish a book and you find out that it’s the first in a trilogy. That’s how I felt last night after I read My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants … Continue reading
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Acclaimed Directors Brew a Remake of Roald Dahl’s ‘The Witches’
Double, double toil and trouble … Acclaimed director Alfonso Cuaron is slated to produce a remake of Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s novel, “The Witches.” Anjelica Huston (“Ever After”) starred in the 1990 movie, which was about a boy who stands … Continue reading
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In Case You Were Saving the World Before Dinnertime
Here are links to stuff (stories, photos, videos, etc.) I found interesting over the past few days: • Fun facts — Harper’s RT @harpers Tons of mud a Mongolian girl has eaten since ’94, because she finds it “delicious”: 1.7 RT @harpers … Continue reading
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After Hollywood ‘Blindsides’ Audiences, It Will Take Them on ‘A Long Way Down’
If my career as a journalist doesn’t take off, I’m thinking of becoming a movie producer. It’s not as hard, right? It would be cool to make the movies I’d want to see, and I already thought of a couple … Continue reading
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Putting the ‘Die’ in ‘Diet’: Tips from ‘Where the Heart Is’ by Billie Letts
Nothing has taken the world by storm like diets. Some people choose to go to the South Beach while others stay in the Zone. Throughout Billie Letts’ novel, “Where the Heart Is,” one of the characters, Lexie Coop, shares her diet tips with … Continue reading
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A ‘Sister’ Act to Behold: ‘My Sister’s Keeper’ Book Review
If my sister ever needed a kidney, mine has her name on it. But what if a sibling had no choice in the matter? What if she didn’t want to be her sister’s keeper? What then? Best-selling author Jodi Picoult tackled this issue in … Continue reading
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