LOS ANGELES, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Playwright William Gibson, whose "The Miracle Worker" won awards and thrilled audiences with its hopeful tale of the teaching of deaf and blind Helen Keller, died at age 94 this week in Massachusetts. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — The makers of hit film "Twilight" said they have given the go-ahead to produce a new movie based on the second book, "New Moon", in the popular series of vampire novels by Stephenie Meyer. ... > full story
LONDON, Nov. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — Michael Jackson will not appear in a London court on Monday after the U.S. pop star reached a settlement "in principle" with a Bahraini prince suing him for reneging on a recording contract. ... > full story
LONDON, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Michael Jackson will not be appearing in a London court as expected on Monday after the U.S. pop star reached a settlement "in principle" with a Bahraini prince suing him for reneging on a recording contract. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21, 2008 (Hollywood Reporter) — Talk about upping your profile. Anna Kendrick, who has a small part in "Twilight" as one of Kristen Stewart's human friends, has nabbed the coveted female lead opposite George Clooney in "Up in the Air." ... > full story
NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Described in publishing circles as America's answer to Harry Potter, the teen-age vampires of "Twilight" may reach a wider audience when the movie of the book comes out on Friday with the publisher hoping for a surge in book sales. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — A book about a slave family with ties to U.S. President Thomas Jefferson and novel about a notorious Florida outlaw were among the winners at America's 59th annual National Book Awards on Wednesday. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Sudanese child soldier turned global hip hop star Emmanuel Jal has both embraced rap as a way to reach a global audience and distanced himself from what he says is a tendency to glorify violence. ... > full story
LONDON, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) — A son of the king of Bahrain took U.S. pop star Michael Jackson to court on Monday for reneging on an agreement to record a new album and write an autobiography. ... > full story
LONDON, Nov. 14, 2008 (Reuters) — In "Searching for Schindler" Australian author Thomas Keneally recalls how he came to write the award-winning novel "Schindler's Ark," which reached global fame through Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning adaptation. ... > full story
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The Graveyard Book Nov. 20, 2008 (The Press, New Zealand) — Honestly, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven when I walked in the bookstore the other day and found a) a new book by one of my favourite ...
TRAILER PARK / THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS Nov. 14, 2008 (Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, Minnesota) — It's one of those war-through-the-eyes-of-a-child movies (like last year's "The Water Horse"), but "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" has a twist ...
Clint Eastwood; Babylon; Imagine This; Boni Sones Nov. 13, 2008 (Independent, UK) — When Clint Eastwood met the news anchorwoman, Dina Ruiz, during an interview in 1993, it was by all accounts a whirlwind romance that ended in ...
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