John Grisham

Josh Lucas: No Hide Away From Tides of Career

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: David Gordon Green, Chris Eyre, A Beautiful Mind, Ayelet Zurer, The Firm, Josh Lucas, Robert Pattinson, Sweet Home Alabama, Jon Tenney, Movies, Undertow, Marshall Fine Interview, Marshall Fine, Stealth, Anders Anderson, Juliette Lewis, James Cromwell, Stolen, John Grisham, Hide Away, Josh Lucas Interview, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Lucas is under no illusion that Hide Away is a mainstream film. But he enjoyed taking the risks inherent in making an independent film with a very personal point of view.

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Grisham's Calico Joe Knocks It Out of the Park

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Rookies, Novella, Major League Baseball, John Grisham, Calico Joe, Books News
Jackie K. Cooper

In Calico Joe, John Grisham salutes the world of baseball with a story that tugs at the heart.

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John Grisham Explains Baseball

Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Baseball, John Grisham, Calico Joe, Books News

The following is adapted from the preface to the British edition of John Grisham's new baseball novel, "Calico Joe", which is available on jgrisham.co...

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The First Major Tim Hetherington Exhibit

Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Tim Hetherington, Video, Gotye, The Lady Film, Culture Forecast, Gotye Snl, John Grisham, Calico Joe, John Grisham Calico Joe, Alabama Shakes, Week in Culture, Slidepollajax, On Our Radar, Culture News

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What Is The Line Between Realism And Sensationalism?

Corban Addison | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Book Reviews, USA Today, John Grisham, Sex Trafficking, Child Sex Trafficking, Realism, Writing, Sensationalism, A Walk Across the Sun, Books News
Corban Addison

Is there a point where the artistic depiction of violence against children becomes complicit in that violence? Is there an ethical line in fiction between realism that reveals, and sensationalism that exploits?

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'The Firm': Ten Years Later, Still In Danger

Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Sequel, Canada Tv, The Firm, Josh Lucas, Mitch Mcdeere, Series Premiere, 10 Years Later, Reality-Free, TV Canada, Ten Years Later, Video, Drama, John Grisham, Tom Cruise, Tv Replay, Nbc, TV News

It's been 19 years since Tom Cruise was running from the mob in "The Firm." Now, Josh Lucas steps into the shoes of Mitch McDeere in the ongoing telev...

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What To Watch This Week

The Huffington Post | Laura Prudom | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Once Upon a Time, Celebrity Wife Swap, The Vampire Diaries, Canada Tv, Project Runway All Stars, Lifetime, Dr. Drew Pinsky, The Firm, I Get That a Lot, Brad Goreski, Hoarders, Joanna Cole, Pauley Perrette, Don Cheadle, Nikita, Madison Mclaughlin, Cbs, It's a Brad Brad World, Parenthood, Shameless, The Bachelor, Video, The Biggest Loser NBC, Ken Marino, John Grisham, Bravo, Abc, The Bachelorette, Ian Tracey, Nbc, Jerry Springer, A&e, Ted Haggard, Charlie Schlatter, Ben Flajnik, Austin Scarlett, John Ratzenberger, Stacey Keibler, Dylan Bruno, Showtime, James Patrick Stuart, Gary Busey, Kristen Bell, Supernatural, Pamela Anderson, Fixing Pete, Happy Endings, Jersey Shore, Merlin, Mtv, House of Lies, Syfy, Angela Lindvall, Kenley Collins, Brooke Burns, Revenge, Mondo Guerra, The CW, Valerie Harper, TV News

The winter TV drought is over! A whole crop of new shows are premiering this week and many more new and old favorites are back from hiatus. Whatever y...

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Watch 5 Minutes Of NBC's 'The Firm'

Maggie Furlong | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: The Firm Nbc, TV Canada, Video, The Firm, John Grisham, Josh Lucas, Juliette Lewis, The Firm Tv Show, TV Spoilers, Nbc, Maggie Furlong, TV News

You might've read "The Firm" or seen the movie adaptation with Tom Cruise based on John Grisham's bestselling legal thriller, but NBC's new show has a...

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The Week's Hottest Reads: Who Is Number 1?

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Weekly Bestsellers, Bestsellers, Publishers Weekly Bestsellers, David Baldacci, Danielle Steel, Hottest Reads, John Grisham, Books News

-- HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Zero Day" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)...

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The Litigators Is the Return of the Old Grisham

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Courtroom Drama, Ambulance Chasers, Drug Side Effects, John Grisham, Books News
Jackie K. Cooper

The Litigators takes us back to the Grisham of old. It is a legal thriller that entertains and amuses. Grisham is not known for being a writer of humor but some scenes in The Litigators are laugh out loud hilarious.

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Andrew Losowsky

Prisoners Sue For Access To Books

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrew Losowsky | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Video, American Prisons, Banned Books, William Shakespeare, George Orwell, Prisoners, John Grisham, Prisoner Rights, Censorship in Prisons, Prison Conditions, Censorship in Jail, Censorship, Prison Books Ban, Books News

When Mark Melvin asked his friend to order him a Pulitzer Prize-winning history book, he didn't expect to have to file a lawsuit in order to read it. ...

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Guess What Book Topped The Publishers Weekly Bestsellers List Again

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tick Tock, A Discovery of Witches, James Patterson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Tom Clancy, Stieg Larsson, John Grisham, Books News

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Tick Tock" by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (Little, Brown)...

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Mark Twain And George Bush Duke It Out For The Top

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bestsellers, Stieg Larsson, John Grisham, Book Selling, Book Publishing, Book Market, Patricia Cornwell, Stephen King, Publishing Market, Bestselling Books, David Baldacci, Publishers, James Patterson, Ken Follett, Bookseller, Books News

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Port Mortuary" by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam Adult)...

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John Grisham's The Confession Brings Him Full Circle to His Greatest Triumphs

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Texas Judicial System, Race Relations, Death Penalty, John Grisham, Books News
Jackie K. Cooper

After going off on a tangent, or several tangents for that matter, novelist John Grisham has returned to the locale where he first began. His latest n...

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When Thrillers Attack!

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bestsellers, John Grisham, Book Market, Robert Jordan, Stephen King, Books, Brandson Sanderson, Bestselling Books, David Baldacci, Dirk Cussler, James Patterson, Steig Larsson, Books News

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Cross Fire" by James Patterson (Little, Brown)...

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What Does Keith Richards Have That Dogs Don't?

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "The Confession" by John Grisham (Doubleday)...

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What Guantanamo Detainees Are Reading

TIME | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book News, John Grisham, Agatha Christie, Time Magazine, Obama Guantanamo, Books, Guantanamo Detainees, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Harry Potter, Book, JK Rowling, Gitmo, Books News

There's not a lot to look forward to if you're one of the 176 prisoners held in the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay -- no visits from loved...

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Reading In Public: What Are People Reading? (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz and Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Too Big to Fail, Stieg Larsson, Reading, Three Cups of Tea, John Grisham, Slidepollajax, Reading in Public, Ann Patchett, Books, Infinite Jest, The Girl Who Played With Fire, Bestsellers, Books News

Love reading books and trying to figure out what to pick up next? Look no farther than the person sitting next to you anywhere in public. Instead of l...

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Scott Turow's Literary Empire: 'Presumed Innocent' Hero Rusty Sabich Returns

The Los Angeles Times | Scott Martelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Innocent, Rusty Sabich, Legal Thrillers, John Grisham, Scott Turow, Books, Presumed Innocent, Bestsellers, Books News

Literary empires have to start somewhere, and Scott Turow's began 23 years ago with the creation of an unusually trusting prosecutor named Rusty Sabic...

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Summer Reading For Teens: The Hottest New Books For Kids' Summer Reading (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins, Teen Books, Summer Reading, Video, YA Books, John Grisham, Summer Reading Teens, Books, Teenagers, Theodore Boone, Books News

Not sure what to do to get your teen reading this summer? "Good Morning America" has featured a group of the hottest new books to inspire teenagers to...

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Massey Disaster Not Just Tragic, But Criminal

Amy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Massey Energy, Lisa Jackson, Nyse: Mee, Clean Coal, Don Blankenship, Mountaintop Removal, Epa, John Grisham, Daryl Hannah, James Hansen, Upper Big Branch Mine, Aracoma, Politics News
Amy Goodman

Massey Energy runs the Upper Big Branch (UBB) mine in Montcoal, W.Va., where 29 miners were killed last week. The loss of life is tragic, but the UBB ...

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John Grisham On Writing Suspense For Kids

NPR | Posted 05.25.2011

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Grisham has 24 books under his belt, many of which were turned into movies, including The Pelican Brief and A Time To Kill. But he says writing for a ...

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Italian Journalist Writes Fake Grisham And Roth Interviews Criticizing Obama

The New Yorker | Judith Thurman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fake Interview, Berlusconi, The Firm, Literary Prizes, Journalism, Made Up Interview, Italian Journalist, Bestsellers, Grisham, The Last Juror, John Grisham, The Humbling, Pelican Brief, Philip Roth, Time to Kill, Barack Obama, Books News

Last month, Paola Zanuttini, a journalist from La Repubblica, the progressive Roman newspaper, interviewed Philip Roth about his latest novel, "The Hu...

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Bestselling Books Of 2009: Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly | Michael Coffey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lisa See, Publishers Weekly, 2009 Bestsellers, John Grisham, The Lost Symbol, Books, Publishers Weekly Sales Tally, Bestsellers, Dan Brown, Books News

Looking at the compilation of bestseller numbers from 2009 confirms what publishers said throughout 2009 and even into 2010--that bestsellers don't se...

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John Grisham's Children's Book Will Have A Million-Copy Print Run

Publishers Weekly | John A. Sellers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Theodore Boone Kid Lawyer, Children's Books, Books, John Grisham Children's Book, Book Publishing, Theodore Boone, John Grisham, Books News

[T]he publisher has unveiled the cover for that book�"Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer�"as well as its first printing: one million copies....

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