Nicholas Sparks

Bad News For Judd Apatow

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Think Like a Man, Emily Blunt, Box Office, Five Year Engagement, Weekend Box Office, Zac Ephron, Judd Apatow, Slideexpand, Video, Nicholas Sparks, The Lucky One, Five-Year Engagement, Hollywood Buzz, Jason Segel, Entertainment News

A new romantic comedy about delayed gratification hit a roadblock of its own this weekend, as "The Five-Year Engagement," produced by Judd Apatow, fiz...

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'Hunger Games' Ousted As No. 1 Movie

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Think Like a Man, Michael Ealy, Steve Harvey, Disneynature Film, Disney Chimpanzee, Jerry Ferrara, Nicholas Sparks, Video, Zac Efron, Kevin Hart, The Lucky One, Meagan Good, Act Like a Lady Think Like a Man, The Hunger Games, Regina Hall, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — The date-night movies "Think Like a Man" and "The Lucky One" finally have knocked "The Hunger Games" off its No. 1 box-office perc...

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Hollywood vs. Real Life: Which Love Story Grabs Your Heart?

Anne Woods | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Wounded Veterans, Nicholas Sparks, Hunting, Military Families, The Lucky One, Nicholas Sparks the Lucky One, Military Wives, Impact News

The Lucky One is the newest romantic movie based on the bestselling novel by Nicholas Sparks. Today, I share another love story. My storytelling skills are not as great as Sparks', but my story shares some of the same elements.

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''The Lucky One': Love Is Awkward, But Still Epic'

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By Paige Smart Paige is a senior at Whitney Young High School. She’s a reporter for The Mash, a weekly teen publication distributed to Chicag...

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Thunder and Rain Is a Modern Day Western

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Parenting, Charles Martin, Nicholas Sparks, Texas, Texas Rangers, Physical Abuse, Books News

Charles Martin has been steadily building a devoted audience for his books. His new novel,Thunder and Rain, should add even more readers to the Martin fan base.

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Nicholas Sparks' Recipe For 'The Lucky One' And Other Perfect Love Stories

HuffingtonPost.com | Crystal Bell | Posted 04.17.2012

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Nicholas Sparks really knows how to write a love story. Some might even say that he's mastered the art. In a little more than a decade, he's manag...

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Divorce On Page And Screen: 13 NY Times Bestselling Split Stories-Turned-Films

Posted 12.12.2011

From Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic novel, "The Scarlet Letter," to Elizabeth Gilbert's more contemporary, "Eat, Pray, Love," marital turmoil, divorce,...

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PHOTO: Zac Efron Steals A Kiss

| Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Zac Efron the Lucky One, Nicholas Sparks, Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, The Lucky One, Ryan Gosling, The Notebook, Entertainment News

Have you been missing Zac Efron? Don't worry; the teen icon is back. Well, in about five months, anyway. But here's a first taste of what is sure t...

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Why Nicholas Sparks Makes You Cry

Rehema Trimiew | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Video, Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song, Tearjerker, Nicholas Sparks Movies, The Notebook, You've Got, The Best of Me, Sob-Story, Books News

Tissues and red puffy eyes are all signs that you've been on the emotional roller-coaster that is a Nicholas Sparks novel. Sparks is well known fo...

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Surprising Day Jobs Of Famous Authors

Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: George Saunders, Nicholas Sparks, Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut, David Shields, Harper Lee, Writing-Jobs, Books News

From Flavorwire All you struggling artists and writers out there, take heart. It may seem like you’re just spinning your wheels at that random jo...

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Hey, Teacher. Let Kids Read Alone.

Steve Terreri | Posted 11.24.2011

Read More: Suzanne Collins, Nicholas Sparks, Rick Riordan, Importance of Reading, Melville Moby Dick, English Teacher, Teaching Methods, Reading, Poetry, Stephanie Meyer, Books News

Considering how wide the differences between reading on one's own and reading in a class are, I'm interested in how educators might take some aspects from the former to let high school students read just to read.

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Nicholas Sparks on 'Safe Haven' (AUDIO)

Jeff Rivera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks, Jeff Rivera, Books News

Today's guest was a personal treat for me because he is by far my favorite author and one that I look up to. Certainly I'm not the only one as every...

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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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The Week's Hottest Reads: Publishers Weekly Bestsellers

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "American Assassin" by Vince Flynn (Atria)...

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The Week's Hottest Reads

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Safe Haven" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)...

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Safe Haven: Another Safe Story From Sparks

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spousal Abuse, Nicholas Sparks, Supernatural, Widowers, North Carolina, Book Reviews, Book Review, Books, Books News

Sparks writes sentimental tearjerkers that are just dramatic enough to be engrossing and just sad enough to bring on tears. Most critics give his novels short shrift and dismiss him as a pop author.

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The Week's Hottest Reads Publishers Weekly Bestsellers

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Safe Haven" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)...

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The Star-Maker: Rick Frishman of Planned TV Arts

Jeff Rivera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jack Canfield, Book Publishing, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Planned Tv Arts, Author 101 University, Las Vegas, Mark Victor Hansen, Rick Frishman, Nicholas Sparks, Books News

PRESS PLAY Mark Victor Hansen, Nicholas Sparks and Jack Canfield -- You've heard their names but do you know the man behind the men? The name is Rick ...

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Dancing With the Authors: Could It Happen?

Andrew Shaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nora Roberts, Entertainment Weekly, Dancing With the Stars, Ally Carter, Richelle Mead, The Situation, Nicholas Sparks, Books News

Are bestselling authors really more culturally irrelevant than politicians' relatives and airheads with six-pack abs? Or should authors be content to sit on the sidelines?

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J.D. Salinger, Nicholas Sparks, Maurice Sendak And More: When Writers Get Angry

Lit Drift | Jiv Evanczuk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ernest Hemingway, Nicholas Sparks, J.D. Salinger, Writers, Angry Writers, Authors, Gore Vidal, John Irving, Books, Mark Twain, Maurice Sendak, Books News

There's definitely a certain appeal about the "angry" writer. I don't think I'm the only one intrigued with this idea; the Examiner recently put out a...

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How To Write A Nicholas Sparks Movie

cracked.com | By: | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nicholas Sparks stated that he has no contemporaries. No one else does what he does. He writes unpredictable love stories, not trashy run-of-the-mill ...

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"The Last Song": In Defense of Miley and Nicholas

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Summer Romance, Miley Cyrus, Best Seller, Nicholas Sparks, Georgia Beaches, Tragedy, Books News

Nicholas Sparks writes romantic novels that usually are tear inducing. They have made him his fortune but they have also incurred the wrath of the non-romantics among us.

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Nicholas Sparks

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The romantic melodrama machine that is Nicholas Sparks keeps running at full capacity. The prolific author, whose weepy ...

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Bestsllers: USA Today

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback 1. "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing) (F-P)...

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Nicholas Sparks Sold More Books In Past Six Weeks Than In All Of 2009

The Bookseller | Katie Allen and Philip Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bestsellers, The Last Song, Nicholas Sparks Books, Miley Cyrus, Nicholas Sparks, Romantic Fiction, Nicholas Sparks Movies, Amanda Seyfried, Book Sales, Books, Dear John, Books News

Two blockbuster films adapted from Nicholas Sparks novels have propelled the author's romantic fiction to sales of an all-time high....

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