Thriller

A Look at Vera Caspary's 'Laura' (1943)

M.J. Rose | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Crime Fiction, Film Noir, Thrillers, Crime Thrillers, Books, Fiction, Thriller, Classic Movies, Movies, Laura, Vera Caspary, Books News

Vera Caspary wrote thrillers -- but not like any other author of her time, male or female. Her specialty was a specific type that she pioneered -- the psycho thriller.

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Why 'Men In Black 3' Was Difficult For Rick Baker

The Huffington Post | Mike Ryan | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Star Wars, Michael Jackson, Rick Baker, Video, Men in Black 3, Harry and the Hendersons, Thriller, Will Smith, Slideexpand, Entertainment News

I met Rick Baker -- winner of seven Academy Awards for Best Makeup -- at the Museum of Moving Image in Queens, New York. It was fitting location for t...

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Interview With Elizabeth Wein, Author of Code Name Verity

Monica Edinger | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Book News, Young Adult Books, World War II, Children's Books, Espionage, Flying, Thriller, Books News

Set in the landscape of World War II Britain and featuring women pilots and spies, the intricate plot of Code Name Verity involves espionage, Nazis, the Resistance, and occupied France.

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'The River': Shocking Suprise On Emmet Cole's Lost Tapes

Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Lost Tapes, Video, The River, Thriller, Emmet Cole, Abc, Tv Replay, Found Footage, Reality-Free, TV News

It was tapes on tapes on "The River" (Tue., 9 p.m. EST on Fox). The found footage thriller series also gave viewers more than ever seen before on Emme...

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Psychic Attacks and Obsessions: The Vanishers by Heidi Julavits

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: The Vanishers, Paranormal, Books, Fiction, Thriller, Psychic, Heidi Julavits, Fantasy, Paranormal Thriller, Book Reviews, Books News

Bristling with wicked humor and sharp-edged irony, The Vanishers explores the ways in which the dead can haunt the living and the often painful persistence of memory.

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Movie review: Boy

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Michael Jackson, Movie Reviews, Thriller, Marshall Fine, E.T., Kiwi, New Zealand, Taika Waititi, Boy, Boy Movie Review, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Eagle vs. Shark, Movies, Shogun, Entertainment News

Writer-director Taika Waititi may be the founder of his own school of humor: call it "cruel-reality" comedy, Kiwi division, as practiced in his film, ...

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Read More: Crime Fiction, Authors, Thrillers, Crime Thrillers, Books, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Thriller, Mysteries, Reading Habits, Travelogues, Memoirs, Anne Perry, Historical Fiction, George Eliot, Books News

Over the thirty years of my publishing career, I've learned that book snobs come in all shapes and sizes. And their snobbery often seems more about them than the genre they've picked for their disdain.

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Bestselling Author Writes Story To Save Libraries

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Short Story, Library, Public Libraries, Libraries, Save the Libraries, Thriller, Karin Slaughter, Libraries in Crisis, Amazon, Ebooks, Books News

Best-selling author Karin Slaughter releases a new short story tomorrow - with all of her proceeds going to local libraries. According to a press r...

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Review of The Victim

Monah Li | Posted 10.07.2011

Read More: Movie Reviews, The Victim, Courage, Thriller, Crew, Shoestring Budget, Action, Sexy, Entertainment News

I just had the opportunity and immense pleasure to see this independently produced movie. I have never written a movie review, but this movie touched ...

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Jay-Z and Kayne West: The Making of Hip-Hop's 'Thriller'?

HuffingtonPost.com | Brennan Williams | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Video, Watch the Throne, Kanye West, Thriller, The Tanning Effect, Quincy Jones, Jay-Z, Black Voices News

The world of music has been on the edge of its collective seat since the initial announcement of Jay-Z and Kanye West's collaborative album, "Watch th...

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Point Blank: What Would You Do?

Kristin McCracken | Posted 09.30.2011

Read More: French Film, Elena Anaya, Fred Cavaye, Point Blank, Roschdy Zem, Gilles Lellouche, Thriller, Entertainment News

What if the woman you loved was suddenly at the mercy of a sadistic band of criminals? Check out Fred Cavayé's adrenaline-fueled thrill ride through the streets and subways of Paris.

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10 Visionary Music Video Directors

The Huffington Post | Travis Korte | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Kanye West, Director, Thriller, Lady GaGa, Beyonce, Michel Gondry, Fatboy Slim, D'Angelo, Video, Music Video, Marco Brambilla, Christopher Walken, John Landis, Hype Williams, White Stripes, Spike Jonze, Mark Romanek, Arts News

Its been a long journey for the music video. Nowadays, we look forward to a new Lady Gaga or Kanye West video almost as much as we look forward to the...

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WATCH: Boy Does Amazing 'Thriller' Dance On Jumbotron

Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Dancing, Video, Baseball Game, Dancing Kids, Baseball, Kids, Fans, Thriller, The One, Thriller Dance, Jumbotron, Urlesque, Comedy News

Typically when people get put up on the jumbotron it's because they're smooching or getting proposed to, but a fan at a recent Mariners game mixed thi...

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WATCH: Chile Student Protesters Do 'Thriller' Dance

Posted 08.25.2011

Read More: Chile, Michael Jackson, Education Protest, Video, Chile Education Protest, Thriller, Chile Thriller Protest, Flash Mob, World News

Student demonstrators took to the streets of Santiago dressed as goblins and ghouls from Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video in their latest spirited p...

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Michael Jackson Died Two Years Ago; What Was His Best Video?

Posted 08.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Smooth Criminal, Michael Jackson Music Videos, Michael Jackson Death, Michael Jackson Dead, Michael Jackson Man in the Mirror, Michael Jackson Two Year Death Anniversary, Michael Jackson Black or White, Thriller, Slidepollajax, Michael Jackson Death Anniversary, Michael Jackson Thriller, Michael Jackson Billie Jean, Michael Jackson Beat It, Michael Jackson Drug Overdose, Music, Entertainment News

Michael Jackson died two years ago on Saturday, falling to a prescription drug overdose with the legal blame is still yet to be decided. It was a trag...

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Jacko's 'Thriller' Jacket On Market

AP | By SANDY COHEN | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Auction, Hollyweird, King of Pop, Weird-Artifacts, Music Video, Thriller, Weird News News

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- The jacket Michael Jackson wore in his "Thriller" video is hitting the auction block. Auction administrator Darren Julien sa...

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Why I Won't Write a Disaster Thriller

Karen Dionne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Writer, Writing, Thriller, Thrillers, Crime Thrillers, Writing Books, Writing Thrillers, Karen Dionne, Books News

Writers have limits when it comes to the amount of violence they'll tolerate in fiction. This is because in order to write a scene, a writer not only has to put themselves inside the action, they have to go deep inside their characters' heads.

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What I Learned From Screenwriting

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.25.2011

While these tools may seem basic, I found that a great lesson of screenwriting was to pay attention to these fundamentals, even as I tackled more sophisticated writing projects.

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WATCH: 'Glee' Super Bowl Episode Highlights

Hulu.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Glee, Chris Colfer, Music, Darren Criss, Thriller, Jane Lynch, Video, Comedy News

What happens when you mix bombastic cheerleading costumes, pyrotechnics, locker room scuffles, and a zombie shuffle? You get the over-the-top spectacl...

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Remembering Judy Garland

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Child Stars, Thriller, Wizard of Oz, Liza Minnelli, Mgm, Jackie Evancho, Joy Behar, Judy Garland, Elvis Presley, Entertainment News

Judy Garland had "it." She exemplified the star quality of charisma, musical talent, natural acting ability -- and despite what the studio honchos said, good looks.

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Oscar-winning Dame Helen Mirren Stirs The Tempest & Makes Us See Red This Season

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Red, BBC Series Prime Suspect, Ilyena Lydia Vasilievna Mironov, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, Russian Aristocracy, Queens, The Tempest, Thriller, Director Taylor Hackford, British Actress, Oscar-Winner, White Russian Nobleman, Robert Schwentke, Helen Mirren, Love Ranch, The Russian Revolution, Piotr Vasilievich Mironoff, London, Julie Taymor, The New York Film Festival, William Shakespeare, CIA Agents, Arthur, Ms. Leo Tolstoy, Russell Brand, The Last Station, Legal Las Vegas Brothel, Entertainment News

It's no surprise that British actress Helen Mirren has played royalty, especially Queens -- she's played monarchs six times. But that doesn't mean that this stage and screen doyen behaves in a haughty, doyen-ish manner.

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What Do You Call a Novel Written by 22 Authors? Watchlist!

Karen Dionne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lee Child, Brett Battles, David Corbett, Linda Barnes, Jeffery Deaver, Brett King, Thriller, John Gilstrap, James Phelan, P. J. Parrish, James Grady, International Thriller Writers, David Liss, Gayle Lynds, John Ramsey Miller, Erica Spindler, Jim Fusilli, Jon Land, Joseph Finder, Ralph Pezzullo, Itw, Jenny Siler, Peter Spiegelman, Lisa Scottoline, David Hewson, S. J. Rozan, Watchlist, Books, Author Interviews, Books News

It was a bold idea. Gather many of the world's finest thriller writers and challenge each one to compose a chapter during a two-week window before handing it off to the next author.

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Going Indie: From Screenwriter to Publisher

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Book Publishing, Kindle, Thriller, Self-Publishing, Congress, Media, Film, Screenwriting, Bestsellers, Television, Politics, Hoyt Hilsman, Spy, 19 Angels, Publishing Industry, Lightning Source, Film Studio, Middle East, President Kennedy, Christianity, Israel, Jfk, Political Thriller, Espionage, Amazon, Ebooks, Books News

For now I am enjoying the freedom -- and rewards -- of being my own publisher. And I am looking forward to the prospect of publishing the next book in my series of thrillers early next year.

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Murder May Have Been Inspired By Novel's Plot

miamiherald.com | By JULIE BROWN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Death Book, Murder, Based on Book, Scary Book, Crime Novel, Book Inspires Murder, Crime Book, Thriller, Book Reality, Murder Book, Books News

But on Halloween Eve, it became the method of death a childhood friend chose to get rid of his mother. The killer confessed to police and is now being...

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Skirts on Camels: Early Women Travel Writers

Terry Kelhawk | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Turkey, Islam, Women, Women's Rights, Harem, Writers, Freya Stark, Amelia Edwards, Victorians, Thriller, The Topkapi Secret, Yemen, Travel, Iraq, Lilias Trotter, Authors, Gertrude Bell, North Africa, Middle East, Nawal El Saadawi, Novels, Travel Writers, Women Writers, Algeria, Mary Wortley Montagu, World War II, Women Authors, Ruskin, Books We Love, Books News

The skirts on camels writers inspire us that perhaps we could exchange our everyday gray for sunshine and surprise around each corner.

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