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Planet Hollywood

Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: End of World, Pandora, Earth, Aliens, The Day After Tomorrow, Prophecy, Mayan, Film, Movies, Pulitzer Prize, Novel, 2012, The Road, Animated, Planet 51, Apocalypse, Humans, Independence Day, James Cameron, 3d, Cannibals, Book, Roland Emmerich, Nuclear Winter, Cormac McCarthy, Avatar, Entertainment News
Avital Binshtock

A common theme runs through several films slated to hit theaters soon: the earth and its fate. "Take heed," the filmmakers seem to be saying, "or these will be our struggles."

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Virtual Book Tour

Josa Young | Posted 09.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Virtual Book Tour, Debut Novelist, Romance, Chocolate, One Apple Tasted, Josa Young, Novel, Media News
Josa Young

I can feel a bit of excitement starting up under my ribs as feedback begins to flow on my first published novel.

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Why I'm Releasing My Novel on Twitter

Matt Stewart | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Scribd, Matthew Stewart, Tweet, Author, France, Writer, Twitter, Read, Bastille Day, Amazon, Novel, Social Media, Tech, Publishing, Release, Released, Kindle, Thefrenchrev, Publish, Ebook, Technology, Book, San Francisco, Matt Stewart, Media News
Matt Stewart

Tweeting my novel provides the ultimate in easy sampling and information triage before purchase, the equivalent of watching a clip of a TV show before deciding to order the season on Netflix.

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U.S. Intelligence -- or the Lack Thereof -- on North Korea

Keith Thomson | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

Read More: Cia, Doubleday, Propaganda, Spy Satellite, Kim Jong Il, Drones, Novel, Al Qaeda, Nsa, Dia, North Korea Missile, South Korea, National Security, North Korea Nuclear Program, Navy Seals, Japan, Mississippi, China, North Korea, World News
Keith Thomson

How is it -- given a skyful of satellites and legions of human spies -- that we were surprised by North Korea's missile launch? Why is it that we know so little about this country?

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Quiet Teacher

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 06.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Newspapers, Serialization, Action, Martial Arts, Thriller, Novel, Living News
Arthur Rosenfeld

Beginning with this post, I am bringing old and new media together in a fresh way. For the next number of entries, I will be posting the opening to my eighth and latest novel, Quiet Teacher.

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Q & A: Actors Sienna Miller And Peter Sarsgaard Explore The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Peters Sarsgaard, Actors, Michael Chabon, Mysteries of Pittsburg, Sienna Miller, Novel, Movie-Adaptations, Keira Knightley, Rawson Marshall Thurber, Col. Vershinin, In the Electric Mist, Three Sisters, Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick, Anton Chekhov. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Johnny Lee Miller, Uncle Vanya, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

Somewhat like her character in Mysteries In Pittsburgh, Sienna Miller is a compelling, straightforward person who makes no bones about what she's about.

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GOLDEN NOTEBOOK: Plugging Into The Future

Michael Conniff | Posted 04.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Supernovel, Guitar, Technology, Online, Les Paul, Novel, Internet Literature, Internet, Browsing, Internet Art, Computers, Web, Multi-Media, Media News
Michael Conniff

The conventions of the book require an obvious organizational structure. The multi-media web is the new book--the Supernovel --and it is inherently open-ended.

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My Second Publisher Meeting!

Josa Young | Posted 03.02.2009 | Media

Read More: First-Time Novelist, Publishing, Romantic Fiction, Reading, Books, One Apple Tasted, Novel, Husbands, Book Publishing, Bloomsbury, Writing, England, London, Yogurt, Kids, Typing, Families, Media News
Josa Young

This morning, thanks to darling husband, I woke to find muesli with yoghurt and a cup of tea beside the bed in acknowledgment of my editorial marathon.

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A Touch of Reality in Print and on Screen

Danny Groner | Posted 02.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Reality TV, Character, The Real World, Mtv, Writing, Novels, Sex and the City, Darren Star, Buses, 1992, MTV the Real World, Maria Semple, He's Just Not That Into You, New York City, Novel, Sex, Entertainment News
Danny Groner

Last night, as part of her book tour, Semple spoke with Sex and the City executive producer, Darren Star, about the process of writing her novel, This One is Mine.

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Aqua Fina or Aqua Finite?

Karen Dionne | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Tony Clarke, Great Lakes Compact, St. Ignace, Japan, Novel, Lake Erie, Blue Gold, Water, Michigan, Great Lakes, Environment, Bottled Water Industry, Colorado River, Lake Superior, Freezing Point, Maude Barlow, Ogallala Aquifer, Bottled Water, Green News
Karen Dionne

Recently, governors and legislatures... approved the Great Lakes Compact, a landmark agreement that bans the sale and diversion of water outside the region.

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The Professors' Wives' Club: An interview with Joanne Rendell

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Joanne Rendell, Wives, Manhattan U, Living News, Relationships, The Wednesday Sisters, Work-Life Balance, Female Friendships, Friendship by the Book, Book Review, Novel, The Friday Night Knitting Club, The Professors’ Wives’ Club, University, Intergenerational Friendships, Infidelity, Homosexuality, Washington Square, Faculty, Sisterhood, Homeschooling, Friendship Circles, Nyu, Moms, New York University, Domestic Abuse, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

In this breakout first novel, Joanne Rendell creates powerful characters struggling to define their roles as women and an engaging plot that keeps you glued until the end.

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Publishing Is Dead. Long Live Publishing

Hugh McGuire | Posted 10.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Literature, Publishing, Writing, Books, Fiction, Web, Novels, Non-Fiction, Ebooks, Novel, Online CD Sales, Illegal Downloading, Media News
Hugh McGuire

There's going to be a shake-up, no doubt. It'll be ugly for publishing companies that don't adjust.

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Preview: Wild, Upcoming Novel By NYT Veteran Lampoons Judy Miller and Other NYTers

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Judy Miller, Books, Novel, Bill Keller, The New York Times, Huffpost Books, Media News
Greg Mitchell

Sure to get media tongues a-wagging when published on July 31 is the new John Darnton novel, Black and White and Dead All Over.

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