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Lily Cole Talks Nude Photos, Playing Heath Ledger's Love Interest In His Last FIlm

HuffingtonPost.com | Katy Hall | Posted 12.14.2009 | Entertainment

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Not many supermodels have made graceful transitions from the runway to the big screen, but Lily Cole may prove an exception. The doll-faced redhead st...

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'Remember Me' Trailer: Robert Pattinson & Emilie de Ravin's New Film (VIDEO)

Posted 12.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Video, Poll, Remember Me, Robert Pattinson, Emilie-De-Ravin, Film, Entertainment News

Robert Pattinson has found some time between filming 'Twilight' installments ('New Moon' and 'Eclipse') to play a person in Allen Coulter's new romant...

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Andrew Weil, Ram Dass And The Harvard Psychedelic Club

Shelf Awareness | Posted 12.14.2009 | Books

Read More: Lattin, Timothy Leary, Dr Weil, Latin, Houstin Smith, Andrew Weil, Psychedelics, Huxley, Ram Dass, Meditation, Harvard, Richard Alpert, Books News

Aldous Huxley was a major inspiration for the four men Don Lattin profiles in this lively retelling of the start of America's romance with hallucinoge...

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Courtney Love Loses Custody Of Frances Bean

tmz.com | Posted Dec 14th 2009 2:26PM by TMZ Staff | Posted 12.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Courtney Love, Courtney Love Custody, Frances Bean Cobain, Entertainment News

Courtney Love no longer has legal control of her daughter. TMZ has learned a legal guardian has been appointed to care for 17-year-old Frances Bean Co...

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Nostalgia Subway Hosts Vintage Tea Party

Posted 12.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Slideshow, Vintage-Subway, Subway, V Train, Mta, New York, New York City, New York News

New Yorkers put on their Sunday best yesterday, not for church, but for the MTA Nostalgia Train running on the V line between Queens and 2nd Avenue. T...

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Holiday Giving: Intimate Evenings with Acclaimed Authors and Rare Collector's Books

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 12.14.2009 | Books

Read More: Charity Christmas Gifts, Charity Organizations, Holiday Giving, India, Holiday Shopping, Developing World, Holiday Season, Rare Books, Charity, Developing Countries, Tax-Receipts, Donating to Charity, Collector's Edition, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Holiday Gifts, Literacy, Education, Illiteracy, Cbc, Park-Hyatt, Giving Back, Peter Mansbridge, Christmas Gifts, Adult Illiteracy, World Literacy of Canada, Rohinton-Mistry, Christmas Shopping, Giving, Economic Growth for Developing Countries, Kama Reading Series, Books, Books News
Marissa Bronfman

Giving is a given during December but why not give a little something extra special this holiday season that will delight the book lovers in your life and promote literacy abroad?

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Chris Brown Lashes Out At Stores That Won't Stock His CD

Posted 12.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Rihanna, Twitter, Chris Brown Graffiti, Chris Brown, Rihanna Beating, Chris Brown Rihanna, Entertainment News

UPDATE: Walmart tells People that they did stock 'Graffiti'--but it sold out "as soon as it hit the shelves." Over the weekend Chris Brown gave us on...

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Seth Godin's Free e-Book, "What Matters Now"

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 12.14.2009 | Books

Read More: Karen Armstrong, Arianna, Eat Pray Love, Ereader, Elizabeth Gilbert, Chris Anderson, Arianna Huffington, Ebook, Ebooks, Huffington Post, Free Content, Books News

It took a few months but Seth Godin pulled together seminal thinkers--Karen Armstrong, Chris Anderson, Tom Peters, our own Arianna Huffington, and ove...

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Dominick Dunne's Last Book Skewers The Rich

AP | MARK KENNEDY | Posted 12.14.2009 | Books

Read More: Authors, Book Review, Wealthy, Books, Too Much Money, Book Reviews, New Books, Cancer, Dominick Dunne, New York, Celebrities, Books News

"Too Much Money" (Crown Publishing, 288 pages, $26), by Dominick Dunne: You didn't think the grave could possibly silence one of the most famous chron...

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Book Review Roundup

Posted 12.14.2009 | Books

Read More: Abigail Adams, Book Reviews, Writing, On Thin Ice, Too Much Money, New Books, Generation A, The Value of Nothing, Literary Life, Books, Manhood, Books News

As it gets closer to Christmas, book review sites start looking back over the year, and reviewing fewer new books, but there are still some out there ...

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Goodreads Receives $2 Million, Plans Major Improvements

Los Angeles Times | Carolyn Kellogg | Posted 12.14.2009 | Books

Read More: Goodreads, Otis Chandler, Shelfari, Social Networking, Books, Start-Ups, Funding, Librarything, Book Clubs, True Ventures, Reading, Ebooks, Books News

Last week the books-and-social-networking site Goodreads announced it had received $2 million in venture capital, led by start-up-friendly True Ventur...

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Books That Authors Want For Christmas

Seattle Times | Mary Ann Gwinn | Posted 12.14.2009 | Books

Read More: Christmas Books, Christmas Gifts, Christmas Presents, Authors, Christmas, Wolf Hall, When You Reach Me, Books, Everything Bad for You Is Good for You, Manahatta, Books News

For a book-glutted person to ask for a book -- it has to be a pretty good book. So I asked some local bibliophiles what book they are wishing for duri...

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Lady Gaga & Cyndi Lauper Unveil New MAC Ad (PHOTO)

Posted 12.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Lady GaGa, Cyndi Lauper, Lady Gaga Mac Ad, Entertainment News

Lady Gaga is all glammed up for her new ad with Cyndi Lauper for MAC's Viva Glam Spring 2010 campaign, to debut in February. Each songstress will tout...

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Hugh Hefner's Girlfriend: I Would Leave Tiger Woods

foxnews.com | Posted 12.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tiger Woods Affair, Hugh Hefner, Hugh-Hefner-Tiger-Woods, Tiger Woods, Crystal Harris, Entertainment News

And the 83-year-old better stay on his best behavior because his number one girlfriend, Crystal Harris, certainly won't put up with any wandering ways...

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Mason Dash Disick: Kourtney Kardashian's Baby Boy

Posted 12.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mason Dash Disnick, Kourtney Kardashian Baby, Kourtney Kardashian, Scott Disick, Celebrity Kids, Mason Dash Disick, Keeping Up With Kardashians, Kourtney Kardashian Baby Boy, Mason Dash, Entertainment News

It's a boy for Kourtney Kardashian! And his middle name is that of the family's clothing boutique. Life & Style reports: There's another Kardashian...

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Nativity Stories From The Donkey's Perspective

The Telegraph | Posted 12.14.2009 | Books

Read More: Jeanette Winterson, Shepherd, Bible, Nativity, Princess Diana, Susie Orbach, Books News

Among the most famous to bring out their own version of the Christmas story is Jeanette Winterson, controversial author of the lesbian classic, "Orang...

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Digital Dieting

Jacqueline Leo | Posted 12.14.2009 | Books

Read More: Ipod, Mit, Twitter, Books, Email, Facebook, Diet, Cell Phone, Computer Games, Add, Digital Age, Digital, Solitaire, Stanford, Slow, Freecell, Books News
Jacqueline Leo

Why do we group so many things in sevens? Seven is more than a lucky number. It's the brain's natural shepherd, herding vast amounts of information into manageable chunks.

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Sci Fi Author Peter Watts Arrested At US Border

The Star | Kristin Rushowy | Posted 12.14.2009 | Books

Read More: University of Toronto, Canadian Border, Peter Watts, Us Border, Nebraska, Canada, Science Ficiton, Sci Fi, Books News

For author Peter Watts, life can be stranger than science fiction. Watts - who has written six books in the genre - was on his way back to Toronto Tu...

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Catherine Zeta-Jones Makes Broadway Debut To Mixed Reviews (PHOTOS)

Posted 12.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Broadway, Angela Lansbury, A-Little-Night-Music, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Entertainment News

Catherine Zeta-Jones made her Broadway debut Sunday night as aging actress Desiree in the Stephen Sondheim musical 'A Little Night Music.' She starred...

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Critics' Choice 2009 Nominations Announced

AP | Posted 12.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Inglourious Basterds, Film, Nine, Critics Choice Awards, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — "Inglourious Basterds" and "Nine" lead contenders for the Critics' Choice Movie Awards with 10 nominations each, including best pictu...

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Legal Battles Rage Over E-Book Rights To Old Books

nytimes.com | MOTOKO RICH | Posted 12.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Publishing Industry, Books, Electronic Books, E-Books, Electronic Rights, Publishing Industry Electronic Books, Electronic Rights Books, Books News

But the question of exactly who owns the electronic rights to such older titles is in dispute, making it a rising source of conflict in one of the pub...

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The Worst Movies Of The Past Decade: What Was The Biggest Disaster? (PHOTOS)

Posted 12.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Worst Movies, Catwoman, Pluto Nash, Slidepoll, Battlefield-Earth, Disaster-Movie, Daddy Day Camp, Movies of the Decade, Film, Witless Protection, I-Know-Who-Killed-Me, Worst Movies of the Decade, Glitter, Love Guru, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Swept Away, Entertainment News

The past ten years have brought us such cinematic disasters as 'Glitter' and 'Battlefield Earth,' so there were plenty of bad movies to choose from. B...

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Carey Hart Gets Pink Tattooed On His Leg

Posted 12.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Carey-Hart, Pink, Poll, Entertainment News

It's Pink! Inked on leg of husband Carey Hart. The motocross racer tweeted, "1st tat2 session on my leg by @francovescovi. @pink portrait done day o...

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Kate Bosworth In Italian Vogue Wearing A Sheer, Wet Shirt (PHOTOS)

Posted 12.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Kate Bosworth Italian Vogue, Celebrity Skin, Kate Bosworth, Entertainment News

Here are some pictures from Kate Bosworth's spread in Vogue Italia, shot by Greg Kadel. She wears just white panties and a wet, sheer button-down, s...

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Sarah Palin Vs. William Shatner On "Tonight Show" (VIDEO)

Posted 12.12.2009 | Comedy

Read More: William Shatner Sarah Palin Tonight Show, William Shatner, Sarah Palin Tonight Show, Sarah Palin on Tonight Show, Tonight Show Palin Shatner, Palin Shatner, Palin Tonight Show, Going Rogue, Conan O'Brien, William Shatner Sarah Palin, Shatner Palin Tonight Show, Sarah Palin, Tonight Show, Sarah Palin William Shatner, Comedy News

Since Conan O'Brien took over the "Tonight Show," one of his best recurring sketches has been interpretive performances by Emmy Award winner and maste...

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