The biggest question in Hollywood has finally been answered! Officially! 50 Shades of Grey author E L James took to Twitter earlier today to finally lay all the casting rumors to rest by announcing that Sons of Anarchy‘s Charlie Hunnam will be playing the part of Christian Grey in the upcoming film adaptation of her best-selling erotic novel.
The latest book from everyone’s favorite Teen Mom/adult film star/New York Times bestselling author is in the works! Farrah Abraham commented on Sunday night that she is working on an “erotic romance novel.” She didn’t reveal the title or subject, but we have one humble suggestion…
Are you having difficulty dealing with the NeNe Leakeses and Kenya Moores in your life? Are you unsure of being able to handle dramatic confrontations and/or awkward situations while maintaining the class and elegance of a lady? Fear no more! The Real Housewives of Atlanta‘s resident Southern Belle Phaedra Parks has written a book just for you titled Secrets of the Southern Belle: How to Be Nice, Work Hard, Look Pretty, Have Fun, and Never Have an Off Moment, because “everybody knows” Phaedra Parks has it all — and she’s willing to share!
Farrah Abraham’s long-suffering dad Michael is reportedly writing a parenting book! Would you read it?
If you thought the Princeton Mom’s wisdom was as simple as getting married and knocked up before your 25th birthday, then you are wrong… At least, that’s what editors from the Simon & Schuster publishing company indicated when they gave the anti-feminist her own book deal.
Film producers seem to have landed the perfect director for the upcoming Fifty Shades of Grey movie with Sam Taylor-Johnson. The 45-year-old British director had her own steamy relationship with now-husband, Aaron Taylor-Johnson… Who just happens to be half her age.
Melissa Gorga signed a deal earlier this year to write which would feature her rules for a successful marriage. In the book, the Real Housewives of New Jersey star opens up about her own marriage and what she’s learned including how sex is the Gorga-glue that fills the cracks that hold her and Joe together. THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID!!!
Melissa Gorga is the latest Real Housewives star to land an advice-style memoir, and she’s going to expose some of her painful past with her father.
Amanda Knox has made $4 million from the sale of her memoir Waiting to Be Heard, including a $1.5 million advance, but she says she’ll probably be broke soon because of past and future legal fees.
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo matriarch “Mama” June Shannon revealed in March that she was working on a book “bout our lives” due out this July, and now we finally have the Honey Boo Book cover! Keep reading to check it out (with a link to pre-order yours from amazon) and find out from Mama June when the show will be returning for its second season!
Kylie Bisutti caused some scandal earlier this week after doing an interview about her soon-to-be-released book I’m No Angel: From Victoria’s Secret Model To Role Model. In the book, Kylie chronicles her journey as a model and slams Victoria’s Secret for exploiting her. At one point, she claims to have modeled a sheer bikini for the brand which later ended up on a porn site. Kylie says she felt like a “piece of meat.” Now, Victoria’s Secret is responding.
It’s been rumored for some time now that there is a Teen Mom tell-all book in the works, and now it’s here! Titled Teen Mom Confidential, the book is written by Ashley Majeski from TheAshleysRealityRoundup.com and Los Angeles-based journalist Sean Daly and it promises “secrets and scandals from MTV’s most controversial series!” Keep reading for all the details about what you can expect within the “250 pages of Teen Mom goodness,” including salary information and an honest take on what the girls were really like to work with!
We were the first to break the story that The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast mates Kyle Richards and Brandi Glanville would be starring in a movie together, but we had no idea that Camille Grammer would be joining them! Brandi Glanville revealed in her OK! live Google+ Hangout last night that the three of them will be appearing in The Hungover Games, a spoof mashing up The Hangover and The Hunger Games. Keep reading to watch the clip and find out more about the film from Brandi!
UPDATED with photos of Brandi, Kyle and Camille (and Stephen King’s Carrie?!?) from the set!
Just like Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Alba is building a brand focused on promoting healthy, natural living. Both are published authors with wellness websites and lines developing product lines… But, that’s basically where the similarities end.
There’s a reason that A&E’s Duck Dynasty is the most popular reality show on cable after premiering less than a year ago — the men and women on the show are not only authentic, intelligent, loving, and sincere good ol’ boys and girls who run a multi-million (billion?) dollar business out of Monroe, Louisianna, they are also just plain interesting and damned entertaining. And perhaps none are more interesting or more damned entertaining than Robertson family patriarch Phil Robertson, who will be sharing his AMAZING life story in an autobiography titled Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander due out May 7. Keep reading for details about the book as well as amazon links where you can pre-order yours now!
Honey Boo Boo’s Mama June Shannon is writing a book that’s part family memoir, and part advice manual about how to Redneckonize the Honey Boo Boo in you. Keep reading for Mama June’s own announcement as well as the title for the book and a link to preorder yours from amazon now!
Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi has quite the full plate running her multi-million-dollar empire. Now, in addition to her promotional appearances, her reality show, and taking care of her newborn son Lorenzo, this motivated mommy has just announced she will soon be publishing another book. But, this time around the former Jersey Shore star won’t be writing about getting her G.T.L. on or meeting gorillas at the beach, she’s writing a book about her pregnancy.
If you’ve ever watched TLC’s Toddler’s & Tiaras, you’ve surely heard of Eden Wood. As a matter of fact, you’ve probably heard of her even if you haven’t seen the show. Well, Eden’s former manager Heather Ryan has written a tell-all book exposing all the behind-the-scenes antics of both Eden and her mother Mickie Wood — and she’s using Eden’s former publicist to launch it.
Brandi Glanville’s book Drinking And Tweeting: And Other Brandi Blunders was released earlier this month and has been a media sensation, thanks in large part to all the typically unrestrained juicy details Brandi was willing to divulge about her ex Eddie Cibrian and his former mistress (and Brandi’s nemesis) LeAnn Rimes. The memoir has even earned the reality star (and first-time author) a spot on the New York Times Bestsellers list! And as if that weren’t enough good news for Brandi, she’s also reportedly in talks to turn the book into a movie! They’ve even discussed who might be cast in the flick!
Brandi Glanville appeared on The Howard Stern Show yesterday morning as part of her promotional duties for her just-released book Drinking And Tweeting. And true to form, Brandi did not hold back. She dished on her Real Housewives of Beverly Hills co-stars, her dog of an ex-husband, and his “less attractive” new wife.
Mario Lopez and Courtney Mazza are expecting their second child together. Just two months after tying the knot, the X-Factor host and his wife have confirmed that they will be giving their two-year-old daughter Gia Francesca a sibling. In fact, they let her announce the news earlier today.
UPDATE – Watch a video clip of the adorable announcement!
80-year-old record executive Clive Davis released his memoir The Soundtrack of My Life today and the book made headlines because Clive reveals in it that he is bisexual. Clive also reveals some rather unflattering details about singer Kelly Clarkson, which Kelly was none too pleased with! After apparently holding her tongue for years out of respect and professional courtesy, Kelly unleashed on Clive today with a rather lengthy response (i.e. smackdown) setting the record straight on what actually happened!
Story-telling is as old as the human voice, but somehow the makers of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries have figured out how to do it in a whole new way. The Lizzie Bennet Diaries is an interactive adaptation of Pride and Prejudice that gets Austen right and completely re-imagines online story-telling utilizing almost every aspect of the internet with multiple blogs and character accounts on Youtube, Tumblr and Twitter. But, it’s not just that. It’s also really, really, really entertaining! Keep reading to find out more, including which of the seemingly endless array of options is the best place to start!
Brandi Glanville’s bomb-filled new book Drinking and Tweeting: And Other Brandi Blunders has yet to hit bookshelves, but a handful of sneak peeks have hit the web including one which detailed how Brandi got vaginal rejuvenation after finding out her husband Eddie Cibrian had been cheating on her — and paid for it with his credit card. Needless to say, Eddie wasn’t thrilled with THAT bill.
Brandi Glanville’s new book Drinking and Tweeting: And Other Brandi Blunders is due to hit bookshelves on February 12, but before that happens, we are getting a sneak peek at the shocking revelations made by the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star that are about to be dropped — and we do mean shocking. For starters, Brandi goes in to much more detail about her husband’s affair than we ever heard of before, revealing just what went down after she found out about it and the hilarious way she used her vagina to get back at him.
After a brief appearance in Love & Hip Hop Season 2, behind-the-scenes hip hop industry maven Winter Ramos returns for the popular reality show’s third season with new stories, new drama, and a new tell-all book! Titled Game Over: My Love For Hip Hop, the book details Winter’s experiences in the music industry, including hook ups, abuse, and the “cray beyond the videos, private flights, and limos that the cameras caught for us.” Keep reading for a full description of the book, a link to rpeorder your copy, and a video clip in which Winter describes her memoir to co-star Jen Baylor!
Jeff Bridges appeared on Today to discuss his new book entitled “The Dude and The Zen Master.” While doing so, the 63-year-old not only looked the part of the most interesting man in the world he pretty much sounded like it to. His new book of Buddhist insights, co-authored with Bernie Glassman, reflects his most memorable role, that of The Dude from the Coen Brothers’ unforgettable The Big Lebowski. See the interview, read an excerpt from the book and find out how you can get a copy and abide liketh The Dude.
Melissa Gorga is the latest Housewife to sign a deal to write a book, but don’t worry Teresa Giudice, the only recipe Melissa is cooking up in her upcoming release is the recipe to a good marriage. The Real Housewives of New Jersey star will be teaming up with St. Martin’s Press (the same publisher who released Andy Cohen’s Most Talkative) to bring us Love, Italian Style: The Secrets of My Hot and Happy Marriage.
The seemingly restraintless Brandi Glanville of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills announced in September that she would be sharing her “breakup blunders” with her fans in the form of a book due out in early 2013. The title of the book, Drinking and Tweeting And Other Brandi Blunders, was announced shortly after that, but Brandi fans (fandis?) have been kept in prolonged suspense as to what the cover would look like… until now!
Say what you will about former Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham, but that gal is productive! Less than a year after publishing her New York Times best-selling memoir My Teenage Life Ended as well as recording an accompanying soundtrack, the momtrepreneur will sonn be making another contribution to the media world in the form of a children’s book titled Passy Perfume!
Find out all the details on these weekend weddings, including which ones will be televised!
What do you get when you mix a national sex scandal and a lazy editor at a local television station? An unemployed editor (probably) and a hilarious viral video! Check out this video report on David Petraeus’ biographer and alleged mistress Paula Broadwell on Denver’s KMGH ABC 7 in which they briefly show an image…
Fifty Shades of Grey has taken the world by storm, and while the book is known for it’s explicitly erotic scenes, that hasn’t stopped creative momtrepreneurs from figuring out ways to show their passion for the book and its main character, Christian Grey, with custom-made baby clothes! Keep reading for a sampling of what’s available including prices and links to where you can purchase your own!
The charismatic and fan-favorite host of What Not to Wear, Stacy London, has revealed that she suffered from eating disorders. She joins other notable names such as Katie Couric and Lady Gaga in a trend of celebs discussing this topic in hopes of shining a light on the terrible, and often secretive, epidemic. Find out how Stacy dropped to a frighteningly low weight and then doubled that total in just a year by binge eating. Also, find out how to get a copy of her upcoming book in which she discusses these issues and more.
Brandi Glanville has dealt with her fair share of heartbreak. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star was caught in the middle of scandal when her husband engaged in an affair with the also married LeAnn Rimes on the set of a movie they were filming together. Now, nearly three years after their divorce was finalized, Brandi is getting back into the dating game and writing a book about her experiences and tips on how to move on.
Angela “Big Ang” Raiola busted out from her side appearance on Mob Wives to land her very own show on VH1. The Staten Island Fairy who keeps it cool has an extremely loyal fan base, tattoo dedications anyone, and I’m sure said fans are excited for the release of her upcoming book, Bigger is Better. Read Ang’s tips on how to really enjoy being under house arrest and how her 36JJs killed a bat “on impact.”
Fifty Shades of Grey is the biggest book since Harry Potter, and the fantasy of it really gets to most women (literary merit aside.) But would it really be that great to actually be in a relationship similar to the one depicted in the bestselling book?
Chris Colfer of Glee fame has transformed his notoriety from the hit musical show into a rather unique and apparently successful new career. The actor has turned author as he’s written a children’s book called “The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell.” He’s been out doing some signings and promotions and it looks like his hard work is going to pay off, big time. Read Chris’ happy tweet, find out about the book and get a direct link to where you can get your own copy.
Not only is Mob Wives star Drita D’Avanzo fearless when it comes to verbal and physical confrontations, but she also fearless when handed an erotic novel and asked to read it during a television interview! That’s exactly what happened as the 34-year-old reality star and her cast mate Carla Facciolo were doing an interview with MTV News and the subject of E L James’ erotic New York Times best-seller Fifty Shades of Grey came up. The interviewer happened to have a copy on hand and Drita read a racy passage in her thick Staten Island accent (with shocked interjections thrown in). Keep reading to watch the hilarious clip that could spawn an entirely new career for the VH1 celeb, who might need to change her name to Drita von Teese!
Erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey is about to officially come out April 3, 2012, but it’s already a New York Times bestseller that’s sold hundreds of thousands of copies through an on-demand Australian press, and through e-books.
It’s an addictive book that spread by the word-of-mouth of women hungry for some titillation, and has been
How did this book get so popular? Where did it come from? And who is it’s author, E L James?
Jennifer Lawrence is the hottest celeb right now with the impending release of the film adaptation of Hunger Games. The young star was nominated for an Oscar last year for Winter’s Bone, and has been used to doing indie flicks, but she’s about to get a real taste of superstardom when everyone goes nuts of…
For those wanting to know more about The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks’ alleged involvement in insurance fraud and racketeering you can now purchase Angela Stanton’s book Lies of a Real Housewife: Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil on amazon.com.
While Jon Hamm slammed Kim Kardashian (or at least what she represents) for “idiocy,” Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence took a difference perspective. What can they both agree on? The Kardashian reality shows are terrible for our society.
Christian publisher Revell announced Tuesday that they have signed Justin Bieber’s mom Pattie Mallette to write Nowhere But Up: The Story of Justin Bieber’s Mom due out September 18. In addition to sharing what it was like raising Justin, the book will also include a detailed account of Mallette’s life prior to getting pregnant at 18 – a troubled life that included youthful abuse, trauma, addiction, and a suicide attempt at 17.
Hunger Games drops March 23, and we’re more than ready! Keep reading for all the different commercials released so far, as well as Taylor Swift’s music video for “Safe & Sound” from the soundtrack.
Author J.K. Rowling has captured the hearts and minds of readers the world over with her Harry Potter series. The novels and the accompanying smash-hit films based on them made Rowling one of the greatest success stories of the last half-century. While she and hordes of loyal fans will never forget the happenings at Hogwarts, the author has announced that she has officially moved on and will be releasing her “first novel for adults.” Read her statement and find out how her decision to go with a new publishing house could very well indicate what the book’s theme will be about.
Angelina Jolie wrote the foreward to ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton’s memoir The Billy Bob Tapes: A Cave Full of Ghosts (guess he decided against a light, fluffy title,) publisher Harper Collins has confirmed to multiple news outlets. Maybe someday Angelina’s partner Brad Pitt can write a foreward to Jennifer Aniston’s bio. (We know a BUNCH of people would want to read THAT!)
TTabatha Coffey is one of our major crushes at starcasm.net! It’s that no-nonsense, ball-busting attitude surrounding a very sweet and caring center that gets us. Plus, she’s hot! A new iteration of her salon takeover show called Tabatha Takes Over (airing Tuesdays 10/9c) follows Tabatha taking over everything from salons to yogurt shops, and all kinds of other businesses. Tabatha knows hair, but the true value of what she brings to salons is a keen business sense and emphasis on customer service, which can be used to turn around ANY business.
Like many interesting people, Tabatha did not have a boring childhood. In fact, the now-fit hairdresser-guru was once overweight, and grew up around drag queen strippers and mobsters!
While we may not have a new Bruce Springsteen album waiting under the Christmas tree when Santa Claus comes to town we now have an outright confirmation that he has completed the recording! Find out the highly trusted source this exciting news comes from, read a great forward penned by Bruce for the book Someplace Like America: Tales from the New Great Depression, and to show he still brings it hard catch a clip from a recent performance with The Gaslight Anthem.
It seems Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham was listening to the unanimous criticisms of the initial book cover art for her upcoming book My Teenage Dream Ended as she took to Twitter today to announce that the “real cover” would be revealed soon. Keep reading for the full tweet and (just in case you missed it!) the original epic graphic design fail.
While sister and co-author Kim continues her post-divorce hideout from the media, Kourtney Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian continue their book signing tour to promote their new novel Dollhouse. The latest stop was at a Barnes and Noble at The Grove in Los Angeles Friday where things got a little hectic when the start time came around and there was no Kourtney! Keep reading – the fate of the world lies in the balance!
See the rather disappointing cover for Teen Mom Farrah Abraham’s book My Teenage Dream Ended, which is set to be released April 3, 2012.
Bravolebridom has another potential New York Times best seller on its hands! Following in the footsteps of Bethenny Frankel, Rachel Zoe, and Teresa Giudice is The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards, whose “how-to-be-fabulous guide” titled Life Is Not A Reality Show will be released December 27. Keep reading to find out more about the book and pre-order your copy on amazon.com!
Updating our “Where Are They Now?” post on The Hills actress Heidi Montag, the 25-year-old plastic surgery addict has apparently decided to write a tell all book. Read her tweets about this upcoming “work” and see some suggestions for a possible title.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Vanderpump is following in the footsteps of numerous other Bravo housewives by releasing a book. Simply Elegance, due out November 8, includes recipes, decorating tips, and just about everything else you need to know to be an unassailably classy entertainer just like Lisa, even without buhjillions of dollars! Keep reading for all the details on the book, including why Lisa (unlike some of the other Housewives-turned-authors) is actually qualified to write it.
Farrah Abraham has mentioned that she is working on a book numerous times and now we have confirmation in the form of an actual amazon.com listing! Keep reading for what little info there is on the book and a link to pre-order your copy now. (240 pages?!? Farrah, you better get to typing girl!)
Another day, another photo! Every day or two Lionsgate gives us another tasty visual morsel from The Hunger Games set in North Carolina, and today’s installment is another look at Liam Hemsworth’s brooding Gale Hawthorne as he and a group of District 12 boys head to the Reaping.
The folks at Lionsgate have been controlling the images and intel that comes out of The Hunger Games movie set as if they really were officials from the Capitol of Panem, but even they have to recognize the fans are starving so they’ve begun tossing us a few visual crumbs to munch on. Now, in addition to the animated movie poster that was the first “image” to be released, we have some official still shots of the principles in costume, and here they all are!
Bravo executive producer, Watch What Happens: Live! host, Real Housewives wrangler, and highly contagious pop culture addict Andy Cohen announced earlier today that he has signed a deal with Henry Holt Publishing to release a book due out next summer! Keep reading for all the details, including our mock-up book cover!
Fans of Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy weren’t so sure director Gary Ross got it right when he cast Jennifer Lawrence as the books’ surly heroine, Katniss Everdeen. Now we can stop speculating about how Lawrence will look as Katniss and make up our own minds about Ross’s casting decision. Here she is!
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