Saturday, January 11, 2025

Books

Paul McCartney Reveals the 154 Songs He Writes About in His Two Volume Memoir Including a Lost One Just Re-discovered

Paul McCartney is releasing a two volume memoir on November 2nd in which he reminisces about 154 of his songs. Today the list of...

Henry Kissinger & Eric Schmidt’s Big Treatise on Artificial Intelligence Panned in Early, Important Book Review

Who knew? Henry Kissinger, age 97, has written a new book. One of his two co-authors is former Google chief Eric Schmidt. Little, Brown has "The...

Prince Harry to Publish “Literary” Memoir in Effort to Further Annoy Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles

Prince Harry -- I have a theory now that he's trying to drive his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, into retirement or worse by embarrassing and...

’80s Pop Redux: Debbie Gibson Has First Album in 20 Years, Richard Marx Is Right Here Writing for You

Talkin' about the next generation: Debbie Gibson and Richard Marx are each pop icons from the 1980s. They weren't from my world, but they were...

Overview: “Truman & Tennessee” Explores the Two Most Famous Creative Eccentrics of Their Wild Time

Literary titans Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams, both Southerners and gay, travelled in the same artistic circles. Friends with Paul and Jane Bowles, Donald...

Will Smith Writes an Autobiography: Will It Include Scientology, Infidelity, Failed Private School, Donations to Nation of Islam?

Will Smith has written an autobiography (with Mark Manson). "Will" will be published on November 9th by Penguin Press. No doubt "Will" covers Smith's Philadelphia...

Review: Tovah Feldshuh as a Thrilling Dr. Ruth, Telling It Like It Is On and Off Stage

Celebrity sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer turned 93 last weekend, and after decades on television and in the public eye, it is still a...

Jackie Collins Gets a Loving Documentary Called “Lady Boss” That Only Does Her a Fraction of Justice

My favorite thing about "Lady Boss," the documentary about Jackie Collins, is that all her friends think they were her "best friend." And they...