Many people who are siblings of famous people will not always have the singing or acting career that their siblings have – but they are able to find fame in a different way. Most will write memoirs and bios about their life and how it feels to live in the shadows of someone else.
Madonna’s brother is writing his own memoirs titled “Life With My Sister Madonna” and is co-authored by Wendy Leight. Madonna’s brother’s name is Christopher Ciccone.
Author of the famous ‘Harry Potter’ series – J.K. Rowling dressed herself in a red and black gown as she accepted an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from one of the United States most prestigious colleges – Harvard University. She gave a small speech before accepting the degree in Cambridge, Massachusetts where she spoke of the importance of imagination.
Between the books and the movies J.K. Rowling has made millions of dollars. Now she is trying to protect her famous ‘Harry Potter’ books from Steven Vander Ark and his ‘Harry Potter’ encyclopedia. Rowling is bringing Ark to court stating that he has violated her copyrights.
It seems that books are something that may be going out of style. Sure kids have to read them when they are in school – but most only do it because they have to. Many adults will admit that they don’t care to read books. Why read them when you can go watch the movie that they are based on?
Colin Harrison’s ‘The Finder’ is a thriller that will take you to the edge of your seat and back again. The book is full on intricate details of a place that you know – but have never truly ‘seen’ before. The plot is thick and it seems that Harrison uses a bit of his ‘poetry’ to enhance the twists and make them more real and alive for the readers.
“All the King’s Men” written by Robert Penn Warren is more than just a classic political novel. Warren’s tale of power and corruption in the Depression-era South is a sustained meditation on the unforeseen consequences of every human action, the vexing connectedness of all people and the possibility that there might be some sort of good in a sinful world.
Rap star – Eminem – is working on a book of his own that his publisher describes as “every bit as raw and uncensored as the man himself.” His book – “The Way I Am” will be released this fall through Dutton Books. “It will be illustrated with never-before-seen photographs of Eminem’s home and life along with original drawings,” Dutton said in a statement.
‘The Golden Compass’ was written by Phillip Pullman – a graduate from Oxford who has written many great works in his time (‘Shadow in the North’, ‘The Tiger in the Well’). This is the first book in a fantasy series that has been dubbed as the next best thing since ‘Lord of the Rings’ and ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’. While others have been offended at the content of the book and have encouraged parents to keep their children from it.
The father of Ronald Goldman is turning to the courts to put a stop to a file sharing web site that has been posting and giving out free downloads of O.J. Simpson’s new book, “If I Did It” – which is about the slaying of his son and Simpson’s ex-wife.
Those of you who love to watch Stephen Colbert on TV can now enjoy reading what he thinks about life in his new book ‘I Am America (And So Can You!)’. He talks about almost every controversial and trendy thing that happens in America.
The book is divided into chapters on big topics (“The Family,” “Religion,” “The Media,” “Race”) and stresses the exclusive Colbert pedigree of its thoughts on each of them. “You won’t find these opinions in any textbook,” he says, “unless it happens to be one I’ve defaced.”