Celebrity Buzz I now feel strangely compelled to read “The Hunger Games.” From last night's book signing at Barnes and Noble in New York City.
Culture Buzz He's a published meowther. God…that doesn't even make sense.
Politics Buzz New book reveals JSOC's secrets. Special Forces would stop a coup in the United States.
Culture Buzz What he asked her to do in the swimming pool will floor you. From the upcoming tell-all by former White House intern Mimi Alford, “Once Upon a Secret: My Affair With President John F. Kennedy and its Aftermath,” an early copy of which was obtained by The New York Post. President Kennedy was, shall we say, a complicated man.
Culture Buzz Were you the kid reading Catcher In The Rye, did you go through a really bitter Lord Of The Flies phase, how many times were you forced to read The Great Gatsby? We want to know what your favorite book was and why!
Culture Buzz Ever wondered how to “get a web-based email account” or “find old friends and make new ones” on Facebook? Thank heavens there's a book to tell us how.
Culture Buzz It's not as hot as it sounds. On a chilly night in Grapevine, Texas, last week Reverend Ed Young and wife Lisa fired up the webcam and got under the covers on top of their Fellowship Church to promote “bring[ing] God back into the bed,” by having sex seven days straight. [Spoiler alert: They didn't have sex that night.]
Culture Buzz Need to teach your children a foreign language that doesn't exist? You may consider picking up Wu Kee Smith's “How To Speak Wookiee,” even though I have no idea how, exactly, the illustrated title actually educates your padawan on the Kashyyyk language arts. Especially when the book totally misspells “Wookiee.”
Celebrity Buzz Diddy served as “executive editor” on this new coffee table book, a collection of artful ass photography by Raphael Mazzucco. “Culo” is Spanish for booty, by the by. Keep an eye out for celebrity culo from Lady Gaga, Nicole Scherzinger and Stacy Keibler.
Culture Buzz Lincoln and Kennedy were both killed on a Friday while sitting next to their wives by men with names 15 letters long. Lincoln was sitting in Ford Theater, Kennedy was sitting in a Lincoln made by Ford. What does it all mean? The video explains.
This is hilarious. From the soldier who anonymously posted this photo on Tumblr: “Some jerk sent us two boxes of this awful book (SPOILER ALERT: George Washington - Patriot; George Soros - Pinhead) instead of anything soldiers at a remote outpost in Afghanistan might need, like, say, food or soap. Just burned the whole lot of them on my Commander’s orders.”
Culture Buzz Marcel, the little guy with an exoskeleton who charmed the internet with his debut video Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, has made the leap from viral video star to children's book author. Marcel The Shell With Shoes On: Things About Me is due out Nov 1 and looks like it will be a thimbleful of adorableness. (via jezebel.com)
Celebrity Buzz The new tell-all from Joe McGinniss—The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin—isn't even out yet, but the skeeziest bits are already oozing into the media septic tank. Here are the tabloidiest allegations leveled at Sarah and Todd Palin from The National Enquirer's report on the book.
Indeed, another blog-to-book deal. But no reason to hate. You could get all meta with your parents junk by cluttering up their place even more with a throwaway book about their worthless clutter. (via.)
Culture Buzz David Bowie's “Space Oddity” has been re-imagined as a brilliant but disturbing children's book by Andrew Kolb. (via.)
Culture Buzz For the passing fan or honorary Jedi that knows every detail of the series, “Star Wars: The Blueprints” pulls back the nerf-herding curtain to show how an entire galaxy was engineered. (via via.)
I can't get enough of these. To learn more about the artist and her stunning work, click here. (via 1800recycling.com)
Can't decide on a summer read yet? Sit right back and let this handy flowchart do all the work for you! (via twitter.com)
Culture Buzz And not in the metaphorical, heart and soul kind of way. The book is Girlvert: A Porno Memoir, authored by porn star Oriana Small (aka, Ashley Blue). We'll let the press release explain why it's $200 a copy. More over at Forbes.
Celebrity Buzz The recently released cover for Levi Johnston's new tell all, Deer in the Headlights: My Life in Sarah Palin's Crosshairs. From Playgirl centerfold to literary and publishing titan. Much respect. Bristol will soon be crawling back.
Further proof that applied science is awesome. Whew. And here we all thought books weren't going to have a niche in the digital world.
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Fanboys love nothing more than to bitch when some nitpicky detail of a novel doesn't make it into the final cut of the movie. Here is why they're wrong.
Fascinating confrontation on a New York City subway between a man calmly reading a book and a gentleman who insists on calling himself Bloody Loco. You better recognize that s**t, ASAP.
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It's called “What Every Man Thinks About Apart From Sex.” Get it?
This actually happened and it is priceless. Donald Rumsfeld curiously appeared on The Opie and Anthony show to promote his new book. Even curiouser, Louis C.K. was also a guest and was allowed to question the former Secretary of Defense. What followed was nearly fifteen minutes of Louis C.K. attempting to get Donald Rumsfeld to admit that he is a lizard person who eats Mexican babies. Louis C.K., along with Tracy Morgan, is an American treasure.
Culture Buzz St. Louis-based artist Julia Feld uses only knives, tweezers, and scissors to transform ordinary books into extraordinary pieces of art. Here's just a few examples from her Tumblr.
Culture Buzz Kansas City preacher Lou Engle breaks into tongues at a Los Angeles Christian conference. Engle supports Uganda's “kill the gays” bill, has advised Sarah Palin and is a scat man (as in improv singing, not the thing that's antithetical to his support of the Ugandan legislation).
Politics Buzz Sarah Palin's new book, “America by Heart,” has been leaked to the press. Here are the best parts, illustrated.