Celebrity Life
Jamie Lynn Spears' Book Claims Parents Wanted Her to Terminate Pregnancy
A painful recollection. Jamie Lynn Spears‘ memoir doesn’t debut until next year, but its contents are already making headlines. According to excerpts from the book obtained by TMZ, the Zoey 101 alum, 30, recalls the events that transpired after she told her parents and managers that she was pregnant in 2007. At the time, the […]
Alan Cumming Is Done With All the Queer Tropes
Alan Cumming is mid-sentence when he turns his camera and rolls up his sleeve. This is a Zoom interview of course, and he’s at his home in the Catskills, where he and his husband have spent a large chunk of the COVID-19 pandemic. On the screen, the actor is showing off a tattoo on his…
David Chang and Priya Krishna Want You to Get Over Recipes
When chef, Momofuku restaurateur and irreverent media personality David Chang approached food journalist Priya Krishna with the idea to create a cookbook with a major twist—the book would have no recipes—she was deeply skeptical. It was 2019, the same year Krishna published her bestselling cookbook Indian-ish, which includes precise recipes for dishes like roti pizza…
Elizabeth Strout Knows We Can’t Escape the Past
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout often finds inspiration in the worlds she has already built and explored. In 2019, she brought readers back to Crosby, Maine with a set of interlinked stories centered around prickly retired schoolteacher Olive Kitteridge. Her latest novel, Oh William!, is a similar venture, this time focusing on Lucy Barton, the…
Why Sally Rooney Turned Down an Offer From an Israeli Publisher to Translate Her New Novel
The Irish author issued a statement explaining her decision to turn down a bid by an Israeli publisher to translate her new novel into Hebrew
New Eddie Van Halen Book Hits Bestsellers List, a Year After Rock Legend’s Death
'Eruption: Conversations With Eddie Van Halen' draws from more than 50 hours of previously unreleased interviews with the songwriter and guitarist
John le Carré’s Silverview Is Not the Defining Final Chapter of a Literary Career
When John le Carré died last December, his obituarists struck a common theme: here was a master spy novelist who, despite selling millions of books and having his work adapted for television and film, never received the recognition he deserved as a literary giant. Over six decades, le Carré drew upon his brief career in…
Meg Cabot Won’t Give Up on Happy Endings
The drinking game goes like this: every time you mention COVID-19, take a sip. It’s six minutes into my conversation with Meg Cabot when she makes the rules. We’re sharing margaritas over Zoom to discuss topics like fictional feuding authors, rom-coms and the magnificent Julie Andrews. But, as it always seems to go these days,…
Tanzanian Abdulrazak Gurnah Awarded Nobel Literature Prize
Gurnah is the author of 10 novels, including “Paradise,” which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1994.
Stanley Tucci: How Julia Child Changed My Life
I remember my college acting teacher George Morrison telling us that audiences love to watch people eating, drinking or smoking on stage and screen. This always stuck with me. As usual, he was more than right. Having seen countless films and plays since those days, I know there is indeed something very compelling about watching…
Coffee-Table Book King Prosper Assouline on Collecting Hats and the Harley-Davidson That Got Away
The French businessman opens up about his collection of extraordinary books, wine choices and more.
Here Are the 8 New Books You Should Read in October
The best new books arriving this month dive deep into a range of topics, from a wrenching portrait of homelessness and poverty in America to the dissection of a marriage and its eventual unraveling. October welcomes the return of best-selling novelist Amor Towles as well as a posthumous book from British spy master John le…