You can listen to a preview of the Tracy Morgan audiobook over at http://www.gawker.com. Apparently he goes off script a lot. Which is fun. Looks like AUDIOBOOKS are the new black!... I Am The New Black Audiobook'">CONTINUE READING THE VIDEOGUM "TRACY MORGAN PROMISE": I AM THE NEW BLACK AUDIOBOOK»
Posted on October 13, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Audiobooks | Books | I Am The New Black | Tracy Morgan
Obviously that is the saddest award in all of Award Town. But it might be true. This book trailer for the new Onion book is pretty funny. Books are still for nerds, though. Never read them.... CONTINUE READING THE BEST BOOK TRAILER OF ALL TIME?»
Posted on September 30, 2009 in
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Tags: Books | Courtney Love | The Onion
It has been awhile since we've checked in with Tracy Morgan. Well, actually, it hasn't been that long. He made appearances at both the MTV Video Music Awards, and the Emmys. And he's currently preparing to host the VH1 Hip... I Am The New Black'">CONTINUE READING THE VIDEOGUM "TRACY MORGAN PROMISE": I AM THE NEW BLACK»
Posted on September 29, 2009 in
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Tags: Books | I Am The New Black | Tracy Morgan | Videogum Promise
The New Yorker published an excerpt from the upcoming book-length Dave Eggers's Where The Wild Things Are...movie novelization?...adaptation?...fan fiction? Whatever it is, you can read it here.... CONTINUE READING WHERE THE WORD THINGS ARE»
Posted on August 19, 2009 in
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Tags: Books | Dave Eggers | New Yorker | of Montreal | Where The Wild Things Are
David Cross was on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night to promote his new book, I Drink for a Reason. What a success story that guy is, am I right? He has really gone from cult comedian to... CONTINUE READING DAVID CROSS AND JON STEWART GIGGLE IT UP IN GIGGLE TOWN»
Posted on August 18, 2009 in
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Tags: Books | David Cross | I Drink For A Reason | Jon Stewart | of Montreal | The Daily Show
So Lauren Conrad, who starred in a reality TV show, "wrote" a "book"* about a girl who stars in a reality TV show, and now she wants to turn that book into a movie about a girl who stars in... CONTINUE READING WHO SHOULD STAR IN THE MOVIE BASED ON LAUREN CONRAD'S "BOOK"»
Posted on July 29, 2009 in
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Tags: Books | Jerry Bruckheimer | L.A. Candy | Lauren Conrad
Ew. You know that guy, Matt? The one who makes videos of himself dancing all over the world so that mom's have something to forward over email and the Today show has another "cute" story in the morning? Well now... CONTINUE READING WHERE THE HELL ARE PEOPLE WHO WOULD WANT MATT'S BOOK?»
Posted on July 23, 2009 in , ,
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Tags: Books | Dancing | Matt Harding | Yuck
Rubina Ali, the adorable little girl from Slumdog Millionaire, is writing a book! About her life! Um, she is nine years old! From the AP: Transworld Publishers said Rubina Ali's book will tell the story of her life in the... CONTINUE READING SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE STAR TO PUBLISH LIFE STORY, FINALLY»
Posted on June 5, 2009 in
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Tags: Books | Children | Poverty | Rubina Ali | Slumdog Millionaire
Unless this is literally a shot-for-shot remake of the Bourne Ultimatum with a candy cane sweater CGI'ed onto Matt Damon's torso, ugh. From Variety: [Universal] and Chris Meledandri's family film unit [Illumination Entertainment] have acquired screen rights to turn the... CONTINUE READING WHERE'S WALDO?: THE MOVIE IS A TERRIBLE IDEA»
Posted on June 2, 2009 in
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Tags: Books | Children | Movie Adaptations | Where's Waldo
Last September 11th, while the nation was never forgetting, Lauren Conrad announced that she had signed a book deal. WILL THE HORRORS NEVER CEASE? Today, People magazine has an exclusive look at an excerpt from Conrad's first young adult novel... CONTINUE READING LAUREN CONRAD IS A TERRIBLE WRITER»
Posted on May 18, 2009 in
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Tags: Books | Lauren Conrad | The Hills
One of the running jokes in Eastbound and Down, the best fucking show that was on television, was Kenny Powers audiobook, You're Fucking Out, I'm Fucking In. It was the fount of Kenny's wisdom, and a fountain of laffs. Now,... CONTINUE READING THE KENNY POWERS AUDIO BOOK, YOU'RE FUCKING OUT, I'M FUCKING IN»
Posted on April 3, 2009 in
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Tags: Books | Danny McBride | Eastbound And Down | Kenny Powers
Paper Dolls A Short Story By James Franco Abby stared out the window, watching the crepuscular dimming of the world. Everything: the swingset that had been still for ages, a Texaco sign visible just over the treeline, her husband pulling... CONTINUE READING YOU CAN MAKE IT UP: "PAPER DOLLS" BY JAMES FRANCO»
Posted on March 5, 2009 in
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Tags: Books | James Franco
As you may know, James Franco has taken some time off from making girls cry to get his MFA in creative writing. From all the schools? Dude is enrolled at too many schools. How many schools do you need to... CONTINUE READING EXCLUSIVE: FIRST LOOK AT JAMES FRANCO'S SHORT STORY COLLECTION»
Posted on March 4, 2009 in
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Tags: Books | James Franco
Poor Kathy Griffin. She just can't catch a break. It seems like her whole life has been one long story of struggle and heartbreak. For years, she has been cast in comedic roles on sitcoms and had a lucrative career... CONTINUE READING UNLUCKY OUTSIDER KATHY GRIFFIN SELLS MEMOIR FOR ONLY 2 MILLION DOLLARS»
Posted on February 24, 2009 in
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Tags: Books | Flight Of The Conchords | Kathy Griffin | Memoirs | of Montreal
Your mom probably forwarded this to you already, with a note like "isn't this that boy whose name you keep writing on your jeans?," but Michael Cera "flips out" on the set of Youth in Revolt. BTW, the movie doesn't... CONTINUE READING BEHAVIORAL ISSUES ARE THE LEAST OF MICHAEL CERA'S FUCKING PROBLEMS»
Posted on February 9, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Books | Michael Cera | Youth In Revolt
John Updike has died of lung cancer at the age of 76. He was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who looked deep into the dark heart of our modern malaise. There are plenty of places on the internet to read touching,... CONTINUE READING HEAVEN JUST GOT A LITTLE MORE JOHN UPDIKE»
Posted on January 27, 2009 in
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Tags: Books | Fake Rap | John Updike
Colorado State University has put out a call for scholarly essays about Friday Night Lights to be collected in a book. Great. Hopefully one of the eggheads up at Egghead U explores the suggested subject of the show's "homosociality" (also,... CONTINUE READING CLEAR EYES, FULL HEARTS, CAN'T READ MORE THAN TWO PAGES WITHOUT FALLING ASLEEP»
Posted on October 14, 2008 in
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Tags: Books | Friday Night Lights
Laura Goes To Hollywood: An Inspirational Story For Young Women by Lauren Conrad CHAPTER ONE: LAURA BONRAD'S JOURNEY Laura Bonrad get in her Mercedes. She kiss her mom goodbye on the cheek. "Goodbye, mama," she say. "I have to go... CONTINUE READING YOU CAN MAKE IT UP: LAUREN CONRAD'S YA NOVEL»
Posted on September 11, 2008 in
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Tags: Audrina Patridge | Books | Brody Jenner | David Wain | Heidi Montag | Jorma Taccone | Lauren Conrad | Nine Inch Nails | Spencer Pratt | The Hills | The Lonely Island | The Room | Tommy Wiseau
People magazine reports that Lauren Conrad has signed a three-book deal with HarperCollins. Whoops, HarperCollins, that's your author. The books - the first of which is scheduled to hit shelves in the summer of 2009 - will be loosely inspired... CONTINUE READING SHE TALK PRETTY ONE DAY»
Posted on September 11, 2008 in
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Tags: Books | Common | Lauren Conrad | The Hills
This is a trailer for a book? That's a thing that exists? The book is called Vacation, and it's by Deb Olin Unferth and it comes out from McSweeney's this fall. The trailer was animated by Scott Bateman, but what's... CONTINUE READING MARIA BAMFORD COULD NARRATE A TRAILER FOR THE PHONEBOOK»
Posted on July 28, 2008 in
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Tags: Books | Deb Olin Unferth | Maria Bamford | McSweeneys | Scott Bateman
Earlier this week, ABC launched the Lost Book Club, which allows you to while away the summer months between seasons (and also the fall months, and a few winter months, because Lost doesn't come back until January 2009). The purpose... CONTINUE READING WE'VE GOT TO MOVE THE LIBRARY»
Posted on July 3, 2008 in
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Tags: Books | Lost
Apparently we should rename this site NSFWgum.com. What's up with the news today, world? Author Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club, Choke) has a new book coming out, Snuff, which Random House describes as "a full-frontal Triple X novel that goes where... CONTINUE READING NSFW: CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG BANG IS THE GRINDHOUSE OF LITERARY PROMOTIONS»
Posted on May 14, 2008 in
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Tags: Books | Cassie Wright | Chuck Palahniuk | Porno | Snuff