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PUZO FAMILY FIRES BACK AT STUDIO IN 'GODFATHER' SUIT
The estate of "The Godfather" author Mario Puzo has fired back at movie studio Paramount Pictures with a $10 million counterclaim over Paramount's attempts to block a new book in the Mafia saga.
AUDIENCE GETS BLOODY IN INTERACTIVE MANILA PLAY
Screams, blood and death filled an abandoned school in Manila -- but the blood was fake and the dead came back to life when the lights came on.
DEMOGRAPHICS, LOCAL TASTES FUEL ARAB VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY
Fares rushes through a crowded Moroccan market, past a man selling Persian rugs, a cat mewing for slivers of meat from a butcher, and a woman surveying mounds of bright red and yellow spices. He hardly notices them, because his mission is to locate a lost chapter of famed Arab explorer Ibn Battuta's book on his 14th century travels across Africa and Asia -- a chapter stolen from the original manuscript long ago and detailing the location of a secret treasure. Fares is an important figure in the...
NOVELIST ATWOOD'S DEBT TREATISE MAKES LEAP TO FILM
When director Jennifer Baichwal was asked to turn novelist Margaret Atwood's book about debt into a documentary, she declined, scared that the topic was about money. Three years later, film complete, she was terrified to show her literary hero the result.
SALMAN RUSHDIE TO RETURN TO INDIA AFTER DEATH THREATS
Salman Rushdie will return to India this week to speak at a conference, under two months after death threats forced the Booker Prize-winning author to pull out of Asia's biggest literary festival, the event organizer said on Tuesday.
EXCLUSIVE: PAYPAL BACKTRACKS ON "OBSCENE" E-BOOK POLICY
PayPal, the online payment service owned by eBay Inc , is backtracking on its policy against processing sales of e-books containing themes of rape, bestiality or incest after protests from authors and anti-censorship activist groups.
Erika Leonard: London Mother's S&M Stories Grip USA
Erika Leonard, who writes novels about bondage and S&M, has become a huge hit in the US with tales of bondage and discipline, all written from the comfort of her terrace home in the west London suburb of Brentford.
EU OPEN TO SETTLEMENT WITH E-BOOK PUBLISHERS
EU regulators are open to a settlement with e-book publishers owned by Lagardere
OCTAVIA SPENCER WINS SUPPORTING ACTRESS OSCAR FOR "THE HELP"
An emotional Octavia Spencer won her first Oscar on Sunday for her supporting actress role as a sassy maid in "The Help."
A COMIC BOOK ROUTE TO FINANCIAL LITERACY
Come summer, mutant robots from outer space and flying, caped crusaders will need to make way for a slightly less dramatic comic book character: the number cruncher.
''SALMON FISHING'' FILM MAKES IMPOSSIBLE SEEM POSSIBLE
On its surface, new movie "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," tells of a fishery expert tasked with creating a salmon-filled stream in the Middle East country's waterless desert, but underneath that description is a tale of making dreams come true.
JUSTICE DEPT MAY SUE APPLE, PUBLISHERS ON E-BOOKS
The Justice Department has warned Apple and five major publishers that it plans to sue them, accusing them of colluding to raise the prices of electronic books, a person familiar with the probe said on Thursday.
Sarah Palin dismisses ''Game Change'' as unimportant
Sarah Palin is shrugging off a controversial new HBO movie on Friday that portrays her as unstable and unprepared for the 2008 vice presidential run that made her a Republican political star.
J.K. Rowling's ''Pottermore'' website to open in April
Author J.K. Rowling's new Pottermore website that will allow fans to navigate the world of British boy wizard Harry Potter and shop for merchandise including e-books of the Potter adventures will open in April.
Animated "Lorax" leads box office with big debut
A big-screen version of classic Dr. Seuss children's book "The Lorax" rang up a massive $70.7 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales over the weekend, the biggest movie debut so far this year.
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