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Lea Michele has addressed a conspiracy theory floating around online that she’s illiterate.  “I went to Glee every single day; I knew my lines every single day,” Michele said in an interview with the New York Times. “And then there’s a rumor online that I can’t read or write? It’s sad. It really is. I think often if I […]

Fat Joe is getting the full theatrical treatment.  On Friday, the Terror Squad rapper announced he will hit the stage for one-man show based on his upcoming memoir The Book of Jose. The stand-up event will include unfiltered, never-before-heard anecdotes about Joe’s life and career, such as his prison stint nearly a decade ago and the time he […]

Britney Spears’ long-awaited memoir, which is expected to offer a deep dive on her conservatorship, is finished but has unfortunately hit publication delays. TMZ reports that the worldwide supply shortage has impacted publication plans. A shortage of paper and other materials means the book might not reach its currently planned January release date, which is when […]

Michael Avenatti was sentenced to four years in prison after stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from adult film actress Stormy Daniels. The disgraced attorney received the sentencing in a Manhattan federal court Thursday, about three months after he was found guilty of one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. Avenatti, who […]

Disney+ last week announced the cast for its upcoming adaption of Rick Riordan’s best-selling fantasy novels Percy Jackson and the Olympians, with Walker Scobell set to star as the titular character alongside Aryan Simhadri and Leah Sava Jeffries. Simhadri will play Grover while Jeffries will play Annabeth, friends of Percy.  Since the announcement, some Percy Jackson fans have complained […]

With the release of the upcoming 240-page hardcover book The Fendi Set: From Bloomsbury to Borghese, Kim Jones is sending out a “love letter” to the Bloomsbury Group and the history of the Italian luxury house. As previously teased in January surrounding Bloomsbury-associated writer Virginia Woolf’s birthday, the book features text from Jones and photos by Nikolai […]

An assistant principal at a Mississippi elementary school has landed himself in hot water after reading a humorous children’s book titled I Need a New Butt! to a class of second graders. CNN reports Toby Price, assistant principal at Gary Road Elementary School in Byram, Mississippi, was fired last week after reading the book to a Zoom class of […]

Britney Spears has reportedly locked in one of the biggest book deals ever. Page Six says the pop superstar secured a deal that could be worth as much as $15 million with publishing house Simon & Schuster. The “tell-all” memoir will cover her career and family life. An insider told the outlet Spears was at the center of a bidding […]

A pastor and noted pandemic-denier in Tennessee is now making headlines for holding a book-burning ritual and livestreaming it on YouTube. Pastor Greg Locke, of the Global Vision Bible Church in Mt. Juliet, was reported by the Guardian and others this week to have staged a “bonfire” comprised of what he called “occultic materials.” Included in […]

A Michelle Obama biography was among the hundreds of titles that was targeted in a Texas book-banning effort. According to a formal request obtained by NBC News, a parent from Katy, Texas, asked school officials to remove Michelle Obama: Political Icon public school libraries because of its “unfair” depiction Donald Trump. The filing claimed the biography, written by Heather Schwartz, painted the former president as […]