Books: Last News

Will Smith is putting his phone on silent. The actor joked about not checking his phone amid his estranged wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s book tour, where she recently revealed that the pair have actually been separated for the past seven years.“Notifications off :)” the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” alum, 55, captioned an Instagram video on Sunday.In the clip, Smith is resting on a boat, and later stands near the ocean and smiles for the camera.“Fun fact about me I can take a nap almost anywhere,” he wrote.Pinkett Smith, 52, reacted to the post, adding two laughing emojis in the comment section.The actress has been making the rounds promoting her book, “Worthy,” which hits bookshelves on Tuesday, Oct.

The couple behind the photography book “Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love” offered a glimpse into the project that uncovered queer romances on National Coming Out Day.

Megan Fox is releasing her first collection of poetry, “Pretty Boys Are Poisonous.”“My freedom lives in these pages,” the “Jennifer’s Body” actress said about the book.“I hope that my words can inspire others to take back their happiness and their identity by using their voice to illuminate what’s been buried, but not forgotten, in the darkness.”To promote the 70+ poems within the book, Fox will discuss “Pretty Boys Are Poisonous” with a special guest at New York City’s Racket on Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m.All guests in attendance will receive a copy of “Pretty Boys Are Poisonous.”No word on whether or not her fiancé Machine Gun Kelly, aka Colson Baker, will be in attendance.Need more information? All the details you’re looking for about tickets for Fox’s speaking engagement and her new book can be found below.

Madonna: A Rebel Life,” Whitley Hill claimed that the spine-shivering incident took place during the 1970s when Hill’s father, actor Ed Setrakian, invited the pair to dinner in New York City. According to Hill, as Pacino came to sit with the trio, the Queen of Pop, now 65, unwrapped a stick of gum and began chewing on it in a delicate manner. “I think the idea here is to call attention to her mouth,” said Hill in an excerpt obtained by Insider.

upcoming novel, “My Name is Barbra,” that screen legend Marlon Brando once propositioned her for sex prior to becoming close friends. Streisand, 81, opens her new memoir by detailing the time that Brando, who died in 2004 at the age of 80, approached the “Funny Girl” actress at a party in 1966 and told her “I’d like to f–k you.” According to an excerpt from the novel, which was obtained by Vanity Fair, Brando’s wife at the time, a retired French Polynesian actress by the name of Tarita Teriʻipaia, was also at the party in an adjoining room.

she struggled to get Robert Redford to star in their 1973 film “The Way We Were.” Streisand, 81, makes the stunning claim in her upcoming memoir “My Name Is Barbra,” which is set to hit bookstores Nov. 7. “Bob is that rare combination… an intellectual cowboy… a charismatic star who is also one of the finest actors of his generation,” Streisand wrote in an excerpt published by Vanity Fair.

expanded “Don’t Say Gay” law.Charlotte County Schools Superintendent Mark Vianello and Michael McKinley, the attorney for the Charlotte County Schools, recently responded to questions from the district’s librarians at a July meeting asking whether the law required the removal of books with LGBTQ characters but contained no explicit sex scenes.“Books with LBGTQ+ characters are not to be included in classroom libraries or school library media centers,” Vianello and McKinley said in response, according to a district memo obtained under a public information request by the Florida Freedom to Read Project.The nonprofit group, which opposes the law’s provisions making it easier to challenge or remove books from schools, provided the memo to The Associated Press last week.After receiving negative press, the district backed off slightly from an across-the-board ban, clarifying that it primarily applied to elementary and middle schools.The district said that high school libraries could keep non-explicit books with LGBTQ characters and themes in their collections, but could not use any of those books in classroom instruction, according to the investigative journalism website Popular Information.The expansion of the “Parental Rights in Education” law — dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law by critics — passed earlier this year after conservatives said the original 2022 law didn’t go far enough in stopping LGBTQ-themed materials from being accessed by minors.Under the new restrictions, the ban on LGBTQ content was applied to all grades — except in rare instances for some high school biology or health classes.The law also allows any county resident — regardless of whether they have children enrolled in school — to demand the removal of books

Queer Eye, is venturing back into the world of children’s literature once again. The TV star has announced a new kid’s book titled Gorgeously Me!, which is perfectly on-brand for Van Ness’s overly positive outlook on life.A post shared by Jonathan Van Ness (@jvn)Van Ness announced the book on Instagram, and it sounds like it’s a heartwarming and empowering story — just the kind Van Ness would want to share with the next generation.

Dua Lipa wants fans to read one of her new favorite books. The pop star has revealed her latest addition to her monthly read, sharing her honest review with Service 95, which is her editorial platform.

The “Scandal” alum revealed that she contemplated suicide at the height of her eating disorder.“I could feel how the abuse was a way to really hurt myself, as if I didn’t want to be here,” Washington, 46, told Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts in a sit-down preview, which aired on Thursday. “It scared me that I could not want to be here because I was in so much pain.”When asked if she considered suicide, she replied: “Yeah.

“You’re Gonna Die Alone (& Other Excellent News)” (Blackstone) stands out. “You might think it is a trite, unimportant, vacant collection of barely-thoughts from a sad, narcissistic internet clown,” she writes of this collection of personal stories designed to address a wide range of issues and emotions.

talked briefly about the performance while plugging her brand-new book, which is set to release next month. “One of my favorite performances was with an albino python,” wrote Spears, 41, on the social media site. “I still remember how scared I felt when I was handed this snake and took the stage.”She added: “I talked more about this performance and other favorites in my book #TheWomanInMe … I can’t wait for you to read it on October 24th.”Several fans slithered into the comment section to praise the singer on the show-stopping set, which has been dubbed a defining moment in pop culture history.

too much of Monica — and Erica and Rita and Tina — in her life.Horror novelist Stephen King revealed Tuesday that his love for Lou Bega’s 1999 hit “Mambo No. 5” nearly caused his wife, Tabitha, to divorce him. “Oh, yeah.

Tapestry of Love” (literally — in a notebook) after beginning her writing career at an Amish newspaper.The second novel in her “New Directions” romance series chronicles the romance between two traditional Amish youngsters in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and has sold close to a million copies, the Daily Mail reported Saturday.But Byler has gotten blowback from some community elders who claim the success of her tome is fueling sexual abuse, she told the outlet.“They are very tame books,” Byler said, dismissing comparisons to the sadomasochistic “Fifty Shades of Grey” novels, which shocked and titillated readers just over a decade ago.“There’s nothing unclean in them. There is some touching, my publisher said it would have to be discreet, and a little bit of a kiss,” she said, adding there was no sex in the book.Byler began newspaper reporting when her husband went bankrupt and later transitioned to publishing books for children before writing about the amorous side of Amish culture, where premarital sex — not to mention divorce, cars, electricity and cellphones — are verboten.Her books have increasingly become popular in the conservative US Bible Belt and other Christian communities, and Byler said she has earned a lifetime of money for her and her husband.However, she claims she is being unfairly blamed for recent publicized cases of sex abuse in the Amish community.“In the last 10 years or so, romance novels have become wrong in the community,” Byler told the Daily Mail.

alleged in court documents this week that guardians Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy never actually adopted him, but still profited from his success. The movie was adapted from the 2006 book “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game.” Written by Michael Lewis, it tells the story of Oher, one of thirteen children born to a drug-addicted mother, and his rise to football stardom after being taken in by the seemingly generous Tuohy family. Some armchair commentators are rushing to judgment on social media, insisting the actress, grieving over the recent death of partner Bryan Randall, is somehow complicit in the depressing domestic dust-up.

law has led some administrators to censor any content that is sexual in nature unless it pertains to an academic standard.The Hillsborough County School District determined that many of Shakespeare’s works deal with or allude to sexuality (not to mention those works that contain cross-dressing characters), and should therefore be edited. As a result, some of the Bard’s classics, like Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet, now have been barred from the classroom, with students only reading excerpts of the plays in order to meet basic curriculum standards.The district said that teachers who violate the content restrictions for English classes could be subject to disciplinary action or have a complaint filed against them by a parent who believes the books or plays are “inappropriate” for minors to read.If a student wishes to read the censored plays in their entirety, they’ll have to pursue other ways of obtaining the texts on their own time, such as by seeking them out at a public library or privately-owned bookstore not subject to state regulation.Previously, English classes in the district required students to read at least two novels or plays during the school year.

Stranger things have happened.Meghan Markle, 42, and Prince Harry, 38, have purchased the screen rights to the popular new release “Meet Me at the Lake” to turn it into a film for Netflix, The Post can confirm — and according to one PR expert, the project could “break records.” “Harry and Meghan are no strangers to attracting millions of eyes upon what they do and this will be no different,” publicity coach Mayah Riaz recently told The Mirror. “I believe the film could hit record number in the first week at the box office.”Riaz added that the numbers could even compare to Greta Gerwig’s recently released “Barbie” movie, which hit $1 billion in global ticket sales over the weekend.

failed production attempts, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may have found themselves yet another Hollywood venture.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have purchased the screen rights to the popular romantic new release “Meet Me at the Lake,” by Carley Fortune, to turn it into a film for Netflix, The Sun reports.The novel, which spent six weeks on The New York Times bestsellers list since its May release, follows a 30-something woman, whose mother dies in a car crash, and her ensuing love story. Per Deadline, the Canada-set novel explores themes of “childhood trauma, including losing a parent in a car crash, mental health challenges and post-natal depression.”The book resembles Harry’s own life — his mother, Princess Diana, died in a Paris car crash in 1997.

Daisy Jones & The Six,” the question that lingers in their minds is whether the beloved Prime Video series will make a triumphant return for a second season. The show, based on Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel, captivated audiences with its spellbinding portrayal of a fictional ’70s rock band’s rise to fame and eventual fall.

Oompa, Loompa, doom-pa-dee-do, I’ve got another scandal for you. Hugh Grant’s casting as an Oompa Loompa in the Timothée Chalamet-led film “Wonka” has sparked controversy among actors with dwarfism, reports the BBC. George Coppen, who has dwarfism, slammed the “Notting Hill” star’s casting.

Matthew Quirk (William Morrow, out now)When the White House is breached, the president takes shelter in a secret bunker surrounded by his closest and most trusted advisors; unbeknownst to him, one of them is the real threat. Secret Service agent Erik Hill must use every ounce of his strength and knowledge to save the president from his most dangerous adversary — the one standing right behind him.Jack Carr (Atria, out now)A long-gestating conspiracy tying together Washington, Wall Street, and Moscow threatens to conquer the world.