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Celebrity Reading List: 15 Celeb-Written Children’s Books
Last week we discovered that celebrities like to write novels. But you know what they like to write even more than novels? Children’s books! And what better way to introduce your wee ones to the hilarity of celebrity culture than with these 15 kid’s books penned by the likes of Ricky Gervais, Julianne Moore, Bob Dylan, and Perez Hilton? Here’s what I want to know: When is the Britney Spears children’s book about haircare appreciation happening? More »
Celebrity Reading List: 15 Celebs Who Have Written Novels
Things I found out recently include the fact that the Kardashian sisters are making their fiction debut in November with a novel entitled Dollhouse. Says Kim, “”The novel is based on our lives but we’ve added a lot of crazy fictional twists and turns. You’ll have to decide for yourself which story lines are true to life, and which ones we dreamed up.” But Kim, Khloé, and Kourtney are far from the only celebs who have tried their hand at novel-writing. I can’t speak as to how much these shining literary achievements owe to a little thing we call ghostwriting, but some of them aren’t so bad. Others… well, take a look for yourselves! More »
7 Ways To Use Tumblr to Its Crazy Awesome Fullest
Tumblr has been in the social media game since 2007, but it’s really come into its own recently (read: I’ve just discovered how awesome it is and have abandoned facebook because of it). I’ve noticed several patterns in the awesome of Tumblr, and have thus built a guide for Crushable users so they can try and comprehend how awesome it all is–and how you too can get into the Tumblr game. More »
10 Questions I Want Answered in Greg Sestero’s Book About ‘The Room’
Dubbed by many “the best bad movie ever,” The Room is a cult classic that draws fans to midnight screenings around the country. Its star, writer, and director Tommy Wiseau, is an enigmatic and perplexing figure who he rarely gives interviews. However, there’s hope for all of you Roomphiles who want to know more about the making of the movie – actor Greg Sestero, who played Mark, is writing a tell-all book entitled Locked Inside the Room. More »
Do You Pattersonize? Craigslist Ad Seeks Writer Who Can Rip Off James Patterson
New word alert: a New York Craigslist ad is looking for a writer who can “Pattersonize” a book. That would be a reference to James Patterson, the bestselling author of books like the Women’s Murder Club series. The ad is looking for someone who can take existing – and presumably unpublished – novels and turn them into Patterson-style bestsellers: More »
Crushable Books: 7 Things I Learned About Hoarding from TV Star Matt Paxton
On A&E’s hit show Hoarders, head cleaner Matt Paxton is affectionately referred to as “St. Matt” by fans of the show. Matt, who owns Virginia-based company Clutter Cleaners, was approached to join the show because of his great reputation working with hoarders. The guy clearly has a stomach made of steel, because he has dealt with everything from dead animal carcasses to rotting human waste without flipping out. His new book, The Secret Lives of Hoarders: True Stories of Handling Extreme Clutter, is a manual about how to deal with all kinds of hoarding situations. I thought I knew all there was to know about hoarding from being a fan of the show, but St. Matt has seen it all. More »
Twitter Roundup: The Best ‘Less Interesting Books’ Tweets
Twitter hashtag games are swiftly replacing baseball as our national pastime. What better way to waste an afternoon than glued to the computer, trying to out-clever the rest of the Internet. Today’s hashtag game was #lessinteresting books, and there were some pretty funny ones, you guys. Here’s a roundup of the best tweets.*
*And also one of my one, which I put in here because I can, dammit. And because I needed an even number. More »
A New Documentary Looks At the Legacy of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
The upcoming documentary Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird examines the legacy of To Kill a Mockingbird, one of America’s best loved (and most banned) books. The film features Mockingbird fans like Oprah, Tom Brokaw, and Anna Quindlen talking about why they love the book. More »
‘Law and Order: SVU’ Meets YA Lit
Law and Order marathons have to be the number one thing standing between me and a productive life. It’s gone from a passive form of entertainment to an interactive party game- from guessing the season by Olivia’s hair style to estimating how old an episode is by how freaked out everyone seems about the internet-thingy all the kids are talking about.
This May Rachel Dewoskin‘s book Big Girl Small comes out, adding to the already booming collection of young adult novels with SVU-esque plots. More »
Alternatives to Your Summer Reading List
You can learn a lot from the classics, but you might not be in the right mindset from Elizabethan English lounging on the beach. Really, classics are winter reads, but professors insist on assigning during the time of year when all you want to read is the cover of People online at the supermarket. To prepare yourself for your September essays, here are some less painful ways to get your summer reading list squared away…. More »
‘The Hunger Games’: What Your District Says About You
Two new fan sites for The Hunger Games have cropped up, with the option of getting matched to a district and participating in the 74th Hunger Games (the same one that Katniss goes through, and that the upcoming movie is about). Lionsgate has confirmed that these sites aren’t associated with the film, and it’s unclear if they’re from the same creators, but they certainly fit well together.
The first, Hunger Games Tesserae, invites you to send your personal info and find out who you are in this dystopian world. It’s the modern equivalent of Harry Potter‘s Sorting Hat: You’re put into one of twelve districts, each responsible for a different sort of agriculture or craft. More »
Snap This: Even Tina Fey’s Autograph Is Hilarious
Tina Fey is not only the funniest woman on television, she’s the funniest woman in print. Check out this autograph she did for a copy of her new book Bossypants. More »
14 Fantasy Book Series That Would Make For Fantastic TV
HBO’s spectacular adaptation of Game of Thrones, the first book of George R. R. Martin’s fantasy epic A Song of Ice and Fire, has truly taken the television world on by storm, offering one of the most complete fantasy visions ever seen on a television screen. The show has already been renewed for a second season, even though it’s only aired one episode of the first so far. This got us thinking: Why do so many people try to adapt sweeping fantasy epics into films when television would be such a better medium for it? With television, you don’t have to try to condense the intricacies of fantasy down to two hours– you can have thirteen! AND you can have multiple seasons! Capitalizing on the success of Game of Thrones, here are our picks for other fantasy book series that would make fantastic television shows:
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A Brief History of Literary Hoaxes
Author and activist Greg Mortenson, whose acclaimed book Three Cups of Tea has been a perennial bestseller, recently admitted that the story was “more of a fairy tale.” In the book, Mortenson chronicled his experiences as a mountain climber, and tells of how he was injured during a climb in Pakistan. He was taken in by local villagers and, when he recovered, he vowed to build girls’ schools in the country as a thank-you. Sadly, Mortenson is not the only author to pass off fiction as fact. More »
Win a Voice Role in Neil Gaiman’s ‘American Gods’ Audiobook
Like books? Like reading books aloud? Like Neil Gaiman? Then enter the contest to play one of the characters in the tenth-anniversary edition audio recording of Gaiman’s book American Gods. You’ll join a bevy of other actors in New York City to do a full-cast recording. Did we mention you get a free trip to NYC? More »
Crushable Quotable: Lindsay Lohan and Kris Herzog Have the Same Probation Officer
Ah, Hollywood. Celebrity bodyguard Kris Herzog (pictured) – who has worked with celebrities like Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, and Oksana Grigorieva – has a tell-all book coming out. Until then, though, he’s teasing us with potential spoilers about the book. In an interview with Celeb Dirty Laundry, he said: More »
‘Teen Mom’ Farrah Abraham Says She’s Writing a Book Too
Looks like it’s the season for Teen Mom book deals! Crushable exclusively announced that 16 and Pregnant alum Ashley Salazar had landed a book contract, and now she has a little competition – from Teen Mom cast member Farrah Abraham. More »
Gallery: 13 Letters to Fictional People
Have you ever wanted to sit down and give your favorite fictional characters a piece of your mind? I know I have. And the geniuses behind Letters to Fictional People have done just that, offering short, pithy words of advice and wisdom to everyone from Voldemort to Bella Swan to Bambi’s mom. We thought of a few more, so we offer them here for your reading pleasure. Got any to add? Tell us about them in the comments! More »
10 Young Adult Books That Scarred Us For Life
Books for younger readers are supposed to be fun to read. Well, before Harry Potter made us have nightmares about Lord Voldemort, these classic young adult books made us too scared to ever try drugs, make out with boys, or not be sad enough about the Holocaust.
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Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth Cast in ‘The Hunger Games’
Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games now has its three leads. We already know that Jennifer Lawrence (who’ll be appearing in X-Men: First Class) will play Katniss Everdeen, but now The Kids Are All Right‘s Josh Hutcherson has signed on as Peeta Mellark, and Liam Hemsworth (Miley Cyrus‘ ex, who appeared with her in The Last Song) will round out the book’s love triangle as Gale Hawthorne. More »
