#News Corp to buy Houghton Mifflin consumer books for 9M

#News Corp to buy Houghton Mifflin consumer books for $349M

“#News Corp to buy Houghton Mifflin consumer books for $349M” Publishing giant News Corp. is buying Houghton Mifflin’s consumer books division for $349 million as demand for printed reading material skyrockets. Houghton Mifflin’s HMH Books & Media book division — publisher of J.R.R. Tolkien and the Curious George series of children’s books — will be…

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#Beverly Cleary, author of children’s book ‘Henry Huggins,’ dead at 104

#Beverly Cleary, author of children’s book ‘Henry Huggins,’ dead at 104

“#Beverly Cleary, author of children’s book ‘Henry Huggins,’ dead at 104” Beverly Cleary, the beloved children’s books author famous for “Henry Huggins,” “Ribsy” and “Ramona Quimby,” has died. She was 104. HarperCollins, her longtime publisher, announced her death Friday. Cleary, whose books have sold more than 85 million copies and have been translated into 29…

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#’The Avengers’ movies are getting the Shakespeare treatment

#’The Avengers’ movies are getting the Shakespeare treatment

“#’The Avengers’ movies are getting the Shakespeare treatment” These superheroes are about to be Bard-ed. All four Marvel Studios’ “Avengers” films are being reimagined as Shakespeare plays in a forthcoming book, set to publish Sept. 28. “Assemble, Ye Avengers!” announces the description for “William Shakespeare’s The Avengers: The Complete Works” on Philadelphia-based indie publisher Quirk…

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#Sharon Stone talks ‘Basic Instinct’ crotch shot in memoir

#Sharon Stone talks ‘Basic Instinct’ crotch shot in memoir

“#Sharon Stone talks ‘Basic Instinct’ crotch shot in memoir” The 1992 erotic thriller “Basic Instinct” turned Sharon Stone into a star — but it nearly crushed her spirit in the process.  In an excerpt from the 63-year-old’s forthcoming memoir, “The Beauty of Living Twice,” Stone has opened up about the infamous crotch shot scene in…

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#Abraham Riesman on Stan Lee – /Film

#Abraham Riesman on Stan Lee – /Film

“#Abraham Riesman on Stan Lee – /Film” The legacy of Marvel Comics maestro Stan Lee has been muddy for decades. Even as the supposed mastermind behind the early days of Spider-Man, Thor, and the Fantastic Four evolved into a beloved international icon with cameos in every Marvel film, controversy nipped at his heels. At the…

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#Amazon stops selling books framing LGBTQ identities as illness

#Amazon stops selling books framing LGBTQ identities as illness

“#Amazon stops selling books framing LGBTQ identities as illness” Amazon has decided to stop selling books that cast lesbian, gay and transgender identities as mental illnesses. The e-commerce titan revealed its decision in a letter to three Republican senators who cried foul last month over the removal of a conservative scholar’s book about transgender people….

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#Biden broke the border and other commentary

#Biden broke the border and other commentary

“#Biden broke the border and other commentary” From the right: Biden Broke the Border At Issues & Insights, the editors detail how President Biden created the humanitarian crisis on the southern US border: He canceled “construction of the border wall,” “jettisoned President Donald Trump’s successful ‘remain in Mexico’ policy” and “suspended Trump’s requirement that asylum…

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