James Frey's Blog, page 249

NUMBER FOUR Joins Battle Of The Books

from Leesburg Today
Six Schools Advance In Battle Of The Books
It was a battle of book lovers Thursday morning, as Loudoun high school students competed in the 7th Annual Battle of the Books Semi-Finals.
High school teams were broken into three divisions, with Potomac Falls High School hosting the eastern competition; Stone Bridge High School the host [...]

Bert Sugar Gone

from Associated Press via Yahoo! News
Boxing writer Bert Sugar dies of cardiac arrest
MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. (AP) — Bert Sugar, an iconic boxing writer and sports historian who was known for his trademark fedora and ever-present cigar, died Sunday of cardiac arrest. He was 75.
Jennifer Frawley, Sugar's daughter, said his wife, Suzanne, was by his side when [...]

Studio Peckinpah To Be Razed and Replaced With Boring

from The Los Angeles Times
Storied West Hollywood studio buildings to be demolished
The studio lot, once owned by Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, has had many names and housed many productions over the years. Its new owner intends to raze and replace several buildings.

By Bob Pool, Los Angeles Times
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks worked there. So did Charlie Chaplin, Marilyn Monroe,Elizabeth [...]

The Zooming - A synchronized collage of every zoom in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining

from Good Morning Silicon Valley
The Shining - Zooms from Ian Kammer on Vimeo.

Teens Are Embracing E-books

from Publisher's Weekly
Are Teens Embracing E-books? 
By Karen Springen
A recent PubTrak survey from R.R. Bowker indicated that teens remain reluctant when it comes to e-books. Accustomed to social media, they find that electronic stories have "too many restrictions," according to the report. But many industry players—agents, booksellers, publishers, and authors—are saying just the opposite: digital sales [...]

Beautiful, Artistic, Cool and Recycled

from The San Jose Mercury News
Amazing wooden bicycles: beautiful, artistic, cool and recycled
By Bruce Newman

Bill Holloway and Mauro Hernandez pose with their hand built wooden bicycles at their San Jose, Calif. shop. The pair run Masterworks Wood and Design. Utilizing their skills in traditional wood working, they have created "art that you can ride". (Gary [...]

Rowley & Powers Do Warhol

from The New York Times
Everywhere at Once

Kirsten Luce for The New York Times
Cynthia Rowley, left, and Bill Powers between parties. More Photos »

By BOB MORRIS
THE runway presentation at the futuristic IAC Building on the West Side Highway had gone off without a hitch. The boldface guests had come backstage and said their congratulations — Rebecca Romijn, [...]

@BretEastonEllis: Dinner with James Frey at The Chateau tonight

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"Well, gird your loins, because it's happening right now" - THE RISE OF NINE's Cover Revealed

from MTV's Hollywood Crush
Peep The EXCLUSIVE Cover Of 'The Rise of Nine'!
Posted 3/14/12 10:25 am EST by Kat Rosenfield in Crush Exclusive!, Page Turners
If you're a fan of Pittacus Lore's brilliant aliens-on-the-run novels "I Am Number Four" and "The Power of Six," then get ready to increase your literary anticipation by a mathematical factor of AWESOME: Hollywood Crush has scored [...]

Encyclopaedia Britannica Gone

from The New York Times
After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses
By JULIE BOSMAN
Ángel Franco/The New York Times
After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print.
Those coolly authoritative, gold-lettered reference books that were once sold door-to-door by a fleet of traveling salesmen and displayed as proud fixtures in American homes will be discontinued, company [...]