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Their Book Deals Snag Big $$$
 Their Book Deals Snag Big $$$ 
Nov 17, 2008 5:47 PM CST

Their Book Deals Snag Big $$$

(Newser) - Literary agent Dan Strone oversaw two multimillion-dollar celebrity book deals last week, stunning the publishing industry, the New York Observer reports. He scored $2.5 million for a Sarah Silverman book and drew bids topping $7 million for a Jerry Seinfeld title. Both were auctioned without a proposal. “I...

What Really Happened in Astor's House

Millionaire's former staff say abusive son bilked her of $60M

(Newser) - A new book about Brooke Astor portrays the New York philanthropist as a frail, paranoid 105-year-old pressured to give up her fortune. Drawing on notes from Astor's former staff, Mrs. Astor Regrets describes son Tony Marshall's alleged bilking of her millions. Astor's staff "filled 30 journals over four years...

Vince Vaughn Is Livin' Large
 Vince Vaughn 
 Is Livin' Large 
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Nov 11, 2008 6:54 PM CST

Vince Vaughn Is Livin' Large

(Newser) - Vince Vaughn looks much like his on-screen persona in real life, except bigger. Much bigger, writes Chris Jones of Esquire. Though he's writing a script with longtime buddy Jon Favreau, co-starring with Reese Witherspoon in a holiday flick, and finishing a “fantastic” documentary about Belfast, his "great golden...

Jennifer Calls Out Angelina for 'Uncool' Move

Aniston fires back at Jolie on affair with then-hubby Pitt

(Newser) - Condemning Angelina Jolie’s actions as “very uncool,” Jennifer Aniston broke her years-long silence on the woman who stole husband Brad Pitt. The Vogue interview accompanies sultry photos of toned, tanned, swimsuited Aniston. She's “never been so honest or brave,” an insider tells the Daily Mail,...

Edwards' Mistress Planning Tell-All

Fearing 'hush money' will dry up, Rielle Hunter turns to book deal $

(Newser) - John Edwards' former mistress is writing a tell-all book because she fears her "hush money" will dry up, reports the New York Daily News in a rundown of the National Enquirer's latest scoop on the fallen-from-grace Dem. An enterprising Enquirer reporter is said to have stolen one of her...

Heeeere's Miserable Johnny!
 Heeeere's Miserable Johnny! 
Nov 2, 2008 6:48 AM CST

Heeeere's Miserable Johnny!

'Sad' funnyman cheated on wives, struggled with mom

(Newser) - Funnyman Johnny Carson was a miserable serial wife cheater who was tormented by a mother who never gave him a compliment. That's the word from his one-time lawyer and manager, who's shopping around a tell-all tome about his late boss. "He was a great star, but not a great...

Things Get Nasty in Splitsville
 Things Get Nasty in Splitsville 
Oct 19, 2008 10:59 AM CDT

Things Get Nasty in Splitsville

Madonna claims Guy called her a granny; he says she sleeps wrapped in plastic

(Newser) - With the ink barely dry on their $60 million divorce settlement, Madonna and Guy Ritchie appear desperate for the world to know just how much they hate each other. Madge tells the Telegraph that Ritchie demoralized her with verbal abuse, saying she looks “like a granny” on stage. Ritchie,...

Mama Spears Complains Palin 'Celebrated' for Preggo Teen

Her daughter, on other hand, was 'crucified'

(Newser) - Lynne Spears has gone on the offensive, telling Newsweek that a "hypocritical" press and public "crucified" her family when Jamie Lynn got pregnant at 16, but "celebrated" Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin for her daughter Bristol's teen pregnancy. "It's a totally different reaction."

Mills Hawks 'Novel' of Model Married to Rock Star

McCartney's ex hawking 'fictional' tale about a model's ill-fated marriage to top rock star

(Newser) - A gag order can't stop enterprising Heather Mills: She’s working on a "novel” about a model whose marriage to the world's most famous rock star sours, the Daily Mail reports. Paul McCartney’s ex-wife is asking for a nearly $2 million advance. "It doesn't take a genius...

Mom: Britney Had Booze, Sex, Drugs ... All by Age 15

Lynne Spears' new memoir reveals daughter's downward spiral

(Newser) - Britney Spears started boozing at 13, lost her virginity at 14, and took drugs at 15, mother Lynne Spears writes in her upcoming memoir, Through the Storm. The Sun reports that in the book due Sept. 16, Lynne expresses regret for letting her daughter become a sex object and believes...

Grandfather's Death Caps Lohan's Drama-Filled Week

Lindsay blasts back at dad over gal pal Ronson; Michael set for TV tell-all

(Newser) - After a week in which Lindsay Lohan’s tempestuous relationship with her father re-entered the headlines, OK! Magazine reports that Michael Lohan’s father died yesterday. “My father just, literally, died in my arms,” says Michael Lohan, who was called “a public embarrassment and a bully” yesterday...

Sam Using LiLo for Book, Dad Says
 Sam Using LiLo
 for Book, Dad Says
Aug 27, 2008 12:03 PM CDT

Sam Using LiLo for Book, Dad Says

Says Samantha's tell-all will take advantage of Lohan

(Newser) - Ever-opinionated, Michael Lohan is furious over rumors that his daughter Lindsay’s girlfriend is penning a tell-all tome. "She's using my daughter. People never even knew who Samantha Ronson was until she met Lindsay. She was just some LA DJ. And now she's writing a book? I am at...

Steven Tyler Snags $2M for Memoir

HarperCollins lands "sex, drugs, rock-n-roll" tell-all

(Newser) - HarperCollins will pay $2 million to publish Steven Tyler's memoirs, Crain's New York Business reports. The 60-year-old's tell-all will delve into his childhood, his kids, “and all of the sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll imaginable,” the publisher said in a statement to the New York Times....

Brother's Ghost Writer: Madonna

Singer's goal: concert ticket sales

(Newser) - Christopher Ciccone’s perfectly timed book, Life with My Sister Madonna, may have had a world-famous ghost writer: the Material Girl herself. In a bid to sell concert tickets, Madonna "actually ghost-wrote parts of it with him,” an insider tells the New York Post. “That's why there's...

More Madonna Dirt Surfaces in Bro's Book

Claims she has S&M portrait in house near kids

(Newser) - The forthcoming tell-all by Madonna’s estranged brother Christopher Ciccone is a treasure trove of gossip, the New York Post reports. More juicy bits trickling out from Life With My Sister Madonna:
  • Madonna hung an a 8-by-12-foot photo of herself in S&M gear, lying on a bed with dead
...

Bro Dishes Dirt on Madonna in Tell-All

Alleges Gwyneth smooch, pill-popping, fighting dirty with Guy

(Newser) - Amid rumors of a crumbling marriage and an A-Rod affair, Madonna’s juicy past is now bubbling to the surface in a new biography written by her brother. At a boozy Hollywood party, the mega-star was dancing on a table when she pulled a surprised Gwyneth Paltrow up onto the...

Mommy Spears-est Memoir Unshelved

Parenting book had been on hold after Jamie Lynne turned up preggers

(Newser) - Lynn Spears’ book about raising daughters Britney and Jamie Lynn will hit stores in the fall, the publisher tells People. Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World was shelved when Jamie Lynn became pregnant last year. A spokesman for the publisher says the...

Madonna's Brother Pens Tell-All

He'll publish memoir about his famous sis

(Newser) - Madonna's younger brother will release a memoir next month about his big sister, E! Online reports. Simon & Schuster is mum on whether Michael Ciccone's book offers any salacious details, but it has ordered 350,000 copies of Life With My Sister to hit stores on July 15. A Madonna...

Moynahan Talks Getting Dumped, Pregnant

Brady's ex was 'heartbroken,' but now focuses on 'much younger man'

(Newser) - Actress Bridget Moynahan opens up to Harper's Bazaar about the emotional rollercoaster that was being dumped by Tom Brady for supermodel Gisele Bundchen only to learn she was pregnant. "Going through that traumatic time of being heartbroken and then being pregnant turned my whole life upside down…just knocked...

Tatum Thanks Cops for Drug Bust

O'Neal says arrest saved her from backsliding

(Newser) - Tatum O’Neal is thanking the police who busted her for buying drugs Sunday. "Just when I was about to change that and wreck my life, the cops came and saved me!" the actress tells New York Post columnist Andrea Peyser. She says the death of her Scottish...

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