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Is there nothing Al Roker will stop at to get ahead, and nothing he can’t do? Until Tuesday, his friends, coworkers and TODAY co-hosts would have drawn the line at murder. But now, with the publication of his first novel, a whodunit titled they’re not so sure.
A lot of folks would pay good money to be a fly on the wall at this coffee klatch. In her upcoming memoir “Going Rogue,” former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says she would welcome a sit-down with ex-Democratic presidential challenger Hillary Clinton.
He’s sold more than 250 million books around the world — but even John Grisham is worried about the future of the printed word in the wake of deep discounting of best-sellers by major retailers and the advent of e-book readers like Amazon’s Kindle.
In April 2007, former “Full House” child actress Jodie Sweetin took to the podium at Marquette University to tell college kids how she overcame drug addiction and try to inspire them to stay clean and sober themselves.
To say that “Notes Left Behind” is a book about a 6-year-old girl who died is accurate, but woefully inadequate. By filling her family’s house with hidden messages of love and hope, Elena Desserich continues to celebrate life long after she succumbed to pediatric brain cancer.
Hulk Hogan, as big a star as professional wrestling had ever spawned, had reached the end. For days he sat in his empty mansion, mixing rum and Xanax, shattered by an impending divorce and a family tragedy, holding a gun to his head and thinking about how little force it would take to pull the trigger and end it all.
It was a pop-culture shock wave: the news last May that the most venerable romantic triangle in comics was finally coming to an end. And what an end: Archie Andrews, the all-American boy, was choosing rich, raven-haired heiress Veronica Lodge over wholesome girl-next-door Betty Cooper.
Co-written with his wife, Lisa Niemi, “The Time of My Life,” hitting bookshelves Sept. 29, details the actor’s fortitude in the face of the pancreatic cancer that took his life at age 57. “Throughout this book, you get a sense of how courageous he was,” said his publisher.
The “Da Vinci Code” author said that worldwide notoriety allowed him easier access to such arcane topics as the Freemasons as he wrote “The Lost Symbol,” but also raised challenges: “You often need to do your research under other names or through other routes.”
The mammoth book on the singer’s life that was in the works when Jackson died June 25 will debut in December, and incorporate a publishing first: live action on the printed page. The interactive media delighted Jackson during the book’s formative process.
Best-selling author E. Lynn Harris has passed away, his publisher, Doubleday, has confirmed. He was on a book tour of the West Coast for his latest novel, “Basketball Jones,” when he died.
The obsession started years ago after a challenge from his wife: Could finance manager Ron Douglas, an avid cook and Kentucky Fried Chicken fan, really crack the code to the best-kept culinary secret in the country? After several attempts, the Long Island, N.Y., man says he may know the 11 herbs and spices in KFC’s recipe — and now he's sharing the secret with the world.
After 68 years of waffling, Archie Andrews has made his choice. It’s the raven-haired heiress over the girl next door, Veronica Lodge over Betty Cooper.
Prolific novelist and "ER" creator Michael Crichton has unexpectedly died in Los Angeles after a private battle with cancer. He was 66.
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