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First Comes Matrimony-dom, Then Comes Baby #2? KimYe Plan To Make Nori A Big Sis Following Summer Wedding

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Benny Hollywood

If Kimye have it their way Nori will be a big sister before she turns 2! According to US Weekly reports : It’s been almost five months since Kim Kardashian gave birth to daughter North West following a heavily photographed pregnancy. In the new Nov. 25 issue of Us Weekly (on stands now), a source tells Us that Kardashian, 33, and her fiancé, Kanye West, are ready to give little North a sibling. Kardashian “wants her kids to be close in age,” and West “wants a huge family.” Apparently the couple already has a timeline when it comes to their second child. “She’ll try to get pregnant next summer, after the wedding,” our source continues. West proposed to Kardashian on her 33rd birthday on Oct. 21 at San Francisco’s AT&T Park with a giant Lorraine Schwartz diamond ring, and has already hinted that their nuptials will be quite the spectacle. “Two words: Fighter jets,” West teased in a radio interview on Oct. 28. The opinionated rapper is currently in the middle of his Yeezus North America Tour, which wraps on Dec. 23 in Toronto. We hope Kim and Ciara have consulted about their wedding dates — we’d hate for them to conflict with one another. SMH. WENN/Instagram Continue reading →

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Swirl Stay Winnning: ’300 Sandwiches’ Blogger Signs Huge Book Deal To Help Ladies Land A Hungry Hubby

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Benny Hollywood

Book deal but still no ring … 300 Sandwiches Blogger Signs Huge Book “300 Sandwiches” is about to become a book. Via NYPost reports: The Post’s Page Six reporter Stephanie Smith is going to turn her humorous blog into a book after signing with Random House’s new imprint, Zinc Ink — headed by David Zinczenko and Stephen Perrine. “Steve and I are both longtime friends of Stephanie from her days covering the magazine business for Women’s Wear Daily,” said Zinczenko, a longtime editor-in-chief of Men’s Health and now consulting for Men’s Fitness through his Galvanized Brands consulting firm. “So when she told us about her romantic, passionate, and very funny quest to make her boyfriend 300 sandwiches, our first reaction was, “That’s a book.” Zinc Ink is a joint venture imprint of Galvanized Media and Random House, specializing in physical, emotional and spiritual health, as well as fitness, nutrition and personal success. Smith became an overnight Internet sensation when she outed herself as the as the author of the 300 Sandwiches blog that she started in June 2012. Her boyfriend, Eric Schulte, had been doing most of the cooking when she decided to try her hand in the culinary world. “After I made him a sandwich — your basic turkey and swiss cheese — one day for lunch, he told me, “Honey, you’re 300 sandwiches away from an engagement ring,” she said. The anonymous blog launched shortly thereafter. Smith said as of Tuesday, she was at 197 sandwiches. The book, which was brokered by William Morris Endeavor, is due out around Valentine’s Day, 2015. Will you be picking up this new book? Continue reading →

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Fifty Shades of Grey Banned in Growing Number of Libraries

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Fifty Shades of Grey, the popular trilogy by EL James , may be topping bestseller lists, but you won’t necessarily be able to find it at your local library. Libraries in a few states are choosing not to stock the books or pulling them from shelves, with many citing what they say is inappropriate content. The libraries that have decided against stocking the books due to their explicit sexual content so far are located in Georgia, Florida, and Wisconsin. Some libraries that are not stocking the book cite financial reasons or bad reviews for the trilogy. Yeah right. A Random House spokesperson said: “Random House fervently opposes literary censorship and supports the First Amendment rights of readers to make their own reading choices.” The book, in case you don’t know, is about a hot, rich guy and beautiful, young sex plaything/slave and their various, detailed physical exploits. Its movie rights were recently optioned, with fan speculation already reaching a fever pitch over who should play Christian and Anastasia . Sexually provocative or not, a book is still a book, Random House says. “We believe the Brevard County Public Library System [in Florida] is indulging in an act of censorship,” the spokesman says, calling out one library ban in particular. “Essentially this is saying to library patrons: we will judge what you can read.” “These events resonate as unfortunately considered decisions, as they withdraw from circulation a book with one of the highest demand curves in recent history.” THG’s TAKE : C’mon, just lighten up and give the people what they want … that being mind-numbingly cheesy, Twilight fan fiction-inspired softcore erotica.

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Our History Makers: Toni Morrison

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

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Born Chloe Anthony Wofford, in 1931 in Lorain, Ohio, the second of four children in a black working-class family, Toni Morrison displayed an early interest in literature. She studied humanities at Howard and Cornell Universities, followed by an academic career at Texas Southern University, Howard University, Yale, and since 1989, a chair at Princeton University. She has also worked as an editor for Random House, a critic, and given numerous public lectures, specializing in African-American literature. She made her debut as a novelist in 1970, soon gaining the attention of both critics and a wider audience for her epic power, unerring ear for dialogue, and her poetically charged and richly expressive depictions of Black America. A member since 1981 of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has been awarded a number of literary distinctions, among them the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Quotes All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was. Toni Morrison As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think. Toni Morrison At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough. You don’t need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough. Toni Morrison

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Michelle Trachtenberg before and after picture

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Actress Michelle Trachtenberg attends the American Museum of Natural History#39;s spectacular museum dance in New York. The picture on the left was taken at the Victoria#39;s Secret Fashion Show last November. The picture on the right was taken earlier this month at the The American Museum of Natural History#39;s “Museum Dance.” So, roughly a four-month gap. In related news, Random House announced yesterday that Michelle#39;s new book The Joy of Bacon — which coincidentally took four-months to