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Lessons from the Holocaust Faux-Memoirist’s Book Contract, By the Numbers

Herman Rosenblat is the Holocaust survivor whose Oprah-endorsed story of meeting his wife while in a concentration camp turned out to be fake . When his publisher found out, they demanded their advance back. We’ve got the documents.

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Darkstalkers Return…To Comics

UDON Entertainment can take a hint. After the tremendous response to the recently release Darkstalkers Tribute art book, the publisher is bringing Capcom’s monster fighters back to comic book stands this January

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Scoring Sunday’s Nuptials: Ultimate Altarcations Gets Under Jared and Ivanka’s Chuppah

You knew this was coming. Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are getting married today

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Scoring Sunday’s Nuptials: Ultimate Altarcations Gets Under Jared and Ivanka’s Chuppah

What Beef Should Taste Like

In 1950, the editor Judith Jones rescued Anne Frank’s diary from the reject pile.

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What Beef Should Taste Like

Courtney Love Miffed by Kurt Cobain’s Avatar in ‘Guitar Hero 5,’ Sues Activision

As reported by MTV.com, Courtney Love, Kurt Cobain’s widow, plans to sue video game publisher Activision for his appearance in the blockbuster video game, Guitar Hero 5. Activision fired back, in an official statement. Contributor: Brian Haughey Published: Sep 12, 2009

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‘Twilight’ Author Stephenie Meyer Has ‘Taken Ideas,’ Lawyer Says

‘Stephenie Meyer has taken ideas from Jordan’s book,’ attorney Craig Williams says of ‘Breaking Dawn.’ By Gil Kaufman Stephenie Meyer Photo: Brad Barket/Getty Images If you strip away the differences between Jordan Scott’s “The Nocturne” and Stephenie Meyer’s “Breaking Dawn,” what you have left is a heap of similarities that could not possibly be a coincidence. At least that’s what Scott’s attorney thinks, which is why he filed a copyright-infringement lawsuit against Meyer and her publisher, Hachette Book Group, in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on Wednesday.

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Report: Kate Gosselin Displeased with Jon

Shocking, we know.

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Report: Kate Gosselin Displeased with Jon

Harry Potter Actor Jamie Waylett Pleads Guilty To Growing Marijuana

Actor plays bully Vincent Crabbe in films. By Eric Ditzian Jamie Waylett arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Thursday Photo: Shaun Curry / AFP / Getty Images While his fellow castmates were celebrating the $100 million opening-day box office success of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” Jamie Waylett was in a London court on Thursday pleading guilty to growing marijuana, according to The Associated Press. Waylett, who has played Hogwarts bully Vincent Crabbe in all of the six “Potter” films, was originally busted in April after police searched a car he was riding in and discovered eight bags of marijuana and a knife

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‘Harry Potter’ Author J.K. Rowling Writing A ‘Political Fairy Tale’

‘No one knows anything about it,’ writer happily reports, following years of high expectations.

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‘Harry Potter’ Author J.K. Rowling Writing A ‘Political Fairy Tale’

Lightning delays space shuttle Endeavour launch (AP)

AP – NASA scrubbed space shuttle Endeavour’s Saturday evening launch after lightning struck at least 11 times near the seaside launch pad.

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