Salman Rushdie Receives Knighthood

Salman Rushdie was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth. June 26, 2008

Obama Throws Scarlett Johansson Under the Bus

Barack Obama has refuted Scarlett Johansson's recent claim the she trades frequent emails with the Democratic nominee. June 25, 2008

Former Blog-Basher Patrick Goldstein is Blogging

L. June 25, 2008

Barbara Walters Audio Book Cuts Out all the Steamy Parts

The audiobook version of Barbara Walters' bestselling memoir is missing all the naughty parts. June 23, 2008

Kathryn Heigl vs. the Writers

Kathryn Heigl has infuriated the writers for Grey's Anatomy. June 23, 2008

Obama to Female Clinton Supporters: Get Over It

Barack Obama made some female members of the Congressional Black Caucus pretty angry. June 21, 2008

Oprah Gives Books to Stanford Grads

Oprah Winfrey recently was the speaker at Stanford University's commencement. June 21, 2008

Chick Lit Gets Some Respect with Melissa Nathan Award

Chick Lit authors say they don't get any respect. June 21, 2008

Barack Obama's Own Presidential Seal

Barack Obama unveiled a new campaign logo today (seen on the right), which adorned his podium while he spoke Democratic governors in Chicago. June 20, 2008

Michelle Obama Hosts The View

Michelle Obama co-hosted The View today as part of her "polishing up her image" tour. June 18, 2008

Celebuzz Launches Celebrity Social Network

Some of the Internet's top celebrity blogs have united under a new brand called Celebuzz. June 18, 2008

Harry Potter Book Sales Pass 400 Million Mark

The Harry Potter books have broken the 400 million sales mark. June 18, 2008

Writer and Director Thomas Mitton is Dead at 69

Thomas Mitton, one of the creators of the popular children's television show Thomas the Tank Engine has died. June 18, 2008

Bloggers to AP: You're Dead to Us

Bloggers from both sides of the political aisle, from celebrity gossip and just about every other kind of site are uniting to refuse to link to any stories from the Associated Press. June 17, 2008

Bloggers to AP: You're Dead to Me

Last week the Associated Press began taking a very aggressive stance on the use of its content. June 16, 2008

Vatican Still Angry at Dan Brown

The Vatican is still quite peeved with Dan Brown. June 16, 2008

Rawi Hage Wins World's Richest Literary Prize

Rawi Hage won the world's most lucrative literary prize. June 13, 2008

Kittens and Bookshelves

Watch an adorable kitten fall asleep in a bookshelf and learn how to catify your bookshelves. June 13, 2008

Ed Norton Refusing to Do Press For The Incredible Hulk

Ed Norton is living down to everyone's low expectations: he's refusing to do press for The Hulk and generally being a diva, because of his tiff with the studio over his brilliant revisions to the screenplay and -- presumably -- the studio's failure to conform to his artistic vision. June 13, 2008

Frost Poetry Vandals Sentenced to Poetry Lectures

The teenagers who held a party in the historic home of Robert Frost in Vermont will finally face their punishment. June 12, 2008

John McCain Launches a Blog

John McCain recently launched a new blog called the The McCain Report. June 11, 2008

Turning Authors into Bestseller Machines

The Guardian's Stewart Evers has a pretty harsh piece about how America's biggest authors are being turned into brands instead of writers. June 11, 2008

Plurks Let's Users Mute Unwanted Plurks

Plurk - the microblogging service that is gainging popularity for its easy to follow discussion threads and horizontal timeline - has given its users the ability to mute discussions. June 10, 2008

Get Ready for the Avalanche of Obama Books

Now that he's won the Democratic nomination, Barack Obama is about to get the media blitz of his career. June 10, 2008

Plurk Adds Twitter Friend Import Tool

Twitter's woes have continued this week. June 9, 2008