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writer's blog home > blog archives page 18Tom Brady Reads The Four Agreements Before Start of Each Football Season
Tom Brady sits down and reads The Four Agreements before the start of each football season. September 14, 2015
Jonathan Franzen Enviro Shames Chipotle Customers
Jonathan Franzen has written a short short story for Chipotle which shames customers for drinking out of the paper cup on which the story is printed. September 14, 2015
Stephen King Discusses Being Awarded National Medal of the Arts
Stephen King was awarded the National Medal of the Arts by President Obama. He wore the medal during an interview with Stephen Colbert. September 14, 2015
Sam Smith Wrote New Bond Theme Song in Twenty Minutes
Sam Smith wrote the new james Bond Theme song for Spectre. He says he wrote the song, Writing's on the Wall, in 20 minutes. September 9, 2015
Anthony Horowitz Apologizes for Saying Idris Elba Too Street to Play James Bond
Anthony Horowitz, author of the Alex Ride and new James Bond series, has apologized for saying that Idris Elba is too street to play James Bond. September 6, 2015
Virtual Reality Facebook Demonstrated on Jimmy Kimmel
Facebook announced the acquisition of Oculus VR last year. September 5, 2015
Adorable Baby Bookworm Sobs When a Book Ends
10 month old Emmett Stevers sobs uncontrollably when a book ends. The adorable book lover just wants the book to begin again. September 4, 2015
President Obama Tours Alaska to Shine Spotlight on Climate Change
President Obama is touring Alaska to shine a spotlight on Climate Change. One of his stops included a melting glacier. September 2, 2015
U.S. Women's Soccer Team Captain Carli Lloyd to Publish Memoir
Carli Lloyd, the captain of the U.S. women's national soccer team, will publish her memoir with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. September 1, 2015
Brain Fart, Bants and Fur Baby Added to Oxford Online Dictionary
The Oxford Dictionaries have added brain fart, bants, fur baby, blockchain and manic pixie dream girl to the online dictionary. They also added beer o'clock for some reason. August 31, 2015
Mark Zuckerberg Says 1 Billion People Used Facebook on Monday
Mark Zuckerberg says August 28, 2015
Amy Schumer and Jennifer Lawrence are Writing a Screenplay Together
Amy Schumer and Jennifer Lawrence are writing a screenplay for a comedy they will co-star in. They will play sisters. August 27, 2015
Kazuo Ishiguro's Literary Archives Go to UT Austin's Harry Ransom Center
The University of Texas' Harry Ransom Center will house the archives of award-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro. The fantastic collection was organized by Ishiguro himself. August 25, 2015
American Train Heroes Receive France's Highest Honor
Anthony Sadler, Spencer Stone and Alek Skarlatos receive the Legion d'Honneur for their heroic actions stopping a terrorist attack on a high speed train to Paris. August 24, 2015
University of Akron Press is Back in Business
After a huge backlash over the gutting of the University of Akron Press' budge and staff, the Trustees have relented and are rehiring all the staff. August 23, 2015
Author Doris Lessing Spied on by MI5 for 20 Years
She was the oldest author to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature at the age of 88. Newly declassified documents reveal MI5 spied on Doris Lessing for 20 years. August 21, 2015
Simon & Schuster and Hotels.com Team Up to Help Bored Travelers
Simon & Schuster and Hotels.com team up to get bored travelers bestselling ebooks. August 20, 2015
Donald Trump Gains in New CNN/ORC Poll
Donald Trump has 24% of the vote in a new CNN/ORC poll. He also has the trust of Republicans on several issues. August 18, 2015
John Grisham, Greg Iles and Kathryn Stocket Lead Charge to Remove Confederate Flag in Mississippi
Bestselling authors Greg Iles, John Grisham, Kathryn Stocket and Steve Yarbrough call for the removal of the Confederate battle flag in Mississippi's state flag. August 18, 2015
Sir Patrick Stewart Loves the Challenge of Twitter Restrictions
Sir Patrick Stewart talks about the beauty of Twitter restrictions and having to refine information to fit in 140 characters. August 17, 2015
Karl Rove to Publish New Book in November
Political analyst Karl Rove will publish a new book in November called The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters. August 16, 2015
Bryan Cranston Plays Blacklisted Screenwriter in Trumbo Trailer
Bryan Cranston plays legendary blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. He won two Oscars for his screenplays under an assumed name. August 16, 2015
Richard Blanco Reads New Poem at Opening of U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba
Inaugural poet Richard Blanco read his new poem, Matters of the Sea, at the reopening of the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba. He discusses his inspiration for the poem. August 14, 2015
George R.R. Martin Plans Bittersweet Ending for Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin hasn't written the ending for A Song of Fire and Ice, but he's aiming for a bittersweet tone as Tolkien used to end The Lord of the Rings trilogy. August 13, 2015
Google Reorganizes Under New Holding Company Called Alphabet
Google has reorganized itself under a new holding company called Alphabet. Google will now be a company within Alphabet, inc. August 10, 2015

