June 18, 2013

Gabby Douglas Memoir Coming in December

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*Gabby Douglas is bringing her life story to the pages of an “inspirational memoir” for a HarperCollins imprint, the gold medal gymnast announced this morning. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] “Grace, Gold and Glory, My Leap of Faith,’’ due in December, will detail her journey to gold in the London Olympics. There will be many [...]




Cissy Houston Confirms Deal for Whitney Houston Book

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*Ending months of speculation, Cissy Houston has officially announced she is penning a book about her late superstar daughter, Whitney Houston. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The Houston family matriarch signed a deal with HarperCollins, which promises the “unabridged and unbelievable story” of the talented and troubled singer, whose once-soaring career stumbled while she grappled [...]




Alice Walker Finally Agrees to ‘E-Book’ her Novels

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*Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple,” a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1983 and still a widely taught and talked about novel, is finally coming out as an e-book, as are most of her other work. But not through a traditional publisher, according to the Associated Press. Open Road Integrated Media, the digital company co-founded two years [...]




T.I. is Out of Jail and Signs TV and Book Deal

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*OK, so apparently the rumor about the rumor was actually a rumor. You know, the one about T.I. not being released on Wednesday when it was announced on Tuesday that he would be. Well T.I.  was indeed released from federal prison Wednesday, one month earlier than scheduled and he’s already on the working path. He [...]