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  • June 2008

    • Madonna's Brother Pens Tell-All

      newser  |  E! Online  |  Jun 11, 08 8:38 PM CDT

      Madonna's Brother Pens Tell-All

      Madonna's younger brother will release a memoir next month about his big sister, E! Online reports. Simon & Schuster is mum on whether Michael Ciccone's book offers any salacious details, but it has ordered 350,000 copies of Life With My Sister to hit stores on July 15. A Madonna rep said the Material Girl had no comment, adding that the two siblings were no longer close, the AP notes. More »

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      Madonna  • celebrity tell-alls  • memoirs  • Material Girl  • Christopher Ciccone

  • April 2008

    • Call Her Hannah Karenina

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 22, 08 5:27 PM CDT

      Call Her Hannah Karenina

      Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus, 15, has signed a seven-figure deal with Disney-Hyperion for a memoir, the New York Times reports today. The book will focus on her childhood in Tennessee and the positive influence of her mother on her career. It is scheduled to be released in spring 2009, coinciding with the upcoming Hannah Montana film. More »

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      entertainment  • Disney  • Miley Cyrus  • Hannah Montana  • memoirs  • The Hannah Montana Movie

  • January 2008

    • Blair Takes $1M Part-Time JPMorgan Job

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Jan 10, 08 9:32 AM CST

      Blair Takes $1M Part-Time JPMorgan Job

      Former British PM Tony Blair will advise JPMorgan Chase on global politics, and pick up a check in the neighborhood of $1 million for his part-time trouble. Blair will keep his current job as the Quartet's envoy to the Middle East, reports the Times of London, but it's hardly his first cash cow: he's inked a $10 million deal for his memoirs and is cleaning up with speaking engagements. More »

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      JPMorgan Chase  • Tony Blair  • prime minister  • memoirs  • adviser  • Mideast envoy

  • November 2007

    • Kennedy Inks Blockbuster Deal for Memoir

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Nov 27, 07 11:45 AM CST

      Kennedy Inks Blockbuster Deal for Memoir

      After a 6-day auction, Ted Kennedy's memoirs have sold for more than $8 million, the New York Times reports. Assuming the Senate Ethics Committee OKs the deal, Kennedy will discuss his lengthy career, infamous car crash, and failed presidential bid. He’s “walking, talking history,” gushed the book's publisher. More »

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      book  • Ted Kennedy  • memoirs

  • October 2007

    • Best Memoirs About Money

      newser  |  CNN  |  Oct 20, 07 8:07 AM CDT

      Best Memoirs About Money

      Some earn money; some write about it. Some do both. CNN Money recommends these six memoirs about money: getting it, managing it, spending it, and not having enough of it: The Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre American Sucker by David Denby More »

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      list  • money  • finance  • Alan Greenspan  • memoirs  • Benjamin Franklin  • David Denby

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