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  • October 2008

    • 10 Writers Who Turn Books Into Bucks

      Forbes  |  Oct 4, 08 2:43 AM CDT

      10 Writers Who Turn Books Into Bucks

      (Newser) - So you think people don't read books anymore? Tell that to JK Rowling, No. 1 on Forbes ' list of top-earning authors. The woman behind the Harry Potter juggernaut raked in $300 million in the past year, thanks in part to the movies based on her books—which have sold 375 million copies worldwide. The prolific James Patterson came in second, with $50 million. More »

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      Harry Potter  • JK Rowling  • books  • Stephen King  • Oprah's Book Club  • Nicholas Sparks  • John Grisham  • Forbes magazine

  • November 2007

    • It's Good to Be the King

      Time  |  Nov 26, 07 6:31 PM CST

      It's Good to Be the King

      (Newser) - Stephen King nearly hijacked an interview with Time , bashing the media and peppering the interviewer with questions about the mag's Person of the Year. "I think it should be Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan," he says. He also said he's resigned to the fact that some movies based on his work will be a "train wreck like Dreamcatcher. " More »

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      Britney Spears  • Lindsay Lohan  • Stephen King  • John Mellencamp

    • The Mist Rolls In Slowly

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Nov 24, 07 10:46 AM CST

      The Mist Rolls In Slowly

      (Newser) - Some horror movies just aren't fun enough, and that's the way Newsday's Jan Stuart feels about The Mist, a "mean-spirited horror melange" based on a Stephen King novella about a monster-filled fog that engulfs a grocery store and shakes up the customers trapped inside. “ The Mist is another Chicken Little admonition built upon the cynical belief that when the sky really falls, we’ll reveal our true inner beast and prey on one another. Enough with that already,” he writes. More »

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      movie  • movie review  • horror  • Stephen King

    • Enchanted Set to Charm Holiday Box Office

      Hollywood Reporter  |  Nov 23, 07 6:18 AM CST

      Enchanted Set to Charm Holiday Box Office

      (Newser) - All signs point to Disney ruling the Thanksgiving weekend box office as usual: Enchanted opened yesterday in 3,500 theaters, with promising reviews and strong prerelease viewer interest fueling projections of a $35M five-day holiday weekend gross. The Hollywood Reporter expects Enchanted to deal a heavy blow to Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, which targets a family crowd. More »

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      movie  • box office  • Disney  • Thanksgiving  • Stephen King

  • August 2007

    • Stephen King Spooks Bookshop Staff

      BBC  |  Aug 16, 07 1:30 PM CDT

      Stephen King Spooks Bookshop Staff

      (Newser) - Stephen King recently dropped by an Australian bookstore and autographed a few copies of his own works—without telling anyone he was coming, or who he was. Nervous sale staff alerted management to a man vandalizing books, the BBC reports. It wasn't until King had wandered off, and someone checked out the damage, that they realized who the desecrater was. More »

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      Australia  • book  • thriller  • horror  • Stephen King  • bookstore

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