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  • October 2008

    • Tarzan's Old Pal Enjoys His Retirement

      Entertainment Weekly  |  Oct 11, 08 12:47 PM CDT

      Tarzan's Old Pal Enjoys His Retirement

      (Newser) - Cheeta the chimp is enjoying a fairly humdrum retirement after his glittering showbiz career, Entertainment Weekly reports. Cheeta, at 76 the world's oldest domesticated simian, was plucked from the jungles of Africa as a baby and starred in the '30s Tarzan movies. An "autobiography"—more of a Hollywood spoof, called Me Cheeta —tells the tale of the former star, who now spends his days pottering around his Florida home painting and watching TV. More »

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      Hollywood  • animal  • retirement  • chimpanzees  • autobiography  • primates

    • MLK's Kids Fight Over Letters

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Oct 9, 08 5:17 PM CDT

      MLK's Kids Fight Over Letters

      (Newser) - Legal battles among Martin Luther King Jr's children drag on, this time over who gets mom and dad's unpublished correspondence. Yesterday, a judge ordered youngest daughter Bernice, the administrator of Coretta Scott King's estate, to bring to court letters and photos that sit at the heart of a disputed $1.4 million book deal signed by her brother, Dexter, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. More »

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      Martin Luther King Jr.  • estate  • autobiography  • Martin Luther King III  • Penguin Group  • Coretta Scott King

  • August 2008

    • Waiter Serves It Up in Tell-All

      Bloomberg  |  Aug 26, 08 12:42 PM CDT

      Waiter Serves It Up in Tell-All

      (Newser) - A waiter known for grumbling about his work online has now recounted his misadventures in a book, Waiter Rant . Steve Dublanica tells Bloomberg about its highlights: runaway rodents, crazed customers, and his background in the mental health field. "Dealing with rabidly insane psychopaths is perfect training for dealing with some of the restaurant customers that you encounter over the years," he said. More »

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      food  • New York  • restaurant  • book reviews  • autobiography  • service industry

    • Madonna's Bro Dishes Dirt on Book Fallout

      Vanity Fair  |  Aug 4, 08 11:39 AM CDT

      Madonna's Bro Dishes Dirt on Book Fallout

      (Newser) - Madonna and her brother Christopher Ciccone fell out over his recent tell-all memoir, and the situation nearly wound up in court, he tells Vanity Fair . She ranted at their father over photos he supplied for Life With My Sister Madonna , but "I am not knocking her off her pedestal," Ciccone says of the memoir. "I am gently helping her back down to earth." More »

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      Madonna  • memoir  • Guy Ritchie  • autobiography  • Christopher Ciccone

  • April 2008

    • Miley Cyrus to Outsource Autobiography

      OK!  |  Apr 17, 08 10:55 AM CDT

      Miley Cyrus to Outsource Autobiography

      (Newser) - Miley Cyrus has inked a multimillion-dollar deal with Disney Books to pen an autobiography of her short, sweet life, according to Ok! magazine. But don't think it'll read like some 15-year-old's homework assignment. The "hush-hush" tween queen is looking for a ghostwriter to put the young superstar's life to paper.  More »

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      Disney  • Miley Cyrus  • autobiography  • nonfiction books  • ghostwrite

    • New Site Wants Your Wikipedia Rejected Bio

      Ars Technica  |  Apr 2, 08 9:45 PM CDT

      New Site Wants Your Wikipedia Rejected Bio

      (Newser) - While Wikipedia may promote itself as an encyclopedia of, for, and by the people, anybody who's had his stint as autobiographer cut short by the infamous "notability" requirement knows the site to be otherwise. Or so hope the creators of startup Biographicon, a website that invites the nobodies of the world to publish their life stories, writes Ars Technica. More »

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      Internet  • Facebook  • Wikipedia  • biography  • autobiography  • online encyclopedia

  • October 2007

    • Clapton Recounts Pain, Triumph

      Vanity Fair  |  Oct 28, 07 1:01 PM CDT

      Clapton Recounts Pain, Triumph

      (Newser) - "Slowhand" takes up a pen in Clapton: The Autobiography. Sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll—it’s all there in guitar legend Eric Clapton’s memoir. There’s also the death of a child and more than one journey to sobriety. Vanity Fair excerpts the poignant tale of the man who started the road to recovery one day by falling to his knees. More »

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      music  • Italy  • England  • drug abuse  • alcoholism  • autobiography  • George Harrison  • Eric Clapton  • Pattie Boyd

  • August 2007

    • Joan Rivers Gets Ready for Her Close-Up

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 19, 07 5:07 PM CDT

      Joan Rivers Gets Ready for Her Close-Up

      (Newser) - Having been relieved of red-carpet duty, Joan Rivers is busy workshopping an autobiographical comedy in San Francisco. It's the 74-year-old Barnard grad's third play, and she's planning to take it off-Broadway once she figures out "what's funny and poignant and what isn't." The LA Times pays a call and finds the veteran comic in a nostalgic, if not forgiving, mood. More »

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      comedy  • theater  • plastic surgery  • autobiography  • red carpet  • Joan Rivers

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