Grisham’s Newest Desire Makes For A Novel Story
First he made his living practicing law. Then he began making a few bucks selling books. Then those books began becoming movies.
He’s gone back to the law once or twice. But now novelist John Grisham says he wants people to begin reading again.
Reading him again, at any rate. And why is this? Because he believes that the movies are overshadowing the books on which they are based.
“When people start telling you ‘I’m not going to buy the book. I’m going to the movie,’ it’s time to quit. It’s time for a break,” Grisham said.
Thus, he announced, he will hold off selling the movies rights to his new novel, “The Partner,” which is due out later this month.
Loose talk
Conan O’Brien on a certain “Baywatch” babe’s wardrobe (on “Late Night”): “Later this year Pamela Lee is coming out with a line of women’s clothing. Everything will come in three sizes - small, medium, and enlarged.”
He’s celebrating out at the gumball rally
Burt Reynolds turns 61 today.
They scream, groan, moan and/or bleed but seldom cry
So what’s wrong with movies today? Sidney Poitier can tell you. “They are making pictures where people get killed and nobody cries,” said the Oscar-winning actor (“Lillies of the Field”).
She’s the jewel of the television beach crowd
High Society magazine specializes in printing nude pictures of, say, Demi Moore’s mother. In a forthcoming issue, the skin mag will print photos of Pamela Anderson shot long before she added the surname Lee. The photos are demonstrable proof that her front porch was indeed renovated, if you catch our drift.
Was this before or after his nubbinectomy?
So why was “Friends” star Matthew Perry doing a solo appearance recently on “I begged them to come, but they said, ‘No, favorite guy, go by yourself.”’ Perry was explaining how the rest of the cast reacted to a TV Guide poll naming him the best of “Friends.”
Students will be able to major in ‘The Tommyknockers’
Stephen King and his wife, novelist Tabitha King, have pledged $4 million to the University of Maine in Orono. The money is to help with the hiring faculty and providing scholarships. The Kings say they could not have attended college without financial aid.
If you’re Chris Rock, you’re on a roll
You see comic Chris Rock all over the place, from AT&T commercials to “Beverly Hills Ninja” to his new HBO variety show. “Look there’s no time to be tired,” Rock told the New York Daily News. “Work needs to be done because you never know when you’re played out. So I might as well use this opportunity that I have right now, because I don’t know how many shots I’m going to get.”
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