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Today in books and publishing: The class-action lawsuit against Google gets the go-ahead, the Times of London paywall temporarily comes down, and a copy of the Book of Mormon has been purloined.
After a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorite tweets that made no sense.
Every afternoon The Atlantic Wire highlights the day's video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
NBA owners fight one other as the lockout drags on, the former heavyweight champ dies of liver cancer, and nobody wants to buy a piece of the New York Mets.
According to The New York Times, the departure of the veteran football coach is likely.
Bill Clinton's new book airs old grievances, John Hodgman is not such a fan of Cormac McCarthy's The Road, Stephen King options Rose Madder, and 13 letters written by reclusive author Harper Lee are up for sale.
Staff members working for Rep. Steven Palazzo tore up Annapolis, Conde Nast editors are invading ABC Family, and Hugh Hefner wasn't too pleased with Lindsay Lohan's Playboy photos.
After a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorite tweets that made no sense.
Every afternoon The Atlantic Wire highlights the day's video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
Today in sports: Joe Paterno's culpability in the Penn State sexual assault scandal, looking back at Magic Johnson's HIV announcement 20 years later, and a Wednesday deadline in the NBA labor talks.
Today in publishing: Amazon Publishing snags another big name, the chairman of next year's Man Booker Prize panel comes with "impeccable bookish credentials," and Jonathan Lethem is still smarting over a bad review he got in 2003.
Plus: Dana Carvey is a leading candidate to replace Regis Philbin, Lindsay Lohan's out of jail after 282 minutes
Every afternoon The Atlantic Wire highlights the day's video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
We respect and value the social media editors who share the links that make our jobs easier. But sometimes we have no idea what they're talking about. So after a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorites.
Also in sports: Jack Abramoff recalls his correspondence with Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, and the NFL's smartest quarterback has figured out how to wear a wedding ring on the field.
Today in literature and publishing: God's memoir won't be sold at Walmart, the rise of the giant novel, and Kurt Vonnegut's cautionary tale.
Hilary Swank dropped by her PR agency over Chechen party appearance, Wendi Deng Murdoch screens her new movie in D.C., and Marc Anthony's midtown Manhattan confusion.
We respect and value the social media editors who share the links that make our jobs easier. But sometimes we have no idea what they're talking about. So after a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorites.
Every afternoon The Atlantic Wire highlights the day's video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
Today in sports: College football's powers-that-be aren't afraid of the Obama White House, Roger Clemens comeback fever hits Puerto Rico, LSU fans are ashamed of their cartoon tiger.
Today in publishing: Chris Matthews writes his own books, HarperCollins has many, many soccer memoirs, and Michele Bachmann hawks her book to help her campaign.
It looks like Gervais will return for another year of uncomfortable jokes as Golden Globes host, Marilyn Manson's 'wild' weekend in Las Vegas included singing lots of Justin Timberlake, and more layoffs hit the Los Angeles Times.
We respect and value the social media editors who share the links that make our jobs easier. But sometimes we have no idea what they're talking about. So after a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorites.
Today in sports: News Corp. considers buying the Dodgers again, LeBron James now insists he wants to play flag football, and the media crush ahead of Saturday's Alabama-LSU game will send some reporters to the nosebleeds.
Today in publishing: Barnes & Noble floorplan changes will lead to fewer books in its bookstores, the upside to botching the words to poems, and James Garner's new memoir is catty, grouchy, and drug-filled.
Also: Tom Cruise got food poisoning from a "bad prawn" and a Scientology chef took the blame, eleven GOP senators went out for steaks with Herman Cain, and Adele's vocal cords are in good hands
We respect and value the social media editors who share the links that make our jobs easier. But sometimes we have no idea what they're talking about. So after a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorites.
Every afternoon The Atlantic Wire highlights the day's video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
Today in sports: The Los Angeles Dodgers ownership mess is nearing a resolution, two Pakistani cricket players convicted for bribery, and Wolf Blitzer takes the credit (or blame) for Michael Jordan's last comeback.
Robert Caro's fourth volume of his massive Lyndon Johnson biography is coming out in May, Bill O'Reilly will be writing a biography of a president-to-be-determined, and some valuable advice for National Novel Writing Month.
Today in film and television: David Simon only wants four seasons of Treme, HBO moves up the premiere of Luck, and how Halloween spurred DirecTV and News Corp. to iron out a new carriage deal.
Also: More fallout from the Kardashian-Humphries split, Adele's rep denies the singer has throat cancer, and Gwyneth Paltrow doesn't let her kids beat her in bowling, and George Soros responds to his ex-squeeze's lawsuit.
We respect and value the social media editors who share the links that make our jobs easier. But sometimes we have no idea what they're talking about. So after a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorites.
Every afternoon The Atlantic Wire highlights the day's video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
Also in the day in sports: Tony La Russa exits the castle, why college football's "game of the century" is bound to disappoint, and Iran suspends two soccer players indefinitely for an "immoral" post-goal celebration.
Today in publishing: Barnes & Noble has a "special announcement," Pippa Middleton's taking meetings about writing a book, and Jack Kerouac had 30 sometimes confusing rules for writing spontaneous prose.
Today in film and television: The Rum Diary had a no good, very bad weekend, Justin Timberlake has been offered a role in the new Coen Brothers movie about folk singers, and CBS is Americanizing one of Israeli's TV's most popular shows.
Further cancellations by singer Adele spark throat cancer fears, Hillary Swank is cleaning house after her appearance at the Chechen president's birthday, and CNN is shaking up its morning lineup.
We respect and value the social media editors who share the links that make our jobs easier. But sometimes we have no idea what they're talking about. So after a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorites.
Today in sports: West Virginia's move to the Big 12 looks to be back on, the SEC jumps the gun in announcing the addition of Missouri, and the World Series heads to Game Seven for the first time since 2002.
Today in publishing: Philip K. Dick's estate says the story for The Adjustment Bureau movie was not in the public domain, Martin Scorsese is interested in adapting a gruesome Nordic crime novel of his own, and Neil Gaiman picks the best scary books to tuck into this Halloween.
Today in film and television: Craig Gillespie walks from Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Spielberg blames Lucas for the last Indiana Jones movie, and stuntman has died on the Bulgarian set of The Expendables 2.
Today's gossip: Frances Bean Cobain is engaged, Charlie Sheen's show sells to FX, and your weekly dose of Hollywood trade publication brinksmanship.
We respect and value the social media editors who share the links that make our jobs easier. But sometimes we have no idea what they're talking about. So after a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorites.
Each day we highlight the trailers, viral videos, shaky cell phone footage, and people arguing on television that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
Today in sports: Optimism that the NBA lockout is on its last legs, ESPN's ombudsman explains its tricky relationship with the University of Texas, and NFL games are taking 89 seconds longer this year.
Today in publishing and literature: the Newbery Medal isn't what it used to be, Johnny Depp's first meeting with Hunter Thompson included plenty of firepower, and a heavy-duty new biography of New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael.
Also in film and television: Murphy's still mad at David Spade, fresh talk of a Dumb & Dumber sequel 17 years after the original, and Samuel. L. Jackson is the highest grossing actor in movie history.
What Europeans notables gave Giulia Bruni-Sarkozy, Prince Harry is shopping at Wal-Mart and maybe making time with girls with "burly" boyfriends, and Prince Daniel drops by a D.C. public school.
We respect and value the social media editors who share the links that make our jobs easier. But sometimes we have no idea what they're talking about. So after a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorites.
Each day we highlight the trailers, viral videos, shaky cell phone footage, and people arguing on television that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
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