The 58-year-old author of Friday Night Lights and convenient crusader against blogs and cyclists, has chronicled for the new issue of GQ how he became a "shoppaholic" and spent a total of $638,412.97 between 2010 and earlier this year on designer clothes.
Mitt Romney tapped the television show Friday Night Lights' slogan "Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose" on his way to the presidential debate last week, then used it in a fundraising letter, but the show's creator does not approve.
Friday Night Lights author Buzz Bissinger endorsed Mitt Romney for president today. Channeling Tami Taylor, one of our commenters says that even with clear eyes, full hearts, and Bissinger's vote, Romney's still got a heck of a game ahead.
Today in books and publishing: Girls creator has inked a huge deal; Wikileaks founder has a book deal; and uncertainty over Penguin's future ownership.
Friday Night Lights author Buzz Bissinger has announced his endorsement of Mitt Romney just as Romney's campaign has embraced the slogan of Friday Night Lights character Coach Taylor, "Clear Eyes. Full Hearts."
The outrageous thing about Buzz Bissinger's Newsweek cover story isn't that he's defending Lance Armstrong against the doping allegations against him, but that, in his defense of Armstrong, he's not necessarily even arguing for the athlete's innocence.
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Today in books: Buzz Bissinger's plan to do something nice for a Friday Night Lights character was derailed by Apple and Amazon, a Duke alum vows to expose the "toxic culture" of Wall Street, and Books-A-Million may be going private.
Today in books: Buzz Bissinger returns to Odessa, how to fix the Pulitzer voting process, and the 'S--- Girls Say' meme is declared book-deal worthy.
Plus: Jennifer Lopez breaks her two week Marc Anthony silence
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