ALBANY, NY — Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will not have to turn over the proceeds of his $5.1 million book deal, after a judge ruled on Tuesday that a state ethics board had violated Mr. Cuomo’s due process in seeking the money. The now-defunct Joint Commission on Public Ethics, known as JCOPE, had initially … Read more
Kids like big books and they cannot lie! A survey conducted by OnePoll for ThriftBooks found that both parents and kids enjoy reading. In the research, 2,000 parents with young, school-age children were asked about their reading habits. Half of parents noted that they bought books for their child once to a few times a … Read more
First off, /Film (and the rest of his fans, I’m sure) wish Martin a very speedy recovery. In addition to being ill, it had to be heartbreaking to miss the premiere of something you’ve been working on for so long. The pandemic isolation has given him more time to write, he told the site, but … Read more
My dad, like many older children of the “Dirty ’30s”, never finished school and instead had to go and find work to help his family survive the Great Depression. But he was an intelligent person and driven to learn more about the world, so he did that through reading books and newspapers and anything else … Read more
A perfect Odd Couple situation. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos by Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images and Foc Kan/WireImage John Turturro and Christopher Walken are television’s most romantic doomed couple on TV so far this year. As Irving (Turturro) and Burt (Walken) on Apple TV+s Severance, the two actors raised the show’s stakes with their … Read more
Jennette McCurdy. Invision/AP/Shutterstock A heavy topic. Jennette McCurdy raised eyebrows with the title of her memoir, I’m Glad My Mom Diedbut her older brothers didn’t have a problem with her point of view. the iCarly alum, 30, discussed her family’s reaction to the title during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published on Monday, August … Read more
Welcome to Shelf Life, ELLE.com’s books column, in which authors share their most memorable reads. Whether you’re on the hunt for a book to console you, move you profoundly, or make you laugh, consider a recommendation from the writers in our series, who, like you (since you’re here), love books. Perhaps one of their favorite … Read more
Placeholder while article actions load Life on Earth started in the ocean more than 4 billion years ago, and the ocean has sustained all living things since then. But now Earth’s water needs relief from various threats so that our planet can again become a healthy place to live. These new books present three clear … Read more
“Bandit,” a Hollywood movie on the life of the Flying Bandit, Gilbert Galvan Jr., based on a novel co-written by Peterborough author Ed Arnold, will be released next month. The movie stars Josh Duhamel as Galvan, who was also known under the alias Robert Whiteman. After escaping a Michigan jail in 1984 while serving a … Read more
As of late, there have been two major books-to-screen adaptations that have done tremendously well. The first being The Summer I Turned Pretty written by Jenny Han, who’s also known for her series To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. The Summer I Turned Pretty is a three-part book series revolving around a teenage girl … Read more