The planned My Fair Lady remake, if the right actors come to the party, might just be an event of such magnitude that it puts the Great into Britain.
Books
5 Things We Learned From JWoww’s New Self-Help Book
How can a book that opens with the line, “Men may be from Mars and women from Venus, but I’m from the Jersey Shore,” not be good?
The Great Gatsby for the Original Nintendo, Now Playable Online
Guide Nick Carraway as he searches for the elusive Jay Gatsby while fighting off flappers and men with tommy guns, just as author F. Scott Fitzgerald intended.
Happy Birthday, Jules Verne: Google Celebrates with Interactive Doodle
Today’s Google doodle heads 20,000 leagues under the sea.
From Mother to Author: Is Bristol Palin Writing a Memoir?
To the list of many titles Bristol Palin has owned — teen mom, reality TV dancer, public speaker — it would seem we can now add another: author. (via Wonkette)
Shocker: Snooki Book Not A Shore Thing in Sales
Wait, the typical fan of Snooki isn’t a fan of books? Color NewsFeed surprised.
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Next Target: Saddam Hussein. Very Nice
The British comedian sets his sights on the late Iraqi dictator. It’s surely what Saddam Hussein would have wanted.
Should France Honor Great Writing, Despite its Anti-Semitic Author?
Should a country celebrate the work of one of its most venerated writers of the 20th century, even if he was also notorious as a vociferous anti-Semite?
The Catcher in the Rye Part 2: More Teenage Angst, Courtesy of Swedish Author
If you’ve been waiting on the edge of your seat for sixty years, it’s finally here. The next chapter in Holden Caulfield’s life.
Quotes: Mark Twain Censorship Spoof ‘Hipster’ Huck
“I think ‘hipster’ is still okay to use in 2011, but I have heard some people are offended by the ‘H-word.'”
— RICHARD GRAYSON, satirical author, on his decision to replace the “N” word with “hipster” in Mark Twain’s The …
Twilight Tops People’s Choice Awards
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: who needs critics when the ultimate critic — the public! — gets a chance to cast a vote and make its voice heard? And lo, it came to pass that a certain franchise going by the name …
New Huckleberry Finn Reprint Eliminates ‘N’ Word
For many, Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was an elementary-school staple. But due to pressure from parents and educators, the version kids today may read could be significantly cleaned up.