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   New NBC Book Reveals Jennifer Aniston's Pre-'Friends' Career Anxieties

   10:57 am 4/5/2012

   • by THR Staff

   Former NBC president Warren Littlefield's new memoir, "Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV," recalls a poignant encounter with the actress at a Sunset Strip gas station.Read more

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   Warren Littlefield's New NBC Memoir Excoriates Jeff Zucker, Don Ohlmeyer

   10:38 am 4/5/2012

   • by Andy Lewis

   BOOK REVIEW: The former NBC president decries the "Zuckerization" of TV and calls Ohlmeyer a "bully" in "Top of the Rock," his new oral history of NBC's golden age in the '80s and '90s.Read more

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   President Obama to Introduce Screening of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' at White House

   12:20 pm 4/4/2012

   • by Gregg Kilday

   He also will introduce the film, which is marking its 50th anniversary, when it airs April 7 on USA Network.Read more

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   Hank Aaron Biopic in the Works from 'The Natural' Director

   12:49 pm 4/3/2012

   • by Borys Kit

   Barry Levinson is set to direct a film about the Hall of Famer breaking Babe Ruth's home run record.Read more

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   'Portlandia' Star Carrie Brownstein to Pen Memoir

   4:56 pm 4/2/2012

   • by Portia Medina

   Riverhead Press is set to publish the as-yet-untitled music-centric book. The Wild Flag singer and Sleater-Kinney founder is also working on a visitors guide to "Portlandia" with co-star Fred Armisen. Read more

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   Marvel Comics Writer Signs Book Deal With Random House (Exclusive)

   10:20 am 4/2/2012

   • by Borys Kit

   Brian Michael Bendis, one of the leading writers in comic books and for the last decade a guiding force at Marvel, will write a non-fiction guide to comic-book writing.Read more

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   Grantland Contributor Mark Titus Talks Final Four, Irreverent Memoir 'Don’t Put Me in, Coach' (Q&A)

   12:11 pm 3/31/2012

   • by Andy Lewis

   The former Ohio State player reveals why he wrote the book, a possible movie, the one prank he almost regrets, and offers his Final Four predictions.Read more

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   'Fifty Shades of Grey' Film Adaptation Faces Challenge From 'Control-Freak' Author

   9:22 am 3/29/2012

   • by Kim Masters

   THE REPORT: Universal and Focus pay $5 million for the racy books amid questions of how S&M sex will translate onscreen.Read more

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   'Hunger Games' Movie Fuels Sharp Rise in Book Sales

   3:03 pm 3/28/2012

   • by Andy Lewis

   With 36.5 million copies in print, "Hunger Games" is now running ahead of "Twilight" at the same moment. Read more

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    Ari Emanuel Halts 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Meeting to Take President Obama's Call

    9:48 am 3/28/2012

    • by Kim Masters

    The WME chief had lunch with author E.L. James instead of waiting in his office for an anticipated call from the president. Did the first lady really enjoy the steamy novels, or was Obama joking? Read more

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