Alexander Nevsky — the actor, author, producer, and bodybuilder with whom my writing partner Kevin Rice and I are scripting what's going to be one hell of a Hercules movie — is beginning his 2010 as busy as always.
Yesterday he began rehearsals for his upcoming stint on the Russian version of Dancing with the Stars, and [...]

I knew that my lovely and talented cousin Alissa Nutting's debut collection of short stories, Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls, was on its way from Starcherone Books this year.
I can't wait.
What I seem to have regrettably missed, however, is that Starcherone featured Alissa not once but twice on its blog in August.

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Okay.
I just finished the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and I'm ready to review it.

Big thanks to my grandfather's big old blue recliner, in which he himself once read so many books, for its sterling assistance and comfort, and to the two days' worth of Chinese food I picked up from You-A-Carry-Out-A yesterday on [...]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is out tonight at midnight:01.

My friends Melissa and Mike invited me to the super-awesome release party at Destinations Booksellers here in New Albany tonight, which begins with a super-awesome Harry Potter-themed dinner at the super-awesome La Rosita Mexican restaurant at 7. (They have the best guacamole and the largest [...]