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Wednesday, May 8

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Whoopi Goldberg Reveals How She Really Got Her Stage Name in ‘Bits and Pieces’ Memoir

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‘The View’ cohost was originally born Caryn Johnson, but wanted a name that ‘sounded more interesting.’

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John Waters Paints The American Highway As A Weird And Wonderful Place In 'Carsick' Hitchhiking Memoir

jalopnik.com

I was recently pawing through the stacks at my local library ,and my automotive-addled brain saw a dustjacket with the word “Car” in the title, and the grey matter piloted my flesh-and-bone mech suit to pick it up. The grey matter was…

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Meghan Markle's memoir 'fills King Charles with horror as Harry bound to be a major contributor'

www.mirror.co.uk

Meghan Markle is believed to be working on her own bombshell memoir following the success of Prince Harry's book, Spare, but it seems King Charles isn't happy according to a royal expert

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Former Ku Klux Klan poster boy reveals new trans identity: Explosive memoir details how son of KKK Grand Wizard escaped white supremacy cult and embraced 'gender confusion'

www.dailymail.co.uk

Black's father - onetime KKK Grand Wizard Don Black - runs the hate site Stormfront. And, as a nervous, long-haired 10-year-old, Black appeared on Jenny Jones defending the Klan.

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Whoopi Goldberg Reveals She Had Drug Addiction In Her New Memoir; Shares Why She Decided To Stop

www.pinkvilla.com

Disclaimer: This article has mentions of drugs and addiction.

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Universal Television set to adapt FBI profiler’s memoir Hearts of Darkness

clutchpoints.com

Universal Television recently acquired the rights to former FBI profiler Jana Monroe’s memoir Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, The Behavioral Science Unit, And My Life As a Woman In The FBI for a series adaptation, Deadline exclusively…

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Rebel Wilson says she hasn't spoken with friend Isla Fisher since making bombshell claims about Sacha Baron Cohen in memoir

www.dailymail.co.uk

Rebel Wilson has admitted that she hasn't spoken with Isla Fisher after making bombshell claims about ex-husband Sacha Baron Cohen in her memoir, Rebel Rising.

Tuesday, May 7

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Brittney Griner, in new memoir, says Putin weaponized her Blackness

www.nbcnews.com

WNBA star Brittney Griner writes in her memoir "Coming Home" that she was used as a “pawn” by Russian president Vladimir Putin when she was detained in a prison weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine.

Whoopi Goldberg, 68, gives rare insight into her love life in her new memoir and admits she only does 'hit and runs' because she doesn't 'need anybody to stick around after that'

www.dailymail.co.uk

Writing in her new book, Bits And Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, And Me, Whoopi admits it took her a 'long time' to figure out that married life wasn't for her after getting divorced three times.

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How Writing Her Feminist-Punk Memoir Put Kathleen Hanna on the ‘Happiness Train’

time.com

The punk legend talks with TIME about her new memoir, the power of finding art during a difficult childhood, and staying optimistic in 2024.

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Luis A. Miranda's New Memoir Relentless is a Case Study of Philanthropy and Politics in America

In the book, the New York macher sheds a light on the causes and culture that inspire his activism.

Abcarian: How many ways can a political memoir backfire? Ask Kristi Noem.

www.latimes.com

First the South Dakota governor shot her puppy, now she's the poster child for lying GOP politicians. At least she's paying a price.

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Luis Miranda Jr. reflects on giving, the arts and his son Lin-Manuel in the new memoir 'Relentless'

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Luis A. Miranda Jr. was just 19 years old when he arrived in New York City from a small town in Puerto Rico, a broke doctoral student badly needing a job.

Luis Miranda Jr. reflects on giving, the arts and his son Lin-Manuel in the new memoir 'Relentless'

Long before his son Lin-Manuel's Tony Award-winning musical “Hamilton” brought his family international recognition and unexpected fortune, Luis A.

Luis Miranda Jr. reflects on giving, the arts and his son Lin-Manuel in the new memoir 'Relentless'

Long before his son Lin-Manuel's Tony Award-winning musical “Hamilton” brought his family international recognition and unexpected fortune, Luis A.

Luis Miranda Jr. reflects on giving, the arts and his son Lin-Manuel in the new memoir 'Relentless'

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Long before his son Lin-Manuel's Tony Award-winning musical “Hamilton” brought his family international recognition and unexpected fortune, Luis A.

Luis Miranda Jr. reflects on giving, the arts and his son Lin-Manuel in the new memoir ‘Relentless’

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Luis A. Miranda Jr. was just 19 years old when he arrived in New York City from a small town…

Luis Miranda Jr. reflects on giving, the arts and his son Lin-Manuel in the new memoir 'Relentless'

Long before his son Lin-Manuel's Tony Award-winning musical “Hamilton” brought his family international recognition and unexpected fortune, Luis A