Readers turn to romance novels in stressful times
With an out-of-work husband and two children to support, Christine Mead needs a cheap -- and uplifting -- break from life. [More]
By Megan K. Scott
Associated Press | July 5
Matchbox 20's Thomas in solo return
Rob Thomas, the Matchbox 20 frontman, returned on Tuesday with his second solo album, "Cradlesong." TRIVIA: Carlos Santana's album "Supernatural" went platinum 15 times, in large part because of the hit song Thomas wrote, "Smooth." [More]
By Andy Rathbun
Herald Writer | July 5
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Film fare: For for its Family Movie Night, The Everett Public Library will show "City of Ember" at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. It's the year 2416 and the underground city of Ember is in danger of losing its power. Tim Robbins and Harry Treadaway set about... [More]
July 5
View from inside the new Harry Potter film
HOLLYWOOD -- Screenwriter Steve Kloves, who, with the exception of "The Order of the Phoenix," has adapted all the "Harry Potter" books for film, talks about the upcoming "Half-Blood Prince," the confrontation between Alan Rickman's Snape and... [More]
By Denise Martin
Los Angeles Times | July 5
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Father was writer's harshest critic
JACKSON, Miss. -- Fresh out of college with an English degree in hand, Peter Leonard wrote a six-page short story he liked very much and asked a famous author for a few notes. [More]
By Chris Talbott
Associated Press | July 5
Memoir charts writer's uncomfortable travels
Lynne Sharon Schwartz begins "Not Now, Voyager" with a telling recollection: She is in Orkos, on the Greek island of Naxos, when she awakens "to a darkness so thick I could breathe it in." [More]
By David L. Ulin
Los Angeles Times | July 5
Plum wears thin in latest outing
The barbecue sauce hits the ceiling in "Finger Lickin' Fifteen" ($27.95), Janet Evanovich's new Stephanie Plum novel. [More]
By Carol Deegan
Associated Press | July 5
A-list stars ignored at box office
HOLLYWOOD -- The stars are not twinkling bright this summer. [More]
By Claudia Eller
Los Angeles Times | July 5
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