What do you plan on doing with your tax rebate check?
Saving It.
  58%
Doing Home Improvements.
  27%
Going on a shopping spree.
  13%
Donating It To Charity.
  2%
 
 
 
 
 
 
The WAVE's Entertainment Buzz Book News


Carly Simon: Revisiting Past Isn't Easy
Carly Simon didn't find it easy reading "Girls Like Us," the nonfiction best-seller which interweaves her life story with those of fellow singer-songwriters Joni Mitchell and Carole King.
Julie Andrews Reflects In "Home"
Actress Julie Andrews talked about her new autobiography, "Home," which hit No. 1 in its second week on The New York Times list of best-selling nonfiction.
Miley Cyrus, At 15, To Pen Memoir
The memoir by Miley Cyrus, who stars in the Disney Channel series "Hannah Montana," is planned to be released in spring 2009.
J.K. Rowling Testifies In Copyright Suit
J.K. Rowling was in a Manhattan court room for a copyright lawsuit over a Web fan's attempts to publish a "Harry Potter" encyclopedia.
British Book Awards
Justice Scalia To Open Up to Lesley Stahl
The desire to sell books, it seems, can make even the Supreme Court's fiercest critic of the media smile for the camera.
Mailer Memorialized
TV Handyman Eric Stromer's Family Affair
The host of HGTV's "Over Your Head" is out with a new book full of projects for the whole family.
Monica Seles Is Working On Memoir
Former tennis great hopes "to share how I found balance, strength and happiness in my life after a rollercoaster ride of exhilarating accomplishment and sometimes overwhelming tragedy."
Sci-Fi Writer Arthur C. Clarke Dies At 90
An aide says science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke has died.
Last Potter Book Will Be 2 Movies
Producers are expected to announce Thursday that J.K. Rowling's last "Potter" installment, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," will be split into two parts on the big screen.
Dirt On Jeff Foxworthy's Shirt
The mega-star comic is out with his first children's book -- one of short poems. He chatted about it with Harry Smith on The Early Show.
Hemingway Letters Describe Family Ties
A message on a postcard from Ernest Hemingway to his father foreshadows the life-changing experiences that would become the foundation for one of the author's most beloved stories, "A Farewell to Arms."
Author: Women Lie More, Better Than Men
And about everything from money to infidelity to plastic surgery, says Susan Shapiro Barash, who wrote "Little White Lies, Deep Dark Secrets" based on, among other things, an online survey of 500 women.
"Winner Takes All" Is Down A Few Chips
Christina Binkley, who covered Las Vegas for the Wall Street Journal, had an excellent perch as the city's most powerful men triggered an epic wave of dealmaking. Her new book chronicles the takeover frenzy, but may be a card short of a full deck.
What's In A Name?
Choosing a book title is a careful task involving both writer and publisher. CBS Sunday Morning anchor Charles Osgood, looks at how some famous books got their titles.
Obama Surges in Book Sales
Book buyers are making their political preferences known as books by Barack Obama are flying off store shelves, while those by John McCain and Hilary Clinton languish.
Rowling "Betrayed" By Fan's Work
As the author of the Harry Potter books sees it, her kindness to fans might come back to haunt her.
Olsen Twins And Eminem Hit The Books
The Penguin Group is adding the Olsen twins and Eminem to its list of published authors. A new book by the Olsen's examines the fashion industry while Eminem is writing a memoir of his life in the world of rap.
William F. Buckley Jr. Dead At 82
William F. Buckley Jr., the erudite Ivy Leaguer and conservative herald who showered huge and scornful words on liberalism as he observed, abetted and cheered on the right's rise from the fringes to the White House, died Wednesday. He was 82.