Dan Brown

Random House sees 'Fifty Shades' of profit, thanks to E.L. James

2013-03-27 08:31:00

Publishing giant Random House posted record profits last year, Publisher's Weekly reports. Thanks to E.L. James' "Fifty Shades" trilogy, revenue at the Bertelsmann-owned publisher exceeded $420 million in 2012 -- up a staggering 75% from the year before....

Dan Brown conspiracy? 'The Da Vinci Code' ebooks -- free!

2013-03-18 09:25:00

Doubleday has announced that it will be giving away free e-books of Dan Brown's international bestseller "The Da Vinci Code" this week.� The free digital download is offered in celebration of the novel's 10th anniversary (to readers only in the U.S. and...

Selection of Pope Francis gives movie companies some ideas

2013-03-14 05:00:00

Where there's white smoke, there's fire. The selection of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the next pontiff, Pope Francis, has some in the entertainment business thinking creatively. IFC Films' Sundance Selects, the company that released Nanni...

Dan Brown's book cover reveal: It's 'Da Vinci Code'-y!

2013-02-20 09:01:00

The cover design of Dan Brown's forthcoming novel, "Inferno," was revealed Wednesday. It pretty clearly resembles his mega-huge bestselling hit, "The Da Vinci Code," which introduced readers to Brown's hero,� renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon....

What do Herbert Marcuse and Mark Zuckerberg have in common?

2013-02-20 13:24:00

To celebrate National Engineers Week -- of course you knew Feb. 17-23 is National Engineers Week, right? -- MIT Press interviews Matthew Wisnioski, author of their book "Engineers for Change: Competing Visions of Technology in 1960s America." Inside...

Review: A clunky attempt to prevent the end of days in 'Zero Hour'

2013-02-13 17:00:00

From Geoffrey of Monmouth to Dan Brown, when it comes to driving narrative, it's hard to beat a good heroic quest. Whether it's the Holy Grail, the one ring, the ark of the covenant or Moby-Dick, draw up a map, create a barely attainable, possibly...

YA star John Green brings music and heart to Evening of Awesome

2013-01-16 10:16:00

NEW YORK -- It’s not often that a literary event ends with 19 people – including the author’s mother and the English writer Neil Gaiman – dancing to a live band on the stage at Carnegie Hall while the audience claps and screams...

Dan Brown of 'The Da Vinci Code' to publish 'Inferno' in May

2013-01-15 07:25:00

Dan Brown's new thriller "Inferno," starrring his tweedy hero Robert Langdon from "The Da Vinci Code," will be published May 14 in hardcover and as an e-book by Doubleday, the publisher announced Tuesday. In case you've forgotten "The Da Vinci Code"...

Dan Brown: What's the film status of his book 'The Lost Symbol'?

2013-01-15 15:55:00

With "The Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown's news Tuesday morning that he would be releasing a new Robert Langdon adventure in May, we thought it wise to check in with the movie prospects for Brown's last Langdon tale, "The Lost Symbol," which resided on...

52 ways to leave your blubber

2012-12-29 00:00:00

This is the year you will resolve to ditch the diets, the "all or nothing" mentality and the "no-pain, no-gain" fitness goals. This is the year you will resolve to use common sense to eat less junk food, move more — and have fun doing it. Remember...

A long-lost Leonardo da Vinci fresco?

2012-03-12 16:33:44

Porn-ish 'Fifty Shades of Grey' grinds toward movie deal

2012-03-26 16:35:56

The covers of Dan Brown's forthcoming novel, "Inferno," and his blockbuster "The Da Vinci Code."

2013-02-20 08:14:51

Bestselling author Dan Brown, left, with screenwriter Akiva Goldsman at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival release of "The Da Vinci Code."

2013-01-15 10:28:22

Dan Brown, right, author of "The Da Vinci Code."

2013-01-15 06:57:51