Mark Twain

Amazon launches project to monetize fan fiction: Kindle Worlds

2013-05-22 10:04:00

Amazon has a plan to monetize fan fiction: It's called Kindle Worlds. On Wednesday, Amazon announced a new scheme in which writers of fan fiction can self-publish and sell that writing with the sanction of the original copyright holder. The idea is that...

Robin Roberts of 'Good Morning America' to publish memoir

2013-05-22 10:35:00

Popular "Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts will publish a memoir in 2014 with Grand Central, the publisher announced Wednesday. The book, which is not yet titled, will include Roberts' story of her battle with MDS. "I am humbled that many...

Carol Burnett to receive Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

2013-05-21 10:29:00

Carol Burnett, the trailblazing comedienne whose variety show was a top draw on CBS for over a decade, was named the winner of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Tuesday. Burnett, 80, will receive the award in an Oct. 20 in a ceremony to be...

Mark Twain Prize to go to Carol Burnett

2013-05-21 12:50:00

The 2013 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor will be awarded to actress, comedian and bestselling author Carol Burnett, the Kennedy Center announced Tuesday. Burnett, of course, was the star of "The Carol Burnett Show," which won 25 Emmy Awards during...

'Newlywed Game' with Sherri Shepherd heads to Bounce TV

2013-05-21 13:13:00

"The Newlywed Game" is renewing its TV vows. Episodes of the veteran game show that pits newly married couples against each other are being revived on Bounce TV, which is geared toward African Americans. The series, which first premiered on ABC in 1965,...

Kirk Douglas to pay tribute to his late friend Burt Lancaster

2013-05-20 12:51:00

Kirk Douglas will be paying tribute to his old friend and frequent co-star Burt Lancaster at the UCLA Film & Television Archive's June 7 screening of their classic 1957 western, “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” at the Billy Wilder Theater in...

Wanted: A defender of John Maynard Keynes

2013-05-07 11:54:00

There are Elvis impersonators and Mark Twain impersonators and Lincoln impersonators. Are there any John Maynard Keynes impersonators out there? Anybody? Keynes is the British economist whose advocacy of government’s role in economic slumps...

Hawaii: Volcano House is back in business

2013-05-10 07:00:00

Volcano House, uniquely located on the edge of the active Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii, has reopened after a multimillion-dollar restoration by its new owners. The hotel sits within the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. It is located just...

Letters: Mahony just won't go away

2013-05-14 00:00:00

Re "Rebuked Mahony taking a higher profile," May 10 Cardinal Roger Mahony is back? Haven't we had enough? Mahony had his final swan song in Rome by participating in the March papal conclave at the Vatican. His resumption of presiding over...

Obama pledges to renew efforts to close Guantanamo prison

2013-04-30 10:26:00

WASHINGTON – President Obama said Tuesday he is renewing efforts to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and will search for members of Congress to help him get it done. “I’m going to go back at this,” Obama...

Review: 'Mud' is a triumph for Matthew McConaughey, Jeff Nichols

2013-04-25 18:42:00

"Do you love her?" Wistful and hoping for a yes, the rough-hewn Arkansas boy who asks that question can't quite hold the gaze of the stranger, but his voice is insistent. The question comes early in "Mud" and will haunt the 14-year-old and the movie...

Literature's greatest hits

2013-04-21 00:00:00

Name your favorite, the one book that most sticks in your mind. Over nearly four years, photographer Catherine Wagner made that request of friends, acquaintances and outright strangers. She kept a tally on her iPhone and turned the top vote-getters into...

Carol Burnett will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

2013-05-21 12:44:09

Theresa Rebeck, Nikki Salter, Frank Rizzo and David Lindsay-Abaire at a playwrights panel at the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford.

2013-05-09 15:18:00

Theresa Rebeck, Nikki Salter, Frank Rizzo and David Lindsay-Abaire at a playwrights panel at the Mark Twain House & Museum

2013-05-01 10:57:00