“Waiting To Exhale” Movie Spinoff? Terry McMillian “Getting To Happy” Movie?
Is one of the best-grossing African-American-themed motion pictures of all-time getting the spinoff treatment? Oh hell yes!
Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
Jay-Z Memoir “Decoded” Nov. 16
Jay-Z’s eagerly-anticipated memoir Decoded — chronicling the living hip-hop legend’s upbringing in Brooklyn’s tough Marcy House and rise to the top of the rap charts — is set for release this fall.
Essence Magazine Will Publish Excerpts From Terry McMillian “Waiting To Exhale” Sequel, “Getting To Happy”
In honor of its 40th anniversary, Essence Magazine will publish excerpts from Terry McMillan’s Getting to Happy, the long-awaited sequel to her best-selling 1992 novel Waiting to Exhale.
The excerpts will appear in the next four issues of Essence, beginning with the June edition, on newsstands now.
Damon Wayans Novel “Red Hats”
Comedian Damon Wayans has penned his first novel.
Red Hats follows the adventures bitter widow who finds new life “after being taken in by a Red Hat Society group,” according to a scoop from The Associated Press. The book — which is dedicated to Damon’s mother Elvira — is described as “Sex and the City for old biddies.”
Tyra Banks Book “Modelland” Coming Soon
Tyra Banks — America’s Next Best-Selling Author?
The talk show host and former model has inked a three-book deal with Delacorte Press — a division of Random House Children’s Books — to pen a fantasy series for young people.
Modelland will arrive on shelves in the summer of 2011. The series follows a girl trying to keep up with the beauty game at an elite school for supermodels, or Intoxibellas.
DMX’s Wife Tashera Simmons Writing Tell-All Book “Strength Of Woman”
Tashera Simmons, the wife of DMX, is writing a new tell-all book about her marriage to the often incarcerated rap star.
“Waiting To Exhale” Book Sequel “Getting To Happy” September 2010
Bestselling author Terry McMillan is releasing a sequel to her beloved 1992 novel Waiting To Exhale. The follow-up, entitled Getting To Happy, will hit stores in September. The book will feature all of the original characters and chronicle what their lives are like nearly two decades after first being introduced to readers.
Soulja Boy Book “Teenage Millionaire” July 2010
Add author to Soulja Boy’s illustrious resume, which already includes the title of “Non-Rapping Tomfool.” Atlanta’s own Deandre Cortez will release his first book, Teenage Millionaire, this July. The memoir will chronicle how the “Crank That” hitmaker’s life has changed since he shot to fame with the annoyingly-catchy hit nearly 3 years ago.
R. Kelly Memoir – R. Kelly Writing Autobiography Book
The story of R. Kelly’s life will stay “Trapped In The Closet” no longer: He’s writing a book. The reportedly illiterate singer and producer, 42, is working on an autobiography with celebrity author David Ritz that will “tell it like it is,” he said in a statement Wednesday.
The book promises to addresss all his drama, including the best-seller’s child pornography scandal that ended with an acquittal in 2008. The story will include Kelly’s early life in crime-ridden Chicago, the loss of his mother, and his rise from struggling singer to selling 34 million albums.
“I’m writing this book as Robert, not R. Kelly,” the singer says in a statement. “I’m tired of being misunderstood. I will show you the tears, fears, and sweat. I will open my heart and reveal the good in my life as well as all the drama. I want to tell it like it is.”
The autobiography is untitled right now and scheduled for release by Tavis Smiley’s SmileyBooks in 2011.
Cornel West Tells-All In Memoir “Brother West: Living And Loving Out Loud”
Princeton University professor and bestselling author Cornel West writes candidly about his life in the new memoir Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud.
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