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Book review: 'Small Fry' more than a Steve Jobs story
Sep 9, 2018 7:23 AM - The ghost of Apple Computer founder Steve Jobs haunts "Small Fry," the memoir by his first daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs. He looms larger than life even on the pages where he is missing -- and he missed a lot. But the book is more than the missing piece of the Steve Jobs puzzle. It's a story of a girl growing up in 1980s and '90s California trying to fit into two very different families and not belonging in either. -
Book review: NFL insider Schefter shares deeply personal memoir
Sep 9, 2018 7:26 AM - Adam Schefter, one of the most prominent names in sports media and the author of a handful of books about football, is aiming for something much more personal with "The Man I Never Met," a memoir that focuses not only on the four members of the Schefter family but also the ever-present fifth, a man who is "never seen but always there." -
Book review: At 87, William Shatner has advice on how to live well. Should we listen?
Sep 8, 2018 7:27 AM - I ask the question with a certain amount of residual love: Is William Shatner the guy you want life advice from? Find out in Shatner's new book, "Live Long and ... What I Learned Along the Way." -
Sean Hayes bringing new picture book to Naperville
Sep 6, 2018 1:24 PM - Television and Broadway star Sean Hayes, a Glenbard West High School grad, will return to his roots this fall when he visits the area in celebration of his new picture book, "Plum." -
Images: Burt Reynolds, 1936-2018
Sep 6, 2018 2:55 PM - Actor Burt Reynolds, perhaps best known for playing an outlaw role in the "Smokey and the Bandit" films, has died at age 82. Reynolds starred in several of the biggest movies in the 1970s and later was an Oscar nominee for "Boogie Nights" -
Not so picture-perfect: Celebrity moms open up about their challenges
Sep 4, 2018 6:00 AM - "Even though [celebrities] are rich and famous, they're still human," author Renée Ann Cramer says. When celebrities publicly discuss situations like difficult pregnancies or deliveries or mental health, experts say, it can be beneficial for all of us. -
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is thrilled about her 'Veep' return
Sep 4, 2018 8:44 AM - Julia Louis-Dreyfus is back at work on "Veep" and said it feels "fantastic." As work began recently on the show's seventh and final season, Louis-Dreyfus told The Associated Press: "I feel good. I feel strong. -
Fall book releases include topical works for all ages
Sep 1, 2018 7:29 AM - At a time when millions can hardly turn away from the news, fiction and nonfiction authors have similar reasons for why books matter more than ever. It's about perspective. Here are some new releases to keep an eye out for this fall. -
Images: Aretha Franklin funeral
Aug 31, 2018 3:27 PM - See images from Aretha Franklin's funeral service in Detroit -
Review: Book explores weird, wonderful filmmaker David Lynch
Aug 28, 2018 6:00 AM - Like a David Lynch film, the biography-memoir "Room to Dream" is set in a world we recognize but one with a dreamy, compelling perspective at its core. Co-author and Lynch friend Kristine McKenna writes from interviews and other research in one chapter while the filmmaker's own recollections of events follow in the next.
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