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James Frey and Mark Wahlberg are teaming up for a new HBO series about the porn industry — Vulture Seth Rogen takes on a ghostly new role — Moviefone The best and worst indie musicians turned film actors — Flavorwire Conan O'Brien is releasing a spoken word album — Movieline David Fincher can't see Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man — Cinematical Real Housewives of Atlanta gets two new Read more
Reno 911's Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant are working on an NBC pilot — Inside TV U2 and Jay-Z duet for Haiti — E! Online D.J. Caruso to direct James Frey's I Am Number Four — Cinematical The Grammys are planning a 3-D tribute to Michael Jackson — Rock & Roll Daily Get a sneak peek at Twilight: The Graphic Novel! — Shelf Life Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides to Read more
Yeah, you read those names correctly. Michael Bay, director of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, is in talks to produce and possibly direct a sci-fi movie franchise based on a six-book young adult series that has yet to be published. This news in and of itself isn't all that earth-shattering but the interesting part is that the project is reportedly being co-written by James Frey. You know, Read more
We appear to have a mellow movie weekend ahead of us in terms of new releases, but there is still lots out there to keep you busy. Which movie are you headed to this weekend? Holy cow, it was a busy week for TV! The network upfronts gave us a lot of good stuff to look forward to this Fall. Fox added some cool-looking sci-fi shows to its roster while the CW charts a clear path forward, littered Read more
Soon after Oprah chose James Frey's A Million Little Pieces for her book club, the memoir became a bestseller. But then it was revealed that Frey had exaggerated and even made up pivotal plot elements and characters in his "memoir." Not only was Frey humiliated in the publishing world, but after Oprah dragged him onto her couch for a difficult-to-watch public tongue lashing, many figured the man Read more
Heath Ledger has been spotted making out and hanging out around NYC with Helena Christensen. We can't imagine Michelle will be excited to hear about this. - Page Six James Frey is working on another book to be published by HarperCollins. He's already calling it a fiction novel, but we're not sure how many former fans are ready to give him a second chance. - Reuters Led Zeppelin will be Read more
We all fell in love with James Frey's A Million Little Pieces. His tale of despair, drugs, and finally redemption was addicting to read and an inspiration to many. Oprah loved the book so much she gave it a coveted spot in her Book Club. Unfortunately, we soon found out that most of the million pieces that made up his memoir were lies. At first Oprah went on Larry King and said that everyone Read more
Oprah aired her final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show this week, after 25 years on the air. Here at Sugar headquarters, we marveled that many of us grew up with the show. I definitely remember coming home from school and watching certain episodes with my mom, then as I got older, watching them on my own. I can think of so many memorable episodes that I caught — from Tom Cruise jumping on Read more
