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6 By Emily Witt 9/22/11 8:59am

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Schwarzenegger Memoir to Be Total Recall and Other Book News

Arnold Schwarzenegger is publishing a memoir with Simon & Schuster. Scheduled for publication in October 2012, the tentative title is Total Recall (total cringe.) [NYT]

After his memoir hit bookstores in Britain this morning, Julian Assange accuses his British publisher, Canongate, of "old-fashioned opportunism and duplicity." His American publisher, Knopf, announced the cancellation of his contract yesterday. [The Bookseller] Read More

2 By Kat Stoeffel 8/04/11 8:24am

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Morning Links: Former Schwarzenegger Mistress Sues Gawker

Gawker's retraction of their flubbed Arnold Schwarzenegger love child story wasn't good enough for the former flight attendant Tammy Tousignant, whom it wrongly identified as the most recent employee/mistress/love child-bearer of Arnold Schwarzenegger. She's filed a $40 million libel lawsuit against Gawker, National Enquirer, Daily Mail, and others, according to the OC Weekly.

"News crews and paparazzi converged on the Tousignants' quiet Brea neighborhood," says the lawsuit. "They were inundated with phone calls and messages. They were forced to flee their house and stay at another location. Tanner was followed. Their online accounts were hacked into. They were and continue to be the subject of scorn and scrutiny in their own community. Their reputations have been permanently damaged."

The Hangover Part II, True Blood and Mortal Kombat 9, saved Time Warner, Jeff Bewkes told the The New York Times. On Wednesday the company, which owns Warner Brothers, Turner Broadcasting and Time Inc., reported a 10% increase in revenue this quarter, the highest growth since January. Read More
By Steve Kornacki 7/03/09 8:09am

Moonbeam’s Final Adventure

Jerry Brown’s career serves as a four-decade testament to the idea that politics is a means to a means. Every time he gains an office, he almost immediately sets out to parlay it into a new one. Which is why the prospect of his return (after a 28-year absence) to California’s governorship next year is Read More

By Azi Paybarah 3/20/09 5:38pm

Bloomberg Meets the Press

Michael Bloomberg will appear on Meet the Press this Sunday, his spokesman confirmed. This comes as Bloomberg and others head to Washington to ask the president for money to help rebuild the nation's infrastructure. Bloomberg will appear on the show with Ed Rendell and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

By Steve Kornacki 2/24/09 1:10pm

What Republican Rift?

The G.O.P. is at war with itself. Or so we're told.

Unaccustomed to their new minority status and unsure how to handle a Democratic president with enormous popularity and considerable legislative momentum, Republicans are dividing themselves into opposing camps, each convinced that a different formula will return them to glory.

This, at least, is Read More

By Steve Kornacki 2/24/09 4:51am

What Republican Rift?

The G.O.P. is at war with itself. Or so we're told.

Unaccustomed to their new minority status and unsure how to handle a Democratic president with enormous popularity and considerable legislative momentum, Republicans are dividing themselves into opposing camps, each convinced that a different formula will return them to glory.

This, at least, is the Read More

By Steve Cohen 1/30/09 4:58pm

Building a Sustainable Auto

The power of the American Presidency to move the environmental agenda was never more apparent than during President Obama's recent directive to EPA to reconsider California's request to set tighter air emission and fuel efficiency standards. Under the Clean Air Act, California has long had the authority to exceed federal standards and typically it has Read More

By Steve Kornacki 8/26/08 11:38pm

Boxer Should Be Careful What She Wishes For

DENVER—Barbara Boxer just spoke to the convention, one of eight female Democratic senators (none of them named Hillary Clinton) to offer brief remarks. (This parade of women was introduced with a video message from Clinton.) Boxer spoke optimistically about the party’s prospects this fall, both in the presidential race and in Senate contests.

“When it Read More

By Steve Cohen 8/19/08 3:35pm

Sustainability, the Economy and the Presidential Race

The Presidential nominating conventions are now approaching, first the Democrats' and then the Republicans'. The President hangs out at the Olympics, stomps his feet over the Russian invasion of Georgia and then makes another pass at gutting the Endangered Species Act by reducing the time and scientific analysis needed to assess the environmental impact of Read More