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1 By Rex Reed 11/22/11 10:34am

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Alan Rickman Teaches the Texas Chainsaw Massacre of Writers Workshops in Seminar

I’ve never been a fan of Alan Rickman’s tight-lipped, prissy-mouthed acting style, but sometimes he picks a role that fits like a knee-high nylon sock, in a play that suits his nasal, slanty-eyed mannerisms with the sound of two hands clapping instead of one. The result in Theresa Rebeck’s Seminar, at the Golden, is a blessing. In fact, the entire cast of five is a marvel of well-oiled introspection, which is certainly a good thing, because without them, the enjoyable but often untidy and uneven play would be nothing more than a lot of clever one-liners. Read More

10 By Emily Witt 8/15/11 1:05am

Book Deals

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Tao Lin Announces Five-Figure Sale of Taipei, Taiwan to Vintage; Tim O’Connell, ‘Prolific Tweeter,’ to Edit

As the foremost chronicler of the young novelist Tao Lin's every whim, The Observer was hoping we might break the story of Tao Lin's next book deal, which he announced he was shopping a couple weeks back. Then, on a Sunday when our moods were already dampened by incessant rain and the looming prospect of Monday, Mr. Lin wrote to inform us that we had lost the story to Mike Vilensky at The Wall Street Journal. So he granted us an interview. Read More

By Dan Duray 5/31/11 9:24pm

Observatory

Bob Loomis Talks Cerf And Turf Ahead Of His Retirement

When Robert Loomis joined Random House in 1957, there were only four parking spaces. The new publishing house shared an eight-space lot with a nearby church, and the company's co-founder, Bennett Cerf, was consistently irked by one confused clergyman, who parked in a Random House space each day and left his Bible resting in the Read More

By Emily Witt 4/27/11 10:30pm

Editors At Large

Deepak Chopra Gets His Own Imprint

Self-help mogul Deepak Chopra will join the growing ranks of celebrities hired to draw from their "broad network of contacts" to "initiate, recommend and submit" books for publication at divisions of Random House. Unlike Dana Perino or Ruth Reichl, Dr. Chopra will have his own eponymous imprint at Crown, Deepak Chopra Books. According Read More

By Nate Freeman 9/01/10 3:46pm

Lisbeth Salander’s Big Payday

Half-year numbers indicate that Random House has benefitted handsomely from the Stieg Larsson hysteria, CEO Markhus Dohle says in the memo posted on GalleyCat. Parent company Bertelsmann reported a "surge of profits" in a release, and in the memo Dohle claims the publishing house was a "significant contributor" to the uptick.

Random House has doubled its Read More

By Molly Fischer 7/26/10 7:37pm

‘Growth-Brand’ Novelist Evanovich Returns to Random House

Janet Evanovich, author of the blockbuster "Stephanie Plum" and "Unmentionable" books, is leaving St. Martin's Press for Random House. Editor Jennifer Hershey of Ballantine Bantam Dell acquired the rights to Evanovich's next four novels, with the first to be released in summer of next year.

In her announcement, Random House President and Publisher Gina Cantrello called Read More