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  7171 readers A new trailer has been released for the adaptation of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, a big screen adaptation of a mash-up novel by Seth Grahame-Smith. Produced by the great Tim Burton, the film comes out in June–what do you think? Here is a concise plot summary: “Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, discovers

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  Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner To Adapt Team of Rivals

  3023 readersHistorian Doris Kearns Goodwin‘s Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln will be adapted by Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg. Pulitzer/Tony-winning writer Tony Kushner will handle the screenplay. According to Deadline, &#8...

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  Thomas Jefferson & Mark Twain Top Library of America’s Bestseller List

  1004 readersThe Library of America gave readers a peek at sales figures this morning, revealing the publisher’s bestselling titles–a list lead by classic Thomas Jefferson and Mark Twain volumes. More recent volumes like Philip K. Dick‘s Four Nove...

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  The Best Books About Honest Abe Lincoln | 02.20.12

  6413 readers By Joseph Michael Owens with recommendations from David W. Bulla, PhD It’s president’s Day and we here at InDigest want to celebrate, specifically, we want to celebrate books about Abraham Lincoln. A former Journalism mentor of mine at Iowa State, David W. Bulla, wrote his dissertation on press suppression during the Civil War and knows more

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  StoryCode To Host ‘Story Hackathon’

  3176 readersNon-profit StoryCode and the Film Society of Lincoln Center are bringing together writers, filmmakers, tech gurus, publishing experts, advertisers and designers in its first annual ”story hackathon,” a 36-hour multimedia writing competition called Story Hack: Beta. The event will take place for 36 hours this weekend at the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, during which

• Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master” | 05.21.12

  2697 readersToday we get the first clip from Paul Thomas Anderson’s next film The Master, which will be released on October 12th. The film, written by Anderson, stars Amy Adams, Joaquin Phoenix, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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  Jonathan Demme to Adapt Stephen King’s 11/22/63

  6473 readersStephen King‘s forthcoming novel, 11/22/63, has already been picked up for film adaptation. Variety reports that Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme has optioned the feature film rights. Demme will work on the script, produce and direct this project. King has signed on as an executive producer. Ilona Herzberg, who has previously worked with Demme on The Manchurian

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  A Grammatically Correct Presidents’ Day Ad? That Was Easy!

  1624 readersI was impressed by an ad from Staples recently. The email campaign offered a “sneak peek” at Presidents’ Day deals. Way to go, Staples. I was so impressed by the company’s use of “s’” and the correct spelling of “peek” that I will ignore the random and inconsistent use of capital letters in the words “Weekly

• Josh Hutcherson & Stanley Tucci Star in ‘Hunger Games’ Clip

  3078 readers Get More: Movie Trailers, Movies Blog Lionsgate has released another clip from The Hunger Games film adaptation. The clip (embedded above) features Caesar Flickerman (played by Stanley Tucci) and Peeta Mellark (played by Josh Hutcherson).  Most of the original dialogue from the book made it to this scene. In an interview with MTV, Hunger Games star Jennifer

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  Bill O’Reilly Lands Two-Book Deal at Henry Holt

  5173 readersBased on the “meteoric sales” of his latest book, Henry Holt and Company has inked a two-book deal with Fox New anchor Bill O’Reilly. According to the publisher, O’Reilly (pictured, via) has sold 950,000 copies of his most recent book, Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever. Here’s more about the deal: “Holt now