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TV host to best-selling writer: Carol Kirkwood on life and love

Posted: July 10, 2022 at 10:23 pm   /   Books

ARIANA THEODOSIS, having tasted the fleshpots of Hollywood, inherits a swanky hotel on the French Riviera courtesy of a mysterious legacy. Gabriel du Lac whose family have owned the hotel for decades will fight tooth and nail to retain its possession. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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‘Guns have more rights than my uterus’ Crime writer Karin Slaughter on US abortion ban

Posted: June 27, 2022 at 10:23 am   /   Books

IT IS a decision many fear has set back women’s rights by half a century. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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Crime writer Val McDermid says Jubilee reading list should include more fiction books

Posted: June 14, 2022 at 10:23 pm   /   Books

THE late Queen Mother was a fan of Dick Francis whose novels married her love of horse racing with the excitement of thrillers. Francis once admitted avoiding sex scenes and swearing because he knew she would be reading. Princess Margaret was another crime fan and, as the guest of honour at the Crime Writers’ Association’s […]

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Star Wars new trilogy: Marvel writer gives first details on Kevin Feige movie

Posted: May 12, 2022 at 10:18 am   /   Movies

STAR WARS fans have been without a new film set in the universe since 2019, but the first new details have now been released regarding Kevin Feige’s upcoming movie. The writer behind Doctor Strange has revealed the boss’s new movie is “fresh” and “original”. Daily Express :: Films Feed

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Thriller writer Gerald Seymour pens Russian invasion conspiracy

Posted: April 22, 2022 at 10:23 pm   /   Books

THRILLER writer Gerald Seymour can understand how and why Vladimir Putin has become more and more aggressive. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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‘Go ahead and choke!’ Frank Sinatra threatened ‘pimp’ The Godfather writer with violence

Posted: February 23, 2022 at 9:18 pm   /   Movies

FRANK SINATRA was furious that he was the inspiration for The Godfather’s Johnny Fontane character, due to allegations that the crooner was in with The Mafia. The Rat Pack star was so enraged that he had a vicious altercation with Mario Puzo, who wrote the book and film’s screenplay. Daily Express :: Films Feed

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The gypsy prophecy that turned desperate writer Jessie Keane’s life around

Posted: February 17, 2022 at 9:23 pm   /   Books

DIVORCED and broke, Jessie was desperate to become a writer, but she had to wait 40 years for her granny’s fateful prediction to come true. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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Star Wars writer slams The Book of Boba Fett

Posted: January 28, 2022 at 9:18 pm   /   Movies

STAR WARS keeps expanding with each new episode of The Book of Boba Fett on Disney Plus. After dropping its fifth episode, a Star Wars writer has hit out at the series, joking that it was thought up by “someone with half a brain”. Daily Express :: Films Feed

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How thriller writer David Gilman found inspiration in the ashes of The Pentagon

Posted: January 7, 2022 at 9:23 am   /   Books

WHEN a fan took thriller writer David Gilman on a private tour of the iconic US defence HQ, it had a profound effect on him… but the 9/11 carnage could, he discovered, have been so much worse. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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Pirates of the Caribbean writer: ‘Johnny Depp was NOT the main character’

Posted: October 7, 2021 at 10:19 pm   /   Movies

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN actor Johnny Depp has long been thought of as the franchise’s biggest character in the series, but the film’s writers had different ideas when they first wrote The Curse of the Black Pearl for Disney. Daily Express :: Films Feed

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