NBC 11 - The Quills’ highest honor, Book of the Year, was awarded to Don’t Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea’s Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life by Tyler Perry, published by Riverhead Books. The Debut Author of the Year Award went to Read more

Slate - Or gambling, sex, homosexuality, and men wearing earrings. All are banned though they may have a point on the earring thing. Like everyone else, I’m inclined to pull for double-digit seeds. But personally, I’d rather my underdogs be tougher on Read more

Acclaimed recording artist and American Idol judge Paula Abdul is scheduled to return to QVC for two exciting one-hour jewelry shows on Friday, March 16, 2007 airing at 6 AM and 10 PM ET. Read more…

Matt Sylvester, a former Moeller High School and Ohio State basketball player, is working as an extra in a Will Ferrell movie. Read more…

1. THE MEASURE OF A MAN, by Sidney Poitier 2. THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls 3. EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert 4. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, by Joan Didion 5. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER, by Barack Obama Read more…

Reports say hip-hop sales are slumping. They say people are tired of rap music and its negative images. They say big business is ruining the music and the culture. Hip-hop is dead, is what they say. Read more…

CHICAGO — Aztec. Incan. Mayan. Read more…

ATLANTA — A real estate promoter was charged in a federal indictment unsealed Thursday with ripping investors off of tens of millions of dollars in a Ponzi scheme and using money from the fraud to pay for jewelry, luxury automobiles and credit card and tax bills. Read more…