Word: authorly
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...number of celebrity victims of Web-smear, such as designer Tommy Hilfiger, falsely accused of racism; film star Brad Pitt, who can be seen online--and nude--in unauthorized photos of his buff vacation; and writer Kurt Vonnegut, who found himself depicted, if not unflatteringly, as the author of a commencement speech he never made. "Once a piece of information is out there, it's nearly impossible to obliterate," says Christine Varney, a former commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission and a privacy crusader...
Kevin Kelly is executive editor of Wired magazine and the author of Out of Control: The Rise of Neo-Biological Civilization
Pollitt sees an ulterior motive behind the assault on no-fault divorce: a backlash against feminism. While husbands once initiated most divorces, the situation has reversed itself: more wives now seek divorces. And if you believe Ashton Applewhite, author of Cutting Loose: Why Women Who End Their Marriages Do So Well, divorce, though usually painful at first, is a true liberation for many wives. In her book, she profiles 50 women, including "Dina," an immigration attorney. The mother of two sons, Dina regrets agreeing to share custody with the children's father. Ultimately, though, she works things out, illustrating Applewhite...
Novelist PATRICIA CORNWELL always boasts that the secret to her big book sales is research. Perhaps she should have relied more on imagination. A Virginia couple have sued the author, who used to work in the state's chief medical examiner's office, for using private details of their daughter's murder in her 1992 novel All That Remains. Among the alleged similarities: a victim is found with her eyeballs missing and two front teeth beside her. Cornwell's agent had no comment...
...Pulp Fiction jabbed a spike into the art of film noir and established him as a big kahuna in Hollywood. But instead of writing another original screenplay, Tarantino has staked his reputation on a different approach: he has acquired rights to a best-selling crime novel from the hot author of Get Shorty and adapted it around the retro-hip personae of the ultimate 1970s blaxploitation babe, Pam Grier...