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Archive for the day “February 17, 2010”

Then there’s the Thin Line between Creativity and Plagiarism…

So it turns out J.K. Rowling, whose real name doesn’t really have a “K” in it *, is being sued for plagarism by estate of Adrian Jacobs. The Estate claims that Rowling stole her ideas for Harry Potter from Jacobs’ “Willy the Wizard” books. Rowling’s camp has remained mum about the whole matter but this’ll be a doozy for next few months I’m sure and we’ll probably be hearing lots of wizard jokes from the press and CHEEZY headlines.

You be the judge for now. Here’s one excerpt I found on the Willy the Wizard website on “Snake Tongue Communication”

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The Thin Line Between Failure and Success

Losers are winners per J.K. Rowling's Philosophy

According to J.K. Rowling’s Commencement address at Harvard, losers are winners. She recounted the story that we all know: broke single mother writes book and becomes richer than the Queen. There’s a lot more in between but basically that’s the gist of it. She focuses more on the liberating powers of writing.

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This Week in Hollybook: Feb. 18-24

Silver Screen: Feb. 19

  • Shutter Island
    • Directed by Martin Scorcese
    • Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo and Ben Kingsley
    • Book: Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
  • The Ghost Writer (Limited Release)
    • Directed by: Roman Polanski
    • Starring:  Ewan MacGregor, Pierce Brosnan and Kim Cattrall
    • Book: The Ghost by Robert Harris

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S is for Snooki.

We all know that “S” is for Snooki. But could it be that coincidental that the word “stupid” also starts with “S”?

Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, star of Jersey Shore (from MTV.com)

I recently ran across a Huffington Post blog post that claims that the Jersey Shore star just managed to stumble through her first book. Yes. FIRST. BOOK. Was it a book about tanning? Machiavelli’s The Prince?

Nope.

Her first book, it seems, was Nicholas Sparks’ Dear John. I wonder how many fist pumps she gave it?

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