David Walliams recorded making derogatory remarks about BGT contestants

Exclusive: Britain’s Got Talent judge made sexually explicit comments about participant, leak showsThe Britain’s Got Talent judge David Walliams made derogatory and sexually explicit remarks about contestants during the recording of an episode of the ITV show, according to a leaked transcript seen by the Guardian.Walliams, one of the UK’s best-known television personalities and children’s book authors, was recorded referring to one contestant as a “cunt” and saying of another: “She thinks you want to fuck her, but you don’t.” Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2022-11-10 10:00:02 UTC ]
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Record number of indies join IBW

More retailers than ever before are taking part in Independent Booksellers Week (starting... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fifty Shades fastest to a million, obliterates records

All three books in E L James' Fifty Shades trilogy (Arrow) last week surpassed the single... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More records for erotic Grey book

Erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey has continued its success in the UK after breaking the weekly paperback sales record. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media Decoder Blog: From Penguin, a Plan to Make Its E-Books Available in New York City Libraries

The publisher, in conjunction with city libraries and 3M, will make its books available in e-format, though they will not be available immediately after release. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2012-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Records tumble as Fifty Shades sales continue to climb

  E L James' Fifty Shades of Grey (Arrow) has smashed the weekly sales record for a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Play Books makes an efficient arrival in Germany

Germans, grab your reading glasses, for it's today that Google is announcing the arrival of Play Books -- complete with the ability to purchase native language texts -- in the land of the Kant and Goethe. Yes, those in Deutschland may now buy and read titles from Google Play Books on their... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Norman makes first buy for Hutchinson

Hutchinson senior editor Sarah Norman has made her first acquisition since joining the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HuffPo to help brands make their own sites

The Huffington Post is expanding the way it works with brands in an effort to cash in on the popular brand-as-publisher trend, Ad Age has learned. The company, part of AOL, has been talking to ad agencies and marketers about helping them build websites for brands and subsequently aiding in... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Make Your Best Burger: PW Talks with Rachael Ray

Rachael Ray's "The Book of Burgers" could just be this year's burger bible. Here, the Food Network star shares tips on planning a burger bash and what she'd serve at a White House cookout. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Collins & Brown snips up Mollie Makes books

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Society of Authors urges Gibb to make school libraries statutory

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Carey: Be Unorthodox

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[ AdWeek | 2012-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foyles makes management moves

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chatto and David Fickling buy crossover 'epic'

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber announces record turnover

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Missing 20th Century: How Copyright Protection Makes Books Vanish

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[ The Atlantic | 2012-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What He's Reading: Hearst Magazines' David Carey

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[ Crains New York | 2012-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Crains New York | 2012-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Banned novel makes Indie Foreign Fiction Prize longlist

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Making ebooks even more kid-friendly: the Storia reading app from Scholastic

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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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