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Fat Joe Announces Forthcoming Memoir ‘The Book of Jose’ [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Fat Joe is taking his pen game to the publishing industry. He has announced that he will be releasing his first ever book later this year. As per Vibe Magazine the South Bronx native is set to publish his official memoir in the coming months. On Tuesday, April 5 he announced the release to the world. Titled The Book Of Jose he says the book will give the world his real story, the good, the bad and the ugly. “The Book of Jose is more than just a book about my career. It explores the darkest moments of my life — brushes with death, being locked up, losing friends, and dealing with depression — that shaped me as a man. I overcame significant adversity but I’m excited to be in a position to share my story and inspire others thro...
Britney Spears Calls Writing Her Memoir ‘Healing & Therapeutic’
Britney Spears gave her loyal fans an update on the process of writing her upcoming memoir on Monday (April 4). In a lengthy Instagram post, the pop star wrote, “Well I’m writing a book at the moment and as it’s actually healing and therapeutic … it’s also hard bringing up past events in my life … I’ve never been able to express openly !!! I can only imagine that I do sound childish but I was extremely young when those events took place … and addressing it now … I’m sure it seems irrelevant to most and I’m completely aware of that !!!” Spears then referenced Justin Timberlake‘s public apology to both herself and Janet Jackson in the wake of The New York Times Presents: Framing Britney Spears premiering on Hulu in 2021, and ahead of the release of The New York Times Presents: Malfuncti...
Tegan and Sara Announce Cast for High School Memoir TV Adaptation
Tegan and Sara have found their Tegan and Sara! On Thursday, the indie pop duo announced the stars of their upcoming comedy series High School. The sisters will be played by fellow twins and TikTok stars Railey and Seazynn Gilliland. Railey is set to portray the 15-year-old version of Tegan, who’s described in a press release as “gregarious, confident, and extroverted,” while Seazynn will step into the shoes of the “reserved, observant, and sensitive” Sara. Meanwhile, How I Met Your Mother alum Cobie Smulders and Kyle Bornheimer will play the twins’ TV mom, Simone, and her boyfriend, Patrick, respectively. Advertisement Related Video “It felt kismet when I saw Railey and Seazynn for the first time on TikTok,” said Tegan Quin in a statement. “There was something undeniably intriguing about ...
Britney Spears Signs Book Deal for Tell-All Memoir
Britney Spears has reportedly signed a deal with Simon & Schuster for the publishing of her memoir. According to Page Six and TMZ, the deal is worth as much as $15 million and is the culmination of an intense bidding war between several publishers. Since successfully terminating her conservatorship last November, Spears has been teasing a tell-all memoir. In an Instagram post last month, she posted a photo of a typewriter with the caption, “Shall I start from THE BEGINNING?” Advertisement Related Video Spears’ tumultuous career, from her peak as pop music’s biggest star, to her public mental breakdown, ensuing 13-year conservatorship, and prolonged legal battle, has been the focus of numerous documentaries and articles over the last several years. Even Spears’ own sister, Jamie Lynn, r...
Brian Cox Reveals He Turned Down Roles in Game of Thrones and Pirates of the Caribbean
These days, Brian Cox may be most well-known for playing tyrannical patriarch Logan Roy, but he’s revealed in a new excerpt from his upcoming memoir that he turned down parts in famous fare like Game of Thrones and Pirates of the Caribbean. In the pages of Putting the Rabbit in the Hat, which hits bookstores on Tuesday, the Succession actor dishes that he was originally offered the part of Robert Baratheon in the first season of the HBO fantasy hit. “I know very little about ‘Game of Thrones’ so I can’t tell you whether or not he was an important character, and I’m not going to Google it just in case he was, because I turned it down,” he writes in a preview shared by Esquire. “Why? Well, Game of Thrones went on to be a huge success and everybody involved earned an absolute fortune, of cour...
Will Smith Developed Bad “Psychosomatic Reaction” To Sex After First Heartbreak
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bel-Air Athletics / Bel-Air Athletics Just when we thought we knew Will Smith we find out we really don’t. The Hip-Hop icon reveals he experienced bizarre effects during sex after suffering his first heartbreak. As spotted on The Huffington Post the rapper turned actor is giving the world a view into his life like never before. In his recent memoir Will he details how his first true love put him a unique space after the relationship ended. Melanie, who he describes as “beautiful” with a “beguiling mixture of insecurity and quirkiness surrounding a simmering core of artistic brilliance”, apparently stepped out on him while he was on tour. Unfortunately, he became too focused on “healing the pain of her trauma” and proceeded to attempt to self-heal in a way...
Will Smith Announces Book Tour
Will Smith has announced a five-date book tour in promotion of his upcoming memoir, Will. In November, Smith will bring “An Evening of Stories with Friends” to his hometown of Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Chicago, Los Angeles, and London. See the full list of dates below. At each date, the rapped-turned-actor will be joined by “special guests” as he “opens up fully about his life, tracing his learning curve to a place where outer success, inner happiness, and human connection are aligned.” Advertisement Related Video Tickets are now available for purchase via Ticketmaster, and each ticket includes a copy of Will. Co-written by Mark Manson (The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck), Will is described as part memoir, part self-hep book. “It’s easy to maneuver the material world once you have conquered...
Alice Cooper on His New Audio Memoir, the Legacy of “School’s Out,” and Who Should Play Him in a Movie
When Audible announced its ongoing “Words + Music” audio program — in which some of rock’s biggest names combine storytelling with music — it made perfect sense that legendary shock rocker Alice Cooper participate in the series. As evidenced by his newly-released entry, Who I Really Am: The Diary of a Hollywood Vampire, Alice tells great story after great story. Throughout the audio memoir, he is comparable to a “rock ‘n’ roll Forrest Gump” — recounting experiences in which he crossed paths with the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Syd Barrett, Frank Zappa, John Lennon, and Keith Moon, among others. Additionally, you’ll hear new acoustic versions of “School’s Out,” “Is It My Body” (a tune from which a line was plucked from for the title of his Audible release), “Poison,” and other classics. Advertis...
Rush’s Geddy Lee Wrote a Memoir to Help Grieve Neil Peart
Rush’s Geddy Lee says he coped with pandemic lockdowns and the death of his longtime friend and drummer Neil Peart by writing a memoir. The as-yet untitled book will be published in Fall 2022. In an Instagram post, Lee said that he was “locked down for over a year and a half — the longest time I’d spent in Toronto since I was nineteen and hit the Northern Ontario bar circuit with Rush.” Lee spent more time with family, “teaching my grandson the finer points of baseball and birdwatching, tending to my pups (one of whom was quite ill) and spending the evenings with my lovely better half, glass of Armagnac in hand, as we watched every European mystery show ever produced.” But he was still feeling pretty low. Advertisement Related Video “My friend and collaborator on the Big Beautiful Book of ...
Will Smith Gives His Fans The First Look At His Upcoming Memoir Cover
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: KIKA/WENN.com / WENN On Saturday (June 19th), rap icon and actor Will Smith announced that he’s coming out with a memoir and shared the striking cover to the book via social media. The Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated entertainer broke the news to his fans through his Instagram while rocking the Disney Pixar filter, which isn’t his first time showing how he’s been up on the new social media trends. The memoir, entitled WILL, has a cover that is a hand-painted portrait of the artist as opposed to the photographic covers that have become the industry standard. The stunning artwork was done by visual artist Brandan “BMike” Odums. Odums, who hails from New Orleans, presented a video of himself creating the artwork through a process of repeatedly layer...
Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx to Release New Memoir in October
Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx is chronicling his early years in a new book titled The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx. The memoir will be released on October 19th via Hachette Books. “You’ve heard the tales of excess and debauchery,” stated Sixx in a press release. “All the peaks and the valleys that came with rock and roll stardom and my life in one of the world’s biggest bands. This is the story that you haven’t heard. The one that led up to those stories.” He continued, “It’s the intimate, personal story of how an innocent Idaho farm boy with a burning dream and desire — for music, for love, and for fame — became the notorious Nikki Sixx. I believe our first 21 years have a lot to do with shaping who we become. These are my first 21, and it’s my hope that they thrill and inspire you ...
Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie and Echo and the Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant Announce Memoirs
Third Man Records’ book imprint has announced that it’s releasing new memoirs by Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie and Echo and the Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant. It marks the first time the two British rock icons have recounted the details of their storied lives in writing. First up is Gillespie’s Tenement Kid, which is described as “a righteous path through a decade lost to Thatcherism and saved by acid house.” That may sound bleak, but rest assured that the memoir is supposed to be rather celebratory and beautifully written. It’s structured in four parts that examine Gillespie’s working-class upbringing in Glasgow, the early days of Primal Scream, the “Second Summer of Love”, and the lasting legacy of his band. Meanwhile, Sergeant’s memoir is titled Bunnyman: Post-War Kid to Post-Pun...
