Books

This was a big year for big money, big celebrity divorces from Tiger and Elin to LeAnn Rimes, Sandra Bullock, Christina Aguilera, and now what looks like Eva Longoria and Tony Parker. And of course there was John and Kate plus 8 and all there hate. So, divorce attorney and expert Diana Mercer, founder of Los Angeles Peace Talks...

Barbara Tober (chairman emeritus) and Michele Cohen (chairman) at the Museum of Arts and Design hosted a glamorous evening in honor of Joan Juliet Buck celebrating her new memoir The Price of Illusion, and Candace Bushnell, Candace Bergen and Isaac Mizrahi were just some of the famous faces in the crowd. Barbara, the former longtime editor of Brides magazine, and Joan, former...

Gorgeous looking Rihanna signs copies of her new self- titled photography book ‘Rihanna’ at NYC’s Fifth Ave Barnes & Noble. The book shares chapters of the entertainer’s life by capturing various moments of her on film.

Longtime talk show host Kelly Ripa and her longtime morning show executive producer Michael Gelman were out after hours last week celebrating author Laurie Gelman and the launch of her book, Class Mom: A Novel, at Loi Estiatorio. Attendees enjoying cocktails and hors doeuvres included Laurie Gelman and hubby Michael Gelman along with their daughters Jamie and Misha, Kelly Ripa,...

Author Laurie Gelman celebrated the launch of her debut book, Class Mom: A Novel, with an appearance at East Hampton Library's 13th Annual Authors Night Benefit, as well as a soiree with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres at the home of Deana and Steve Hanson in East Hampton, NY. One of the most anticipated events of the summer, Gelman was one...

By author and composer Sandy Wilbur, along with painter Kimberley Ray, comes the adorable new book Goodnight My Honey Bunnies which tells the story in vivid color and beautiful detail of how two young curious bunnies explore nearby fields, woods, and ponds, while their Mama is away. They discover all sorts of creatures big and small before finding themselves quite lost. As night...

Jim Breuer, the very talented comic from Saturday Night Live who we know from his hilarious half- man, half-goat character, as well as his faux Joe Pesci imitation, wrote a book ‘I’m Not High’ (But I’ve Got a Lot of Crazy Stories about Life as a Goat Boy, a Dad, and a Spiritual Warrior) is a very normal family...

Great people throughout history often fail, quite miserably, before finally reaching their goals, says international business strategist Dan Waldschmidt. “Van Gogh sold only one painting during his lifetime; Winston Churchill lost every public election until becoming prime minister at age 62; Henry Ford went bankrupt five times; Albert Einstein was a terrible student and was expelled from school; Sigmund...

Fans of Empire, Scandal, and Downton Abbey, as well as readers of Jeffrey Archer’s Clifton Chronicles series should check out the second thrilling novel in the Bourbon Kings series from #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward:  THE ANGELS’ SHARE. The second book in Ward’s series from New American Library being releases July 26th for $28.00, is set in Kentucky’s Bourbon Country and described...

From 1989 to 1993, New York fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi granted British photographer Nick Waplington rare backstage access to photograph every detail of the designer’s fitting sessions in the weeks before his twice-yearly fashion shows. Combining Waplington’s gritty vérité style with Mizrahi’s haute couture sensibilities, the resulting images offer a candid glimpse into the world of fashion when supermodels including...