Author to write Stieg Larsson sequel

The Swedish publisher of the best-selling The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogy has hired an author to write a sequel to the series by Stieg Larsson, who died in 2004. Norstedts said it signed a contract with David Lagercrantz, the author of I am Zlatan, a biography of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the captain of Sweden’s soccer team, to write a new novel about journalist Mikael Blomqvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander that is scheduled to be published in August 2015.

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‘Never ever getting back together’

Bobby Brown is reportedly suing an American tabloid for making false reports he planned to re-marry his late ex-wife Whitney Houston just before her death. The 44-year-old former New Edition singer is waging a legal battle against The National Enquirer, the New York Daily News reports.

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Going Native Affairs

This week journalist Mihingarangi Forbes will start a new gig as presenter of Native Affairs, Maori Television’s flagship current affairs show. Forbes is an award-winning journalist who honed her skills with stints at TVNZ and TV3 (including seven years at Campbell Live) before joining Maori Television last year as a producer for Te Kaea, the channel’s daily news bulletin.

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