The Catcher in the Rye, Doctor Zhivago, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Brave New World, Of Mice and Men, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Handmaid’s Tale and Lolita. It’s a not just a list of entries in the modern literary canon – they’re also books that have been banned.
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Ben Kingsley shows his moko
A first photo of Oscar-winning actor Ben Kingsley as half-Maori war hero Mazer Rackham in upcoming sci-fi epic Ender’s Gamer has been released.
Jackson keen on directing Doctor Who
Sir Peter Jackson says he wants payment in gold for directing Doctor Who in New Zealand – a gold Dalek that is. The director of The Hobbit trilogy, King Kong and The Lord of the Rings told Entertainment Weekly he had met the show’s executive producer and head writer Steven Moffat over directing Doctor Who
‘SNL’ replaces two cast members
The ever-changing cast of “Saturday Night Live” is getting two new faces, but losing a couple of current members.
Matt Groening looks to the future
Matt Groening laughs — a lot. Sometimes it’s a chuckle of uncertainty, as when he talks about the fact that his weekly comic strip, “Life in Hell,” is being dropped by its flagship newspaper, LA Weekly, after 22 years.