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**** INSIDE ALEC BALDWIN'S RAGE Story By: James Edstrom **** Alec Baldwin I am no longer going to be quiet. I am sick of watching all this Alec Baldwin crap time after time. His hatred for the media and for the photogs who have every right to photograph him on the streets of New York City, has got to stop. I know first hand, I had to take him and his mother to court. This Baldwin family is not nice. They are mean, deceitful and I cannot believe they continue to get away with acting like this. So I have contacted several people who used to work for the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund and Stony Brook University Hospital, and I am going to write a tell-all book. It is time. For those who do not know, I had to sue Alec and his mother Carol for breach of contract over a deal that was voted on by the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Fund board of directors. The deal was that I would help arrange their first fund raising event on Long Island in...

**** A VISIT WITH OLD FRIEND ANGIE BOWIE **** Angela Bowie With Maya Caballero And April Sandmeyer Legends Randy Jones With Angie Bowie Angie Bowie With James Edstrom I went down to the Pink Elephant tonight to see a very old friend, Angie Bowie. She looked stunning, like it was just yesterday I had seen her and that yesterday was around 15 years ago. In the old days, Angie and I had some wild times together. We had book parties, birthday bashes and went everywhere in NYC together. Those were the days when New York was at it's best. We had the Limelight, The Roxy and so many big venues and we were king of them all. The 80's and 90's were the golden age of the New York Club scene and everyone knew who we were. Lipstick Legends It was great seeing Angie tonight. She looked fantastic and everyone was talking about her new book Lipstick Legends. But that was what this event was for. Her new fantastic project that everyone wa...

**** TIMES SQUARE GOSSIP BOOKS ****  Eat Drink And Be Married Most women will agree that it’s pretty much a necessity to have at least a few loyal and trustworthy friends in their life – friends who sometimes know them better than they know themselves. Such is the scenario when four friends come together for one of their weddings in Rebecca Bloom’s Eat, Drink and Be Married (Self/iuniverse), only to discover each of them is hiding a piece of themselves from each other. When college girlfriends on opposite sides of the country leave busy schedules behind to join their former roommate for her wedding in Lake Tahoe, they not only bring suitcases packed with ‘what-not-to-wear’ bridesmaid dresses, but baggage of a more emotional kind. Supported by a variety of diverse characters determined to wreak havoc on their carefully organized lives, each woman is forced to come to terms with her past before she walks down the aisle. A bottle of booze, a multitude of l...

**** TIMES SQUARE GOSSIP BOOKS **** The Book Of Lost Fragrances M.J. Rose is a Renaissance woman. She is a respected journalist and the internationally bestselling author of twelve highly acclaimed novels. She is the founder of AuthorBuzz, the first marketing firm for authors and one of the founding board members of International Thriller Writers. Rose has also co-founded Peroozal.com and the popular website BookTrib.com. She has an enduring passion for art, mythology and esoterica, as evidenced her Museum of Mysteries blog. In essence, M.J. Rose is a force to be reckoned with. Rose is also an impeccable researcher, often blending actual history into her spellbinding storylines. And her latest, The Book of Lost Fragrances (Atria Books), an engrossing thriller that weaves together reincarnation, ancient Egypt, international intrigue, and a lost book of fragrances, is no exception. It’s already been chosen as an Indie Next Pick for March and was recently named one of Publishers Wee...

**** TIMES SQUARE GOSSIP LIFESTYLE **** The Wright Choice Forty-hour work weeks, two-hour commutes, carpools, school conferences, commitments: who has time to eat healthy foods and exercise? And who can afford pricey organic, fresh foods anyway? You can, according to Randy Wright, MD and his co-author David Tabatsky. They spell it out in practical terms in The Wright Choice: Your Family’s Prescription for Healthy Eating, Modern Fitness and Saving Money (Intouch Media Health Network). “We all know we should make healthier choices,” Dr. Wright explains. “But we don’t necessarily make it a priority. Sometimes it feels like we can't make it our first choice. Staying fit and eating well seems to fall through the cracks.” Moms and dads with hectic schedules are the norm right now; this pragmatic guide to good health is written especially for them. “We want to help them achieve their goal of staying fit without sacrificing work and personal goals.” The secret is locked inside our brains,...

**** TIMES SQUARE GOSSIP BOOKS " DANCING WITH WILD WOMAN " **** Dancing With Wild Woman Author Parris Afton Bonds attributes her fascination with historical romances and, in particular, Native Americans, to authors she read growing up such as Helen Hunt Jackson. Bonds’ latest mystery romance, Dancing With Wild Woman, is an adventure into a culture most of us know little about – that of the Hopi Indians and their prophecies. Hopi Indians believe it is their duty to dance in order to keep the world in balance. The lead character in Dancing With Wild Woman is a former female Hopi Tracker for U.S. Customs, ICE, who must learn to dance if she is to find a serial killer and keep the world in balance as well as her own off-kilter love life. The communal and conforming Hopi have been predicting the cataclysmic shifting of the earth’s axis for more than a thousand years. Now that the prediction has been borne out with an earthquake in Chili and unprecedented sun spots tilting the axis...

**** TIMES SQUARE GOSSIP BOOKS **** The Next Level To friends and family, Vernon Turner is a very private man who is known to be his own worst critic and who finds it difficult to talk about himself. To his fans, he is the talented athlete that played professionally for the Buffalo Bills, LA Rams, Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. So it was a huge surprise to those that know him to discover he had written the story of his life – a life that had its share of tragedy and dysfunction, but at times was greatly touched by happiness and inspiration. In The Next Level: A Game I Had To Play! - a book that was seventeen years in the making - Turner steps out of his comfort zone and reveals secrets that even some family members were not aware of. That’s because Turner made sure people only saw one side of him - the success and accomplishments; he was careful never to show the hurt from childhood events that accompanied his days and haunted his nights. The Next Level is both a motivating an...

**** TIMES SQUARE GOSSIP BOOKS **** The Bridge Jackie Carpenter never thought she would be an author; mother, businesswoman, volunteer, yes - but not author – and especially one whose book would be made into a movie! But in 2008 that all changed when she was faced with an event no parent should have to go through - a tragedy so devastating she wasn’t sure she would be able to survive it. Jackie wrote The Bridge: Between Cell Block A and a Miracle is Psalm 91 (Xulon Publishing) to tell the story of how drastically her life changed the day her son apprehended thieves who had repeatedly been stealing copper from his work site. On the advice of a deputy, he was armed and trying to keep the men on the premises until the police arrived when the gun accidentally fired, killing one of the men. Up to this point, Jackie’s life had been picture perfect – a wonderful husband, good health, two married sons and four beautiful grandchildren. But the day she received a frantic call from her son’s wi...

**** TIMES SQUARE GOSSIP BOOKS A HOBO ODYSSEY An Extended Excursion Into History Complete With Its Own Serial Killer **** A Hobo Odyssey A writer of family histories, as well as an autobiographical account of life growing up in a southern textile town, Larry O. Nichols now confirms his status as an author to contend with in the historical thriller genre with his latest book, A Hobo Odyssey (Warren Publishing). A Hobo Odyssey is an accurate snapshot of a period in American history that depicts how common families dealt with poverty and hardship in the aftermath of World War I and the Great Depression that left many Americans jobless, homeless and starving; often forcing whole families to leave their roots and become vagabonds – riding the rails and stowing away on freight trains – in search of anything that would put food on the table. In the process, they often became hobos or drifters who were generally feared since desperation forces people to do desperate things. Based on true event...

**** TIMES SQUARE GOSSIP COOKING James Edstrom : "The Gayest Cooking I Ever Did!" **** The Dead Celebrity Cookbook For anyone who loves Hollywood memorabilia, is an entertainment junkie, and loves to eat and cook – they will treasure Frank DeCaro’s The Dead Celebrity Cookbook: A Resurrection of Recipes from More Than 145 Stars of Stage and Screen (HCI Books). Frank compiled favorite recipes from some of Hollywood’s biggest names; including Lucille Ball, Elizabeth Taylor, Sonny Bono, Liberace, Michael Jackson, John Denver, Frank Sinatra, Rock Hudson, Humphrey Bogart, and Peter Falk, just to name a few. “I love these dead celebrities! They’re the stars I grew up watching, and they deserve to be remembered even if they were more talented on screen than they were in the kitchen. Frank clearly worships them as much as I do, and after reading The Dead Celebrity Cookbook you will, too.” - Rosie O’Donnell “Celebrities die--eventually--but their recipes live on, thanks to Frank DeCaro...

Kyle Richards Kyle Richards with the help of many fans took over the Barnes & Noble at The Grove in Los Angeles, CA in celebration of her first book "Life Is Not A Reality Show." Kyle's ultimate goal for her book is to build confidence in her readers and provide advice on successful relationships, fashion, and beauty tips. Most importantly, she created the book to share her experiences with her daughters and their families to come. Many friends and family showed support including her husband Mauricio Umansky who arrived in a suit with their stylish daughters. Rick, Kathy and Nicky Hilton joined the housewives Camille Grammer, Dana Wilkinson, and Lisa Vanderpump in a night dedicated to Kyle's book. The housewives posed for photos and signed autographs for the fans who waited all day. Kyle's glamorous look for the night was her gold and light pink top with jeans paired with Valentino heels and topped off with rose gold Jacob & Co. jewelry that caught the att...

**** TIMES SQUARE GOSSIP BOOKS **** Awakening Victory The latest news from The White House that all troops will be pulled out of Iraq by the end of December 2011 makes understanding the history of events occurring in Iraq that brought us to this point seem more relevant than ever. Awakening Victory: How Iraqi Tribes and American Troops Reclaimed al Anbar Province and Defeated al Qaeda in Iraq (Casemate Publishing) by Lt. Col. Michael E. Silverman (ret), provides exactly that. This book, that debuts next week, is a true account of how the partnership between Iraqi tribes and American troops reclaimed al Anbar and defeated al Qaeda in Iraq. Michael Silverman was Commander of the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment and he was right in the middle of the fight. His battalion contributed a great deal to the war in Iraq and was the only one to participate in the campaign to reclaim al Anbar Province from start to finish. Silverman offers an expert perspective on the surge in Iraq and the rol...

Shania Twain Shania Twain signed her book "From This Moment On" at the Barnes & Noble at The Grove in Los Angeles, California. Photo By: RD/ Kirkland/ Retna Digital