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☆ 'Twilight' put Forks, WA, on the map. Now, local residents want to put an end to the 'vampire tourism' boom.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

However, not all residents of Forks' roughly 3,400-strong population are happy about the attention their hometown is getting, with some locals hitting out at "vampire tourism," The Times of London reported. "I work at the local school — which the Twilight characters 'went to' — and they'd be out there, crying about how much they loved this vampire guy." At the height of the "Twilight" hysteria, Forks wasted no time in embracing its new fame, with new "Twilight" tours showing off famous locations from the films. AdvertisementMeyer chose to set "Twilight" in Forks after searching Google for the place with the highest rainfall levels in the US. The spot provided the perfect setting for her vampire characters, who mustn't be exposed to sunlight, so they could go about their lives without being detected by humans.

Persons: —, Stephanie Meyer's, Forks, Leslie Graham, Dora Maxfield, they'd, Maxfield, Christina Horsten, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Lissy Andros, Andros, Meyer Organizations: Service, Business, Information Center, Times, Getty, Publishers, Office Mojo, Google Locations: Washington, Forks, London, Forks , Washington, Oregon, Canada, Texas

☆ Joe Arden's voice made him the hottest narrator in romance. Then, a sexting scandal turned BookTok against him.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Anna Merlan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +34 min

But there's no denying that a large number of people, mostly women, found Joe Arden's voice to be exceedingly hot: smooth, insistent, husky, occasionally dropping to a seductive growl. Arden's voice made him one of the most popular romance audiobook narrators of his generation. Last year, a promising new romance author reached out to Blue Nose Audio and received a reply from Joe Arden. "My working name of 'Joe Arden,' has always been just that, a professional persona that labeled my career," he added. For good measure, they dug up Cronin's abandoned trademark application for the Joe Arden moniker, first filed in 2020.

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☆ Bridget Jones Deserved Better. We All Did.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Elisabeth Egan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

You couldn’t pass a Borders or Barnes & Noble megastore without catching Bridget’s cool blue-green gaze. Seemingly overnight, Bridget was to digital correspondence what Chandler Bing was to comic timing: a fresh metronome for the last gasp of the 20th century. She was the toast of book clubs, the subject of editorials, a lightning rod for morning-show debate and fodder for late-night comedy. Some readers were charmed by Bridget Jones; others were disgusted. That if we don’t enjoy our jobs, we just stick around and, heck, sleep with the boss (who never calls us back).”

Persons: Bridget Jones’s, “, ”, it’s “, ’ it’s, Elizabeth Gleick, ” “ Bridget Jones ”, Noble, ” “, —, Bridget, Chandler Bing, Bridget Jones, “ Bridget, ” Alex Kuczynski Organizations: Publishers Weekly, British Vogue, New York Times, Barnes Locations: British, ‘

☆ NASA runs a tiny, isolated cabin that simulates a year of life on Mars, and for some reason, they put a book about the psychological horrors of cave exploration in it
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

What book would you pack if you were isolated in a Mars habitat with three other people for 378 days? The book includes descriptions of "psychological horrors produced by weeks in absolute darkness." Photographed in the Mars Dune Alpha's capsule library was a book titled "Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Cave on Earth," a novel by James Tabor. The living room/dining area inside of CHAPEA's Mars Dune Alpha at the Johnson Space center in Houston, Texas. "Ultimately, this information will help NASA make informed decisions to design and plan for a successful human mission to Mars," Douglas added.

Persons: —, it's, Kelly Haston, Nathan Jones, Ross Brockwell —, James Tabor ., Tabor, Bill Stone, Alexander Klimchouk, who've, Jay C, Patrick Lencioni, MARK FELIX, Grace Douglas, Douglas Organizations: NASA, Service, Johnson Space Center, Crew Health, Publishers, Getty Locations: Houston , Texas, Mars, AFP

It’s a plot twist the romance writers did not see coming. “I saw the auction that was going on to help raise funds for her funeral,” romance writer T.E. “To find out that it was a hoax, two-and-a-half years later, was just a slap in the face to everybody,” fellow romance writer Samantha A. Cole told NBC News. Cole said she met Meachen around 2017 in one of several online romance writer and reader groups that proliferate on Facebook and elsewhere on the web. Some angry romance writers confronted Meachen online and demanded an explanation, screenshots of the exchanges revealed.

☆ The author of 'Station Eleven' couldn't update her Wikipedia page to reflect her divorce without citing an article where she confirmed it, so she got a magazine to interview her
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Emily St. John Mandel said getting interviewed was the only way to update her relationship on Wikipedia. The author wanted to update her page to say she is divorced, and needed to cite a published article. After being interviewed by Slate, Mandel was able to update her page to say she's not married. In this case, that's what a volunteer editor used to originally verify the marital status of Emily St. Mandel. Now, her Wikipedia page says Mandel, "has a daughter with former husband Kevin Mandel," and that she has a girlfriend.

☆ 'Bad Summer People,' a salacious summer read, is causing chaos in a Fire Island town full of wealthy Manhattanites
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-15 | by ( Anna Silman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The source of the tension, whether real or perceived, was Rosenblum's forthcoming debut novel, "Bad Summer People." But it has already sent the tiny town, located off the coast of Long Island, New York, into a tizzy. But everyone DVR'd, everyone watched it, and everyone relished that their little summer town was somehow elevated to prominence." Rosenblum simply took events that punctuated the summer, like the town-wide Bay picnic and the summer tennis tournament, and used them as a backdrop for her fictional drama. "You'll see him on the tennis court, and you'll see her around town, and nothing's going to change," they said.

☆ Профессор Гарварда заявил, что в 2017 году около Земли прошли инопланетные обломки
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-05 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +2 min

Согласно новой книге профессора Гарвардского университета Ави Лоеба, в 2017 году ученые обнаружили первые признаки разумной жизни за пределами Земли. По словам Лоеба, это был первый признак разумной жизни за пределами Земли. «Чужой: первый признак разумной жизни за пределами Земли»По словам Лоеба, объект не был естественным явлением, а представлял собой кусок космического мусора, выброшенный другой галактикой. В обзоре Publishers Weekly книгу «Чужой: первый признак разумной жизни за пределами Земли» назвали «спорным манифестом». «Захватывающий и убедительный случай, что мы могли видеть признаки разумной жизни около Земли и что нам следует искать дальше», – написала она.

Persons: Ави Лоеба, Ави Лоеб, Лоеб, Томас Зурбухен, ПРОДОЛЖАЕТСЯОн, Энн Войжитки, Эрик Маскин Organizations: NASA, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, . Publishers, Гарвардский университет, Управление научных миссий, ИСТОРИЯ, Гарвард Locations: –, Houghton Mifflin, Гавайях, Земля, Вашингтон

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