October 11, 2011 at 4:55 pm (Books and Movies)
Film: The Rum Diary Starring Johnny Depp Book: The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson
Film: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Starring Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and John Hart Book: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carre
Film: Big Year Starring Jack Black and Own Wilson Book: The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik
Film: Drive Starring Ryan Gosling Book: Drive by James Sallis
Film: We Bought a Zoo Starring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson Book: We Bought a Zoo: The Amazing True Story of a Young Family a Broken Down Zoo and the 200 Wild Animals that Change Their Lives Forever: A Memoir by Benjamin Mee
Film: The Three Musketeers Starring Orlando Bloom Book: The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Film: A Dangerous Method Starring Viggo Mortensen and Kiera Knightley Book: A Most Dangerous Method: the Story of Jung, Freud and Sabrina Spielrein by John Kerr
Film: The Descendants Starring George Clooney Book: The Descendents by Kaui Hart Hemmings
Film: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Starring Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock Book: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
October 10, 2011 at 5:09 pm (Nobel Prize, Tomas Transtromer)
Tomas Transtromer wins the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature. This is the first time a poet has won since Wislawa Szymborska took the honors in 1996.
