Movies opening today:
Despicable Me, directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, and starring the voices of Julie Andrews, Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, and Miranda Cosgrove. Book tie-ins include Despicable Me: The Junior Novel by Annie Auerbach (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 978-0316083805, $5.99; Hachette Audio unabridged CD, $12.98); and three from LB Kids: Despicable Me: The World's Greatest Villain by Kirsten Mayer (978-0316083775, $3.99); ... My Dad the Super Villain by Lucy Rosen (978-0316083829, $3.99) and ... Sleepy Kittens by Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio (978-0316083812, $7.99).
The Girl Who Played with Fire (limited release), directed by Daniel Alfredson and starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Sofia Ledarp, Peter Andersson, and Georgi Staykov, based on the Stieg Larsson novel The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage, 978-0307454553, $15.95; RH Audio unabridged CD, $39.95). PW said “Powerful prose and intriguing lead characters will carry most readers along.”
Today, Good Morning America hosted Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy (the couple depicted in the movie The Blind Side), whose In a Heartbeat: Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving (Henry Holt, 978-0805093384, $24; Macmillan Audio unabridged CD, $29.99) pubs next Tuesday.
On Today, British journalist Hephzibah Anderson discussed Chastened: The Unexpected Story of My Year Without Sex (Viking, 978-0670021864, $25.95; Tantor unabridged CD, $34.99), which PW found a “fluffy dating chronicle.”
Authors on The Leonard Lopate Show:
Paco Underhill, whose What Women Want: The Global Marketplace Turns Female Friendly (S&S, 978-1416569954, $25) went on sale this week.
Journalist and translator Ilaria Dagnini Brey recalled The Venus Fixers: The Remarkable Story of the Allied Soldiers Who Saved Italy's Art During World War II (Picador, 978-0312429904, $16). PW thought “the book makes a strong case for what the Allies were fighting for in Italy: its history, and the artworks that continue to inspire us today.”
Fred Plotkin, with Italy for the Gourmet Traveler (Kyle Books, 978-1906868314, $24.95).
Tonight, Tavis Smiley talks with actor-director LeVar Burton, one of the narrators on the audiobook of Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales (W. W. Norton, 978-0393329902, $16.95; Hachette Audio CD, 978-1600246661, $16.98).
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