The Disney movie Secretariat opens today. The official tie-in is Secretariat by William Nack (Hyperion, ISBN 978-1401324018), but a related title is Secretariat's Meadow by Kate Chenery Tweedy, daughter of Penny Chenery (played by Diane Lane in the movie). Penny wrote the book’s foreword and is touring with Kate to promote the book, and Disney is featuring this book at movie openings. Dementi Milestone Publishing is the publisher (ISBN: 978-0982701904).
Also opening today is It’s Kind of a Funny Story, starring Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, Viola Davis, and Zoe Kravitz. It’s based on Ned Vizzini’s novel of the same name (Hyperion, ISBN 978-1423141914).
Tamara Drewe hits theaters today, starring Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam, Dominic Cooper, and Luke Evans. It is based on Posy Simmonds’s graphic novel, Tamara Drewe (Mariner, ISBN 978-0547154121), which was itself inspired by Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd (Signet Classics, ISBN 978-0451528568).
Larry Kane discusses Lennon Revealed (Running Press, ISBN 9780762429660) on the Today Show today, which is the eve of the 70th anniversary of John Lennon’s birth.
Alton Brown, author of the just-released Good Eats 2: The Middle Years (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, ISBN 978-1-58479-857-6) is on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon demoing his signature Blow Hard Beef Jerky.
Good Morning America interviews Inside Edition anchor Deborah Norville, who wrote the foreword to Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive (Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, ISBN 978-1935096566).
Due to the nature of live programming, scheduling is subject to change.
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