Biography News

Music journalist and historian John Alexander released a comprehensive biography of Johnny Cash entitled "The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash."

May 6 of this year marked the hundredth anniversary of Orson Welles' birth. But despite the name recognition and the wide film-school reverence for “Citizen Kane”, it sometimes seems as if Welles is still being neglected, even posthumously.

Edmonton - Alexis Kienlen is an Edmonton-based writer who is a journalist and published poet with two volumes of poetry to her credit. Her third book is a work of non-fiction about someone who is well known for being an advocate for social justice.

"Falling Into Place" is a memoir about how finding faith in a higher power and oneself can bring out inner strength and peace. Hattie Kauffman’s trials become lessons of perseverance and hope for all of us.

“Rob Ford might be a genius – if not of the academic variety, certainly of the kind that matters in politics,” Robyn Doolittle writes in “Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story,” her bestselling account of the notorious Toronto mayor's career.

Step aside Lee Daniels as the star power of Oprah Winfrey strikes again. But it was "Lee Daniels' The Butler" that wins the box office prize. It stars Oprah, but the lead is Forest Whitaker.

Music journalist Sylvie Simmons interviewed a wide range of people to complete her exhaustive biography on Canadian music icon Leonard Cohen. It was a project done, as she says, with "diligence and heart."

A new unauthorized biography of Angelina Jolie reached number one in its category on Amazon Tuesday, once again fueling debate about the dominant role of eBooks in today's increasingly high-tech publishing ecosystem.

Rock stars, like all celebrities, are hard to pin down. Their true selves hide behind carefully crafted public images, shielding us from the deeper complexities that make up a human personality. With Mick Jagger, it's unclear where the facade ends.

A new, comic-book style book offers a new, creative take on the history of The Beatles. Combining history with comics, creator Herve Bourhis has fashioned a fascinatingly visual take on the story of the Fab Four.

Toronto - Author of the new Steve Jobs biography, simply titled "Steve Jobs," Walter Isaacson made a book tour stop in Toronto on Wednesday to promote the new book, discuss the Apple innovator and what he was like.

Vincent Van Gogh would have died from an accidental shooting by a teenager in the countryside of the French town of Auvers-sur-Oise, according to a new biography of the artist, calling into question the theory of his suicide.

Madonna will soon be rubbing shoulders with superheroes like Batman and the X-Men when her life story is told in the pages of a comic book, hitting shelves this August.

On the Aug. 25, 2009 Edward Kennedy, Democratic party member and United States Senator died of a brain tumour. He served for close to 47 years and he was among the longest serving Senators in the history of the United States

A few evenings ago, the blare of an entertainment news show filled my home. A featured story, which took many teasers and long commercial breaks to finally air, highlighted Andrew Morton, the author of a new unauthorized biography about Tom Cruise.

Eric Clapton is one of the few guitar heroes who deserves his rep and does more than photo shoots with his guitar. He’s also lived an extraordinary life which fiction would probably never get published. It’s a bit complex.

Keith Richards, who is one of the few guitarists I’d say actually works for a living, has a story to tell. The Elegantly Wasted One is finally doing that. Anyone's guess why it took this long. Maybe he wanted to accumulate some material...

Kitty Kelley, the best-selling biographer known for dishing dirt on her subjects, is taking on one of America's most loved celebrities -- Oprah Winfrey.