Some ambitious production company has decided in the wake of Fifty Shades of Grey to adapt Anne Rice's Sleeping Beauty Trilogy into a television show. HOO BOY. Good luck with that, y'all.

Anne Rice had some stuff to say about the terrible, terrible persecution of Paula Deen. Specifically, she worries if Deen is the victim of our "lynch mob" culture. ANNE. ANNE. THAT'S NOT A GOOD USE OF WORDS. That's the kind of word-using that I'd expect from someone who isn't an internationally famous professional…

The rapid transformation of Occupy Gezi from a amiable-enough effort to protect what little green space remains in European Istanbul to a violent clash between protesters and Turkish police has attracted the attention celebrities like sign-maker Tilda Swinton, concerned father figure Mark Ruffalo, and even vampire…

Now that E.L. James' Fifty Shades of sadomasochistic sweet, sweet smut is making its author over a million dollars a week, Plume, an imprint of publishing giant Penguin, will re-release Anne Rice's graphic "Sleeping Beauty" trilogy from the 1980s, because now that dirty books are a summer reading trend (for the first…

Halloween hijinks! Novelist Ann Rice has trolled all Twihards by posting a controversial message on her Facebook wall:

In interviews, Anne Rice has expanded on what led her to "quit" the Catholic Church after her very public return to religion.

Since Anne Rice announced her decision to "quit" Christianity, there's been an outpouring of reaction, from supportive to condemnatory:

"I'm out," says the Christ the Lord author on her Facebook page, after declaring in '04 that she would "write only for the Lord." What's changed?

How, you asked, could we neglect solid-gold trashiness like Harold Robbins! And Jilly Cooper! And Anne Rice! Don't worry, kids, we're not done: herewith, more titles, suggested by you, that make an argument for the anonymous benefits of a kindle...

Though Anne Rice hasn't read Twilight, she did see the film, and "felt that it reflected the deep desire of young women to have the mystery and protection and wisdom of older men." She also "really enjoys" True Blood. [WSJ]