Buzz News Roundup, 5/20


Updated 05/20/09 1:35 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 0 comments

Buzz News Roundup, 5/20

Working Title production company is developing a live musical version of their hit Bridget Jones's Diary films. — Variety Focus Features has set George Clooney to play an assassin in A Very Private Gentleman, an adaptation of the Martin Booth novel. — ComingSoon American Idol's Tuesday show was the lowest rated finale performance episode of the series. — TV Week A contemporary, 3-D Read more

George Orwell's Tea Time Tips


Updated 04/14/07 11:05 AM · Posted by partysugar · 5 comments

George Orwell's Tea Time Tips

George Orwell, famed old school author of 1984 (raise your hand if you've read it), was a big time tea drinker. "There are 11 rules for perfect tea making, rules from which nobody should dare depart," said good old George Orwell. His steps to making the perfect cup of tea are at times absolutely absurd (6 spoonfuls of tea leaves? You'll end up with one potent tea!) and specifically objective Read more

The Hunger Games and 13 Other Frequently Challenged Sci-Fi Books


Updated 04/17/12 3:15 PM · Posted by · 4 comments

Banned Science Fiction and Fantasy Books

This month the American Library Association updated its list of frequently challenged books for the 2011 year, and one wildly popular novel is making its way up the rankings of this infamous list. The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, which first appeared at number five of Top 10 Most Frequently Challenged Books in 2010, is now third on the list for attempts to remove its contents from Read more

Ever Wanted to Smell Like Animal Farm? Now You Can.


Updated 11/07/11 2:51 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 6 comments

George Orwell Perfume

If you love George Orwell's writing, here's your chance to smell like his most famous work. Perfumers Ah & Oh Studio have come out with clever "scent stories" meant to embody the tales of four much-loved (and fairly scary) writers. You can choose from Orwell, the Marquis de Sade, Edgar Allan Poe, and Pierre Laclos (he wrote Les Liaisons Dangereuses, or, as you may know the story, Cruel Read more