News on Bret Easton Ellishttp://www.politicalscandalnews.com/topic/Bret Easton Ellis2010-03-02T08:47:38ZTheater American Psycho2010-02-02T14:01:16ZAP Newstag:www.politicalscandalnews.com,2010-02-02:/photo/2092583FILE-This Nov. 15, 2009 file photo shows singer songwriter <a title="Duncan Sheik" href="/topic/Duncan+Sheik" >Duncan Sheik</a> attends a special screening of 'The Private Lives of <a title="Pippa Lee" href="/topic/Pippa+Lee" >Pippa Lee</a>' hosted by The <a title="Cinema Society" href="/topic/Cinema+Society" >Cinema Society</a> in <a title="New York" href="/topic/New+York" >New York</a>. Sheik has signed to write the music and lyrics for "American Psycho" by <a title="Bret Easton Ellis" href="/...A singing 'American Psycho' planned for the stage2010-02-22T12:33:34ZAP Newstag:www.politicalscandalnews.com,2010-02-22:/article/A%20singing%20%27American%20Psycho%27%20planned%20for%20the%20stage&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;A musical version of <a title="Bret Easton Ellis" href="/topic/Bret+Easton+Ellis" >Bret Easton Ellis</a>' 'American Psycho' planned for the stage&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the malevolent Sweeney Todd can sing, why not <a title="Patrick Bateman" href="/topic/Patrick+Bateman" >Patrick Bateman</a>, the twisted title character of Bret Easton Ellis' "American Psycho"?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A stage adaptation of Ellis' celebr...Cracking the code of celebrity2010-03-02T08:08:04ZSpectator, The Londontag:www.politicalscandalnews.com,2010-03-02:/article/Cracking%20the%20code%20of%20celebrity&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt; LUNAR PARK by <a title="Bret Easton Ellis" href="/topic/Bret+Easton+Ellis" >Bret Easton Ellis</a> Picador,
&lt;p&gt; Like revolution, fame has a nasty habit of eating its children.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; On one level Lunar Park explores the perils that an author faces when subjected to the sort of celebrity usually reserved for rock stars and supermodels. It's not just any old author, either, but Bret Easton Ellis himself.&lt;/p&...LIFE AND LETTERS2010-03-02T08:47:38ZSpectator, The Londontag:www.politicalscandalnews.com,2010-03-02:/article/LIFE%20AND%20LETTERS&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The presentation of this year's Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize - an annual literary award given, in alternate years, to a volume of poetry and a novel - was an occasion for harmony and reconciliation. The party took place on the penthouse floor of Faber &amp;amp; Faber's offices in Queen Square, but the winner was not a Faber poet. Rather, it was <a title="Glyn Maxwell" href="/topic/Glyn+Maxwell" >Glyn Maxwell</a>, whose latest volume of poetry, The Nerve, ...American Psycho ... The Musical?2010-02-28T11:38:43ZThe New York Observertag:www.politicalscandalnews.com,2010-02-28:/article/American%20Psycho%20...%20The%20Musical%3F&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here's one we never thought we'd see. Because you've been clamoring for it, a musical adaptation of <a title="Bret Easton Ellis" href="/topic/Bret+Easton+Ellis" >Bret Easton Ellis</a>' American Psycho will be coming to the Broadway stage sometime in 2010. Cue the <a title="Huey Lewis" href="/topic/Huey+Lewis" >Huey Lewis</a>!
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<a title="David Johnson (Executive)" href="/topic/David+Johnson...Blurb your enthusiasm2010-02-28T12:15:11Zguardian.co.uktag:www.politicalscandalnews.com,2010-02-28:/article/Blurb%20your%20enthusiasm&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Recently, I wrote a book called Bits of Me Are Falling Apart. The story takes place during a single day in my life, a particularly bad day in the summer of 2007. I tried to write down all the thoughts I'd had and the things I'd done on that particular day. It's a sort of black comedy. After I'd written it, my publishers sent me the manuscript so I could check it for mistakes. Then they sent me a copy of the cover. Finally, when I thought everything was done, m...