Famous people reading

Meryl Streep reading from Fahrenheit 451

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Here's an embarrassing fact: I've never seen a James Dean movie. Not a single one. It's one of those things that I keep meaning to do but somehow haven't gotten around to yet. Still, that doesn't stop me from appreciating his beauty in photographs. The man sure was sexy - especially reading! According to the interwebz, his fave books were Pain, Sex and Time by Gerald Heard and The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Note: That's Elizabeth Taylor asleep next to him in the third pic.

If you’re a reader and user of social media, you’ve likely tested your lifetime reading list against the BBC Book Quiz. Or perhaps you've allowed your worth as a reader to be determined by the number of Pulitzer Prize winners you've made it through.

Audrey Hepburn, as Holly Golightly, reads at the NY Public Library in the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961). Hepburn's portrayal of Holly Golightly as the naïve, eccentric café society girl is...

Do you do this too? Snatch out a moment anywhere you can to keep up with a great action book? That's Stephen King reading Lee Child's Tripwire between innings at the baseball—looks like he’s deep into one of Jack Reacher’s exploits. (Apparently King’s a big Boston Red Sox fan, so it’s not

Bearded Keanu Reeves

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Check out these 13 celebrities caught reading! The books in their hands might surprise you...

Jake Gyllenhall tries to get some reading done while commuting on the subway.

Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen. Visit Eddie at his website or at Facebook.The old adage about never judging a book by its cover has no corollary about not judging a reader by his books. Love him or hate him, worship him or detract from him, we can all agree on one thing: Elvis Presley was a strange, unique, fascinating character, a one-in-a-lifetimer, and his choice of reading material mirrors his own fascinating persona.Larry Geller…

Julia Roberts. That's my girl

The best actors read between the lines | Chapter 1 - Take 1

Marilyn Monroe

His Favorite Books About Hollywood: Get an insider's view of the fame machine in these picks from the actor and poet whose new collection is Directing Herbert White.

The New York Public Library's 'I Read Everywhere' social media campaign enlists Mindy Kaling, Neil Gaiman and more.

Clark Gable reads, via the consistently entertaining Awesome People Reading.