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Ruth Walker - Books Editor

An award-winning journalist and editor whose career spans more than 15 years, in digital and print media, Ruth loves to tell stories, and has broken exclusives on new titles covering fashion, showbiz, health, science, and lifestyle. Incredibly, she also reads books for fun.

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Philip Seymour Hoffman's close friend says star's 'ghost' visited him the night he died - and reveals a secret blackmail plot haunted the actor

21/07/24 11:33

Just a few months before his death from a heroin overdose, Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was blackmailed by a website which threatened to expose his most intimate secrets. In a new book, his close friend Shalom Auslander reveals the outlet had bought tapes of Hoffman and planned to publish them unless he gave an exclusive interview....read

My dad 'abducted me', abandoned me at boarding school at just 5... before executing our family - but I don't believe he did it
20/07/24 05:20
In November 1992, Gail Spiro and her three children were found shot dead in San Diego Was this a simple though tragic murder-suicide, or something much more sinister?
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The REAL reason Princess Diana agreed to a secret hotel meeting with JFK Jr. revealed - and the intimate letter she wrote him after their private get-together
17/07/24 04:51
He'd hoped to persuade Diana to appear on the cover of his magazine, George, but a new biography of JFK Jr reveals her real reason for agreeing to the meeting.
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Devastating details of JFK Jr's ultra-secretive burial at sea are revealed for the first time - including his sister Caroline's heart-breaking display of grief as she said her final goodbye
16/07/24 05:18
The navy chaplains who presided over JFK Jr's burial at sea have revealed for the first time intimate details of the secretive ceremony, 25 years after his tragic death.
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I nearly died in an avalanche - the eerie visions of each heart-stopping second still haunt me and almost drove me to suicide
13/07/24 04:04
In his new book, The Color of Everything, National Geographic photographer Cory Richards describes in heart-stopping detail how his life flashed before him - at times bizarre, and at others almost mundane.
Hollywood titan's haunting deathbed secret that he feared would blow up his Poltergeist actress daughter's murder trial - and left him on the brink of suicide
06/07/24 02:44
Griffin Dunne has revealed his father was haunted by secrets he feared would shame his family, and lead to his daughter's killer escaping justice. It wasn't until after his death that he discovered the truth.
Sex expert reveals 4 golden rules of the 'birds and the bees' chat with kids - and suggests starting as young as 10
06/07/24 12:19
Rachel Coler Mulholland - who has has 762K followers on TikTok - even provides a sample script for parents to use, to help get the awkward 'birds and the bees' conversation started.
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Bruised, bleeding, and wearing a diaper for SIX hours - the painful truth of what it's REALLY like to walk in space (and why it looks NOTHING like Sandra Bullock in Gravity)
02/07/24 12:54
Cady Coleman spent 6 months on the International Space Station, and she says the experience left her covered in abrasions and missing several nails.
Blondie star Debbie Harry's perfect response to frisky David Bowie's crude proposition
29/06/24 06:32
Before Blondie scored worldwide hits like Call Me and Heart of Glass, they were a little-known band touring with Iggy Pop when David Bowie took a chance at propositioning the sexy lead singer.
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The Bachelor's sordid, cynical backstage secrets REVEALED: New book exposes WILD claims of tequila and pot binges, sex in limos, and producers paid to make women cry
29/06/24 11:40
New book reveals astonishing claims of backstage affairs and cruel manipulation on The Bachelor. Women were picked based on their likelihood to melt down, said one casting director.
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Emmy-award winning writer reveals she was violently abused by her first love
15/06/24 06:43
Chelsea Devantez is head writer for The Problem With Jon Stewart. But when she wrote about the domestic violence she suffered, she was told it was 'too dangerous to share'.
New York author survived a C-section with no anesthetic - she felt the surgeon cut through layers of her muscle while she screamed out in agony
08/06/24 06:11
Rachel Somerstein, from New York, had been in labor for 24 hours when she had to have an unplanned C-section. Doctors struggled to place the needle correctly and she felt every cut.
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I asked for A+ boobs and woke up with D cups - what I learned about the breast reconstruction industry in the wake of my double mastectomy shocked me
25/05/24 02:59
Sarah Thornton's new book, Tits Up, reveals that some male surgeons intentionally place nipples so far above their normal location, they pop out of the bra.
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Inside 'mob-like' world of Amazon that left one employee so traumatized he jumped off Seattle office roof - as his chilling final email to staff is revealed
11/05/24 05:45
Engineer was driven to attempt suicide after being put on performance review. In his note - sent to all staff including Jeff Bezos - he called his boss a 'murderer'.
Lemony Snicket author behind Jim Carrey's $211 MILLION movie A Series of Unfortunate Events exposes secret behind-the-scenes scandals - and the shocking antics of 'raving lunatic' execs who made his life hell
09/05/24 06:02
The author of A Series of Unfortunate Events - which was turned into a movie starring Jim Carrey - has written for the first time about the surreal arguments behind the scenes.
Former Ku Klux Klan poster boy reveals new trans identity: Explosive memoir details how son of KKK Grand Wizard escaped white supremacy cult and embraced 'gender confusion'
08/05/24 01:36
Black's father - onetime KKK Grand Wizard Don Black - runs the hate site Stormfront. And, as a nervous, long-haired 10-year-old, Black appeared on Jenny Jones defending the Klan.
Inside the multi-million dollar business of Everest - from the controversial 'boy band' climber who charges $1m to personally guide you to the summit to the 'bouncy castle' that will fast-track you to the top
21/04/24 11:22
2023 was a record year for deaths on Mount Everest. But that hasn't stopped the hundreds of people who spend upwards of $45,000 to climb it - many drawn by the fame of Nepal's most celebrated poster boy.
Famed photographer lays bare New York City's wildest, wackiest, and sexiest street fashions - revealing looks that even Gigi Hadid turns to for inspiration (and can you guess which former child star takes center stage?)
09/04/24 01:44
Johnny Cirillo picked up the street style mantle from the legendary Bill Cunningham. His viral Instagram account resulted in some famous followers - and a book that is an A to Z of fashion
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Top sexpert reveals 8 common myths about having great sex - and why believing them is killing your relationship
18/02/24 07:50
Sexpert Emily Nagoski debunks the lies we've been told, including how often we should be getting hot and heavy. But if you like a cuddle after coitus, you may just have hit the jackpot.
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Woman who was left homeless at 17 after fleeing alcoholic mom's home where she was sexually abused reveals how she turned her life around to become a successful college graduate and home owner - who now works in one of America's most violent schools
17/02/24 04:16
Taylor was left to fend for herself when she escaped her alcoholic mom at just 17. But she is one of the success stories in a terrifying epidemic of homeless youth in America.
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VERY explicit letters that married former President Warren G Harding wrote to his mistress are revealed - laying bare details of their sordid trysts... and the cheeky nickname he gave his PENIS
08/02/24 12:13
The 29th President Warren G Harding's torrid letters to Carrie Phillips only recently became public. He wrote vividly about their sex life - but she later used them to blackmail him.
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Five guaranteed ways to make you hotter, according to a scientist (and beer goggles might ACTUALLY work)
07/02/24 02:04
There is no shortage of procedures to help us on our road to increased hotness. But now a scientist has revealed the actual science behind attractiveness - and it doesn't involve surgery.
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Top plastic surgeon reveals 7 celeb-favorite tweakments that could mess up your face FOR LIFE
03/02/24 07:08
Dr Anthony Youn says many treatments being performed by doctors every day are either too dangerous or just don't work - these are his biggest offenders.
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Top plastic surgeon reveals the 3 anti-aging treatments you should STOP paying top dollar for - because the at-home versions are just as effective
28/01/24 12:20
Dr Anthony Youn, a plastic surgeon from Michigan, believes many of the procedures offered by physicians like him are a waste of money.
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The secrets of Mean Girls revealed: New book lays bare the stars who auditioned for the iconic 2004 film and didn't get the job - and how Tina Fey bought the original idea for just $440,000 before the movie made $130 MILLION at the box office
12/01/24 03:03
A new book, fittingly called So Fetch, tells the behind-the-scenes story of the iconic - and highly quotable - movie's making, and explores why we're still so obsessed with it, two decades later.
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The 10 surprising reasons why your 50s is best the decade of all - including stronger friendships, a settled mind and wild SEX!
02/01/24 04:19
Ex Airbnb boss Chip Conley says his 50s were 'a revelation… a time when I developed into the man I was always meant to be'. These are his 10 reasons why this period of life is the best
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REVEALED: The naughty secrets behind THOSE Oscars after-party pictures... and how Vanity Fair photographer Mark Seliger manages to loosen up his famous subjects
29/12/23 05:03
In a decade of Vanity Fair's after-party photographs, Mark Seliger has captured Hollywood A-listers from Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake to Cardi B and Offset in his lens.
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Feds say that substation vandalism in Oregon and Washington are similar to gun attack in North Carolina that left tens of thousands without power
07/12/22 10:13
Feds warn of increased threat of domestic terrorism as memo reveals armed attacks on substations 'possibly in response to an online call for attacks on critical infrastructure'
'If your dog died, you need to bring him in and prove it to us': Kansas Olive Garden manager is FIRED after telling staff if they call sick 'you might as well go out and look for another job'
07/12/22 08:21
Frustrated by staff shortages, restaurant manager lets rip in memo, telling employees that she will no longer tolerate ANY excuse for calling off sick. Her bosses say they have now 'parted ways'
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Doggy bag! Helpless canine is zapped by X-ray scanner at Wisconsin airport after owner 'forgot' to remove the pet from their carry-on luggage
07/12/22 05:38
TSA officials post a light-hearted tweet after spotting the unexpected passenger on a Wisconsin airport scanner. But animal lovers demand to know if the dog is OK after its X-ray ordeal.
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Suburban Chicago used car dealership worker, 18, is arrested after crashing BMW into HOUSE while taking two prospective customers on test-drive, leaving both injured
07/12/22 03:13
Vladyslav Vityk (right) leaves in handcuffs and faces multiple charges after smashing a powerful BMW into the home of Eric Bowgren - while he was working just a few feet away.
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