Bono memoir to be released Nov. 1
The long-rumored memoir by Bono, U2’s frontman, is coming out Nov. 1. Alfred A. Knopf announced Tuesday that the book, first signed up in 2015 but not officially disclosed at the time, will be called “Surrender.” Reports that he had a deal date back to at least 2019.
“When I started to write this book, I was hoping to draw in detail what I’d previously only sketched in songs,” the 62-year-old Irish singer and activist born Paul David Hewson, said in a statement. “The people, places and possibilities in my life. ‘Surrender’ is a word freighted with meaning for me. Growing up in Ireland in the ’70s with my fists up (musically speaking), it was not a natural concept … I am still grappling with this most humbling of commands. In the band, in my marriage, in my faith, in my life as an activist. ‘Surrender’ is the story of one pilgrim’s lack of progress … With a fair amount of fun along the way.”
The book’s subtitle is
“40 Songs, One Story,” a reference to the structure of “Surrender”: 40 chapters, each named for a U2 song. The band’s many hits include “With Or Without You,” “Sunday Bloody Sunday” and “Where the Streets Have No Name.”
But Bono’s not the only one with a memoir:
Oscar winner Geena Davis has a memoir coming out this fall, titled “Dying of Politeness.” HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Tuesday that the book will be published Oct. 11. According to the publisher, Davis will share “laugh-out tales” about her modeling career and provide candid accounts of her films and co-stars.
Davis, 66, won an Oscar for her supporting performance
in “The Accidental Tourist” and was nominated for best actor for “Thelma & Louise.” In 2019, the academy presented her the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her advocacy for gender equality in media.
“For everything I put into … (my) roles, I’ve taken far more away. I’ve been blessed to practice living a different life — a bolder, freer and more authentic one — on screen,” Davis said. “In this book, I’ll reveal the ways in which my public life — the movies, the advocacy and my relationships — have impacted and empowered the private me, and, I hope, inspire my readers to expand their own sense of power.”
Colbert halts more ‘Late Show’ episodes:
Exactly a week after returning to “The Late Show” after a bout of COVID-19, host Stephen Colbert canceled the taping of more new episodes due to “a
recurrence” of the virus.
“Stephen is experiencing symptoms consistent with a recurrence of COVID,” said a Monday tweet on the CBS show’s Twitter account, notifying fans that the show will be extending its break. “Out of an abundance of caution for his staff, guests, and audience, he will be isolating for a few additional days. The Late Show will not be taping new episodes until further notice.”
It’s unclear whether Colbert contracted the disease anew or never fully recovered from his first bout with it.
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