Embracer Group buys rights to ‘Lord of the Rings’ films, other Tolkien intellectual property

Still from “Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.” New Line Cinema Swedish company Embracer Group said Thursday that it agreed to acquire Middle-earth Enterprises, which owns worl...

Paul Tremblay on Shyamalan, ‘Knock at the Cabin,’ ‘Pallbearers Club’

Paul Tremblay Source: Paul Tremblay Want to hear a scary story? It was 2015. Paul Tremblay, a New England math wiz with a couple crime novels to his name, was experiencing his big breakthrough in horr...

Buffett disciple Mohnish Pabrai names his favorite investing books

Looking to invest in stocks with long-term value? Veteran investor Mohnish Pabrai has two books to recommend. Speaking to CNBC Pro Talks, Pabrai — a value investor and disciple of billionaire Warren B...

How grief, burnout and a Google search led to NYC’s Yu and Me Books

When Lucy Yu was 7 years old, she told her mom she wanted to retire and open a bookstore one day. She’d always loved reading and, as the only child raised primarily by her single mother who immi...

A 28-year-old who made $100,000 in passive income ‘in just one day’ shares 5 books that helped her get started

When people think of what it takes to start a business, words like “struggle” and “stressful” come to mind. But it was rewriting this narrative that allowed me to achieve succe...

‘Maus’ is Amazon bestseller after Tennessee school ban

This illustration photo taken in Los Angeles, California on January 27, 2022 shows a person holding the graphic novel “Maus” by Art Spiegelman. Maro Siranosian | AFP | Getty Images “...

Nike executive Larry Miller thankful family of man he killed forgives him

Nike executive Larry Miller, who kept his past secret for more than 50 years, told CNBC that he’s thankful the family of a man he killed in 1965 when he was a teenager forgives him. Miller, form...