Legendary author Ray Bradbury was secretly investigated by government officials at the start of the Cold War due to his potential ties to the Communist Party.
Ray Bradbury, author of the classic 1953 science-fiction novel Fahrenheit 451, wants an apology from filmmaker Michael Moore for taking the book's title for his documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 without permission and wants the documentary to be renamed. Also in the news: Method Man Method Man & Redman Robert Blake Miramax Jean-Marie Messier Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams Spike Lee the Hamptons Film Festival
Underlining the fact that Playboy has, from the beginning, contained provocative material to read as well as look at, the magazine said Wednesday that it plans to produce several major motion pictures based on fictional stories that first appeared on its pages.