Authors on the Air: 'Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer'; 'Why We Hate the Oil Companies'; 'Merchants of Doubt'

This morning, the Today show hosted John Grisham, whose Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer (Dutton Children's Books, 978-0525423843, $16.99; Penguin Audio unabridged CD, $19.95) pubbed yesterday.

Authors on the Air: 'The Real Story Behind the Real Housewife of New Jersey'; 'My Fair Lazy'; 'Slow Love'

Authors on this morning's Today show include Danielle Staub, whose The Naked Truth: The Real Story Behind the Real Housewife of New Jersey--In Her Own Words (Gallery, 978-1439182895, $25) pubs today.

Authors on the Air: Lou Gossett, Jr.; Noah D. Oppenheim; Kai Bird

Today, Good Morning America hosted actor Lou Gossett, Jr., whose memoir is An Actor and a Gentleman (Wiley, 978-0470574713, $26.95). He returns to the show tomorrow. On Today: Noah D. Oppenheim, co-author of The Intellectual Devotional Biographies: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Acquaint Yourself with the World's Greatest Personalities (Rodale, 978-1605299501, $24), which is the fifth installment in the bestselling The Intellectual Devotional series.

Authors on the Air: 'Shrek Forever After'; 'The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain'; 'The Black Swan'

Today, the movie Shrek Forever After opens, directed by Mike Mitchell, with voices of Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas. It's based on William Steig's Shrek! (20th Anniv. Ed., FS&G Books for Young Readers, 978-0374368791, $16.99; Live Oak Media unabridged CD, $39.95), which PW's review deemed an "engrossing and satisfying tale." Movie tie-ins from Price Stern Sloan include Cathy Hapka's Shrek Forever After: The Movie Storybook, illus. by Larry Navarro (978-0843199482, $9.99) and Lauren Alexander's Shrek Forever After: The Novel (978-0843199475, $4.99).

Authors on the Air: 'How to Be a Grown Up'; Daisy Fuentes; Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Authors on this morning's Today show included psychotherapist and relationship expert Stacy Kaiser, who explained How to Be a Grown Up: The Ten Secret Skills Everyone Needs to Know (HarperOne, 978-0061941184, $25.99), which pubbed this week; and TV personality Daisy Fuentes, whose new book is Unforgettable You: Master the Elements of Style, Spirituality, and True Beauty (Atria, 978-1416563013, $24).

Authors on the Air: 'President Obama, Year One'; Cheryl Forberg; 'The Lassa Ward'

Today's Brian Lehrer Show featured Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter, author of The Promise: President Obama, Year One (S&S, 978-1439101193, $28), which pubbed yesterday.

Star Trek Partners with S&S, Pocket, Abrams, and Haynes

Star Trek has some new publishing partners for a number of new Star Trek-themed novels and other works. The franchise, which is owned by CBS Consumer Products, has inked deals with CBS-owned Simon & Schuster and Pocket Books, as well as Abrams, and Haynes Publishing. It has already released one title and plans to roll out several more in the next year. The new titles include a YA series of paperbacks focusing on Starfleet Academy and a novel based on the Star Trek Online game that launched earlier this year.

Authors on the Air: 'Teaching the Pig to Dance'; 'The Profiler'; 'The Rational Optimist'

Today on Good Morning America, Fred Thompson discussed Teaching the Pig to Dance: A Memoir of Growing Up and Second Chances (Crown Forum, 978-0307460288, $25), which pubs today. Tomorrow, he visits The Brian Lehrer Show.

Authors on the Air: The Ling Sisters; Thomas Chatterton Williams; Chuck Palahniuk

Today, Oprah hosts journalists Laura Ling and her sister Lisa Ling, whose Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home (William Morrow, 978-0062000675, $26.99) pubs tomorrow.

Authors on the Air: 'Robin Hood'; 'Letters to Juliet'; Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Movies opening today include Robin Hood, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, and Max von Sydow, and based on the Robin Hood legend. The tie-in novelization by David B. Coe is Robin Hood (Tor, 978-0765366276, $7.99; Blackstone unabridged CD, $19.95).

Authors on the Air: 'Modern Girl's Guide to Sticky Situations;' 'Heart of the Matter;' 'The End of the Free Market'

This evening, The Daily Show meets with Ian Bremmer, author of The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations? (Portfolio, 978-1591843016, $26.95), which pubs today and which PW said "concludes on a hopeful note, laying out a powerful case for the superiority of regulated free markets above state capitalism and a clear prescription for how the U.S. can defend its competitive advantage in the future."

RH Films Taps Forthcoming Vaillant Book

Random House Films, the co-financing unit established by Random House and indie studio Focus Features to adapt the publisher's books into films, has announced the latest potential project in its partnership, an adaptation of John Vaillant's forthcoming The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival. The nonfiction book, which is being released by Knopf in late August, is set on the Siberian plane amid the destruction of the local tigers' natural habitat and concerns a tiger that begins hunting a group of townspeople and the game warden called upon to stop the animal.

Authors on the Air: Jack Rakove; Sarah Moulton; Donald Miller

This evening, The Daily Show hosts Pulitzer winner Jack Rakove, whose Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0618267460, $30) pubs today. PW's starred review called it "a sparkling, authoritative work. Everyone interested in the founding of the U.S. will want to read this book."

Authors on the Air: Pam Grier; Laura Bush; Scott Turow

Today, both The View and The Leonard Lopate Show hosted actress Pam Grier, whose memoir Foxy: My Life in Three Acts (Grand Central Publishing, 978-0446548502, $24.99) pubbed last week. PW wrote "In this prickly autobiography, the iconic actress is almost as hard-nosed toward lovers as her filmic alter-ego was toward enemies."

Authors on the Air: Skinny Italian; The Council of Dads; Lucia Chase and the American Ballet Theatre

Authors on this morning's Today show included Teresa Giudice, one of the Real Housewives of New Jersey, whose Skinny Italian: Eat It and Enjoy It Live La Bella Vita and Look Great, Too! (Hyperion, 978-1401310356, $19.99) pubs next week. PW wrote "Take away the overblown catch phrases and effusive references to her mama, The Sopranos, and the motherland, and you're left with a solid mid-week Italian cookbook. Then again, perhaps it's the chatty Teresa and her feisty yet playful anecdotes that make this an irresistible, guilty pleasure."

Authors on the Air: The Losers; The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility; What Your Son Isn't Te

PW Reviews 'The Men Who Would Be King'

Authors on the Air: Three Wishes; Hubble, Unwrapped; Superman, Too

This morning, Today talked with BFFs Carey Goldberg, Beth Jones, and Pamela Ferdinand about their book Three Wishes: A True Story of Good Friends, Crushing Heartbreak, and Astonishing Luck on Our Way to Love and Motherhood (Little, Brown, 978-0316079068, $24.99).

Authors on the Air: You're Not the Boss of Me; E. O. Wilson; Anchee Min

This morning, the Today show consulted childhood development and behavior expert Betsy Brown Braun, whose You're Not the Boss of Me: Brat-Proofing Your Four- to Twelve-Year-Old Child (Harper, 978-0061346637, $15.99) is just out this week.

Summer Cinema Scoop

Read the book, see the movie: there's certainly something for everyone on the season's screens. Loved the Sex and the City movie? Don't miss the fab fashions and swish settings of Sex 2. Prefer Stravinsky over Sarah Jessica? Check out Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky, the provocative tale of a rare pairing.