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Is there anything Jason Segel CAN’T do?! Seriously, the guy is a hilarious actor AND he has some serious musical skillz!

Well apparently we can now add writer to his list of talents as he just inked a deal with Random House to write 3 kids books!

The series will be titled Nightmares! and will follow a group of friends who learn the importance of facing your fears!

The actor says:

Tags: deal, jason segel, kids books, kiki strike, kristen miller, nightmares, random house, stuff 4 kids, the eternal ones, trilogy

You know the saying, "Don't judge a book by its cover?" Well, in this case, we'd amend that to, "Don't judge a book by it's first six chapters!"

Claire Phillipson runs a home for domestically abused women in the UK and she thinks 50 Shades of Grey is counterproductive to her cause!

She only read two-thirds of the sizzling bit of erotic fiction, but she's confident the novel is only good for one thing: kindling!

Claire aims to burn these "vile" books and urges anyone who feels similarly to bring additional copies to her office for a bonfire!

We're confused… Is she suggesting we buy a copy of E.L. James' book so that we can bring it to her for torching??

Claire explained, kind of:

Tags: 50 shades of grey, anastasia steele, book burning, bookz, christian grey, claire phillison, el james, random house, wacky tacky and true

What on effing Earth?!

Jay-Z has reportedly been slapped with a lawsuit by a man named Patrick White, who claims that the rapper STOLE portions of his writing and incorporated them into his 2010 memoir Decoded!

According to the legal documents, filed again Jay, Dream Hampton, and Random House:

Tags: copyright infringement, decoded, dream house, invasion of privacy, jay-z, memoir, patrick white, plaintiff, random house

The ghost of James Madison is NOT amused!

Recently, certain counties in Florida banned E.L. James' 50 Shades of Grey from their public libraries and now the book’s publisher is outraged.

In a statement, Random House said:

Tags: 50 shades of grey, constitution, e l james, free speech, james madison, random house

So much for that roadblock!

Vogue creative director Grace Coddington has sold her memoir to Random House for $1.2 million.

Jay Fielden was originally slated to co-author Grace's memoir, but has since been replaced with Vogue writer Michael Roberts.

Congrats!

[Image via Ivan Nikolov/WENN.]

Tags: co-author, jay fielden, memoir, michael roberts, random house, sold, vogue writer