“Satanic Verses” author Rushdie talks “Fifty Shades of Grey”October 11, 2012 - 21:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Salman Rushdie has said that he is not a fan of Fifty Shades of Grey, Digital Spy said. Speaking at the New York Festival over the weekend, the author of The Satanic Verses admitted that he had not read EL James's erotic bestseller in full. Rushdie said that he had read a page or two of the book via Amazon's preview service. "I've never read anything so badly written that got published," he said. "It made Twilight look like War and Peace." Earlier this year, Lace author Shirley Conran called the publishing phenomenon as "baby porn" worse than mediocre, while Barbara Taylor Bradford expressed disappointment at the lack of bondage action. Andy Murray's girlfriend Kim Sears has said that she is not a fan of the novel and actress Emma Watson has not read the book or script. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Armenia PM meets Iran’s Supreme Leader in Tehran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a meeting with Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Seyyed Ali Khamenei Ruling MP accuses opposition of “serving other countries' interests” Khachatur Sukiasyan has accused Armenia’s opposition of serving the interests of other countries Protest leader vows to achieve departure of Armenian authorities According to Archbishop Bagrat, there is only one solution to the situation in Armenia. Heads of Armenian, Ukrainian parliaments hold virtual talks Alen Simonyan and Ruslan Stefanchuk held talks via video conference on Tuesday, May 21. |