In random order, here are the 10 most viewed stories for the week of January 4, 2016

Powerball Fever Hits $800 Million As Of Today, January 8
The Gist: A breakdown of the odds of winning the top prize, how newbie buy-ins are upping the jackpot in $50M increments, and where the money goes.
Source Article Here: USA Today
Authors: Loren Thomas, Sheldon S. Shafer
Update: The Powerball had no top prize winner(s), jackpot has climbed to $1.3 Billion

27 Shows Premiering This Month As Of Thursday, January 7
The Gist: Date, network, and time details on series premieres and returns for the rest of January 2016, including: The X-Files miniseries, Pretty Little Liars, Grease:Live, The 100, and Hit The Floor.
Source Article Here: International Business Times
Author: Amanda Remling

14 New Books To Have On Your Radar This Week
The Gist: Publishers Weekly’s pick of 14 new books, with a synopsis for each, and why they matter. Titles include: My Name Is Not Friday, The Root of All Evil, My Name Is Lucy Barton, and the haunted hotel thriller Travelers Rest.
Source Article Here: PW

 

Heartbreak On The Air: “This was not some guy I picked up in a bar.”
The Gist: Benita Alexander was an NBC News producer who fell in love with her renowned surgeon subject….and the tale only gets stranger from there.
Source Article Here: Vanity Fair
Author: Adam Ciralsky

The Underdog Billionaire: Tyler Perry
The Gist: Arguably the most polarizing black filmmaker since his former detractor Spike Lee, an interview with the multi-hyphenate mogul on criticism and sheer success.
Source Article Here: Vulture
Author: Rembert Browne

 
Cray-Cray In The Office: Machiavellian, Narcissistic, Or Psychopathic?
The Gist: A University study on 800 varied workers in Germany gives an insight into the persona and shortfalls of those with any – or all- of the above traits. Test yourself, if you like, here.
Source Article Here: BBC
Author: David Robson

 

Author Inspiration: Life-Changing Books
The Gist: More than two dozen authors tell which books changed their lives and how, including books by Toni Morrison, Jamaica Kincaid, Caleb Carr, & Richard Wright.
Source Article Here: Vulture
Author: Tobias Carroll

 

5 Quick Fire Videos On Writing
The Gist: Here – on one page – are fast TED-Ed videos ranging from how to write descriptively to how misused modifiers can mar you writing.
Source Article Here: GalleyCat
Author: Maryann Yin

 

FLASHBACK READS

Soul Survivor Pam Grier On Life & Industry Lessons: “I’m only a plane ride away,”
The Gist: 32 years after landing the cover of New York magazine, a revisit with the genre-busting icon is here in the piece ‘The Education of Pam Grier’ from 2007.
Source Article Here: New York
Author: Adam Sternbergh

 

Jessica Savitch: A Trailblazer’s Toll
The Gist: The first female anchorwoman in the southern U.S. went from local news to network (NBC) in just 7 years during the “dark ages” of television news’ institutional misogyny. Savitch’s career and untimely death in 1983, at the age of 36, is recalled in this 1983 piece, The Two Faces of a Newswoman.
Source Article Here: People
Authors: Richard K. Rein, Margie Bonnett Sellinger, Leah Rozen, Jane Hall,
Lee Wohlfert-Wihlborg, Susan Deutsch, Greg Walter.