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Jason Voorhees is still alive — at least in Stephen King’s mind. The author recently said he’s mulled writing a novel from the perspective of Voorhees, the seemingly immortal slasher character from the “Friday the 13th” horror film franchise. “The best novel idea I never wrote (and probably never will) is I JASON,” King tweeted Sunday. …

Schloomp and sweats are today’s quarantine norm. Southampton/Palm Beach/Park Avenue’s Audrey Gruss outlines tomorrow’s norm. “More casual. Less entertaining. Open spaces. Six people at home at a table for 12. Smaller groups. At most 10. Masks everywhere. Summertime seating outdoors can be at 50 percent the normal capacity. And galas are via Zoom. That way …

I first met Britannia’s Jamaica-born Lady Colin Campbell long before they built London Bridge. We’ve also visited one another when she did books on Princess Diana. “Georgie,” we call her, lives in assorted castles, knows everyone who’s someone in London and writes about no one who’s just anyone. On June 25, Simon & Schuster publishes …

Longtime comic book writer and editor Denny O’Neil died Thursday at home of natural causes, Games Radar reports. He was 81. Best known for his work writing DC Comics’ “Batman” and editing Batman titles from 1986 to 2000, O’Neil also worked at Marvel Comics on such series as “Spider-Man” and “Iron Man.” Over the course …

Abigail Shapiro joins the roster of “Doom Patrol” as Dorothy Spinner when the superhero series returns June 25 on HBO Max and DC Universe. Shapiro, who celebrates a birthday next week — “It’s my golden birthday: I’m turning 20 on June 20 in 2020,” she says — is no stranger to acting. She was 12 …

Instagram playboy Dan Bilzerian is surrounding himself with more bookish types these days. The gun-toting, babe-flanked, private jet-flying “King of Instagram” has officially finished penning his autobiography. Now, he’s offering $5,000 to the person who comes up with the most clever title — an opportunity his followers have taken to absolutely roast him. Bilzerian, 39, …

It was 1974. Jack Teich. Kidnapped at his LI home. The $750,000 ransom (equal to today’s $4 mil) never fully recovered — although now he has. I know Jack Teich. He’s my friend lawyer Barry Slotnick’s friend, and he’s now out with just-published “Operation Jacknap: A True Story of Kidnapping, Extortion, Ransom, and Rescue.” Why …

A decade after the “Hunger Games” series had apparently ended, readers were clearly ready for more. Suzanne Collins’ “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” sold more 500,000 copies last week, even as many of the country’s bookstores were closed or offering limited service because of the coronavirus pandemic. The total includes print, e-books and audiobooks, …

J.K. Rowling has good news for locked-down fans looking for a Dobby, er, hobby. The “Harry Potter” author announced Tuesday that she has finished a new children’s book that she’s been working on sporadically since 2007’s “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” Called “The Ickabog,” the story is not a Potter continuation or spinoff, like …

Jana Kramer and Mike Caussin announced they’re releasing a book about choosing to stay in a relationship after infidelity inspired by their real-life marital struggles. The book, titled “The Good Fight,” hits store shelves in September and promises to offer fans both advice for their own marriages as well as further insight into the various …