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Premiere.com, November 11, 2009
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PR.com, November 9, 2009
...PR.com)-- Join Host Alex Tsakiris for a discussion with 'The Men Who Stare at Goats' author, Jon Ronson. In the 35-minute interview Ronson discusses his examination of whether the U.S. Army was able to successfully use remote viewing techniques:Well,...
MediaSyndicate, November 7, 2009
...Monroe Institute. Faber, VA – In 2003, while researching his book, The Men Who Stare at Goats, author Jon Ronson visited The Monroe Institute (www.monroeinstitute.org) in Virginia; however, his experiences there left him with nothing that he could use...
NewsOK.com, November 6, 2009
...which makes Clooney a perfect fit as the protagonist in this Peter Straughan screenplay that’s inspired by Jon Ronson’s nonfiction book about the government’s secret efforts to harness...
Telegraph, November 5, 2009
...Florence Waters talks to the author of The Men Who Stare at Goats, Jon Ronson, about his original book and the new film starring George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges and Ewan McGregor. The film is about soldiers in Iraq being trained to use...
Arizona Reporter, November 5, 2009
...Symbol,” noting the 1995 “Stargate/Scannate” scandal involving remote telepathic viewing, and this mind-blowing, far-fetched tale was inspired by Jon Ronson’s 2004 non-fiction best-seller of the same name. Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) is a cynical,...
BBC, November 4, 2009
...Theatre in Newcastle in the 1990s. A-list actors The Men Who Stare at Goats is an adaptation of Jon Ronson's non-fiction book of the same name and tells the story of a reporter who discovers a top-secret wing of the US military. Peter told BBC...
Times Live South Africa, November 4, 2009
...his ideas down in a 125-page confidential report called “The First Earth Battalion.” Thirty years later, British journalist Jon Ronson explored the legacy of Channon’s New Age manual and the U.S. military’s surprising — and often sinister —...
Time, November 4, 2009
...his ideas down in a 125-page confidential report called 'The First Earth Battalion.' Thirty years later, British journalist Jon Ronson explored the legacy of Channon's New Age manual and the U.S. military's surprising...
Irish Independent, November 3, 2009
...WRITER and journalist Jon Ronson must have been thrilled when he learned that George Clooney and Ewan McGregor were to be cast in a film inspired by his book, 'The Men Who Stare at...
BBC, October 30, 2009
...Theatre in Newcastle in the 1990s. A-list actors The Men Who Stare at Goats is an adaptation of Jon Ronson's non-fiction book of the same name and tells the story of a reporter who discovers a top-secret wing of the US military. Peter told BBC...
Northeast Journal, October 26, 2009
...– is to get a special premiere at the Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle, on November 3 when Peter and Jon Ronson, the British journalist who wrote the book on which the film is based, will be present. It is an early harbinger of the seventh Northern Lights...
In The News.co.uk, October 15, 2009
...on to questions actually about the film. What had attracted him to the project, a humorous adaptation of Jon Ronson's non-fiction bestseller about a secret unit of the US military concerned with paranormal powers? 'The book and the documentary had such a...
Guardian Unlimited, October 15, 2009
...600 people meeting to 'celebrate critical thinking and scepticism', with speakers Ben Goldacre, Simon Singh and Brian Cox. Jon Ronson was quite outshone in interview by his son, Joel (it's a treat for fans of Ronson's Guardian column to hear the boy...
Suite101.com, September 14, 2009
...Audiobooks See Delphi and Die by Lindsay Davis Cross by James Patterson Men Who Stare at Goats - Jon Ronson...
Time, September 13, 2009
...shouldn't be that many paying customers for Goats, which opens commercially Nov. 6. It's based on Jon Ronson's book about the U.S. Military's secret 'remote viewing' missions, in which soldiers were trained as 'psychic spies.' With the proper...
Guardian Unlimited, September 11, 2009
...Afterlives is not the first title to benefit from a plug on Twitter: in May, Jonathan Ross sent Jon Ronson's The Men Who Stare at Goats racing up the book charts after he selected it for a Twitter book club. Publisher Canongate is now rushing through a...
Disinformation, September 9, 2009
...of talent in which all hearts seem to beat as one, 'The Men Who Stare at Goats' takes Jon Ronson's book about 'the apparent madness at the heart of U.S. military intelligence' and fashions a superbly written loony-tunes satire, played by a tony cast at...
American Chronicle, September 4, 2009
...org) -- 'The man who reactivated me is... ' Uri paused, then he said, 'called Ron.' I was reading Jon Ronson's book, THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS. Ronson wrote, 'Was Ron FBI? CIA? Military intelligence? Homeland security? Could Ron be MI5? MI6?' 'Ah ha!' I...
Omaha World-Herald, August 30, 2009
...for the missing founder (Jeff Bridges) of a military unit investigating telepathy. This dark comedy is based on Jon Ronson?s best-seller. ?Fantastic Mr. Fox,? Nov. 13. Director Wes Anderson (?The Royal Tenenbaums?) takes on stop-motion...
Miami Herald, August 27, 2009
...are suffering from the same malady: Alien abduction. The Men Who Stare at Goats: Actor-turned-director Grant Heslov adapts Jon Ronson's book about a reporter (Ewan McGregor) in Iraq who meets a soldier (George Clooney) who claims to be a former member of...
American Chronicle, June 30, 2009
...brings us to George Clooney and the 'Goats' book and movie. The book was written by UK writer Jon Ronson and published in 2004. Ronson claimed to have interviewed credible sources about operations within the U.S. military and intelligence communities...
Telegraph, June 7, 2009
...footsteps of fellow presenters Richard Madeley and Judy Finnegan has already had an impact, with his first nomination, Jon Ronson's Men Who Stare At Goats, achieving a 7,000 per cent leap in sales on Amazon in the first day. Ross set the venture in...
The Independent, May 28, 2009
...Barthes or George Steiner can condense their deathless insights into 140-character critical essays. After a first-week outing for Jon Ronson's psy-ops investigation The Men Who Stare at Goats (alarmingly for authors, a book made briefly available by Pan...
Pocket-lint.co.uk, May 22, 2009
...the power of a Twittering celeb. Jonathan Ross decided to start an impromptu book club on Twitter, naming Jon Ronson's 'The Men Who Stare at Goats' as the inaugural book up for micro-discussion. In 140 characters or less, and proving the power of such...
Mirror.co.uk, May 22, 2009
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The Bookseller, May 22, 2009
... Benedicte Page Picador is rushing out an e-book of Jon Ronson?s The Men Who Stare At Goats, following the book?s selection as the first title to be discussed on Jonathan Ross? Twitter bookclub (#wossybookclub). The e-book will be...
Guardian Unlimited, May 19, 2009
...- at #wossybookclub - and sending his quarter of a million followers off to buy his first pick, Jon Ronson's The Men Who Stare at Goats. Its Amazon sales rose by 7,000% after it was selected by Ross on Sunday, and its publisher is rushing through a...
M2, May 19, 2009
...presenter Jonathan Ross has launched a book club on Twitter, #wossybookclub. The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson is the first book to be featured on #wossybookclub, which has reportedly sent the book soaring up the bestseller charts. The Twitter...
The Union, April 8, 2009
...is a niche that has been mined very successfully on the political and military side by British author Jon Ronson, whose book about military experiments in the paranormal, ?The Men Who Stare At Goats,? has been turned into a feature film starring...
Boxoffice > The Business of Movies, October 19, 2009
...attention to The Men Who Stare at Goats—a riotous true-life tale of a journalist (based on Guardian reporter Jon Ronson) who discovers the military's two-decade investment in psychic warfare. You had a military consultant, Jim Dever. What was his take...
Television & radio: TV and radio blog | guardian.c, October 15, 2009
...600 people meeting to "celebrate critical thinking and scepticism", with speakers Ben Goldacre, Simon Singh and Brian Cox. Jon Ronson was quite outshone in interview by his son, Joel (it's a treat for fans of Ronson's Guardian column to hear the boy...
Skeptic.com, October 14, 2009
...amazing than fiction. This is most assuredly true of the stories reported by investigative journalist, filmmaker and author Jon Ronson, who has delved time and again into the worlds of conspiracy theorists and extremists. This week on Skepticality ,...
Disinfo.com, September 25, 2009
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David Maybury | Blog, September 7, 2009
...up in the Guardian too – as they prepare to give away vintage comics all next week – Jon Ronson visits the Beano Factory and a panel of modern day experts review how the old comic books hold up today. Elsewhere in the Guardian – Mary Hoffman...
Gold Derby, September 2, 2009
...returns to the Lido with " The Men Who Stare at Goats ," a serio-comic film based on Jon Ronson 's 2004 nonfiction bestseller about the U.S. Army's use of the paranormal for interrogation purposes. Set in Iraq, Clooney plays a so-called psychic soldier...
Screaming Blue Reviews, September 2, 2009
...did? November’s The Men Who Stare At Goats deals with just those true-life subjects, adapting British journalist Jon Ronson’s 2005 book of the same name. Directed by Grant Heslov ( Good Night and Good Luck ), the film brings to the screen the...
Blog, August 28, 2009
...Goats ." It looks fun and entertaining. And if you want to read the book, written by Jon Ronson, you can't because it is currently out of print. It looks like they will be re-releasing the book, with the upcoming movie sure to be a hit...
/Film, August 27, 2009
...Overture Films has released a trailer for Grant Heslov ’s The Men Who Stare At Goats . Based on Jon Ronson’s 2004 book, Ewan McGregor stars in this so-unbelievable-yet-true story of a reporter who is chasing after a crazy story. U.S. Army First Earth...
The Blogs at HowStuffWorks, August 3, 2009
...States” by Howard Zinn “The History of Money” by Jack Weatherford “The Men Who Stare at Goats” by Jon Ronson “The Outline of History” by H.G. Wells “Guns, Germs and Steel” by Jared Diamond Mark Larson in publishing operations...
BigBlog.com: Breaking News, June 7, 2009
...footsteps of fellow presenters Richard Madeley and Judy Finnegan has already had an impact, with his first nomination, Jon Ronson's Men Who Stare At Goats, achieving a 7,000 per cent leap in sales on Amazon in the first day. Ross set the venture in...
Wossy: @pilgrimfamilyuk This weeks book ois The men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson. #wossybookclub
Twitter / Wossy, May 21, 2009
...@ pilgrimfamilyuk This weeks book ois The men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson. #wossybookclub about 10 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to pilgrimfamilyuk Wossy jonathan ross...
The Blog Herald, May 20, 2009
...re as popular and have as many followers as Ross, people take notice. It’s certainly great for Jon Ronson, whose “Men Who Stare at Goats” book is the first to be discussed. If you want to join informal book club read Jon Ronson Men Who Stare at...
Twitter / Wossy, May 19, 2009
...@ littlebead 1st book is Men Who Star at Goats by Jon Ronson. Will chat about it with fellow twitterers on Sunday ! about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to littlebead Wossy jonathan ross...
Twitter / Wossy, May 17, 2009
...So if you want to join informal book club read Jon Ronson Men Who Stare at Goats by next weekend & we will chat about it. hashtag twitbook about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck Wossy jonathan ross...
Twitter / Wossy, May 17, 2009
...For book club how about we start with non fiction after all ? Home grown genius jon Ronson. The Men Who Stare at Goats ? Whattayasay ? about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck Wossy jonathan ross...
Odd News From Around The World - BigPileOfBlog.com, May 15, 2009
...has dropped a few hints about another movie of interest: The Men Who Stare at Goats . Adapted from Jon Ronson's book of the same title (available from Amazon US and UK ) - about the U.S. military's (actual, real-world) interest in 'psychic' technologies...
Fetch me my axe, April 1, 2009
...quite a few by Gaiman), “Come Dance With Me In Ireland” by Shirley Jackson 28) Work of nonfiction? Jon Ronson, “Them!” for the lulz 29) Who is your favorite writer? Orwell or Joanna Russ for nonfiction, Gaiman currently for fiction. 30) Who is...
Fetch me my axe, April 1, 2009
...quite a few by Gaiman), “Come Dance With Me In Ireland” by Shirley Jackson 28) Work of nonfiction? Jon Ronson, “Them!” for the lulz 29) Who is your favorite writer? Orwell or Joanna Russ for nonfiction, Gaiman currently for fiction. 30) Who is...
Londonist, March 4, 2009
...Plinth ( 5 ) In Pictures: Kinetica Art Fair 2009 ( 4 ) Fleet Foxes @ Roundhouse ( 3 ) Jewish Book Week: See Jon Ronson For Free ( 3 ) Something For Sunday: Post-Apocalypse ( 3 ) Picasso Lights Up National Gallery ( 2 ) Free Tonight? ( 2 ) More Contribute...
loanoncar, January 18, 2009
...direction of this and I really want to spread the word. Some of you might have watched the Jon Ronson documentary on . Back to School, Back to School . . . After my semester long sabbatical to rest, learn how to be married, and refocus my energy, it's...
DJWriter, January 13, 2009
...buy books that weren't part of the sale. On Wednesday, I finished Them: Adventures With Extremists by Jon Ronson. This was one of my Powell's purchases from June 2007, and I don't know why I took so long getting around to it. After all, I thoroughly...
Grandinite, December 27, 2008
...about these ELF frequencies, particularly the Schumann Resonance . Also, this Dr. Lowery guy mentioned below was discovered by Jon Ronson when he was writing the book The Men Who Stare at Goats. This book has been turned into a movie starring George...





















