Gwyneth Paltrow is in negotiations to play Gabrielle Hamilton in an indie on-screen adaptation of the boisterous, MFA-wielding chef’s memoir "Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef." Although the pairing seems an odd fit at first sight, Paltrow’s recent history of foodieness lends some credibility to her new role. We anticipate a cinematic feast worthy of Hamilton's hearty reputation. [via Hollywood Reporter]

Now an NYU law student, Chen Guangcheng came to global public attention earlier this year as the blind Chinese dissident seeking political refuge at Beijing’s U.S. embassy. The events that led him to that day and beyond -- detention without charges, arrest for obstructing traffic, and a diplomatic crisis between China and the United States -- will fill the pages of his memoir, to be published fall 2013 by Henry Holt. [via the Los Angeles Times]

The other kind of futbol is finally taking hold in the famously resistant U.S., thanks in large part to the women’s national team and its goaltender Hope Solo, who will star in the Olympics and a highly anticipated memoir this August. Published by HarperCollins, Solo’s memoir takes on her raunchy reports on the Olympics Village, her status as the first drug-test-positive member of the women’s soccer team, and the family dynamics that equipped her to seek, and conquer, monumental challenges. [via the Huffington Post]

Elton John’s memoir "Love is the Cure: On Life, Loss and the End of AIDS" was released last week by Little, Brown. Structured primarily to address the decades’ long AIDS crisis that began in the 1980s, Elton’s story includes the alcohol addiction that led him to ignore the disease’s first decade, his atonement for that failure via the Elton John AIDS Foundation, and his private friendship with Rush Limbaugh -- who sends him “the loveliest emails.” [via CBS]

Published today by Random House, Mary Soames’ memoir "A Daughter's Tale" offers your last chance to get a firsthand account of the life of stuttering British Prime Minister (and Nobel Prize in Literature recipient) Winston Churchill. The youngest daughter and last surviving member of the Churchill nuclear family, Soames builds her tale from her diaries and letters, which span almost nine decades. Her unique vantage points include dining with the likes of Harry Truman and Joseph Stalin, shooting down German rockets as a gunner for the women’s auxiliary, and the fancifully elegant lifestyle that was available only to a select few during some of England’s most turbulent years. [via the Washington Post]