The film star as bookworm: World Book Night

To mark World Book Night, here are some of our favourite images of the stars curling up with a good book.

23 April 2013

Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Marilyn Monroe reads How to Develop Your Thinking Ability by Ken Keyes
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