Randy Pausch, a 47-year-old college professor whose “last lecture” became an Internet sensation, will have a new platform to share his story: a book. The Last Lecture is now being published by Hyperion, after a bidding war that reportedly resulted in a $6.7 million deal. In Sept. 2006, Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. In August 2007, the cancer had spread, and Pausch was given 6 months to live. A month after learning the cancer was terminal, Pausch gave his now-famous talk in a packed auditorium. “The lecture wasn’t about dying, it’s about living,” says Pausch, who is a married father of 3. See an abridged version of the lecture from the Oprah Winfrey show here.

Real estate mogul and shameless self-promoter Donald Trump finally got it right last night when he fired annoying celebrity wannabe Omarosa from NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice when the team she led as project manager suffered “the biggest slaughter in Apprentice history,” according to Trump. Read More. And for more on how reality tv has made D-list celebs out of talentless hacks, check this out.

If having money guaranteed happiness, it’s obvious we wouldn’t see the epidemic of drug and alcohol abuse among rich and famous celebrities, and the wealthy wouldn’t have the same problems the rest of us do. But there must be a connection, right? Otherwise, why would people spend so much time and effort trying to acquire wealth? There is a connection–but it’s not how you’d think. Find out.