1. Headline   1. Headline updated 9/14/2009 7:41:43 AM ET
2009-09-14T11:41:43  Tune in to TODAY on Tuesday, September 15,
when Dan Brown does his first sit-down interview with Matt
Lauer.  Author Dan Brown is a friendly, normal guy — not the
type you'd expect to have created the dark world of "The Da
Vinci Code." The book, published in 2003, has sold more than 80
million copies worldwide, and the 2006 movie starring Tom Hanks
grossed over $758 million. It also generated enormous
controversy: Catholic Church leaders denounced its heretical
slant and negative portrayal of Opus Dei, a conservative Roman
Catholic group. Now, after six-and-a-half years, Brown's newest
novel, "The Lost Symbol," comes out on Tuesday.    1. Stories
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Britney Spears Is Doing Post-Split  Brown, 45, still seems
surprised that his book started such a frenzy. He grew up on the
campus of a New England boarding school, wh