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x, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"This is the story of how an awkward, ambitious suburban teen from humble beginnings transformed herself into a high school homecoming queen, and later, the most celebrated actress of our time. Meryl Streep came of age during the women's movement of the seventies, and has worn her activism on her sleeve even when it was unfashionable. As she reached forty, the age when many leading ladies fade away, Streep plunged forward, leaping into roles that...
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xiii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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Biographer Charlotte Chandler draws on a series of interviews she conducted with the star just months before her death in 1980, as well as interviews with people who worked or lived with her. Actress, playwright, screenwriter, and iconic sex symbol Mae West created a scandal--and a sensation--on Broadway with her play Sex in 1926. Sentenced to ten days in prison for obscenity, she went in a convict and emerged a star. Her next play, Diamond Lil, was...
63) Tippi: a memoir
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xii, 275 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"In this absorbing and surprising memoir, one of the biggest names of classic Hollywood -- the star of Alfred Hitchcocks The Birds and Marnie -- tells her story, including never-before-revealed experiences on the set of some of the biggest cult films of all time"--Amazon.com.
For decades, Tippi Hedren's luminous beauty enchanted moviegoers and cemented her among Hollywood's elite. From Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds to Roar, one of the most controversial...
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xviii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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Ashley Judd is an award-winning film and stage actor known for both box-office hits and art-house gems. Yet in 2002, she found her true calling: as a humanitarian and advocate for those suffering in neglected parts of the world. Asked why she was opting out while she was one of the highest-paid women in Hollywood, she could not provide an answer. She simply knew that after her first trip to the notorious brothels, slums, and hospices of southeast...
65) The Garner files
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ix, 273 pages, 24 unnumbered pages plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
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English
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The revered actor and quintessential self-made man recalls "trying to decipher" William Wyler with Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine, breaking Doris Day's ribs, having a "heart-to-heart and eyeball-to-eyeball" with Steve McQueen, being "a card-carrying liberal--and proud of it," and much more.
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"Film legend Sophia Loren shares vivid memories of work, love, and family"--
"In her first memoir, the Academy Award-winning actress Sophia Loren tells her incredible life story from the struggles of her childhood in war-torn Naples to her life as a screen legend, icon of elegance, and devoted mother. In her acting career spanning more than six decades, Sophia Loren became known for her striking beauty and dramatic roles with famed costars Cary Grant,...
70) John Cena
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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English
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A biography of WWE wrestler John Cena. He has also been in movies and recorded a rap song.
71) Gemini
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1 videodisc (93 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A heinous crime tests the complex relationship between a tenacious personal assistant and her Hollywood starlet boss. As the assistant unravels the mystery, she must confront her own understanding of friendship, truth, and celebrity.
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xxiv, 275 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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English
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"The trauma that our world experienced in recent years -- as result of both the pandemic and societal tensions that threaten to overwhelm us -- has been unprecedented and is not going away anytime soon. It is clear that existing political and economic systems are not enough to bring the change that the world needs. In this book, Rainn Wilson explores the possibility and hope for a spiritual revolution, a "Soul Boom" in order to address today's greatest...
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xvi, 489 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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This book is a collection of 30 years worth of conversations -- always funny, often poignant, and incredibly intimate -- that not only span Apatow's career, but his adult life. Featuring interviews with luminaries like Mel Brooks and Chris Rock and modern icons like Louis CK and Amy Schumer, this is a book for fans of comedy, from the nerdiest fan of all.
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vii, 256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"Legendary actor Nick Nolte delivers his most revealing performance yet. This intimate memoir is a tale of art, passion, commitment, addiction, and the quest for personal enlightenment as intense and hypnotic as the man himself. In a career spanning five decades and hundreds of roles, Nick Nolte has become a true Hollywood icon. Rising from a difficult childhood in the rural Midwest to leading roles and a trio of Oscar nominations in the golden West,...
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xxxix, 469 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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Drawing from the actor's personal letters, audiotapes and annotations on screenplays and books, the author paints a unique picture of the legendary star's off-screen life including his embrace of foreign cultures and his collection of 4,000 books.
Brando the movie star: the hunk; the scandals. Mizruchi finds the Brando others have missed: the man who collected books; the man who rewrote scripts, trimming his lines to make them sharper; the man who...
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