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In engaging anecdotes, Carol discusses her remarkable friendships with stars such at Jimmy Stewart, Lucille Ball, Cary Grant, and Julie Andrews; her television show that won twenty-five Emmys in its remarkable eleven-year run; and the sorrows that she overcame with her irresistible humor.
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Publisher
Sellers Publishing
Pub. Date
c2015
Physical Desc
240 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Professional wedding entertainer Peter Merry shines light on how to create fun and entertaining wedding receptions, with details on finding the right vendors, mapping out an agenda, and creating memorable moments that can be personalized to individual styles and sensibilities.
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
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When the Rat Pack returns to Las Vegas for the premier of "Ocean's 11," Eddie G. lends his assistance to Frank Sinatra when he is asked to locate a girl with whom Frank had been supposed to meet, a quest that traps Eddie between the cops and gangsters.
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Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 1 hr., 36 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A popular husband-and-wife entertainer team, making their move from radio to television, believe their lives will be complete when they can start a family. When they decide to adopt, they face problems and disappointments and are ultimately rewarded with an overabundance of babies.
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Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
105 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Did you know that Lucille Ball could pick up radio signals through her teeth? Or that her career was almost destroyed because she was a registered Communist? Bet you didn’t know that, as a studio executive, she green-lit both Star Trek and Mission: Impossible! Siblings Paige and Turner have collected some of the most unusual and surprising facts about the beloved actress, from her impoverished childhood and her first forays into the film industry...
8) What if: a lifetime of questions, speculations, reasonable guesses, and a few things I know for sure
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
261 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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"Beloved actress and bestselling author Shirley MacLaine contemplates a wealth of subjects from the mundane to the esoteric in this all-new collection of musings that begin with two simple words: What if--What if hope is the most dangerous emotion? What if a frog had wings? (Answer: He wouldnt bump his ass so much.) What if our political leaders actually led? What if Downton Abbey was full of Americans? What if, for some reason, I couldn't be creative...
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Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
107 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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Presents the life of the comic actress, discussing her childhood, marriage to and divorce from Desi Arnaz, and her career on the successful television hit series "I Love Lucy."
Publisher
Morada Vision
Pub. Date
c2006.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (336 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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"In 1959 Hugh Hefner produced Playboy's Penthouse T.V. show which proved to be the first of its kind. The format was modeled on a hip swinging bachelor party and the guest included the kings and queens of the world of entertainment who were all gathered in an impromptu style party"--Publisher's website.
12) The Gospel
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As a teenager, David was studying to follow in his fathers footsteps, by becoming a minister. However, after his mother suddenly dies and his father arrives late, David accuses his father of caring more about others than his mother. David decides to run away and eventually becomes a hot young R & B performer. However, when his father becomes ill he returns home to find his father's church in disarray. David finds that his former best friend, now a...
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Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
405 pages ; 22 cm
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In a world bound for an epic flood, Natasha, a Principal Flyer in the court's Royal Flyers, a lauded fleet of aerial silk performers, will do anything to save her family, but unbeknownst to her, her newest recruit has plans of her own.
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Legendary talk show host Dick Cavett shares his reflections and reminiscences about Hollywood legends, American cultural icons, and the absurdities of everyday life. On his talk show, Cavett welcomed the leading figures from film, music, theater, literature, comedy, and politics, and engaged them in conversation that made viewers feel that the discussion was taking place in their own living rooms. Here he introduces us to the fascinating characters...
16) Idol dreams
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Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]-
Physical Desc
volumes : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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Volume 1: "At age 31, office worker Chikage Deguchi feels she missed her chances at love and success. When word gets out that she's a virgin, Chikage is humiliated and wishes she could turn back time to when she was still young and popular. She takes an experimental drug that changes her appearance back to when she was 15."--Amazon.com.
17) Pretty mess
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Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
289 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
"Without her alter-ego Erika Jayne, Erika Girardi says she'd just be "another rich bitch with a plane"--so get ready for the dishy, tell-all memoir from show-stopping performer, model, singer, and beloved star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Erika Jayne. Erika Jayne didn't make it this far by holding back. Now, in her first-ever memoir, the fan favorite star of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills bares her heart, mind, and soul....
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Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Someone has an embarrassing photo of Sammy Davis Junior and when his friend Eddie Gianelli of the Sands Casino goes to payoff the blackmailer, he finds a dead body greeting him.
19) Mom & me & mom
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In this book, Angelou details what brought her mother to send her away, and unearths the well of emotions she experienced long afterward as a result. For the first time, she reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose petite size belied her larger-than-life presence, a presence absent during much of the author's early life. When her marriage began to crumble, Vivian famously sent three-year-old...
20) The lure
Series
Criterion collection volume 896
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (ca. 92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follow a pair of carnivorous mermaid sisters drawn ashore to explore life on land in an alternate 1980s Poland. Their tantalizing siren songs and otherworldly auras make them overnight sensations as nightclub singers in the half-glam, half-decrepit world of Smoczyńska's imagining. The director gives fierce teeth to her viscerally sensual, darkly feminist twist on Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little Mermaid,' in which the girls' bond is tested and...
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