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A restless young journalist with big dreams interviews a Hollywood heartthrob--and, ten years later, it's clear that their time together meant more than meets the eye in this sexy, engrossing debut novel. Then. Twentysomething writer Chani Horowitz is stuck. While her former MFA classmates are nabbing book deals, she's in the trenches writing puff pieces. Then she's hired to write a profile of movie star Gabe Parker. The Gabe Parker--her forever celebrity...
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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 24 cm
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"The world can see that international A-list actress Whitman ("Win") Tagore and jet-setting playboy Leo Milanowski are made for each other. Their kisses start Twitter trends and their fights break the internet. From red carpet appearances to Met Gala mishaps, their on-again, off-again romance has titillated the public and the press for almost a decade. But it's all a lie. As a woman of color, Win knows the Hollywood deck is stacked against her, so...
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xxxix, 469 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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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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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2011
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xviii, 406 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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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...
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Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2019.
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With this second memoir, Andrews picks up the story with her arrival in Hollywood and her phenomenal rise to fame in her earliest films--Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music. Andrews describes her years in the film industry -- from the incredible highs to the challenging lows. Not only does she discuss her work in now-classic films and her collaborations with giants of cinema and television, she also unveils her personal story of adjusting to a new...
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Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
416 p. ; 23 cm.
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When allegations about his actress wife's infidelity are posted online, James, a screenwriter with a violent past, attacks his wife's lover, sparking a media frenzy that compels him to go into hiding and resort to extreme measures to protect his wife.
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Pub. Date
[2015]
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In this spectacular saga as radiant, thrilling, and beguiling as Hollywood itself, Adriana Trigiani takes us back to Tinsel Town's golden age--an era as brutal as it was resplendent--and into the complex and glamorous world of a young actress hungry for fame and success. With meticulous, beautiful detail, Trigiani paints a rich, historical landscape of 1930s Los Angeles, where European and American artisans flocked to pursue the ultimate dream: to...
8) Notting Hill
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The world's most famous movie star falls in love with a small-time bookstore owner.
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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
241 pages
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The popular actress reveals her journey of self-discovery through her childhood in India, her teenage years in the United States, her success in beauty competitions, the challenges and triumphs of her acting career, and her marriage to Nick Jonas.
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"No celebrity rivals Elizabeth Taylor's glamour and guts or her level of fame. She was the last major star to come out of the old Hollywood studio system and she is a legend known for her beauty and her magnetic screen presence in a career that spanned most of the twentieth century and nearly sixty films. But her private life was even more compelling than her Oscar-winning on-screen performances. During her seventy-nine years of rapid-fire love and...
11) After she's gone
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"Sisters Cassie and Allie Kramer dream of fame, but while Cassie got only bit parts, the younger, more beautiful, and more talented Allie rose to stardom. When Allie's body double is shot on the movie set and Allie goes missing, Cassie becomes a suspect and is convince the only way to end her nightmare is to find Allie"--
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Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
xii, 306 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Description
The film legend and Hollywood icon shares the highs and lows of her life as an actress during Hollywood's Golden Age, stories from her lifelong friendship with Elizabeth Taylor, and intimate details of her marriages and family life.
13) Worthy
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Pub. Date
2023.
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A gripping, painfully honest, and ultimately inspirational memoir from global superstar and creator of the Red Table Talk series Jada Pinkett Smith. In a media driven landscape that crafts narratives for our celebrities, Smith recounts her story in an intimate conversation with readers. Along the way, she explores her path to accepting her power as a woman, and her discovery that a strong sense of self is every woman's right and saving grace. An impactful...
14) The hero
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A former Western icon re-evaluates his life, his image and more importantly his heart after a surprise diagnosis.
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A feature documentary film exploring the 1980s most recognizable leading man, who challenged Hollywood's very notions of masculinity and redefined what it meant to be the Sexiest Man Alive. Featuring never-before-seen home videos, photographs and original interviews with those who knew Patrick best, including the illustrious costars of his biggest films, this documentary dives beyond his status as a sex symbol to reveal the complexities of an often...
16) Wishful drinking
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
163 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
Fisher comes clean (well, sort of) with the crazy truth that is her life, in her first-ever memoir.
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Near the end of 1939, ten-year-old Audrey Hepburn flew from boarding school in England into the Netherlands, which would soon become a war zone. What she experienced in five years of Nazi occupation has never been explored until now. Dutch Girl sets the story straight, revealing the Nazi past of Audrey's parents and how their daughter dealt with this information. The book examines her career as an acclaimed young ballerina, her involvement with the...
20) X
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
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Description
When a film crew arrive to an isolated Texas ranch to shoot an adult movie, they soon find themselves fighting for survival.
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