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Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xi, 284 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Description
Joan Rivers was known all over the world--from the Palace Theater to Buckingham Palace, from the bright lights of Las Vegas to the footlights of Broadway, from the days of talkies to hosting talk shows. But there was only one person who knew Joan intimately, one person who the authorities would call when she got a little out of hand. Her daughter and best friend, Melissa. Joan and Melissa Rivers had one of the most celebrated mother-daughter relationships...
Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
ix, 350 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
The only child of MacLaine and her husband of thirty years, Steve Parker, Sachi's surreal childhood began when she was sent to Japan at the age of two to live with her mercurial father and his mistress. She divides her time being raised by a Japanese governess and going back and forth to L.A. to be with her mother, hamming it up on movie sets, in photo shoots, and Hollywood parties. As she gets older and becomes involved in a series of abusive relationships...
84) The bodyguard
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1997, c1992
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In her film debut, Houston plays Rachel Marron, a music/movie superstar at her peak. Fans want to see her, hear her, touch her. But one wants to kill her - and that's where security expert Frank Farmer (Costner) comes in. Farmer is a professional who never lets his guard down. Rachel's glamorous life often puts her at risk. Each expects to be in charge. What they don't expect is to fall in love.
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume Prequel
Description
Everybody starts somewhere, and once upon a time Luigi Lemoncello was a twelve-year-old boy in a large family who dreamed of being a showman; he gets his first chance working for a famous barker at a summer carnival where a mysterious puzzle leads him and his friends on a treasure hunt.
86) Annie Oakley
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 21 cm.
Description
Describes the life and accomplishments of the woman whose natural talent for shooting led her to become the star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Publisher
Arts Alliance America
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A feature length documentary chronicling the lives of three mortal men and one woman who make their living working as superhero characters on the sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard. A view into their daily routines reveals hardships, and triumphs.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Formats
Description
In this beautiful and poignant tribute to her late daughter, award-winning actress and "New York Times" bestselling author Carol Burnett presents a funny and moving memoir about mothering an extraordinary young woman through the struggles and triumphs of her life.
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
432 pages
Description
"Eighteen-year-old Carmen takes on a summer internship that has her reuniting with estranged family for an over-the-top quinceañera, reluctantly reconnecting to a long-lost ex-boyfriend, and finding happiness in the chaos"--
91) White Christmas
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The classic musical about two guys that become a popular song and dance team and play at a resort for charity.
Author
Description
This memoir traces Maya Angelou's childhood in a small, rural community during the 1930s. Filled with images and recollections that point to the dignity and courage of black men and women, Angelou paints a sometimes disquieting, but always affecting picture of the people--and the times--that touched her life.
93) Annie Oakley
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
One summer afternoon in 1922, a petite, elegant woman faced a packed arena on Long Island for what would be her last big shooting exhibition. Even at age 62, Annie Oakley never missed. She was one of the greatest sharpshooters of all time, thrilling crowds across America and Europe, feted by princes and presidents -- the first American woman ever to become a superstar. Oakley's beginnings were more than humble--her childhood horrific--but she had...
94) April in Paris
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The State Department wants Ethel Barrymore to represent the American theater at an arts exposition in Paris, but a beleaguered bureaucrat mismails Miss Barrymore's invitation to Miss Ethel "Dynamite" Jackson. She's a very blonde, very brassy chorus girl, who proves to be dynamite on the New York to Paris ocean crossing.
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
198 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
After Dean Martin saves Eddie G. from being hit by a car, Eddie's torpedo buddy Jerry arrives from Brooklyn with the news: somebody's put an open contract out on him. As anybody can cash it in, pros and amateurs alike are coming out of the woodwork to have a shot. So when Eddie is asked by Frank Sinatra to go to LA to help his friend, Judy Garland, with a problem she's having, Eddie and Jerry seize the opportunity to leave Vegas.
96) The entertainer
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A drama of seedy music hall life centering on Archie Rice, an egotistical, third-rate British music hall performer whose career and personal life are in a down-hill spiral.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A 1984 East Berlin simple surveillance assignment: Capt. Gerd Wiesler, a Stasi officer and a specialist in surveillance, has been assigned to keep an eye on Georg Dreyman, a respected playwright, and his actress girlfriend, Christa-Maria Sieland. Though Dreyman is known to associate with blacklisted director Albert Jerska, a known dissident, Dreyman's record is spotless. Wiesler discovers that Minister Hempf has an ulterior motive in spying on this...
100) Hosea plays on
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Description
This heartwarming picture book (based on a true story) depicts a day in the life of Hosea Taylor, a musician who--with his charm, talent, and generosity--brought joy to everyone he met.
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