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"Candid, insightful, and wildly entertaining essays about life, love, and lessons learned as an actress in Hollywood, from the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and New York Times bestselling author of Talking as Fast as I Can. With her signature sense of humor and down-to-earth storytelling, Lauren Graham opens up about her years working in the entertainment business--from the sublime to the ridiculous--and shares personal stories about everything from...
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English
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One of the most celebrated, beloved, and enduring actors of our time, Sally Field has an infectious charm that has captivated the nation for more than five decades, beginning with her first TV role at the age of seventeen. From Gidget's sweet-faced "girl next door" to the dazzling complexity of Sybil to the Academy Award-worthy ferocity and depth of Norma Rae and Mary Todd Lincoln, Field has stunned audiences time and time again with her artistic...
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Over the course of this ... memoir, Selma lays bare her addiction to alcohol, her devotion to her brilliant and complicated mother, and the moments she flirted with death. There is brutal violence, passionate love, true friendship, the gift of motherhood, and, finally, the surprising salvation of a multiple sclerosis diagnosis"--Dust jacket flap.
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Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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A portrait of the life of the late princess of Monaco reveals the losses and painful obstacles that overshadowed her seemingly charmed life, the lesser-known affairs that took place before and after her marriage, and her premonition about her death in a car crash.
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Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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The film celebrates the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians, Buster Keaton, whose singular style and fertile output during the silent era created his legacy as a true cinematic visionary. Filled with stunningly restored archival Keaton films from the Cohen Film Classics library, it is directed by Peter Bogdanovich, a filmmaker and cinema historian.
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Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Icon. Celebrity. Artist. Madman. Genius. Who is Nicholas Cage, and why has his career endured for more than a hundred films over forty years? Phipps examines the films, and the man himself, to examine Cage's journey from 1980s comedies to the blockbusters of the 1990s, through the wild video-on-demand world of today. The result is a profile and an appreciation of a fiercely passionate artist.--Adapted from jacket.
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Harper Celebrate
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"From television actress, Broadway star, and New York Times bestselling author Kristin Chenoweth comes I'm No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts, an inspiring high-design, colorful book featuring philosophical-ish musings on connection, creativity, loss, love, faith, and closure. Just like Kristin's grandmother inspired her to trust her heart and develop her own belief system, you'll be inspired to develop your own life philosophies, as you journey through...
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Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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The daughter of the actress best known for "King Kong" and the screenwriter for "It Happened One Night" presents a dual memoir that describes her parents' lives and work, her father's collaborations with Frank Capra, and his early death.
"A Hollywood love story, a Hollywood memoir, a dual biography of two of Hollywood's most famous figures, whose golden lives were lived at the center of Hollywood's golden age, written by their daughter, an acclaimed...
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