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Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
This 10-part series, with the renowned cultural critic and Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., delves into the genealogy and genetics of famous Americans, combining history and science in a fascinating exploration of race, family and identity in today's America. Professor Gates shakes loose captivating stories and surprises in the family trees of Kevin Bacon, Robert Downey, Jr., Branford Marsalis, John Legend, Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters and...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. weaves together genealogical detective work with cutting-edge DNA analysis to trace the ancestry of a diverse array of trailblazing public figures. The result is a captivating cross-section of history, illustrating that diversity is both America's strength and its constant.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Alan Partidge is the hilariously unprofessional host of the cheesiest television talk show imaginable. Self-absorbed and cursed with an ABBA fixation, Alan confronts an endless parade of C-list celebrities week after week with mounting frustration and antagonism.
Publisher
A&E
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Based on the New York Times best-seller, reveals the dark personal life the blonde bombshell hid from her adoring public. The riveting miniseries sheds new light on Marilyn's career, her three husbands, including Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller, and her obsession with President John F. Kennedy in a screen portrait as unforgettable as its iconic subject.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Using genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. guides influential guests deep into the branches of their family trees, revealing surprising stories of love, hardship, and triumph that transcend borders and merge to form an American root system fortified by its diversity.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
In her spectacular 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.
Publisher
Televisa Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
Five ordinary guys meet under the worst circumstances and form a band in search of stardom in the world of norteno music. When gifted oboe player Don Apolinar loses his job and wife, he tries his luck up in northern Mexico, forming a group with others like him who have nothing to lose. The men create fake celebrity identities, except lead singer Zacarias who gave up being on the police force to become a star. The group plays small gigs until a stroke...
12) Marry me
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A betrayed pop star, slated to marry her pop star fiancée on stage, instead marries a stranger from the audience, a high school math teacher. Against the odds, their sham relationship develops into something real, but can their love survive the limelight?
13) Top five
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
A comedian tries to change his tune and become a serious actor. His fiance eventually convinces him to air their wedding on television as a reality-TV show. An encounter with a journalist forces him to confront the comedy career, and the past, that he's left behind.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Tori Spelling plays a fictional version of herself who deals with her post-90210 life. Tori has a close-knit group of non-showbiz friends who both encourage and distract her as she moves through forgettable parts on TV movies, tries to meet a normal guy and struggles to escape her sometimes-burdensom family legacy.
15) Starstruck
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Small-town girl Jessica Olsen goes to Los Angeles to visit her grandparents. Little does she know that a chance meeting with hunky young pop star Christopher Wilde will set into motion an unplanned hilarious adventure, and maybe a little romance. Includes extended scene and song, rock-along tracks from the movie, plus three music videos.
17) Insignificance
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Four unnamed people who look and sound a lot like Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio, and Joseph McCarthy converge in one New York City hotel room for a compelling, visually inventive adaptation of Terry Johnson's play. With a combination of whimsy and dread, director Nicolas Roeg creates a fun-house-mirror picture of cold war America that questions the nature of celebrity and plays on a society's simmering nuclear fears.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
With the cultural critic and Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the series delves into the genealogy and genetics of famous Americans, combining history and science in a fascinating exploration of race, family and identity in today's America.
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