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The Hollywood way of life has long been a potent mix of scandal, secrecy, and sensation: exactly like the Hollywood way of death.... In this unique study, Peter Underwood charts the lives, loves, and deaths of 30 of Tinseltown’s most glittering stars. Many deaths were sad or senseless; some were tragic; others were the revenge of old age, while a few were the revenge of something altogether more sinister.

In the 1940s it was William Holden who became America's first choice among films requiring a shy, cynical, and sexually potent "broken hero" on the screen, less thoughtful, perhaps, than Gregory Peck, and less rigid than Gary Cooper. Perhaps Holden's many unwilling heroes filmed over a 40 year career were aided by the reality that Holden was much like them, an actor who was uncomfortable on the set and terrified of screen intimacy.

Acclaimed biographer William Mann follows Elizabeth Taylor publicly as she makes her ascent at MGM, falls into (and out of) marriages, wins Oscars, fights studio feuds, and combats America's conservative values with her decidedly modern love affairs. But he also shines a light on Elizabeth's rich private life, revealing a love for her craft and a loyalty to the underdog that fueled her lifelong battle against the studio system.

The outrageously funny, heartbreaking, and surprising story of Tracy Morgan's rise from ghetto wiseass to superstar comedian. Who is Tracy Morgan? The wildly unpredictable funnyman who rocketed to fame on Saturday Night Live? The Emmy-nominated actor behind the sly and ingenious character Tracy...

Audrey Hepburn was not your usual movie star. She was the highest paid actress of her day, yet she never took a formal acting lesson. A child of war, and the daughter of a Fascist sympathizer, she spent her last years helping children of other wars. An Academy Award-winner for her first major film role (Roman Holiday), Hepburn continued her storybook career with such classic movies as Sabrina, Funny Face, The Nun's Story, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Charade, My Fair Lady and Wait until Dark. Her two marriages ended in divorce.

One of the most accomplished and outspoken actors today chronicles the highs and lows of his life in this beautifully written, candid memoir. Over the past three decades, Alec Baldwin has established himself as one of Hollywood s most gifted, hilarious, and controversial leading men. From his...

Der ehemalige Bergmann Lothar Köhling erzählt seine ganz persönlichen Erinnerungen an den Steinkohlenbergbau an der Ruhr...

Le Parrain, Serpico, Scarface, L’Epouvantail, Un après-midi de chien, Heat, Donnie Brasco, Once upon a time in Hollywood, The Irishman, Looking for Richard racontés par Al Pacino himself... Autant de films qui font partie du panthéon du 7e art, que l’on soit cinéphile ou non. Au cours de ses 50 ans de carrière, Al Pacino a vu défiler l’Actor Studio, le Nouvel Hollywood et les plus grands réalisateurs. Pour la première fois, il décide de raconter sa vie fascinante, qui commence dans le Bronx en 1940.

Join Greg Laurie as he takes a cross-country drive in his 1968 Highland Green Ford Mustang 390 GT through the canyons of Malibu, the alleys of Hollywood, the wide and open roads of the Midwest, the streets of New York, as he traces the wooly geography of actor Steve McQueen's life, relationships, career, and spiritual journey. In the 1960s, McQueen was, according to box office receipts, the biggest movie star of his generation and one of the coolest men to ever walk the planet.

Young, cocksure, handsome and absurdly talented, Australian actor Heath Ledger shot to prominence with his first Hollywood film "10 Things I Hate About You": and a star was born. With huge charisma and smouldering looks lighting up the screen in a series of subsequent films, Heath was soon established as Hollywood A-list, dating a series of beauties such as Heather Graham and Naomi Watts, and living every young man's dream.

Роми Шнайдер. Икона французского кино, актриса феноменальной фотогеничности. Какой она была на самом деле? Была ли она счастлива? Или, напротив, несчастна — особенно после потери сына, погибшего в возрасте четырнадцати лет? Журналистка и писательница Сара Бриан проследила жизненный путь Роми — от детства в Берхтесгадене, Германия, до последних дней в парижской квартире. Она создала правдивый портрет кинозвезды, основываясь на свидетельствах людей, близко знавших Роми, — ее друзей, работавших с ней режиссеров, актеров и сценаристов.

Vivien Leigh, atemberaubende Schönheit und Hollywood-Legende: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

Orson Welles, Regie-Wunderkind und Filmlegende: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

For Eileen Dietz--a skinny, little, flat-chested, buck-toothed child from Queens—those dreams and a myriad of choices led to a role in the scariest movie of all time… The Exorcist. For the first time, Eileen tells her heartbreaking, funny, and inspiring story.

Piccolo Almanacco dell’Attore di Fabrizio Bentivoglio è un'opera illuminante e imprescindibile nel panorama letterario dedicato all'arte scenica. Con un approccio che rifugge la pedanteria accademica per abbracciare un dialogo intimo e riflessivo, Bentivoglio eleva la sua narrazione a un manifesto essenziale per ogni artista del palcoscenico.

'I SAY IT WITH ALL HUMILITY, I AM THE LAST OF THE STARS' AS A SUPERSTAR WHO LIVES HIS LIFE in the glare of cameras and headlines, much has been written about Shah Rukh Khan-his passion, his craft, his humility and the love he spreads around. But beyond the films, the news and the star persona is...

In Josephine Baker’s Cinematic Prism, Terri Simone Francis examines how Baker fashioned her celebrity through cinematic reflexivity, an authorial strategy in which she placed herself, her persona, and her character into visual dialogue.

The remarkable story of Sumner Redstone, his family legacy, and the battles for all he controls. Sumner Murray Redstone, once feared as the “mad genius” of media who would dump his CEOs for mere wobbles in his companies’ stock price, had built one of the world’s greatest media empires...

The highly anticipated first book by a widely respected entertainer whose career highlights include The Right Stuff, Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives, and former Miss America When Vanessa Williams was growing up, she had a plan: She’d go to college and major in musical theater; afterward...

With an in-depth perspective, Connery, Sean Connery defines and distinguishes the iconic star's life and career before, during, and after his most famous role.