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2017.
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IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now? Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband, David, has left her, and her career has stagnated. Regardless of why Evelyn has chosen her to write...
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"The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) and has one of the greatest and most recognizable voices in popular music. She has been nominated for a Grammy 46 times, and with Yentl she became the...
4) The cottage
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English
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel weaves a compelling story of fame and friendship, charmed lives and private struggles . . . and of three very different men whose lives converge and collide.
On a sunny day in Hollywood, a gleaming Rolls-Royce convertible pulls through the gates of the magnificent estate known as The Cottage. Modeled after the “cottages” of Newport, Rhode Island, the spacious, elegant...
On a sunny day in Hollywood, a gleaming Rolls-Royce convertible pulls through the gates of the magnificent estate known as The Cottage. Modeled after the “cottages” of Newport, Rhode Island, the spacious, elegant...
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"The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest movie star of the past 75 years covers everything: his traumatic childhood, his career, his drinking, his thoughts on Marlon Brando, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, John Huston, his greatest roles, acting, his intimate life with Joanne Woodward, his innermost fears and passions and joys. With thoughts/comments throughout from Joanne Woodward, George Roy Hill, Tom Cruise, Elia Kazan...
6) Dead eyes
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First there were roses and the notes in her mailbox signed simply, "Admirer." Then, the accident. One minute Chris Callaway was one of Hollywood's brightest rising stars, starting a new picture that could send her career skyrocketing; the next, she was falling from the unfinished deck of her beautiful new Malibu beach house . . . waking up blind, uncertain whether she would ever see again.An optimist and a fighter, Chris is determined not to let anyone...
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A memoir from one of Hollywood's most enduring stars traces his adolescence as a notable football player in South Florida, the accident that steered him towards acting, and the turbulent relationships that shaped his career.
Burt Reynolds has been a Hollywood leading man for six decades, known for his legendary performances, sex-symbol status, and storied Hollywood romances. In his long career of stardom, during which he was number one at the box...
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"From the celebrated film critic and author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film comes an essential work on some of the cinema's finest actors and how they have approached their craft"--
"From the celebrated film critic and author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, a fascinating look at some of the cinema’s finest actors and how they approach their craft "Open to any page and you’ll become enthralled by the...tales of forgotten...
10) The hero
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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A former Western icon re-evaluates his life, his image and more importantly his heart after a surprise diagnosis.
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Forever trilogy (Jude Deveraux) volume 2
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
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12) The chaperone
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English
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"A novel about the friendship between an adolescent, pre-movie-star Louise Brooks, and the 36-year-old woman who chaperones her to New York City for a summer, in 1922, and how it changes both their lives"--
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Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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The world knows Paul Newman as an Academy Award winning actor with a fifty-plus year career as one of the most prolific and revered actors in American Cinema. He was also well known for his philanthropy; Newman's Own has given more than four hundred and thirty million dollars to charities around the world. Yet few know the gasoline-fueled passion that became so important in this complex, multifaceted man's makeup.
14) Johnny Depp
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Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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A first-ever, revealing and candid look at the life and career of one of Hollywood’s brightest and most beloved stars, Maureen O’Hara . In an acting career of more than seventy years, Hollywood legend Maureen O’Hara came to be known as “the queen of Technicolor” for her fiery red hair and piercing green eyes. She had a reputation as a fiercely independent thinker and champion of causes, particularly those of her beloved homeland, Ireland....
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"A comprehensive account of the life and work of Buster Keaton. This major new biography of the beloved comic artist examines how his iconic look and acrobatic brilliance often obscured the fact that behind the camera he was one of our most gifted filmmakers."--
17) Whiskey in a teacup: what growing up in the South taught me about life, love, and baking biscuits
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English
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The award-winning actress reflects on her Southern heritage and how it is infused into every part of her life, and shares some of her grandmother Dorothea's favorite recipes and traditions.
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Running Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Dave Karger--Turner Classic Movies on-air host, entertainment media darling, and the Oscars expert--offers a one-of-a-kind collection of original interviews with an A-list lineup of Oscar winners discussing the highs, lows, and never-before-told tales ofHollywood's most storied awards show"--
"An exclusive look behind the scenes of the Academy Awards as top stars and filmmakers discuss their Oscar wins and tell never-before-told tales of Hollywood's...
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Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Number One Is Walking is Steve Martin's cinematic legacy-an illustrated memoir of his legendary acting career, with stories from his most popular films and artwork by New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss. Steve Martin has never written about his career in the movies before. In Number One Is Walking, he shares anecdotes from the sets of his beloved films-Father of the Bride, Roxanne, The Jerk, Three Amigos, and many more-bringing readers directly into...
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2019.
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English
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"With candor, humor, and warmth, legendary musician, actress, activist, and icon Olivia Newton-John reveals her life story, from her unforgettable rise to fame in the classic musical 'Grease' to her passionate advocacy for health and wellness in light of her battles with cancer." --
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