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4) Greenlights
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"Drawing on the Academy Award-winning actor's journals and diaries from the last 40 years, this book presents a uniquely McConaughey approach to achieving success and satisfaction"--
I've been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five." McConaughey sat down with those diaries. He found lessons he learned and forgot, poems, prayers, prescriptions,...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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The Nobel Peace Summit Award-winning actress, activist, and humanitarian chronicles her efforts to recover and rebuild after a massive stroke, discussing how her health challenges were also shaped by industry standards, childhood traumas, and family bonds.
8) 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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English
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Hollywood legend, Academy Award-winning actor, and recipient of the Golden Globe Award for lifetime achievement in film, Frank Sinatra carved out one of the biggest careers in the history of Hollywood. Yet, paradoxically, his screen legacy has been overshadowed by his extraordinary achievements as a singer and recording artist. Now Tom Santopietro places Sinatra's standing as a significant, indeed legendary, screen actor in full perspective.
11) Shockaholic
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English
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It's been a roller coaster few years for Carrie since her Tony- and Emmy-nominated, one-woman Broadway show and New York Times bestselling book Wishful Drinking. She not only lost her beloved father, but also managed to lose over forty pounds of unwanted flesh, not by sawing off a leg (although that did cross her zapped mind), but by doing what might be termed "wishful shrinking" all the while staying sober and sane-ish.
12) Invisible girl
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Publisher
Regan Arts
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"What is it like to be a teen with depressed addicts for parents, a mentally ill sister, and a grandfather who killed himself? In this moving, compelling diary, Mariel Hemingway writes as her teen self to share her pain, heartache, and coping strategies with young readers."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"Scott Eyman, author of the New York Times bestseller JOHN WAYNE: The Life and Legend, has written an incisive, definitive biography of another great Hollywood legend, Cary Grant, drawing in part on new research into Grant's all-important early years, which permanently shaped his life"--
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Traces the fifty-year friendship between Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart, offering insights into their differences and commonalities while exploring how their friendship shaped such memorable collaborations as "The Grapes of Wrath" and "Twelve Angry Men."
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A & E Television Network
Pub. Date
[1998]
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English
Description
Rock Hudson was purely a creation of Hollywood. His name was fake, his teeth were capped, his voice was artificially lowered. But out of the public eye, Rock was a very different man. BIOGRAPHY traces the life and career of the actor who may have made his biggest mark with his tragic death from AIDS, which forced many people to re-evaluate the disease. Never-before-seen home movies (some shot by Rock himself) and candid photos offer a glimpse into...
17) Meryl Streep
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Phaidon Press
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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One of the most talented actresses of her generation, Meryl Streep provides a high benchmark by which others are measured. In films as diverse as The Deer Hunter (1978), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Mamma Mia (2008) and her Oscar-winning turn as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady (2010), Streep has never failed to astound audiences with her ability to fully inhabit her characters. Streep has received 17 Academy Award nominations, winning three, and 27...
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"Bruce brings us through his life in the decade since his first memoir and his roles as varied as they are numerous -- from his roles in the Spider-Man movies to his self-referential My Name is Bruce to his role on Burn Notice and his new STARZ series Ash vs Evil Dead" -- Amazon.com.
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