Entertainment category: 96258 books
Pardon My Hearse
A Colorful Portrait of Where the Funeral and Entertainment Industries Met in Hollywood
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Even celebrities die—and he was the man who picked up the bodies! Allan Abbott ran the leading hearse, mortuary, and funeral services company in Hollywood and got an unprecedented glimpse of how celebrities really live and die. The Forrest Gump of the funeral industry, Abbott was everywhere celebrities...
by Jeffrey Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2019
Howard Hughes was an industrialist, aviator, and eccentric, but he was also the most important movie producer during the golden age of Hollywood. At a time when filmmaking was tightly controlled and highly formulaic, Hughes used his enormous wealth to challenge the dictates and restrictions that defined...
They Told Me Not to Take that Job
Tumult, Betrayal, Heroics, and the Transformation of Lincoln Center
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
Reynold Levy joined Lincoln Center in 2002. When he did so America's leading arts venue was routinely described in terms like this:
Behind the scenes, however, Lincoln Center is a community in deep distress, riven by conflict over a grandiose 1 billion redevelopment plan
instead of uniting...
Mercury
An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
Revealing and intimate, based on more than 100 interviews with key figures in his life, this is the definitive biography of Queen front man Freddie Mercury, one of pop music’s best-loved and most complex figures.
A revealing, intimate look at the man who would be Queen.
As lead vocalist...
Boys Keep Swinging
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
In this “exhilarating yet poignant account of one boy taking flight” (Shelf Awareness, starred review), one of rock music's most entrancing figures transforms the vividness of his musical world into an unforgettable literary account of overcoming the odds and finding his true voice.
Long...
Makeup to Breakup
My Life In and Out of Kiss
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
LEGENDARY founding KISS drummer Peter “Catman” Criss has lived an incredible life in music, from the streets of Brooklyn to the social clubs of New York City to the ultimate heights of rock ’n’ roll success and excess.
KISS formed in 1973 and broke new ground with their elaborate makeup,...
by Helene Hanff
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
In her spirited, witty and vastly entertaining memoir, Helene Hanff recalls her ingenuous attempts to crash Broadway in the early forties as one of “the other 999.”
Naive, nearsighted, frequently penniless but hopelessly stagestruck, she found her life governed by Flanagan’s Law: “No...
Walt before Mickey
Disney's Early Years, 1919-1928
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
For ten years before the creation of Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney struggled with, failed at, and eventually mastered the art and business of animation. Most biographies of his career begin in 1928, when Steamboat Willie was released. That first Disney Studio cartoon with synchronized sound made its main...
by Thomas Parker
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, is an American actor and former professional wrestler. The Rock decided to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather who were both professional wrestlers. Johnson made his WWF debut as Rocky Maivia, a heroic character, combining the ring names of his father...
Coupling: The Playboy Interview
50 Years of the Playboy Interview
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The couples who have loved the hardest, longest and most publicly over the last 50 years are revealed in probing, wide-ranging and provocative interviews that first appeared in Playboy magazine. From the tempestuous Roseanne Barr and Tom Arnold to the eternally devoted John Lennon and Yoko Ono to the...
by William Moulton Marston
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
This vintage book contains William Marston's 1943 biography of Frederick Freeman Proctor, the famous variety entertainer of early twentieth century. Proctor was a vaudeville impresario who invented the method of continuous vaudeville. This fascinating and detailed biography is highly recommended for...
Kicking & Dreaming
A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock and Roll
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
The story of Heart is a story of heart and soul and rock ’n’ roll. Since finding their love of music and performing as teenagers in Seattle, Washington, Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson, have been part of the American rock music landscape. From 70s classics like “Magic Man” and “Barracuda”...
by Jay-Z
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
Decoded is a book like no other: a collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a moment in history, and one of the most provocative and successful artists of our time.
Praise for Decoded
“Compelling . . . provocative, evocative ....
by Loretta Lynn
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
Loretta Lynn’s classic memoir tells the story of her early life in Butcher Holler, Kentucky, and her amazing rise to the top of the music industry.
Born into deep poverty, married at thirteen, mother of six, and a grandmother by the time she was twenty-nine, Loretta Lynn went on to become...