Entertainment Performing Arts category: 25367 books
I Must Say
My Life As a Humble Comedy Legend
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
In this engagingly witty, wise, and heartfelt memoir, Martin Short tells the tale of how a showbiz- obsessed kid from Canada transformed himself into one of Hollywood's favorite funnymen, known to his famous peers as the "comedian's comedian."
Short takes the reader on a rich, hilarious,...
Leonard
My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
New York Times Bestseller
Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner first crossed paths as actors on the set of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Little did they know that their next roles as Spock and Captain Kirk, in a new science fiction television series, would shape their lives in ways no one could have...
Live From New York
The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales's definitive oral history of Saturday Night Live, hailed as "incredible" (Vulture) and "required reading" (People), rollickingly updated with nearly 100 new pages covering the decade since the book's original release.
When first published...
So That Happened
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
If it can happen in show business, it’s happened to Jon Cryer. Now he’s opening up for the first time and sharing his behind-the-scenes stories in a warmly endearing, sharply observed, and frankly funny look at life in Hollywood.
In 1986, Jon Cryer won over America as Molly Ringwald’s...
Presto!
How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
Penn Jillette’s New York Times bestselling account of his “extremely funny and somewhat profane journey to discovering a healthy lifestyle…that will motivate others to seek weight-loss solutions” (The Washington Post).
More than three hundred and thirty pounds and saddled with a systolic...
Notes on a Cowardly Lion
The Biography of Bert Lahr
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
John Lahr’s stunning and complex biography of his father, the legendary actor and comedian Bert Lahr
Notes on a Cowardly Lion is John Lahr’s masterwork: an all-encompassing biography of his father, the comedian and performer Bert Lahr. Best known as the Cowardly Lion in MGM’s classic...
by Sidney Lumet
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Why does a director choose a particular script? What must they do in order to keep actors fresh and truthful through take after take of a single scene? How do you stage a shootout—involving more than one hundred extras and three colliding taxis—in the heart of New York’s diamond district? What...
Kind Is the New Classy
The Power of Living Graciously
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
“The world has a way of defining you if you don’t know who you are before you get out there.” —Candace Cameron Bure
As a woman in today’s world, you know what it’s like to feel pressure on all sides from clashing cultural expectations. How can you stay true to who God has uniquely...
by John Leguizamo
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Fans of John Leguizamo's smash-hit one-man shows (Mambo Mouth, Spic-o-rama, Freak, and Sexaholix) have already gotten a glimpse into his life, but this book tells the whole story, carrying readers along on a wild journey from his childhood in Queens to his current home at the top of the Hollywood...
Up Till Now
The Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2009
After almost sixty years as an actor, William Shatner has become one of the most beloved entertainers in the world. And it seems as if Shatner is everywhere. In Up Till Now, Shatner sits down with readers and offers the remarkable, full story of his life and explains how he got to be, well, everywhere.
It...
by Erika Jayne
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Without her alter-ego Erika Jayne, Erika Girardi says she’d just be “another rich bitch with a plane”—so get ready for the dishy, tell-all memoir from show-stopping performer, model, singer, and beloved star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Erika Jayne.
Erika...
by Soleil Moon Frye
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
From Punky to parenting, Soleil Moon Frye shares insightful, realistic, in-the-trenches parenting advice, inspiration, and fun.
Enthusiastic, spunky, and positive, Punky Brewster was the quintessential eighties kid. Nearly thirty years later, Soleil Moon Frye-the adorable girl who played her...
by Michael Harris
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
How The Beatles Came To America
Famous television Master of Ceremonies, Ed Sullivan first learns I have written a book about him and his show when I hand him a finished manuscript. Naively, I imagine he'll be flattered, but when he reads it, he's furious. I...
by Christopher Plummer
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2008
A collection of delicious anecdotes of a life spent on stages and film sets across the world—from Peter Hall’s Royal Shakespeare Theatre to The Sound of Music—from one of our greatest living actors.
Christopher Plummer’s magnificent book recounts the wild adventure that is his life,...