Entertainment Performing Arts category: 25367 books
Givin' It Their All
The Backstreet Boys' Rise to the Top
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2010
OUT OF THE BACKSTREETS
INTO THE SPOTLIGHT
There's just no stopping these funky five from Florida. One of the hottest music groups around, the Backstreet Boys (BSB) launched themselves to superstardom in an amazingly short time, topping the charts and winning awards all over the world. Everyone's...
Tragic Muse
Rachel of the Comedie-Francaise
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Rachel Felix (1821-58), the homely daughter of poor Jewish peddlers, was the first stage actress to achieve international stardom - and the last person one would have expected to resurrect the cultural patrimony of France. Yet her passionate, startling performances of the works of Racine and Corneille...
by Howard Stern
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2019
Rock stars and rap gods. Comedy legends and A-list actors. Supermodels and centerfolds. Moguls and mobsters. A president.
Over his unrivaled four-decade career in radio, Howard Stern has interviewed thousands of personalities—discussing sex, relationships, money, fame, spirituality, and success...
Street Gang
The Complete History of Sesame Street
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2008
**Coming soon as a documentary from Focus Films, The New York Times bestselling account of the story behind one of the most influential, durable, and beloved shows in the history of television: Sesame Street.
“Davis tracks down every Sesame anecdote and every Sesame personality in his book...
Madcap May
Mistress of Myth, Men, and Hope
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
May Yohe was a popular entertainer from humble American origins who married and then abandoned a wealthy English Lord who owned the fabled Hope diamond--one of the most valuable objects in the world and now exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. May was a romantic who had numerous...
This Time Together
Laughter and Reflection
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
This touching and hilarious memoir is 100 percent Carol Burnett—funny, irreverent, and irresistible.
Carol Burnett is one of the most beloved and revered actresses and performers in America. The Carol Burnett Show was seen each week by millions of adoring fans and won twenty-five Emmys in...
Will Not Attend
Lively Stories of Detachment and Isolation
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
“Damn, this book is good.”—**Jon Stewart
“A biting, darkly hilarious collection of personal essays that begs to be read aloud.”—Chicago Tribune**
Emmy Award–winning writer Adam Resnick began his career at Late Night with David Letterman before honing his chops in movies...
by Tina Fey
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Spirited and whip-smart, these laugh-out-loud autobiographical essays are "a masterpiece" from the Emmy Award-winning actress and comedy writer known for 30 Rock, Mean Girls, and SNL (Sunday Telegraph).
Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin,"...
Last Night at the Viper Room
River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
In Last Night at the Viper Room, acclaimed author and journalist Gavin Edwards vividly recounts the life and tragic death of acclaimed actor River Phoenix—a teen idol on the fast track to Hollywood royalty who died of a drug overdose in front of West Hollywood’s storied club, the Viper Room, at...
Taking the Lead
Lessons from a Life in Motion
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Derek Hough, the dashing Emmy Award-winning fan favorite, and only five-time champion of the hit ABC reality show Dancing With the Stars, tells the inspiring story of his life and career, and shares insider tips of how he transforms his celebrity dance partners into confident, charismatic champions.
For...
I Like You Just the Way I Am
Stories About Me and Some Other People
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
A New York Times Best Seller!
By the actress, writer, and one of the funniest women on Twitter, an outrageous, hysterical memoir of acting on impulse, plotting elaborate hoaxes, and refusing to acknowledge boundaries in any form
Jenny Mollen is an actress and writer living in Los Angeles....
Here We Go Again
My Life In Television
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
A memoir of Betty White's first five decades on television—as irreverent and irresistible as the beloved actress herself.
Betty White first appeared on television in 1949 and has gone on to have one of the most amazing careers in TV history, starring in shows such as Life with Elizabeth,...
The Andy Cohen Diaries
A Deep Look at a Shallow Year
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
A New York Times bestseller, The Andy Cohen Diaries chronicles a year in the whirlwind life of the beloved pop icon, in his own cheeky, candid, and irreverent words
As a TV Producer and host of the smash late night show Watch What Happens Live, Andy Cohen has a front row seat to an exciting...
Her Again
Becoming Meryl Streep
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
A portrait of a woman, an era, and a profession: the first thoroughly researched biography of Meryl Streep—the “Iron Lady” of acting, nominated for nineteen Oscars and winner of three—that explores her beginnings as a young woman of the 1970s grappling with love, feminism, and her astonishing...