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A book that will fascinate and inform readers who love Canadian writing “Publishing Canadian books has always been an experiment. Like the great experiments of building a transcontinental railway and a national broadcasting system, it constitutes one of the nation’s defining acts. Publishing,...

MGM British tells the nostalgic story behind England's biggest film studio from 1948-1970 in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England. The historic studio played host to some of the biggest names in Hollywood’s history and over 150 classic movies during the Golden Age of cinema.Come behind...

Theatre may claim the monologue as its own but the movies have since claimed it as part and parcel of a successful hit. The best, most powerful and most memorable movie moments are often in the form of sensational movie monologues: fifty of the best are compiled in this e-anthology as source material...

Quoting the Movies in the Age of Home Theatre. Your favourite movie quotes in the one handy e-resource: an e-anthology of the most memorable, sexiest, strangest and funniest quotes from a century of cinema. "Are you talking to me?" Damn straight! Movie dialogue is an essential...

Pauline Kael wrote: "Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them."Bear that in mind, friends and neighbours, as you read about Tinseltown's schlockiest missteps in Part 7 of our ongoing series, "Hollywood Horses#!t"....

The stories behind some of cinema's great movies by the people who made them. Here, in their own words, are insights, reminiscences and candid comments by the directors (and, occasionally, stars) of films as diverse as The Exorcist, Men in Black, Sleepy Hollow and Twelve Monkeys.The line-up...

"68½ - Movies, Manson & Me" was first published, in electronic and print form, in 2016. The feedback I subsequently received, from both readers, was that, while they loved the bits about my sex life, the drugs, the rock & roll and even the movie trivia, they could have happily done...

Las Vegas strippers disappear. Apartment managers tell me, “The door wasn’t shut. Wide open. She was in a hurry to get out. She didn’t shut the door to close it behind her.” Stripping while lap dancing isn’t for all. Neither is hosting nude as a hustler, cocktail whore seeking extra tips,...

Critic-producer Nat Segaloff was granted access to private papers, production records, never-before-published interviews, and specialized archives in reconstructing the colorful, touching, and sometimes scandalous stories behind the making of the last films of some of Hollywood’s top directors....

Richard Anderson is perhaps best-known in recent years for his roles as the Narrator, Captain Stiles, in the television series Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993-1997) with David Carradine and Chris Potter, as well as his role as Buck Fallmont in Dynasty (1986-1987). Finally, the full story of his...

Life in Burbank during the '60s and '70s was an unparalleled experience. From biking Lucky Busters trail to enjoying movies at the Cornell Theater and shopping at The Akron, Burbankers' choices of entertainment seemed endless. Relive fond memories of dining out at Genio's, the Dip or Santoro's. Recall...

Imagine yourself to someday become a famous singer? Hang onto your microphone, you’re in for more than what you bargained for… NOA, an aspiring young boy from a broken home in the ‘burbs, nervously awaits a singing audition for an Australian TV talent show. He never dreamt it would be...

From $10,000 tweets to making money in the afterlife, a recovering gossip columnist explores the business lessons that power the Hollywood Industrial Complex Why do celebrities get paid so much more than regular people to do a job that seems to afford them the same amount of leisure time as...

Following the success of the popular first issue of LSD (a free file folks so download it) Monsieurs Mikey Lee Ray and Richard Batchelor are back for another serving... this time it's a comedy special because let's face it we could all really use a laugh right about now right?