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Stardom Kills

Author : Tamara Emerson
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595361889
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Stardom Kills written by Tamara Emerson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First in the series to wet your appetite is Stardom Kills. A flowing page-turner intertwined with a plot mix of engrossing characters: Hollywood's Elite, Celebrities, Media Hounds and Shady Mortals-will all keep you enthralled and guessing. Henry Tyler and his wife Barbara, who reside in La Jolla, CA since Henry's retirement, are back in L.A. vacationing with their son and daughter-in-law at the famous Beverly Hills Hotel. Famous guests in the hotel include Pop Diva Alicia Hill, who is relaxing while promoting her newest smash album. On Alicia's big night of jubilation sponsored by her record company, cameras are flashing, applause is plentiful and the party is in full swing until evil intervenes. Henry is nearby and hears a shrilling scream drawing him to the catastrophe. Alicia Hill has collapsed to her death. While LAPD's finest detectives labor the perplexing homicide, Henry is powerless at getting the cold-blooded homicide out of his mind and does some snooping and analytical investigating on his own. With little to go on, the challenging chase is on. Is an 'Ulterior motive" involved, or was there an 'Ax to grind?" Hang on, it will be a wild ride.

Restless Souls

Author : Alisa Statman
Publisher : It Books
ISBN 13 : 9780062008053
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Restless Souls written by Alisa Statman and published by It Books. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Restless Souls is the true, bone-chilling chronicle of the Manson Family murders and its aftermath, from the point of view of the victims’ families. When actress Sharon Tate and four others were brutally murdered by Charles Manson and his followers, the world was shocked. More than forty years later, the gruesome barbarity of the “Manson Family” still fascinates and horrifies. This true crime memoir by Alisa Statman, a 20-year Tate family friend, and Brie Tate, the daughter of Sharon Tate’s niece, includes interviews with the Tate family, accounts from personal letters, tape recordings, home movies, and private diaries. Complete with color photographs and personal insights, Restless Souls is the most revealing, riveting, and emotionally raw account of the gruesome slayings, the hunt and capture of the killers, and the behind-the-scenes drama of their trials, as well as a touching view of the torment that the victims families’ have endured for years after such tragedy.

The Cinema of Takeshi Kitano

Author : Sean Redmond
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231163339
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book The Cinema of Takeshi Kitano written by Sean Redmond and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cinema of Takeshi Kitano: Flowering Blood is a detailed aesthetic, Deleuzian, and phenomenological exploration of Japan’s finest currently-working film director, performer, and celebrity. The volume uniquely explores Kitano’s oeuvre through the tropes of stillness and movement, becoming animal, melancholy and loss, intensity, schizophrenia, and radical alterity; and through the aesthetic temperatures of color, light, camera movement, performance and urban and oceanic space. In this highly original monograph, all of Kitano’s films are given due consideration, including A Scene at the Sea (1991), Sonatine (1993), Dolls (2002), and Outrage (2010).

The Films of Jess Franco

Author : Antonio Lázaro-Reboll
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 0814343171
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book The Films of Jess Franco written by Antonio Lázaro-Reboll and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-20 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Films of Jess Franco seeks to address the scholarly neglect of this legendary cult director and to broaden the conversation around the director's work in ways that will be of interest to fans and academics alike.

The Cover Wife

Author : Dan Fesperman
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN 13 : 1984899155
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book The Cover Wife written by Dan Fesperman and published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. This book was released on 2022-07-26 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning author of Safe Houses—an "intelligent, tense and sharply written espionage thriller” (Wall Street Journal) about a CIA agent and a young expat who find themselves caught up in a dangerous world, whose secrets, if revealed, could have disastrous repercussions for them both. When CIA agent Claire Saylor is told that she’ll be going undercover in Hamburg to pose as the wife of an academic who has published a controversial interpretation of the Quran’s promise to martyrs, she assumes the job is a punishment for past unorthodox behavior. But when she discovers her team leader is Paul Bridger, another Agency maverick, she realizes there may be more to this mission than meets the eye—and not just for professional reasons. Meanwhile, across town in Hamburg, Mahmoud, a recent Moroccan émigré, begins to fall under the sway of a group of radicals at his local mosque. The deeper he’s drawn into the group, the greater the danger he faces, and he is soon torn between his obligations to them and his feelings toward a beautiful Westernized Muslim woman. As Claire learns the truth about her mission, and Mahmoud grows closer to the radicals, the danger between them builds and spells disaster far beyond the CIA.

Bob Dylan

Author : Lee Marshall
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745639747
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Bob Dylan written by Lee Marshall and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-24 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bob Dylan’s contribution to popular music is immeasurable. Venerated as rock’s one true genius, Dylan is considered responsible for introducing a new range of topics and new lyrical complexity into popular music. Without Bob Dylan, rock critic Dave Marsh once claimed, there would be no popular music as we understand it today. As such an exalted figure, Dylan has been the subject of countless books and intricate scholarship considering various dimensions of both the man and his music. This book places new emphasis on Dylan as a rock star. Whatever else Dylan is, he is a star – iconic, charismatic, legendary, enigmatic. No one else in popular music has maintained such star status for so long a period of time. Showing how theories of stardom can help us understand both Bob Dylan and the history of rock music, Lee Marshall provides new insight into how Dylan’s songs acquire meaning and affects his relationship with his fans, his critics and the recording industry. Marshall discusses Dylan’s emergence as a star in the folk revival (the “spokesman for a generation”) and the formative role that Dylan plays in creating a new type of music – rock – and a new type of star. Bringing the book right up to date, he also sheds new light on how Dylan’s later career has been shaped by his earlier star image and how Dylan repeatedly tried to throw off the limitations and responsibilities of his stardom. The book concludes by considering the revival of Dylan over the past ten years and how Dylan’s stardom has developed in a way that contains, but is not overshadowed by, his achievements in the 1960s.

Book of the Subgenius

Author : Subgenius Foundation
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439188653
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Book of the Subgenius written by Subgenius Foundation and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-11-24 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Either a hilarious parody of a religious text or an informative collection of totally real stories from a definitely real church that could be the foundation-stone of the promised kingdom of peace and harmony—the decision is yours to make. What is the Church of SubGenius? Who is J.R. "Bob" Dobbs, and what kind of truths does he know? What is "Slack" and why do you need it? Will aliens truly descend upon our planet, and can you survive its destruction by becoming a member? Does The Book of SubGenius answer any of these questions? There are no straightfoward answers—you just have to read it yourself.

PJ Harvey and Music Video Performance

Author : Abigail Gardner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317080742
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book PJ Harvey and Music Video Performance written by Abigail Gardner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PJ Harvey’s performances are premised on the core contention that she is somehow causing ’trouble’. Just how this trouble can be theorised within the context of the music video and what it means for a development of the ways we might conceptualise ’disruption’ and think about music video lies at the heart of this book. Abigail Gardner mixes feminist theory and critical models from film and video scholarship as a rich means of interrogating Harvey’s work and redefining her disruptive strategies. The book presents a rethinking of the masquerade that allies it to cultural memory, precipitated by Gardner’s claim that Harvey’s performances are conversations with the past, specifically with visualised memories of archetypes of femininity. Harvey’s masquerades emerge from her conversations and renegotiations with both national and transatlantic musical, visual and lyrical heritages. It is the first academic book to present analysis of Harvey’s music videos and opens up fresh avenues into exploring what is at stake in the video work of one of Britain’s premier singer-songwriters. It extends the discussion on music video to consider how to make sense of the rapidly developing digital environment in which it now sits. The interdisciplinary nature of the book should attract readers from a range of subject areas including popular music studies, cultural studies, media and communication studies, and gender studies.

Summary of Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard's Killing the Legends

Author : Milkyway Media
Publisher : Milkyway Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Summary of Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard's Killing the Legends written by Milkyway Media and published by Milkyway Media. This book was released on 2024-01-15 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the Summary of Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard's Killing the Legends in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Killing the Legends" chronicles the lives and careers of three iconic figures: Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali. The book delves into Elvis's film career, including his on-screen chemistry with Ann-Margret in "Viva Las Vegas," his secret romance with her, and his relationship with Priscilla Beaulieu. It also explores the influence of his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, on his career decisions and personal life. The narrative follows Elvis's marriage to Priscilla, his health decline, and his eventual death.

Escape to Death

Author : Stephen Perkins
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1684540186
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book Escape to Death written by Stephen Perkins and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-03-21 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One dead girl. One broken hero. A sorceress and a serial killer. One massive conspiracy. Who will prevail? A transgender teen goes missing, but Charlie Starker, LA's most respected and feared private investigator thinks the girl may have been murdered by a sorceress disguised as America's favorite daytime television hostess. As Hollywood descends into homicidal madness, Starker bravely stares down the demons swarming around him. But, will he ever be able to face those raging within. When a mad scientist unleashes his monstrous creations upon an unsuspecting world, one broken hero must answer the call of duty, or die trying!

Who Killed Shakespeare

Author : Patrick Brantlinger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136743405
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Who Killed Shakespeare written by Patrick Brantlinger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Double Shot Death

Author : Emmeline Duncan
Publisher : A Ground Rules Mystery
ISBN 13 : 149673341X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (967 download)

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Download or read book Double Shot Death written by Emmeline Duncan and published by A Ground Rules Mystery. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "At Campathon, an annual eco-friendly festival held on a farm outside of Portland ... Sage has scored a coveted place for her Ground Rules coffee cart thanks to her new-ish boyfriend, Bax, who's friendly with Maya, one of the musicians performing ... When Sage stumbles upon [a] dead body in the nearby woods--his hand still clutching one of her coffee mugs--it's clear that someone's grudge boiled over into murder"--

The Metaphor of Celebrity

Author : Joel Deshaye
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442646616
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book The Metaphor of Celebrity written by Joel Deshaye and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Metaphor of Celebrity is an exploration of the significance of literary celebrity in Canadian poetry. It focuses on the lives and writing of four widely recognized authors who wrote about stardom -- Leonard Cohen, Michael Ondaatje, Irving Layton, and Gwendolyn MacEwen -- and the specific moments in Canadian history that affected the ways in which they were received by the broader public. Joel Deshaye elucidates the relationship between literary celebrity and metaphor in the identity crises of celebrities, who must try to balance their public and private selves in the face of considerable publicity. He also examines the ways in which celebrity in Canadian poetry developed in a unique way in light of the significant cultural events of the decades between 1950 and 1980, including the Massey Commission, the flourishing of Canadian publishing, and the considerable interest in poetry in the 1960s and 1970s, which was followed by a rapid fall from public grace, as poetry was overwhelmed by greater popular interest in Canadian novels." -- Publisher website.

Who Killed Simon Peters?

Author : Paul Hendy
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1407084518
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Who Killed Simon Peters? written by Paul Hendy and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-05-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The King is dead. A nation mourns... Having clawed his way up from C-list obscurity to the pinnacle of A-list superstardom, media personality and self-proclaimed King of Saturday Night Television, Simon Peters is found dead in 'suspicious circumstances'. Deluded, self-obsessed and with an ego the size of Coventry, Simon trod on so many toes, stabbed innumerable backs and slept with a lot of the wrong people in his ever-more desperate search for fame. The bitter ex-agent, the ruthless manager, the jilted ex-girlfriend, the rival game-show host and any number of members of the viewing public who'd had to sit through his shows - each and every one had reason to hate Simon. But who would hate him enough to want to see him dead? Investigative journalist David Mulryan looks back on the career of this light entertainment legend in his search to answer the burning question: Who Killed Simon Peters? Taking you inside the mind of a man who is dying to be famous, this deliciously funny novel takes a sideways swipe at show business, slaps the face of the television industry and gives a friendly poke in the eye to our celebrity-obsessed culture.

Without Getting Killed or Caught

Author : Tamara Saviano
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623494540
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Without Getting Killed or Caught written by Tamara Saviano and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, 2016 the Belmont Book Award, Sponsored by the International Country Music Conference For more than forty years, Guy Clark wrote and recorded unforgettable songs. His lyrics and melodies paint indelible portraits of the people, places, and experiences that shaped him. He has served as model, mentor, supporter, and friend to at least two generations of the world’s most talented and influential singer-songwriters. In songs like “Desperados Waiting for a Train,” L.A. Freeway,” “She Ain’t Going Nowhere,” and “Texas 1947,” Clark’s poetic mastery has given voice to a vision of life, love, and trouble that has resonated not only with fans of Americana music, but also with the prominent artists—including Johnny Cash, Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Jeff Walker, and others—who have recorded and performed Clark’s music. Now, in Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark, writer, producer, and music industry insider Tamara Saviano chronicles the story of this legendary artist from her unique vantage point as his former publicist and producer of the Grammy-nominated album This One’s for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark. Part memoir, part biography, Saviano’s skillfully constructed narrative weaves together the extraordinary songs, larger-than-life characters, previously untold stories, and riveting emotions that make up the life of this modern-day poet and troubadour.

That Boogie Beat Damn Killed My Soul

Author : Brian Gill
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1788230310
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (882 download)

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Download or read book That Boogie Beat Damn Killed My Soul written by Brian Gill and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2022-07-29 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have been involved in the music business in various roles since 1961. I was bought my first guitar when I was 12 years old, on which I slogged away for a year. In 1962, I joined my first band, the Phantoms. Then the Sparticans came for me in 1963, then in 1965, I was invited to join the Nomads, who were local pop stars! This began a life in which I would meet many of the good and great in the music industry, including a Beatle, with whom we made a record. In 1979, with my friend, old bandmate and future business partner, keyboard player John DaCosta, I decided to open a music shop – the first of many we would open in the coming years. After an epic roller coaster ride of ambition and excess, it all came crashing down for me in 1994 and I was forced to rethink my life. Today I live a complicated but thoroughly enjoyable life in Thailand, still playing the guitar and writing songs, but no longer trying to run music shops...

Framing Celebrity

Author : Su Holmes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135653712
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Framing Celebrity written by Su Holmes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrity culture has a pervasive presence in our everyday lives – perhaps more so than ever before. It shapes not simply the production and consumption of media content but also the social values through which we experience the world. This collection analyses this phenomenon, bringing together essays which explore celebrity across a range of media, cultural and political contexts. The authors investigate topics such as the intimacy of fame, political celebrity, stardom in American ‘quality’ television (Sarah Jessica Parker), celebrity 'reality' TV (I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!), the circulation of the porn star, the gallery film (David/David Beckham), the concept of cartoon celebrity (The Simpsons), fandom and celebrity (k.d. lang, *NSYNC), celebrity in the tabloid press, celebrity magazines (heat, Celebrity Skins), the fame of the serial killer and narratives of mental illness in celebrity culture. The collection is organized into four themed sections: Fame Now broadly examines the contemporary contours of fame as they course through new media sites (such as 'reality' TV and the internet) and different social, cultural and political spaces. Fame Body attempts to situate the star or celebrity body at the centre of the production, circulation and consumption of contemporary fame. Fame Simulation considers the increasingly strained relationship between celebrity and artifice and ‘authenticity’. Fame Damage looks at the way the representation of fame is bound up with auto-destructive tendencies or dissolution.