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Publisher
John Blake
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Joaquin Phoenix is one of the most fascinating & controversial actors working in film, & since his Oscar-nominated performance as Johnny Cash in 'Walk the Line', is one of the most wanted actors in Hollywood. Martin Howden traces the rise of this actor, from his early career as a child-star to his reinvention as a hip-hop musician.
2) In pieces
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Sally Field is one of the most celebrated, beloved and enduring actors of our time, and now she tells her story in this intimate and haunting literary memoir. In her own words, she writes about a challenging and lonely childhood, the craft that helped her find her voice, and a powerful emotional legacy that shaped her journey as a daughter and a mother.
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Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Unsinkable In the closing pages of her 1988 autobiography Debbie: My Life, Debbie Reynolds wrote about finding her "brave, loyal, and loving" new husband. After two broken marriages, this third, she believed, was her lucky charm. But within a few years, Debbie discovered that he had betrayed her emotionally and financially, nearly destroying her life. Today, she writes, "When I read the optimistic ending of my last memoir now, I can't believe how...
Author
Publisher
Blink
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Recalling his life and career spanning over 50 glorious years, the legendary actor gives special attention to the two great loves of his life, Dinah Shore and Sally Field, his son, Quinton, as well as to the countless people who got in his way on his journey to Hollywood domination. With chapters on his early childhood, how he discovered acting, played poker with Frank Sinatra, received directing advice from Orson Welles, his golden years in Hollywood,...
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Publisher
Bolinda/HarperCollins UK
Description
Known for her glamorous beauty, soap-opera personal life and magnetic screen presence, Elizabeth Taylor was the 20th century?s most famous film star. This authorised biography is a fascinating and complete portrait worthy of the legend and her legacy. Elizabeth Taylor captures this intelligent, empathetic, tenacious, volatile and complex woman as never before, from her rise to massive fame at the age of 12 in National Velvet to becoming the first...
Author
Publisher
John Blake
Pub. Date
2005
Description
John Parker reveals the truth about Jack Nicholson. He traces the astonishing rise to stardom of a boy who was brought up to believe his grandmother was his mother, and his mother was his sister. Jack Nicholson remains, after all these years, untamed and wild.
Author
Publisher
Titan
Pub. Date
2011
Description
One of Hollywood's most versatile and enigmatic stars, Johnny Depp has starred in both big-budget blockbusters and quirky, independent films. This book profiles the man and his career, as well as looking at what direction his future projects might take.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Anjelica Huston's life, once she turned 15 and moved to London, is a who's who of popular culture from the Rolling Stones in late '60s London to the Chelsea Hotel in New York when she was modelling in the early '70s, to Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty in '70s and '80s Los Angeles, to Hunter Thompson in Aspen. She is a force who has won every possible acting award, working with some of the greatest directors of her time, and a friend to many of the...
Author
Publisher
John Blake
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Christian Slater is a screen icon in his own time and one of the world's most admired actors. From the late eighties onwards, he was the embodiment of teenage cool, starring in cult classic films. The films, the flings, the affairs and the media gossip are all dealt with truthfully in this book.
Author
Publisher
Michael O'Mara
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Charismatic, talented, intriguingly private and not forgetting devastatingly handsome, Johnny Depp is an actor who has captured the hearts and imaginations of people worldwide. This title tells his story from the beginning; from his childhood days, through his first forays into film, and on to stardom.
Author
Publisher
Portrait
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Julie Andrews is one of the last of the great Hollywood musical stars - her extraordinary career spans more than 40 years. This biography, based on many years of the author's contact with Julie, presents a frank portrait of an enduring icon of stage and screen.
Author
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2017
Description
'Her Again' takes an intimate look at the artistic coming-of-age of the greatest actress of her generation, from the homecoming float at her suburban New Jersey high school to her star-making roles in 'The Deer Hunter', 'Manhattan', and 'Kramer vs. Kramer'. The book charts Meryl Streep's heady rise to stardom on the New York stage, her passionate, tragically short-lived love affair with fellow actor John Cazale, and her evolution as a young woman...
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Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Meryl Streep is the most celebrated actress of our time. She's a chameleon who disappears fully into each character she plays. She never tackles the same role twice. Instead, she leverages her rarified platform to channel a range of tough, complicated women - Margaret Thatcher, Karen Silkwood, the Anna Wintour avatar Miranda Priestly - rather than limit herself to marginal roles for which other actresses must settle. This book pays tribute to the...
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Publisher
Aurum
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Cary Grant is Hollywood's most fascinating and timeless star. As this definitive biography shows, however, Grant's sparking on-screen image hid a tumultuous private life and a tortured soul: five marriages, numerous affairs and even an 11-year relationship with Randolph Scott.
Author
Publisher
Virgin
Pub. Date
2012
Description
There is and could only ever be one Billy Bob Thornton: actor, musician, Academy Award-winning screenwriter, and accidental Hollywood badass. Here, he spins colourful tales of his dirt-poor Southern upbringing, his OCD, his life, his loves and, of course, his movie career.
20) Greenlights
Author
Publisher
Headline
Pub. Date
2020
Description
From the Academy Award-winning actor, an unconventional memoir filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.