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This book includes: "a comprehensive necrology of nearly 6,000 illustrious actors and directors; an alphabetical listing of notable U.S. cemeteries and their celebrated entombed; more than 100 rare black-and-white photos of the featured stars; real suicide notes, eerily reproduced word for word; [and] concise bios of the 125 profiled stars, detailing how they lived and died."--P. [4] of cover.
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Savor the inside scoop on over-the-top superstars
"I'm not a paranoid, deranged millionaire. . . . I'm a billionaire!"
"Acting is an empty and useless profession."
"Good girls go to heaven. Bad girls go everywhere else."
"I'm interested in being provocative and pushing people's buttons."
Which screen icons gave us the quotes above? How do stars get away with self-indulgent, unrestrained behaviors-or do they? In The Hollywood Book of Extravagance,...
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"Half of all marriages end in divorce-and then there are the really unhappy ones."
-Joan Rivers
Do you suppose that the person who first said "Life is stranger than fiction" might have had Hollywood marriages in mind? Why watch a romantic film starring a leading man and a leading lady when their real-life romances are so much more interesting? It seems that a celebrity's latest film can have a considerably longer life span in the theater than his...
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This book traces the extraordinary life and career of Mel Brooks, who has ridden a wave of show business success perhaps unsurpassed by anyone of his generation. Offering many insights into the wacky world of Brooks and his many collaborators, as well as an intimate look into his successful marriage to the brilliant and beautiful actress Anne Bancroft, It's Good to Be the King might just be the most delightful, engaging, and entertaining biography...
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A biography of Rosie O'Donnell, discussing her youth in Commack, Long Island where she developed a desire to be a Broadway actress; tracing the course of her career from stand-up comedy, to movies, to television, to the stage; and speculating about her private life.
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From the Golden Age of television to the cutting edge of comedy recordings, from dazzling movie mega-hits to a record-breaking Browdway musical, he has ridden a wave of show business success perhaps unsurpassed by anyone of his generation. It may be good to be the king, but it's even better to be Mel Brooks.
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