Starmaker

Starmaker
Author: Jay Bernstein
Publisher: ECW/ORIM
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2011-10-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1770900438

This memoir by the legendary publicist offers “an intimate glimpse into the best and the worst of the golden age of Hollywood” (Stacy Keach, Golden Globe Award–nominated actor). Jay Bernstein, an entertainment industry fixture who helped launch the careers of celebrities including Farrah Fawcett and Suzanne Somers, was famed for his sense of showmanship, his outrageous style, and the publicity stunts he engineered to get attention for his clients. Starmaker tells his story, from his childhood in Oklahoma City and his first job in a Hollywood mailroom to the ownership of his own public relations firm and his work as a television producer. In addition to a behind-the-scenes look at several generations of show business and hard-hitting insights about how the industry changed over the decades, Bernstein also describes the relationships he had with stars and his notorious techniques, such as paying women to throw hotel keys at Tom Jones, having Entertainment Tonight host Mary Hart’s legs insured for one million dollars, and getting married underwater for an episode of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. With the wisdom of experience and a sense of humor, this autobiography shares the intimate details of a fascinating Hollywood life.

Red Rock Mysteries 3-Pack Books 10-12: Escaping Darkness / Windy City Danger / Hollywood Holdup

Red Rock Mysteries 3-Pack Books 10-12: Escaping Darkness / Windy City Danger / Hollywood Holdup
Author: Jerry B. Jenkins
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Total Pages: 559
Release: 2024-02-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1496472977

Best-selling and award-winning authors Jerry Jenkins and Chris Fabry grab the attention of kids in these fast-paced, exciting books. Watch out! The Timberline twins are on the loose. Bryce and Ashley are 13-year-old twins from Colorado who unearth action-packed mystery and adventure wherever they go. The twins' growing faith and the strong example of their parents guide them through even the most life-threatening situations. With the trademark page-turner style used by Jerry Jenkins and Chris Fabry in the Left Behind: The Kids series, these fast-paced books will keep even reluctant readers on the edge of their seats. Readers will definitely be hooked! Perfect for ages 8–12. This set includes Books 10–12 in the 15-Book Red Rock Mysteries series: Escaping Darkness: An unfamiliar car runs Bryce Timberline off a back road. He and Ashley discover a secret that puts them in a race against time to save lives. Will they be able to get help without becoming victims themselves? Windy City Danger: It has been years since Bryce and Ashley Timberline have been to their hometown. This trip to Chicago presents a new mystery when a family friend disappears. Can they unravel the clues and find him before it’s too late? Hollywood Holdup: A family crisis causes Bryce and Ashley Timberline to volunteer to house-sit for some friends, but as soon as they move in, they notice strange happenings with the neighbors. Could one of them be involved in a series of robberies?

TLA Film, Video, and DVD Guide 2002-2003

TLA Film, Video, and DVD Guide 2002-2003
Author: David Bleiler
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 785
Release: 2001-11-03
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0312282095

A film, video, and DVD guide for the true lover of the cinema, this volume focuses on independent and international films as well as the best of the mainstream. 450 photos throughout.

Rat Pack Confidential

Rat Pack Confidential
Author: Shawn Levy
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 390
Release: 1999
Genre: Bishop, Joey
ISBN: 1841150010

The first biography of the Rat Pack - Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop et al - the original Swingers. Brilliant and beautifully written story of their rise and fall, and their connections with the Kennedys and the Mafia. They alit in Las Vegas for a month to make a movie and play a historic nightclub gig they called the Summit; they hit Miami, the Utah desert, Palm Springs, Chicago, Atlantic City, Beverly Hills, Hollywood back lots, illegal gambling dens, saloons, yachts, private jets, the White House itself. It was sauce and vinegar and eau de cologne and sour mash whiskey and gin and smoke and perfume and silk and neon and skinny lapels and tail fins and rockets to the sky. It was swinging and sighing and being a sharpie, it was cutting a figure and digging a scene. It was Frank and Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin and Peter Lawford for a while and Joey Bishop when they asked him and Jack Kennedy and Sam Giancana and tables full of cronies and who knew how many broads. It was the ultimate spasm of traditional showbiz - both the last and the most of its kind. It was the Rat Pack. It was beautiful. 'Rat Pack Confidential' - you're never far from a cocktail, a swingin' affair and a fist-fight.

Cosmo Doogood's Urban Almanac

Cosmo Doogood's Urban Almanac
Author: Eric Utne
Publisher: Cosmo Doogood's Urban Almanac
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2004
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780976198901

Pilgrimages to wild places such as Death Valley help us connect to nature, to be sure. But what would it take for us to reestablish that connection right where we live day-to-day ... in the city? Ben Franklin would be proud. In the spirit of his Poor Richard's Almanac, Eric Utne, founder of Utne Magazine, presents Cosmo Doogood's Urban Almanac: Celebrating Nature & Her Rhythms in the City. It's an inspirational way for 21st-century urbanites, who now number over half the U.S. population, to connect with nature, live more fully, and celebrate each day of the year. Cosmo Doogood's Urban Almanac can help you connect to Nature and Her Rhythms wherever you are! This is an urban version of the old farmer's almanacs, like Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack. C O N T E N T S Introduction: "Courteous Reader" LOOK UP Sky phenomena, by Norman Davidson Developing the "Weather Eye," by Doc Weather (aka Dennis Klocek) LOOK OUT The Art & Science of Phenology, by David Lukas A Field Guide to Urban Flora & Fauna The Myth of the City, by Philip Cousineau The Joys of Walking, by Christopher Bamford Urban Eden Gardening, by Adam & James Caplin Foraging, by Martha Coventry Ben Franklin Day, by David Morris LOOK IN The Living Year, by Christopher Bamford THE CALENDAR How to Use this Calendar January 1 - December 31, 2005 ESSENTIAL MISCELLANY Conversational Gambits from Edison's Handy Encyclopedia of General Facts and Useful Information and other sources, like Gandhi's "Seven Deadly Sins," America's most creative cities; the answer to the question, "What is Lorem Ipsum?" and more