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Audition: A Memoir
by Barbara Walters  Publisher Comments Young people starting out in television sometimes say to me: "I want to be you." My stock reply is always: "Then you have to take the whole package." And now, at last, the most important woman in the history of television journalism gives us that...
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The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography
by Sidney Poitier Publisher Comments "I have no wish to play the pontificating fool, pretending that I've suddenly come up with the answers to all life's questions. Quite that contrary, I began this book as an exploration, an exercise in self-questing. In other words, I wanted to find out...
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Include Me Out: My Life from Goldwyn to Broadway
by Farley Granger Publisher Comments Synonymous with the golden age of Broadway, the dazzling lights of Hollywood, and the rise of television arts, Farley Granger’s charm and talent captivated the acting community and audiences alike. Working with creative visionaries like Alfred...
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Life Beyond Measure: Letters to My Great-Granddaughter
by Sidney Poitier Publisher Comments Sidney Poitier is one of the most revered actors in the history of Hollywood. He has overcome enormous obstacles in extraordinary times and is a role model for many Americans because of his convictions, bravery, and grace. Poitier reflects on his amazing...
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Helen Mirren: In the Frame: My Life in Words and Pictures
by Helen Mirren Publisher Comments Helen Mirren has been an internationally acclaimed actress -- and the recipient of many awards, transferring between stage, cinema and television -- for over 40 years. Known in her youth for a forthright style, a liberated attitude and a bohemian outlook,...
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The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts
by Tom Jr Farley Publisher Comments A biography of the Saturday Night Live star as told by his friends and family No one dominated a stage the way Chris Farley did. For him, comedy was not a routine; it was a way of life. He could not enter a room unnoticed or let a conversation go without...
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Notes on a Life
by Eleanor Coppola Publisher Comments Eleanor Coppola shares her extraordinary life as an artist, filmmaker, wife, and mother in a book that captures the glamour and grit of Hollywood and reveals the private tragedies and joys that tested and strengthened her over the past twenty years...
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Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself
by Alan Alda Publisher Comments On the heels of his acclaimed memoir, Never Have Your Dog Stuffed, beloved actor and bestselling author Alan Alda has written Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself, an insightful and funny look at some of the impossible questions he's asked himself...
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The Two of Us :My Life with John Thaw
by Sheila Hancock Publisher Comments When John Thaw, star of The Sweeney and Inspector Morse, died from cancer in 2002, a nation lost one of its finest actors. Sheila Hancock lost a beloved husband. In this unique double biography she chronicles their lives - personal and professional...
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Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art
by Gene Wilder 
Publisher Comments In this personal book from the star of many beloved and classic film comedies — from The Producers to Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory — Gene Wilder writes about a side of his life the public hasn't...
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Al Pacino
by Lawrence Grobel Publisher Comments For more than a quarter century, Al Pacino has spoken freely and deeply with acclaimed journalist and bestselling author Lawrence Grobel on subjects as diverse as childhood, acting, and fatherhood. Here, for the first time, are the complete conversations...
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Daniel Craig: Ultimate Professional
by Daniel Obrien Publisher Comments When Daniel Craig was formally announced as the new James Bond, debuting in Casino Royale, not all fans were delighted. But Craig proved them wrong, winning universal acclaim for his riskier, grittier Bond—inexperienced, insecure and troubled by...
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Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light
by Patrick Mcgilligan Publisher Comments In a career that spanned six decades and more than sixty films, Alfred Hitchcock became the most widely recognized director who ever lived. His films -- including The 39 Steps, Notorious, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho, and The Birds -- set new standards...
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Lessons in Becoming Myself
by Ellen Burstyn Publisher Comments An inspirational account by the Academy Award- and Tony Award-winning actress discusses her complicated relationship with her mother, film and Broadway roles, and her ongoing search for personal and professional authenticity. 150,000 first printing....
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Cary Grant a Biography 1ST Edition
by Marc Eliot Publisher Comments "Everybody wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant." — Cary Grant He is Hollywood's most fascinating and timeless star. Although he came to personify the debonair American, Cary Grant was born Archibald Leach on January 18, 1904,...
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Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis
by Ed Sikov Publisher Comments The legendary Hollywood star blazes a fiery trail in this enthralling portrait of a brilliant actress and the movies her talent elevated to greatness. She was magnificent and exasperating in equal measure. Jack Warner called her "an explosive little...
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Call Me Anna
by Patty Duke Publisher Comments The Star--The public saw her as a gifted child star: the youngest actor to win an Oscar for her role as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker and the youngest actor to have a prime-time television series bearing her own name. The Nightmare--What the public...
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Enchantment: The Life of Audrey Hepburn
by Donald Spoto Publisher Comments Her name is synonymous with elegance, style and grace. Over the course of her extraordinary life and career, Audrey Hepburn captured hearts around the world and created a public image that stands as one of the most recognizable and beloved in recent...
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Humphrey Bogart (Movie Icons)
by James Ursini Synopsis Humphrey Bogart is a legend and an icon whose magic has not dissipated with time. The wounded tough guy image Bogart molded over the decades of his career still resonates. There is a truth to this image; audiences sense that the world-weariness, the...
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You Can Run But You Can't Hide
by Duane Chapman Publisher Comments Duane Chapman, aka Dog the Bounty Hunter, has had an amazing life. He had a troubled and trying upbringing, which led to an early life of crime, including numerous arrests for armed robbery and a murder conviction. While Dog claims to be innocent of the...
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