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Hollywood: A Celebration!
by David Thomson  Publisher Comments From the birth of the film industry in the dusty village of Hollywood 1905, to the computer-generated special effects extravaganzas of today; from the days when the big studios reigned supreme to the rise of the independent film; from the innovative...
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Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
by Mark Harris Publisher Comments An epic account of how the revolution hit Hollywood, told through the stories of the five films nominated for the 1967 Academy Awards The year is 1963. The studios are churning out westerns, war movies, prudish sex comedies and overblown historical epics,...
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Hollywood Undercover: Revealing the Sordid Secrets of Tinseltown
by Ian Halperin Publisher Comments A star-studded behind-the-scenes account of celebrity culture and the pursuit and perils of fame. Ian Halperin is no stranger to undercover investigations. When he posed as a model in 2001 to expose the fashion industry, his resulting book, Shut Up and...
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Victoria Beckham: Queen of America
by Julie Aspinall Publisher Comments From Spice Girl to successful solo artist; from single sex-kitten to one half of the most famous and fascinating couple in the world; from mother-of-three to fashion designer and style icon, Victoria Beckham's life is never out of the headlines. Ever...
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Paris Hilton: Life on the Edge: The Biography
by Chas Newkey-burden Publisher Comments The subject of intense media and public fascination, Paris Hilton is one of the most-discussed celebrities of her generation. From the teenage party girl who was "famous for being famous," she has blossomed into an actress, pop star, and successful...
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The Virtual Life of Film
by D. N. Rodowick Publisher Comments As almost (or, truly, virtually) every aspect of making and viewing movies is replaced by digital technologies, even the notion of "watching a film" is fast becoming an anachronism. With the likely disappearance of celluloid film stock as a medium, and...
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A Star Is Found: Our Adventures Casting Some of Hollywood's Biggest Movies
by Janet Hirshenson Publisher Comments <div><div>For anyone who’s ever walked out of a movie and said, “That guy was <i>all</i> wrong for that part, ” comes this first-of-its-kind look at how actors are chosen and careers are born. &...
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Shoot Out: Surviving the Fame and (Mis)Fortune of Hollywood
by Peter Bart and Peter Guber Publisher Comments Two of Hollywood's major players come together to share their insights and anecdotes about the art and business of filmmaking in the twenty-first century. Inspired by the graduate course that they have taught at the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and...
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Oscar Fever: The History & Politics of the Academy Awards
by Emanuel Levy Synopsis This completely new and far more popular rewriting of "And the Winner Is . . ". is both history and appreciation, filled with inside stories and little known facts about Hollywood's most revered awards ceremony. 30 photos....
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The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood
by David Thomson 
Powells.com Staff Pick Borrowing its title from Fitzgerald's The Last Tycoon, this anecdotal history uses Chinatown as a template for the good and ill in the film industry, and covers the seamy, sordid, fascinating story of how a little desert town became what we know today as...
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Celebrity Diss and Tell: Stars Talk about Each Other
by Boze Hadleigh Publisher Comments The bigger they are, the harder they fall . . . and the more they pounce on one another. That's the message that comes through in Boze Hadleigh's latest celebrity gossip collection, Celebrity Diss and Tell. Goodness, they have something to say about...
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The Big Picture: Who Killed Hollywood?: And Other Essays
by William Goldman Synopsis Two-time Academy Award Screenwriter William Goldman gives "The Big Picture" on Hollywood, Screenwriting, and the future of American Cinema. Among the essays: Who Killed Hollywood? * Christmas in July * Pushing the Envelope * City of Angels * Anything but...
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Hollywood Confidential: How the Studios Beat the Mob at Their Own Game
by Ted Schwarz Synopsis The first truly in-depth look at the history of the mob in Hollywood from the 1920s to the 1980s when the last vestiges of mob influence were revealed through investigations of former SAG President Ronald Reagan and his union backers. From the time Harry...
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Palm Springs Babylon: Sizzling Stories from the Desert Playground of the Stars
by Ray Mungo Publisher Comments Something about the slow-burning sun and the easy lifestyle of Hollywood's notorious desert haven has nurtured a scrumptious history of cardinal sins, both public and private. From philanthropists to actors-in-waiting, Ray Mungo's Palm Springs Babylon is...
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Hollywood Highbrow: From Entertainment to Art (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology)
by Shyon Baumann Publisher Comments Today's moviegoers and critics generally consider some Hollywood products--even some blockbusters--to be legitimate works of art. But during the first half century of motion pictures very few Americans would have thought to call an American movie art. Up...
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People 20 Years of Sexiest Man Alive
by People Magazine Synopsis It all started in 1985 with a guy named Mel Gibson. Since then, "People's Sexiest Man Alive" has continued to celebrate America's hottest hunks and has become one of the most famous titles in pop culture history....
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People: 30 Years of Seeing Stars
by People Magazine Synopsis - Join People as they celebrate 30 years of reporting on popular culture through gorgeous photography and sizzling editorial.- People takes you on a history-filled tour of the last three decades - from our first introduction to John "Sweathog" Travolta...
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George Gallup in Hollywood (Film and Culture)
by Susan Ohmer Synopsis George Gallup in Hollywood is a fascinating look at the film industry's use of opinion polling in the 1930s and '40s. George Gallup's polling techniques first achieved fame when he accurately predicted that Franklin D. Roosevelt would be reelected...
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Contemporary Hollywood Stardom
by Thomas Austin Publisher Comments Taking account of the major developments in the field of star studies, this book explores the political economy of stardom, questions of performance, the effect on stardom of convergence between the film industry and other leisure industries, and the...
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Boffo!: How I Learned to Love the Blockbuster and Fear the Bomb
by Peter Bart Publisher Comments The formula for Hollywood success has long baffled even its greatest visionaries. For every blockbuster there are countless flops. Directors, producers, and actors who achieve great success with one film often suffer abject humiliation on the next. After...
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