Entertainment & Performing Arts

In April 2009, a modest middle-aged woman from a village in Scotland was catapulted to global fame when the YouTube video of her audition for Britain's Got Talent touched the hearts of millions all over the world. From singing karaoke in local pubs to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Bookseller's Choice (Picture Book) 1999.Book InformationISBN 9780060245603Author Jamie Lee CurtisFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint HarperCollins Children's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735273839Author Robert MatzenFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Goodknight BooksPublisher Goodknight BooksWeight(grams) 699gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

In this memoir, Lana Wood investigates the mysterious drowning of her sister, the actress Natalie Wood, and clears up the myths and misconceptions behind one of the most notorious celebrity deaths of our time. On the night of November 29, 1981, Natalie...

His resume of roles includes Macbeth, Cyrano de Bergerac, Ebenezer Scrooge and Oedipus Rex. His career has encompassed theatre and television in England, Canada and the United States. With a gift for developing offbeat characters, Barry Morse has had a...

In Rewrite Man, Alison Macor tells an engrossing story about the challenges faced by a top screenwriter at the crossroads of mixed and conflicting agendas in Hollywood. Whether writing love scenes for Tom Cruise on the set of Top Gun, running lines with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781963029Author Ken FarringtonFormat HardbackImprint Fantom Films LimitedPublisher Fantom Films Limited

A Hungarian Jew who lived and worked in half a dozen European countries before arriving in Britain in 1935, Pressburger's reputation rests on the series of strikingly original films he made in collaboration with Michael Powell under the banner of The...

The Bond movies remain the longest continually running film series in movie history, and 2012 marks its fiftieth anniversary. While there have been many actors that have taken on the coveted role of James Bond, the most renowned 007 - and the one with...

"Music is part of my oxygen, Without it I would dry up" Mention the name Carly Simon to some people and they will probably think of one song in particular, maybe two or three at a push, while others may remember her for being one half of the "golden...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954950750Author Norma BarzmanFormat HardbackPage Count 429Imprint FrictionPublisher Friction

'Dan is a national treasure and one of America s great songwriters. Elvis Costello. 'Dan s songs were funny, serious, and entertaining, and the combo of old-timey folk, country, and jazz knocked me out. Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons. 'Dan...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612196749Author Billie HolidayFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061357909Author Sidney PoitierFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperCollins Publishers LtdPublisher HarperCollins Publishers

With their silly puns, down-to-earth style and obvious affection for each other, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins were a defining part of 1990s popular culture. For two years their hit show, Light Lunch, was staple viewing for housewives and students up and...

With their silly puns, down-to-earth style and obvious affection for each other, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins were a defining part of 1990s popular culture. For two years their hit show, Light Lunch, was staple viewing for housewives and students up and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496858009Author Mario FalsettoFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint University Press of MississippiPublisher University Press of Mississippi

One of the most iconic guitarists of all-time, his staggering performance on Guns N' Roses' Appetite For Destruction heralded the arrival of a brand new superstar name in rock. His complex relationship with frontman Axl Rose and the phenomenal music that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781797175409Author Mo RoccaImprint Simon & Schuster AudioPublisher Simon & Schuster Audio

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Adele touches the hearts of millions of people who love her for her music and share the real and honest emotion she brings to each and every song. In a cynical age, she is a phenomenon. In Adele, bestselling biographer Sean Smith talks to those close to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143126041Author Rebecca EatonFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 285g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933197517Author Greg HoardFormat HardbackPage Count 341Imprint Orange Frazer PressPublisher Orange Frazer PressWeight(grams) 839g

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Few twentieth-century artists are renowned in such a variety of media as Orson Welles. Well known for his work in film and theater as director, actor, and writer, Welles's influence in the field of radio has often been overlooked for the more glamorous...

On March 12, 1993, Lillian Gish's memorial service was attended by a host of celebrities whose lives had been touched by her long and remarkable career. From her first film, ""An Unseen Enemy"" (1912), to her last, ""The Whales of August"" (1987),...

Born to a family of equestrian circus performers in the early 19th century, Tony Pastor seemed predestined for a life in show business. True to his upbringing, Pastor lived his life on or at least very near the stage, making unparalleled contributions to...

An emotive soprano, heartrending melodies about unrequited love, and a draped-over-the-piano persona made Helen Morgan (1902–1941) the original torch singer, but she was so much more. The versatile actress appeared on Broadway, in film, and on radio. In...

An emotive soprano, heartrending melodies about unrequited love, and a draped-over-the-piano persona made Helen Morgan (1902–1941) the original torch singer, but she was so much more. The versatile actress appeared on Broadway, in film, and on radio. In...

Patrick Humphries was there for the 1963 tsunami of Beatlemania – he still has his Fan Club membership card. Today, he feels the Beatles’ UK origins have been overlooked for too long. Inside With the Beatles: Previously unknown details of the Beatles’...

Mention Woody Guthrie, and people who know the name are likely to think of the “Okie Bard,” dust storms behind him, riding a boxcar or walking a red-dirt road, a battered guitar strapped to his back. But unlock Guthrie from the confines of rural folk and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538720370Author Laura DernFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central Publishing

In a career that spanned 60 years, Paul Whiteman changed the landscape of American music, beginning with his million-selling recordings in the early 1920s of "Whispering," "Japanese Sandman," and "Three O'Clock in the Morning." Whiteman would then...

Robert Loraine was born in a period when technology exploded into a world whose keyword was Progress. Both he and his lifelong friend George Bernard Shaw believed they were in an evolutionary period of humanity. Born into a theatrical family, he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629331614Author Thomas ReederFormat PaperbackPage Count 770Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 1311gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

Ridgeway (Reggie) Callow began his film career in the early 1930s and for four decades worked as an assistant director on some of the most memorable films in Hollywood history. In the early 1970s, over a period of several months, film historian Rudy...

The man who brought the kavorka to the Seinfeld show through one of the most remarkable and beloved television characters ever invented, Kramer, shares the extraordinary life of a comedy genius-the way he came into himself as an artist, the ups and downs...

The first 30 years of the 20th-century produced a theatrical explosion whose reverberations are still felt today. Stanislavsky Meyerhold Vakhtanghov Michael Chekhov in Russia; Reinhardt Piscator & Brecht in Germany; and Copeau Barrault & Artaud in...

Although Vince Guaraldi's playful jazz piano themes for the early Peanuts animated television specials are well known, the composer himself remains largely unheralded. More than merely "the Peanuts guy," Guaraldi cut his jazz teeth as a member of combos...