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Before she died, Elizabeth Taylor claimed that previous biographers had revealed "only half of my story, but I can't tell the other half because I'd get sued." In response to that challenge, Blood Moon presents history's most comprehensive compilation of the unpublished--until now--secrets of Dame Elizabeth. With photos, this meaty and startling book offers a juicy feast of till-now untold tales about the 20th century's most deadlinegenerating actress, relayed with empathy and brutal candor.
The enigmas surrounding one of Hollywood s best-known cults has at last been decoded, thanks to the publication of this unvarnished overview of "the lost farmboy from Indiana," James Dean, the other (after Marilyn Monroe) most famous movie star of the 1950s. Written to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the violent death of a star who lived fast,
The world has witnessed an explosion in the prevalence, quality and depth of gay and lesbian-themed films. Dozens of gay and lesbian films are examined here with a huge amount of clarity and respect. This is the ultimate guide to the growing force of gay and lesbian filmmaking.
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"Debbie Reynolds & Carrie Fisher were the greatest mother-daughter act in the history of show business. Each became a world-class symbol of the social and cinematic tastes that prevailed during their hey-days in Hollywood. Now, for the first time, fans of Princess Leia and Unsinkable Tammy can read about the combative but ferociously loyal relationship of the 'boop-boop-a-doop' girl with her intergalactic daughter, and the iron-willed strength each of them demonstrated during their battles to survive"--Back cover.
Who changed Bob Marley’s famous peace-and-love anthem into “Come to Jamaica and feel all right?” When did the Rastafarian fighting white colonial power become the smiling Rastaman spreading beach towels for American tourists? Drawing on research in social movement theory and protest music, Reggae, Rastafari, and the Rhetoric of Social Control traces the history and rise of reggae and the story of how an island nation commandeered the music to fashion an image and entice tourists. Visitors to Jamaica are often unaware that reggae was a revolutionary music rooted in the suffering of Jamaica’s poor. Rastafarians were once a target of police harassment and public condemnation. Now the mu...