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The Importance of Being Famous
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 519

The Importance of Being Famous

Vanity Fair's veteran special correspondent pulls back the curtain on the world of celebrity and those who live and die there Vanity Fair's Maureen Orth always makes news. From Hollywood to murder trials to the corridors of politics, this National Magazine Award winner covers lives led in public, on camera, in the headlines. Here she takes us close-up into the world of fame--bridging entertainment, politics, and news--and the lives of those who understand the chemistry, the very DNA, of fame and how to create it, manipulate it, sustain it. Moving from former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to Michael Jackson, the ultimate child/monster of show business, Orth describes our evolution from a s...

Vulgar Favors
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 562

Vulgar Favors

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2010-10-06
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  • Publisher: Dell

Read the true story of the manhunt that inspired The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, the acclaimed FX series. “The breadth and thoroughness of [Maureen] Orth’s research are often staggering.”—The New York Times “Fascinating . . . ripe with chilling detail.”—Entertainment Weekly On July 15, 1997, Gianni Versace was shot and killed on the steps of his Miami Beach mansion by serial killer Andrew Cunanan. But months before Versace’s murder, award-winning journalist Maureen Orth was already investigating a major story on Cunanan for Vanity Fair. Culled from interviews with more than four hundred people and insights gleaned from thousands of pages of police r...

Vulgar Favors
  • Language: en

Vulgar Favors

Read the true story of the manhunt that inspired The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, the acclaimed FX series. “The breadth and thoroughness of [Maureen] Orth’s research are often staggering.”—The New York Times “Fascinating . . . ripe with chilling detail.”—Entertainment Weekly On July 15, 1997, Gianni Versace was shot and killed on the steps of his Miami Beach mansion by serial killer Andrew Cunanan. But months before Versace’s murder, award-winning journalist Maureen Orth was already investigating a major story on Cunanan for Vanity Fair. Culled from interviews with more than four hundred people and insights gleaned from thousands of pages of police r...

Vulgar Favors
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 548

Vulgar Favors

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2000
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  • Publisher: Dell

A journalist who covered the failed manhunt for Andrew Cunanan pieces together the story of the killing spree that ended with the murder of fashion mogul Gianni Versace. Reprint.

Vulgar Favours
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 536

Vulgar Favours

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-10-03
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  • Publisher: Random House

A true story of dark forces that ended a colourful life. The basis for the Emmy Award winning American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace, a 10-part drama series on BBC2, starring Penelope Cruz and Ricky Martin, this is the unforgettable account of a sociopath, his savage crimes, and the devastation he left in his wake. In the glamorous and hedonistic fashion world in the 1990s there was one world-famous name that everyone knew – Gianni Versace. Vulgar Favours details the events that led to his murder at the hands of Andrew Cunanan on July 15th, 1997. Maureen Orth, investigative journalist, was researching an article for Vanity Fair about the Miami Beach serial killer two days before Versace was brutally killed outside his mansion by Cunanan. Drawing on over 400 interviews and thousands of pages of police reports, Orth recounts in gripping detail how Cunanan became one of America's most notorious serial killers, evading the police and leaving his other victims’ families in disarray.

Imperial Crusades
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 388

Imperial Crusades

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2004-06-17
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  • Publisher: Verso

The political and human carnage of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Yugoslavia are chronicled in this book, featuring entries from the authors, former marines, historians, a psychologist, an economist, a human rights lawyer, and former CIA analysts.

Vulgar Favours
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 560

Vulgar Favours

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-10-03
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  • Publisher: BBC Books

A true story of dark forces that ended a colourful life. The basis for American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace, a 10-part drama series on BBC2, starring Penelope Cruz and Ricky Martin, this is the unforgettable account of a sociopath, his savage crimes, and the devastation he left in his wake. In the glamorous and hedonistic fashion world in the 1990s there was one world-famous name that everyone knew - Gianni Versace. Vulgar Favours details the events that led to his murder at the hands of Andrew Cunanan on July 15th, 1997. Maureen Orth, investigative journalist, was researching an article for Vanity Fair about the Miami Beach serial killer two days before Versace was brutally killed outside his mansion by Cunanan. Drawing on over 400 interviews and thousands of pages of police reports, Orth recounts in gripping detail how Cunanan became one of America's most notorious serial killers, evading the police and leaving his other victims' families in disarray.

Vulgar Favours
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 560

Vulgar Favours

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-01-02
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  • Publisher: BBC Books

A true story of dark forces that ended a colourful life. The basis for American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace, a new 10-part drama series on BBC2 starring Penelope Cruz and Ricky Martin. This is the unforgettable account of a sociopath, his savage crimes, and the devastation he left in his wake. In the glamorous and hedonistic fashion world in the 1990s there was one world-famous name that everyone knew - Gianni Versace. Vulgar Favours details the events that led to his murder at the hands of Andrew Cunanan on July 15th, 1997. Maureen Orth, investigative journalist, was researching an article for Vanity Fair about the Miami Beach serial killer two days before Versace was brutally killed outside his mansion by Cunanan. Drawing on over 400 interviews and thousands of pages of police reports, Orth recounts in gripping detail how Cunanan became one of America's most notorious serial killers, evading the police and leaving his other victims' families in disarray.

Mary
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 28

Mary

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2015
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Farewell to the Famous
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 210

Farewell to the Famous

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2009-01-07
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  • Publisher: AuthorHouse

"Farewells to the Famous" describe the illustrious careers of Luciano Pavarotti - "Opera's Super Star," Jack Valenti - creator of the movie rating system, Reverend Jerry Falwell - founder of the Moral Majority, Bill Walsh - famed NFL football coach, Merv Griffin - talented singer, talk show host and entrepreneur, Robert Goulet - gifted baritone and actor, Norman Mailer - macho literary giant, Johnny Grant - Hollywood's finest ambassador, Sir Edmund Hillary - conqueror of Mount Everest and humanitarian, Wm. F. Buckley, Jr. - founder, modern conservatism, talk show, writer and bon vivant, Charton Heston - legendary actor and patriot, Sydney Pollack - actor, producer and director, Yves Saint Laurent - fabulous fashion designer, Tim Russert - respected TV host, George Carlin - vulgar but clever comedian, Jesse Helms - traditional Southern senator and Dr. Michael DeBakey - world-renowned innovative cardiac surgeon.