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A Hollywood love story, a Hollywood memoir, a dual biography of two of Hollywood’s most famous figures, whose golden lives were lived at the center of Hollywood’s golden age, written by their daughter, an acclaimed writer and producer. Fay Wray was most famous as the woman - the blonde in a diaphanous gown - who captured the heart of the mighty King Kong. The book’s - and Wray’s - counterpart: Robert Riskin, considered one of the greatest screenwriters of all time. Fay Wray and Robert Riskin lived large lives, finding each other after establishing their artistic selves.

Since 1929, Hollywood’s brightest stars have flocked to the Chateau Marmont as if it were a second home. An apartment building-turned-hotel, the Chateau has been the backdrop for generations of gossip and folklore: where director Nicholas Ray slept with his 16-year-old Rebel Without a Cause star Natalie Wood; Jim Morrison swung from the balconies; John Belushi suffered a fatal overdose; and Lindsay Lohan got the boot after racking up nearly $50,000 in charges in less than two months. Much of what has happened inside the Chateau’s walls has eluded the public eye - until now.

From watching his colleague get shot in the testicles by a jealous producer to running Hollywood's most successful television studio, Harris Katleman had a front row seat in the development of the television industry. Through a number of hilarious accounts, Harris Katleman shares his journey from office boy to talent agent to television producer, and finally to studio head at both MGM and 20th Century Fox. Along the way, we meet industry giants including Rupert Murdoch, Bob Iger, Barry Diller, Marvin Davis, Kirk Kerkorian, Mark Goodson, and Lew Wasserman.

More Than Love begins on the morning after her mother's death in November 1981 when 11-year-old Natasha hears the news on the radio that her mother’s body has been found off the coast of Catalina after her parents had spent the weekend on the family boat, The Splendour. From this profound and shattering loss, Natasha shares her memories of her earliest bonds with her mother; her warm, loving, and slightly chaotic childhood as the daughter of two stars; the lost and confused years of her adolescence; and her halting attempts to move forward as a young woman.

Gianni Russo was a handsome 25-year-old mobster with no acting experience when he walked onto the set of The Godfather and entered Hollywood history. He played Carlo Rizzi, the husband of Connie Corleone, who set up her brother Sonny, played by James Caan, for a hit. Russo didn't have to act - he knew the Mob inside and out, from his childhood in Little Italy, to Mafia legend Frank Costello, who took him under his wing, to acting as a messenger to New Orleans Mob boss Carlos Marcello during the Kennedy assassination.

It would take a restless camera to document Jane Fonda’s life for she is a woman of formidable energy, but Fred Lawrence Guiles’ expert commentary captures her in motion. We pursue her in a tireless route of study, self-discovery, and social awareness that causes her to ultimately reject the lifestyle of her first husband, Roger Vadim, for the role of political activist with her present husband, Tom Hayden. We witness how the shift in political climate transforms her from history’s scourge to history’s darling.

For most of her adult life, Joan Crawford was a star who dedicated herself entirely to her career. But since her death, her luster has been tarnished. Here, at last, is a biography that sets the record straight. In her heyday, Joan Crawford was probably the most imitated woman in the world. Magazine covers featured her face, and high school and college girls copied her makeup and clothing. Born Lucille Fay LeSueur in Kansas City, she spent her childhood on the edge of poverty.

Marion Davies was, in so many ways, created by and for William Randolph Hearst - their symbiotic relationship spanned from 1915 when W. R. first ogled her chorus-girl charms until his death in 1951. But she was much more quickly superannuated, cinema-historically speaking, by the Orson Welles-Herman Mankiewicz dumb-blonde caricature in Citizen Kane, paradoxically the most important film in her life.

What you may have known about Marilyn Monroe before was only the tip of the iceberg. For 20 years, the men and women who knew Marilyn best saw what they knew suppressed because certain important people were still living and the tenor of the times prohibited frankness. Instead, rumors ballooned. This audiobook finally sets the record straight. Fred Lawrence Guiles - whom Norman Mailer acknowledges as the chief source of facts about Marilyn Monroe - has written about the life behind the legend.

Surprisingly, this is the first full-length biography of the legendary comic who was the creative half of the universally loved duo Laurel and Hardy. Based upon scores of interviews with family and friends (including the intimate diaries of Virginia Ruth Laurel, whom Stan married three times), Stan tells the very human story of Laurel’s struggle to survive against difficult odds, personal and professional.

Tyrone Power was as versatile in life as he was on the screen. He was a multifaceted man and was the last idol created by the vast star-making machine 20th Century Fox. Coming from a family of multi-generational actors, Tyrone Power broke the proverbial mold. His on-screen charisma in the 30s and 40s propelled him to the forefront of must-have actors. His on-screen accomplishments were many, yet he did not hesitate to enter the military when his country went to war. After the war, he continued in his career, but the years took their toll.

Todo el glamour y la belleza de sin duda, una de las mujeres más hermosas e irresistibles de la historia del cine. Sueca de nacimiento, inició su carrera en 1924 y desde entonces se convirtió en uno de los mayores mitos del cine al retirarse a la temprana edad de 36 años y llevar una existencia alejada de los infinitos paparazzi que la seguían, y la prensa que la adoraba.

A través de las imágenes del canal Warner, millones de televidentes tienen la oportunidad de ver a Sheldon Lee Cooper, el genial, pedante y anacoreta físico teórico de la serie televisiva The Big Bang Theory, probablemente una de las de mayor éxito y sintonía de la última década en los Estados Unidos. ¿Quién es el actor que encarna a tan memorable personaje? Su nombre es Jim Parsons, y en este audiolibro repasaremos los momentos más saltantes de su vida.

Dino Paul Crocetti, su verdadero nombre, fue un inigualable cómico, actor y cantante estadounidense, que desde la segunda mitad del siglo XX hizo reír a muchas generaciones de estadounidenses. Junto con Jerry Lewis, otro notable cómico, hicieron las delicias del público de su tiempo. Su influencia se siente hasta hoy.

Una vida de cuento en el mundo real. Célebre por su estilizada y perturbadora belleza, esta actriz estadounidense, famosa por ser una de las favoritas de Alfred Hitchcock, cambió su vida para siempre cuando se casó con el Príncipe Raniero III de Mónaco, convirtiéndose en su Alteza Serenísima la Princesa Gracia de Mónaco.

Notable actriz norteamericana nacida en 1938, fue junto a Elizabeth Taylor uno de los grandes íconos femeninos del séptimo arte del siglo XX gracias a su enorme belleza, su capacidad expresiva y su talento actoral. Muerta trágica y misteriosamente en 1981, su estela continúa brillando hasta hoy.

La biografía de este actor y director de cine estadounidense, que saltó a la fama al dirigir y actuar al lado de Peter Fonda en la película Easy Rider: Buscando mi Destino de 1969, la serie "24”, o Máxima Velocidad, en un audiolibro que estamos seguros, le gustará de principio a fin.

Un actor de suceso en Hollywood, famoso actor de televisión, británico de corazón, es ampliamente conocido por su papeles en los filmes If..., La naranja mecánica y Calígula, realizando papeles de carácter rebelde y cruel, pero aún así seductor y de gran arrastre mediático.

Pese a protagonizar roles de cierta importancia en filmes donde compartió escenarios con grandes estrellas de la pantalla grande como Anthony Hopkins, el nombre de Cristopher Reeve quedaría grabado en la memoria de aquellos que contemplaron absortos su interpretación del Hombre de acero, Superman. Mas no sólo tendría un papel de superhéroe en la pantalla grande, sino también en la vida real, donde prestó su apoyo íntegro a obras y movimientos sociales.

¿Quién no ha contemplado en alguna de las cintas del cine de oro mexicano a una mujer de aspecto bello y seductor, pero a la vez tan cruel y fría? "La Doña", como se la conoció gracias a su insuperable interpretación del personaje literario Doña Bárbara, era poseedora de una personalidad que no distaba mucho de la poderosa terrateniente a la que encarnaba.

Norteamericano de nacimiento y actor de corazón, es una de las figuras emblemáticas del cine de mitad del siglo XX. Su porte duro, su ortodoxa manera de hablar y su aspecto físico (que no se correspondía con el del clásico galán), marcaron el compás no sólo de la actuación en Hollywood, sino de la escena mundial. "Casablanca", probablemente la mejor película de todos los tiempos, lo llevó a la fama, una popularidad que no se quitaría ni con la muerte.

La más grande actriz de teatro y cine de todos los tiempos. Su estilo natural de actuación y el estudio de la psicología de los personajes que interpretaba la hicieron merecedora de innumerables reconocimientos. Esta atractiva mujer de carácter fuerte y presencia hipnótica tuvo una vida intensa marcada por su gran pasión por la actuación, su especial fascinación por la muerte, sus célebres admiradores y sus incansables pasos sobre el escenario.

Ganadora del Óscar en 1978, Vanessa Redgrave es considerada una de las máximas estrellas del teatro, la televisión y el cine, donde su magistral actuación hizo de casi todas sus películas clásicos absolutos (Blow-up, Isadora, Un hombre para la eternidad, etc.). Tan coherente y enérgica como polémica y repudiada por sus detractores ideológicos, ha sabido defender las causas que ha apoyado y el camino que sigue su instinto, trascendiendo su éxito del mundo del celuloide.

Movie stars establish themselves as brands - and Taylor's brand, in its most memorable outings, repeatedly introduced a broad audience to feminist ideas. Drawing on unpublished letters and scripts as well as interviews with Kate Burton, Gore Vidal, Austin Pendleton, Kevin McCarthy, Liz Smith, and others, The Accidental Feminist will surprise Taylor and film fans with its originality and will add a startling dimension to the star's enduring mystique.

This is an engrossing and candid book, a beguiling exploration of what it means to be a producer, including purchasing rights, developing scripts, casting actors, managing directors, editing film, and winning awards. Filled with tales of legendary and beloved films, as well as some not-so-legendary and forgotten ones, A Life in Movies takes listeners behind the scenes and into the history of Hollywood.

Ever wonder why so many B actors wind up as A-grade politicians? Or how the casting couch worked? Acclaimed author Kathleen Sharp traces the influence of show business through the lives of its first power couple. Edie and Lew Wasserman built the world’s largest talent agency, MCA, created the multibillion-dollar Universal Studios, and helped shape Washington, DC.

Here's the unauthorized, best-selling biography of one of America's brightest—and most flamboyantly glamorous—stars. Elizabeth Taylor has beguiled audiences since National Velvet, and her many loves and peccadilloes have provided endless spice and interest for the movie-going and star-watching public. Biographer Kitty Kelley tells all—even the parts Liz would rather keep secret!—in this uncensored biography.

Once Upon a Time there was a woman who embodied the secret fantasies of every woman of her time. She was a classic beauty, the daughter of a millionaire, an Academy Award-winning actress, and then, after she married Rainier of Monaco, a real-life princess. This audiobooks takes an unprecedented look at the lives of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier and answers the question: Did they live happily ever after?

Investigative journalist Lee Smith's The Plot Against the President tells the story of how Congressman Devin Nunes uncovered the operation to bring down the commander-in-chief. While popular opinion holds that Russia subverted democratic processes during the 2016 elections, the real damage was done not by Moscow or any other foreign actor. Rather, this was a slow-moving coup engineered by a coterie of the American elite, the "deep state," targeting not only the president, but also the rest of the country.

In The World According to Tom Hanks, through deep research and interviews, Gavin Edwards will explore and celebrate how Tom Hanks lives his life, mirroring the way that he embodies optimism and integrity in his movie roles. This book will give insight into the actor by collecting the best stories about how he behaves in the world, providing a loving retrospective of his film career, and putting it all into the context of his all-American philosophy.