"Billy Crystal is turning 65, and he's not happy about it. With his trademark wit and heart, he outlines the absurdities and challenges that come with growing old, from insomnia to memory loss to leaving dinners with half your meal on your shirt. In humorous chapters like "Buyin…
Ali Wentworth takes us through the looking glass in this book: from a childhood among Washington's elite and a stint in a New England prep school to her days doing L.A.
Ali Wentworth takes us through the looking glass in this book: from a childhood among Washington's elite and a stint in a New England prep school to her days doing L.A.
The star of such motion pctures as "Laura" and "Cheaper by the Dozen" describes his life and career.
"Mike Myers thinks he was 'a genius', while John Cleese regards him as 'a true cultural icon'. He was an architect of British comedy, paving the way for Monty Python, and then became a major Hollywood star, forever remembered as Igor in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein. A writer, …
Sharing a backstage history of his early life and career--and paying tribute to his father, Arthur Lithgow--the author reveals why actors are driven to perform, and why people are driven to watch them do it.
Born into a familly of vaudevillians, Buster Keaton made his first film appearance in 1917 at the age of 21. By the early 1920s, he had established himself as one of the geniuses of silent cinema with such films as Sherlock Jr. and The navigator. His career continued to rise unt…
Her image appeared in periodicals and advertisements roughly twenty times daily; she rivaled FDR and Edward VIII as the most photographed person in the world. Her portrait brightened the homes of countless admirers: from a black laborer's cabin in South Carolina to FBI Director …
"In 1973, early in their careers, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro collaborated for the first time. Over the next few decades they worked together on seven more movies, many of which brought them both acclaim and awards. Although successful director and actor pairings have occ…
"In 1978, early in their careers Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro collaborated for the first time. Over the next few decades they worked together on seven more movies many of which brought them both acclaimed and awards. Although successful director and actor pairing have occu…
Describes the lesser-known technological talents of actress Hedy Lamarr and the collaborative work with avant-garde composer George Antheil that eventually led to the development of spread-spectrum radio, cell phones, and GPS systems.
