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Growing Up in Disneyland, a Q&A with Ron DeFore
Growing Up in Disneyland, a Q&A with Ron DeFore Q. Is this book all about Disneyland?A. My book is not all about Disneyland. The title is a metaphor for my life growing up in a Hollywood celebrity family-and surviving. It’s also literal as my Dad, TV and movie star Don DeFore, was the only person to own a food establishment in Disneyland bearing the name of a real person–Don DeFore’s Silver Banjo Barbecue restaurant in Frontierland. Three chapters are dedicated to our experiences with Disneyland. Q. Was your father a famous TV/movie star?A. Yes, he was–from the 1940s to the...
10 Questions with Dr. Ava Cadell, editor of Blood & Justice on the Sunset Strip and widow of the late Peter Knecht
10 Questions with Dr. Ava Cadell, editor of Blood & Justice on the Sunset Strip and widow of the late Peter Knecht 1) Your late husband Peter Knecht was quite a character! Who was he and what did he do?Professionally, Peter Knecht served as the District Attorney for Beverly Hills and Malibu before going into private practice, when he opened the Law Offices of Peter L. Knecht on the Sunset Strip in 1966. He became a renowned Criminal Defense Attorney who represented many Hollywood celebrities, and he appeared as a TV analyst on criminal justice for major media outlets, such...
Q & A with Barbara Roisman Cooper -- Author of the "Great Britons of Stage and Screen" Series
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Q & A with Barbara Roisman Cooper -- Author of the "Great Britons of Stage and Screen" Series: As native Californian, what drew your interest to British film and stage notables? I was taking ballet at the time, and my parents took me to see my first British film, The Red Shoes. After that, there was nothing I wanted more than a pair of red pointe shoes. My parents indulged me, and I was hooked on British film. Then there was The Man in the White Suit, with...
Interview with Anthony Slide on his new book on Bobbie Kimber
Interview with Anthony Slide on his new book on Bobbie Kimber Who Is Bobbie Kimber?I suspect that is a question that most Americans will be asking. And I am not going to suggest that he is actually known in the U.S. — although he certainly should be. Bobbie Kimber was a British ventriloquist, who began his professional career in the summer of 1938. He worked in female attire in large part because there weren’t any female ventriloquists and he was rather a novelty. His name, of course, is asexual, and so audiences did not necessarily know he was a man...
Q&A with Gabriel Bergmoser, author of The Lecter Variations - A History of Hannibal
Q&A with Gabriel Bergmoser, author of The Lecter Variations - A History of Hannibal Tell us a bit about the book. The Lecter Variations is an analytical deep dive into every corner of the Hannibal franchise, starting with the release of Thomas Harris’ seminal Red Dragon and moving chronologically up to the 2021 TV series Clarice. It explores the behind-the-scenes story of each book, movie and show, but also delves into their merits and pitfalls. What sets this apart from previous books about the Hannibal films?Previous books like The Hannibal Files or Making Murder: The Fiction of Thomas Harris were...