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Golden Girls book author Q&A
Author Q&A For A Tribute To The Golden Girls: From Sharing Cheesecake to Relaxing on the Lanai Tell our readers about your background in entertainment book publishing. I’ve always been fascinated by pop culture. I started as a freelance entertainment writer for print publications, including USA Today, People Weekly Variety, and Hollywood Reporter. I'm the author of 22- plus entertainment/celebrity books, including Timeless TV Trivia Quiz and Random Facts, Pop 'n' Rock Trivia Quiz: '60s to '80s, The Superheroes Movies Trivia Quiz Book and other entertainment/celebrity-themed tribute books, The Elton John Scrapbook, Starman: A Tribute to Bowie, The...
"Louis Joseph Vance - And the Adventures of the Lone Wolf": BOOK REVIEW
BOOK REVIEW: Synopsis: From his debut in a 1914 novel by Louis Joseph Vance, the adventures of Michael Lanyard, aka the Lone Wolf, have thrilled millions around the world. Lanyard was a reformed crook turned gentleman detective turned hard-boiled trouble-shooter and something of a private eye (depending on which incarnation you're familiar with) and his adventures were documented in nine books, twenty-four films, thirty-nine half hour television episodes, and a radio show. Alongside a biography of his creator "Louis Joseph Vance and the Adventures of the Lone Wolf" by Ian Dickerson is a comprehensive look at the career of...
John Wayne B-Westerns: 1932 to 1939: Book Review
BOOK REVIEW: Synopsis: John Wayne is a true cinema icon, but the B-westerns he made in the 1930s after The Big Trail and before Stagecoach are often overlooked. With the publication of "John Wayne B-Westerns 1932-1939", film historian James L. Neibaur focuses on them specifically, film-by-film, and presents how they show the development of Wayne as both an actor and an image. These are the films that maintained his popularity throughout the 1930s until he was cast by John Ford in Stagecoach and his career quickly advanced. These B-westerns are an important part of The Duke's movie history. Critique:...
Garland: That's Beyond Entertainment - Reflections on Judy Garland" - Book Review
Synopsis: Differing from other biographies and studies devoted to the life and accomplishments of American actress, singer, dancer and vaudevillian, Judy Garland (June 10, 1922 - June 22, 1969) is that "Garland: That's Beyond Entertainment - Reflections on Judy Garland" by Lawrence Schulman isn't a traditional birth-to-death biography. Rather, it aims to remove her from the simplistic realm of such epithets as "world's greatest entertainer" and "Miss Show Business" and reconsider her as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century's Great American Songbook, as someone who took us beyond entertainment to a level of artistry unique in classic...
"Stooges Among Us" - Book Review
Synopsis: In this paparazzi-inundated world, it's hard to imagine that there was a time when genuine movie stars were accessible to ordinary members of the public. That was certainly the case in the 1970s with surviving members of the Three Stooges comedy team. Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly-Joe DeRita and Joe Besser routinely corresponded with their young admirers, invited them into their homes, and forged genuine friendships. "Stooges Among Us" by Lon and Debra Davis is a record of these unique relationships told in...