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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...
Ten Questions for Bob Blackburn about his new memoir titled “Kathy Wood and I - How I Fell Down the Angora Rabbit Hole”
Ten Questions for Bob Blackburn about his new memoir titled “Kathy Wood and I - How I Fell Down the Angora Rabbit Hole” 1. First of all, did you ever actually meet Ed Wood, Jr.?No I didn't and I wish I would have, now that I've been down this road since realizing that his widow, Kathy, was my neighbor. Ed died on Sunday, Dec. 7th, 1978 and I didn't move to Hollywood until March of 1989. 2. Why did you move to Hollywood in the first place? Well, I had helped a friends rock band relocate here in 1985 and...
A Tribute to Carol Connors' and her Memoir
You can bring your copy of Elvis, Rocky & Me for Carol Connors to personally sign.
Four Day "TWILIGHT ZONE" SYMPOSIUM in Westport, CT - Starting September 26th
Beginning NEXT Thursday, September 26 @ 6:00pm: "WESTPORT in THE TWILIGHT ZONE," a 4-day Symposium at The Westport (CT) Library, September 26-29, celebrating:• The Twilight Zone's 65th Anniversary (October 2, 1959)!• The Centennial of creator Rod Serling (born on Xmas Day)!• The fact that Serling lived in Westport in the mid-‘50s, where he won the 3 Emmys that gave him the creative clout to go out to Hollywood to do The Twilight Zone—and that key episodes of the series might've been influenced by his time in Westport!Author Arlen Schumer will be hosting and presenting all 4 days of the Symposium, interviewing other Twilight Zone-related authors (both live on stage & virtual),...
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...