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21) Tribute
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English
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Cilla, a former child star who has found more satisfying work as a restorer of old houses, has come to her grandmother's Shenandoah Valley farmhouse, tools at her side, to rescue it from ruin. In the attic, she finds a cache of unsigned letters suggesting that her grandmother was pregnant when she died and that the father was a local married man. When Cilla becomes the target of a series of intimidating acts and a frightening, violent assault, her...
23) Fame
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Series
Baxter family series. Firstborn volume 1
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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When Katy Hart, an innocent from the Midwest, is cast with heartthrob Dayne Matthews, she is unprepared for the glamour and temptation of Hollywood and uses her faith and strong morals to teach her co-star some important life lessons.
24) Upside Down
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Language
English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Danielle Steel delivers a poignant novel about a mother and daughter who must repair their relationship and find a way to follow their hearts.
Oscar-winning actress Ardith Law is a Hollywood icon. Radiant at sixty-two, she is the epitome of glamour and a highly respected artist. But her success has come at a price: She has a strained relationship with her daughter, Morgan, who at thirty-eight still...
Oscar-winning actress Ardith Law is a Hollywood icon. Radiant at sixty-two, she is the epitome of glamour and a highly respected artist. But her success has come at a price: She has a strained relationship with her daughter, Morgan, who at thirty-eight still...
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English
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The long-awaited memoir from a counterculture legend.
Cheech Marin came of age at an interesting time in America and became a self-made counterculture legend with his other half, Tommy Chong. This insightful memoir delves into how Cheech dodged the draft, formed one of the most successful comedy duos of all time, became the face of the recreational drug movement with the film Up in Smoke, forged a successful solo career with roles in The Lion King...
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English
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Ashley Judd is best known as the acclaimed actress in films such as De Lovely and Double Jeopardy, but these days she is more likely to be found wading through an African refugee camp or Asian brothel than on a film set. For most of the past decade Judd has been visiting human rights hotspots around the world to spread the word of hope, health, and gender equality on behalf of one of the leading public health nonprofits, PSI/YouthAIDS. Her work has...
28) Star struck
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Publisher
Bonneville Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
145 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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English
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As one of the biggest stars in the world, Jackie Chan has wowed audiences with death-defying stunts for decades. But who really is this boyishly handsome, lightning-fast Charlie Chaplin of martial arts moviemaking? Jackie Chan has never told his own story in his own words. In I Am Jackie Chan, he tells the fascinating, harrowing, ultimately triumphant story of his life: How the son of refugees in 1950s Hong Kong became the disciplined disciple of...
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Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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The legendary comedian, actor, and film producer and director traces his rise from a Depression-era kid in Brooklyn to his stellar film career, offering insight into the inspiration for his ideas and the many close friendships and collaborations behind his sucess.
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Language
English
Description
From the acclaimed bestselling biographer Marc Eliot comes a definitive look at the life of Steve McQueen---one of Hollywood's most iconic actors who was nicknamed "the King of Cool."
Steve McQueen is one of America's legendary movie stars, also known for his turbulent life off-screen and his impeccable style. His physical beauty, his soft-spoken manner, his tough but tender roughness, and his aching vulnerability had women swooning and men wanting...
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English
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"When Carrie Fisher recently discovered the journals she had kept during the filming of the first Star Wars movie, she was astonished to see what they had preserved--plaintive love poems, unbridled musings with youthful naiveté, and a vulnerability that she barely recognized. Today her fame as an author, actress, and pop-culture icon is indisputable, but in 1976, Carrie Fisher was just a teenager with an all-consuming crush on her costar. With these...
Publisher
Digiview Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Standard full frame
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documentary film featuring footage from four of Bruce Lee's early Chinese films, footage from his more well known films, and footage of Bruce Lee "devotees" Bruce Li and Dragon Lee.
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Language
English
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Description
The first authorized biography of the Hollywood icon draws on unpublished letters, diary entries, and off-the-record interview transcripts as well as interviews with Taylor's closest friends and family to tell the story of her remarkable life and career,from her rise to fame at age twelve, through her eight marriages, and her efforts to fight AIDS.
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English
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At the age of five, Shirley Temple became the world's most famous and acclaimed child, the most talented, beautiful child performer ever to capture the public's imagination. By the time she was ten, she had either met or had received words of admiration from almost everyone of distinction. Nine-tenths of the world could recognize her on sight. She single-handedly cheered an entire nation caught in the firm grip of a depression. Her films saved a major...
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"From two-time Academy Award winner and screen icon Geena Davis, the surprising tale of her "journey to badassery"--from her epically polite childhood to roles that loaned her the strength to become a powerhouse in Hollywood."--
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xvi, 560 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A profile of the iconic actress explores the roles of the influential women in her life, including her mentally ill mother, in an account that also discusses Monroe's own struggles with mental illness, her estranged father, and the Kennedys.
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