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IT'S
GOOD TO BE THE KING: THE SERIOUSLY FUNNY LIFE OF MEL BROOKS
(John Wiley & Sons, 2007)
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For
many years in many forums this highly-extroverted, diminutive
wit has been offering biting observations about life’s
inequities and man’s foolhardiness. Best known for such
comedic screen hits as The Producers, Blazing
Saddles, and Young Frankenstein, Brooks has
a rich show business background. It includes performing at
Catskill resorts, writing for such classic TV series as Your
Show of Shows, Caesar's Hour, and Get Smart,
and scripting for Broadway (including New Faces of 1952,
Shinbone Alley, and the recent stage musical adaptation
of The Producers). Over the decades, Mel's collaborators
in mirth have included his Academy Award-winning wife, Anne
Bancroft, Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner, Woody Allen, Gene Wilder,
and Madeline Kahn. This biography chronicles the full life
of this perennial mirthmaker--a man bent on educating while
entertaining his audiences.
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FIASCO:
A HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD'S ICONIC FLOPS (John Wiley &
Sons, paperback: 2007; hardback: 2006) |
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Today,
not just the film industry, but the public at large (thanks
to an abundance of information available on the Internet)
track the success/failure of new releases as they face the
moment of truth at the box-office. This volume focuses on
vivid case studies of several intriguing Hollywood screen
misfires over the last four decades (including 1963's Cleopatra,
1984's The Cotton Club, and 2000's Battlefield
Earth). Each self-contained narrative traces the colorful
history of the badly misguided project through to its final
release. Interwoven into the telling accounts are portrayals
of the powerful major players (both in front of and behind
the camera) who battle intricate studio politics, on-set ego
disputes, and the vagaries of Mother Nature while on location
in order to achieve the final screen product. The concentration
of this book is on the incredible stories of how these movies
were made and the processes by which they ever came to be.
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CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES IN TELEVISION AND CABLE (with Allan Taylor) (Facts
on File, 2007) |
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Part
of an ongoing reference series, this entry details 100 job
paths within the television/cable industry, including careers
in front of the camera to behind the scenes to working with
high technology or working live in remove locations. For each
mini- chapter information is provided for, among other aspects,
educational requirements, employment prospects, salary ranges,
career ladders, and tips for breaking into the particular
field. Among the several appendices included are a Glossary
of Terms, Useful Websites, and Major Trade Periodicals, Newsletters,
and Other Publications.
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THE
HOLLYWOOD BOOK OF EXTRAVAGANCE: The Totally Infamous,
Mostly Disastrous, and Always Compelling Excesses of America’s
Film and TV Idols (John Wiley & Sons, 2007)
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This book provides colorful examples of extravagant living
in Hollywood over the past century. The volume is divided
into seven parts—covering the "deadly sins"
in Tinseltown: (1) So Much, So Young, (2) So Much Ego, (3)
So Much Neuroses, (4) So Much Partying, (5) So Much Power,
(6) So Much Rich Living, (7) So Much Romancing. The 84 mini
chapters detail intriguing accounts of how a given Hollywood
personality succumbed to one or more excesses, described within
the context of the celebrity's career and private life. Among
the many notables included are Danny Bonaduce, Marlon Brando,
Joan Crawford, Tony Curtis, Bette Davis, Sandra Dee, Michael
Eisner, Greta Garbo, Judy Garland, Rex Harrison, David Hasselhoff,
Whitney Houston, Betty Hutton, Al Jolson, Jennifer Jones,
Oscar Levant, Lindsay Lohan, Jerry Lewis, Liza Minnelli, Demi
Moore, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tori Spelling, Gale Storm, and
Mae West.
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CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE INTERNET, VIDEO GAMES, AND MULTIMEDIA
(with Allan Taylor) (Facts on File, 2007) |
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Part
of an ongoing reference series, this entry details over 83
job paths within the Internet, video games, and multimedia
industries. With such dynamic growth and change within these
high tech fields, a host of fresh job opportunities have opened
up for applicants. Within each mini-chapter information is
provided for, among other aspects, educational requirements,
employment prospects, salary ranges, career ladders, and tips
for breaking into the particular job area. Among the several
appendices included are a Glossary of Terms, Useful Websites,
and Major Trade Periodicals, Newsletters, and Other Publications.
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THE
HOLLYWOOD BOOK OF BREAKUPS
The
Outrageous, Often Vicious, and Sometimes Tragic Romantic Disasters
Of America’s Film & TV Idols |


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James
Robert Parish
Published by John Wiley & Sons
304 pp., 48 b/w photographs
Index. Bibliography. Cross-references.
$16.95 |

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HEPBURN: THE UNTOLD STORY |


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James
Robert Parish
Published by Alyson Press
328 pp., 21 b/w photographs
Index, Bibliography, Cross-references
$24.95 |
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OPPORTUNITIES IN WRITING |


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Allan Taylor and James Robert Parish
Published by Facts on File
360 pp.
Index, Bibliography, Appendices, Cross-references
$18.95 (paperback); $49.50 (hardback)
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THE
HOLLYWOOD BOOK OF SCANDALS
The Shocking, Often Disgraceful Deeds and Affairs of
Over 100 American Movie and TV Idols |
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James Robert Parish
Published by McGraw-Hill
304 pp., 100 b/w photographs
Index, Bibliography, Cross-references
$16.95
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HOLLYWOOD SONGSTERS
Singers Who Act and Actors Who Sing |
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A Biographical Dictionary
Second Edition, Three-Volume Set
James Robert Parish and Michael R. Pitts
Published by Routledge
1200 pp., 125 b/w photographs
Index, Bibliography, Cross-references
$275.00
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THE HOLLYWOOD BOOK OF LOVE
An
Irreverent Guide to the Films that Raised Our Romantic Expectations |

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James Robert Parish
Published by Contemporary Books
352 pp., 50 b/w photographs
Index, Bibliography, Cross-references
$16.95, paperback
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The Encyclopedia of
ETHNIC GROUPS IN HOLLYWOOD |

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James Robert Parish
Associate Editor, Allan Taylor
Published by Facts on File
640 pp., 100 b/w photographs
Index, Bibliography, Cross-references
$75.00
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WHITNEY HOUSTON
The Unauthorized Biography |

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James Robert Parish
Published by Aurum Press
288 pp., 16 pp color photographs
Index, Bibliography, Cross-references
$24.95
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HOLLYWOOD
DIVAS
The Good, the Bad, and the Fabulous |
THE
HOLLYWOOD BOOK OF DEATH
The Bizarre, Often Sordid, Passings of More Than 125
American Movie and TV Idols |
James
Robert Parish
Published by Contemporary Books
288 pp., 70 b/w photographs
$14.95, paperback
From the
birth of the silver screen, "It Girls" laid down a
sequined trail of self-indulgence and scandalous bad behavior.
The stars in this exclusive sorority are both loved and loathed
by the press, the fans, and even by each other. |
James
Robert Parish
Published by Contemporary Books
416 pp., 100 b/w photographs
$16.95, paperback
The death
of a celebrity is often as fascinating asand sometimes
more fascinating thana star's actual life. Arranged in
an encyclopedic approach by manner of death, these well-researched
accounts include details of celebrities' colorful lives and
unusual deaths, their funerals, and the intriguing aftermath.
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BAD BOYS
Loud, Fast and out of Control
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GUS
VAN SANT
An Unauthorized Biography |
| James
Robert Parish
Published by Contemporary Books
288 pp., 50 b/w photographs
$14.95, paperback
Parish
provides a road map to the stormy and sometimes wacky lives
of the show business famous who've taken a walk on the wild
side. From tales of drug addiction and alcoholism to sex scandals
and murder, and just plain naughty behavior, Parish delivers
the behind-the-scenes facts on 70 of the most notorious movie
and television stars in Hollywood history.
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James
Robert Parish
Published by Thunder's Mouth Press
320 pp., 17 b/w photographs
$24.95
Extensively
researched, Gus Van Sant examines his career from the
inauspicious debut of Mala Noche to the haunting Drugstore
Cowboy; from the angst-ridden My Own Private Idaho
and the mainstream black comedy To Die For to the Oscar-nominated
Good Will Hunting and the high-profile Finding Forrester. |
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JET LI
A Biography |
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Robert Parish
Published by Thunder's Mouth Press
224 pp., 30 color and b/w photographs
$17.95, paperback
Jet
Li, the first book published in English about the "Gene
Kelly of the action film," follows him from his days in
Hong Kong as an extraordinarily successful actor in classics
like Once Upon a Time in China and his overlooked work
as a director and producer. Special attention is given to his
Hollywood debut alongside Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon 4,
his star turns in the gangland fable Romeo Must Die and
the sci-fi blockbuster The One, as well as assessing
his position in today's world cinema. |

ISBN:
0-8160-5833-4
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0-8160-8534-2 |
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0-8160-5831-8 |

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0-8160-5832-6 |

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0-8160-5830-X
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