Performing Arts

The Oprah Winfrey Show came to an end on May 25, 2011, after 25 years on television. Arguably the most influential television personality of all time, Ms. ...

A behind-the-scenes look at the rise and fall of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour — the provocative, politically charged program that shocked the censor...

An Oral History, With The Full Participation Of Cast And Crew, Of One Of The Most Popular Sitcoms In Television History. Since Premiering In 2009, The Groun...

Enjoy a more poignant film experience by diving into the details which built modern-day cinema as Film Experience combines, technology, business, the visua...

Gary Cooper was the foremost American screen hero—a major film actor for over thirty years, beginning with the silents. His stardom eclipsed even such su...

From acclaimed author Scott Eyman comes the fascinating story of how the transition from silent films to ‘talkies’ transformed Hollywood.It was the end ...

Rudolf Nureyev had it all: beauty, genius, charm, passion, and sex appeal. No other dancer of our time has generated the same excitement, for both men and ...

Moss Hart's Act One, which Lincoln Center Theater presented in 2014 as a play written and directed by James Lapine, is one of the great American memoirs, a ...

Corpus Delecti is an unprecedented event in the history of Latino performance art. Assembled and edited by one of the foremost practitioners and theorists ...

A beautifully illustrated look at the art, design and making of DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming movie Boss Baby, a family film about a young boy and his f...

Did you know it rains diamonds on the planet Uranus? Did you know mosquitoes don’t just bite you and suck your blood, they urinate on you before flying of...

Sukeroku: Flower Of Edo.--saint Narukami And The God Fudō.--chronicle Of The Battle Of Ichinotani.--love Letter From The Licensed Quarter.--the Scarlet Pri...

Truth is stranger than legend . . . and your journey into both begins here. World adventurer and international monster hunter Josh Gates has careened throug...

Since the first screening of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in 2001, New Zealand has become the embodiment of "Middle-earth" to millions...

Lost in Space was the first prime time weekly television series to take viewers into outer space’s strange new alien worlds – something the networks bel...

Captain America: the First Avenger was Marvel Studios' breakout smash hit fi lm of 2011. Now, relive all the shield-slinging excitement with the film's offi...

(Applause Books). Here is the original story of a true original, the celebrated and internationally renowned director, playwright and screenwriter Arthur La...

”To be young, good-looking, healthy, famous, comparatively rich and happy is surely going against nature.” When Joe Orton (1933–1967) wrote those words...

first Time In Paperback: The Landmark Biography Of One Of Hollywood's Last Bigger-than-life Stars library Journal buford, A National Public Radio Comment...

Lisa Stein Haven. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Ipswich, Ma Available Via World Wide Web.Categories: Humor & E...

To the average moviegoer, the name of Basil Rathbone conjures up an image of fiction's most famous detective - Sherlock Holmes. Certainly, of all the actors...

Ideal choice for fans of the LEGO movie who want to try stop-motion animation in their own movies Provides practical tips on how to film using stop-motion...

The first Latin American to become a superstar, Ramon Novarro was for years one of Hollywood's top actors. Born Ramón Samaniego to a prominent Mexican fam...

Biography -- Judy Garland's Book Of Poems -- Films Of Judy Garland -- Records Of Judy Garland -- Television Appearances -- Radio Appearances -- The Main Con...

The comprehensive critical biography of silent-screen star Marion Davies, who fittingly referred to herself as "the captain of my soul."\From Marion Davies'...

Roger Lewis, in his no-holds-barred biography, exposes a Peter Sellers the world little knows. Recognized as the greatest British comic since Charlie Chapli...

Film is an art form with a language and an aesthetic all it's own, and since 1979 David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson's Film Art has been the most repected ...

Lion of Hollywood is the definitive biography of Louis B. Mayer, the chief of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer—MGM—the biggest and most successful film studio of Ho...

Howard Hawks is now regarded as one of the greatest directors ever to work in Hollywood. His career stretched from the silent era through the seventies and ...

Discover songwriting techniques from the hit makers! Unlock the secrets of hit songs, examining them, and learning why they succeed. Fine-tune your craft an...

Mae West, wise-cracking vaudeville performer, was one of the most controversial figures of her era. Rarely, however, do people think of Mae West as a writer...

Communications, Philosophy, Film And Video, Digital Culture: Media Studies Straddles An Astounding Array Of Fields And Disciplines And Produces A Vocabulary...

Opera is one of the most fascinating and lively art forms of our time. It appeals to all the senses and transcends barriers of language and culture. In doin...

Howard Stern's First Book In Over Twenty Years Contains Many Interviews With His Guests Throughout The Years.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs Leaders &...

Hollywood Blockbusters : Historical Dimensions / Steve Neale -- Following The Money In America's Sunniest Company Town : Some Notes On The Political Economy...

One of the most alluring, enigmatic, and simply irresistible movie icons of all time, Rudolph Valentino continues to inspire generation after generation of ...

Though he never reached the lead actor status he labored so relentlessly to achieve, Warren Oates (1928–1982) is one of the most memorable and skilled cha...