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Hollywood
Rebel without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
Robert Rodriguez
Plume
, 1996
Teriffic!
Loved this book. Funny and insightful look at breaking into Hollywood. Read it & watch El Mariachi.
LL Cool J's Platinum Workout: Sculpt Your Best Body Ever with Hollywood's Fittest Star
LL Cool J
,
Dave Honig
, ...
Rodale Books
, 2006
excellent
i lost a 100lbs. in 1 week. Just kiddin. A great book. The workout is insane and very intense if you do it right. You also find out you can do more than you thought you could. Funny thing is that you don't get over that initial workout pain because you seem to ...
Hollywood Crows: A Novel
Joseph Wambaugh
Little, Brown and Company
, 2008
Hilarious cop stories
"Hollywood Crows" is a terrific novel, with colorful characters and an endless supply of cops-and-robbers anecdotes, sometimes hilarious and sometimes tragic, but always fascinating. There's a plot too, but, really, who cares? It's the characters and the ...
Power Hold'em Strategy
Daniel Negreanu
Cardoza
, 2008
Small-ball puts the Power in your Hold'em
Other books go over basic preflop guidelines with little explanation for the intricacies of postflop play. They never move beyond "mix it up," "value bet," "catch over-aggressive players in bluffs," and other basic sayings few authors go very far to explain. Aside from ...
Hiding in Hip Hop: On the Down Low in the Entertainment Industry--from Music to Hollywood
Terrance Dean
Atria
, 2008
A White Man's Opinion
I was in Houston visiting a friend when he pulled this book out. I was bored and started flipping through it... and then started to read it. I don't pretend to know ANYTHING about this lifestyle but I do know the book was very easy to read and very simply written - ...
The Mysterious Montague: A True Tale of Hollywood, Golf, and Armed Robbery
Leigh Montville
Doubleday
, 2008
The Mysterious Montague
A detailed recollection of events in the life of a very mysterious person. Leigh Montville brings back a time when personalities were indeed bigger than life, and one that reluctantly stood out in that crowd is the subject of the story. As the reader enjoys amazing ...
5-Factor Fitness: The Diet and Fitness Secret of Hollywood's A-List
M.Sc., Harley Pasternak
,
Ethan Boldt
Perigee Trade
, 2005
A fitness program you can stick to!
I loved this book! I don't think there's anyone who would disagree that exercise is good for you. The problem is finding the time to do it. So what usually happens is, I start a fitness program and stay with it at first, but then I miss a day here and there and ...
sTORI Telling
Tori Spelling
Simon Spotlight
, 2008
Absolutely loved it!
I love how she's open and honest with what happened in her life, good and bad.
Honor Thyself
Danielle Steel
Delacorte Press
, 2008
A page turner at Danielle Steele's best !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really enjoyed this book, it started good from the start . It continued on at a slower pace but you have to acquire a taste for the character and all involved . People who suffer from amnesia has to go through this process to try and remember stuff from their life , ...
The Black Book of Hollywood Diet Secrets
Kym Douglas
,
Cindy Pearlman
Plume
, 2007
A Fun Read with Good Advice
"We interviewed A-list stars and their trainers and nutritionists because celebs have no choice but to stay in shape; it's their job." ~ Introduction "The Black Book of Hollywood Diet Secrets" is a book filled with not-so-secret tips for weight loss. While it is ...
Hollywood Babylon--It's Back
Darwin Porter
,
Danforth Prince
Blood Moon Productions
, 2008
Hollywood Babylon It's Back
I enloyed this book because I could relate to all of the people discussed. I have been a movie fan (films of the 20', 30's and 40's) for over 60 years I was shocked to read how most of my favorite stars acted. Hollywood, during that peroid, was nothing but a ...
Secrets of My Hollywood Life: Family Affairs (Secrets of My Hollywood Life)
Jen Calonita
Little, Brown Young Readers
, 2008
Best yet
Kaitlin Burke is back to spill more secrets about her life as one of Hollywood's hottest young stars. Filming for "Pretty Young Assassins" has wrapped up and Kaitlin's back on the set of "Family Affair". But this time, there's an even bigger problem than co-star Sky ...
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
Susan Orlean
Ballantine Books
, 2000
No Title
Pretty quick read because it is totally, utterly engrossing. Orlean has a wonderful writing style, and a knack for just the right amount of metaphors and similes. Plus terrific descriptive abilities. Every bit as wonderful as the film "Adaptation" which was made ...
The Celebrity Black Book 2008: Over 55,000 Accurate Celebrity Addresses (Celebrity Black Book)
Mega Niche Media
, 2007
Can't Get Any Better Than This
Well, just knowing how difficult it is to find an address, at least the most current, makes this book worth the investment. Even though I was even able to find Stephen King's home address quickly using only Google, finding celebs isn't always that easy. Having said ...
Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide
Leonard Maltin
Plume
, 2005
Indespensible
This volume includes all of the previous movie guides pre-1960 Ratings and reviews. Very nice to have for a classic movie buff, since older "less" necessary films were being ommited every year for the inclusion of newer releases to keep his annual guide at s useable ...
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