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Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. The story of a legendary showman's double life--television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a covert operative, or so he said.
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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Billy Blessing, a celebrity chef in New York City, becomes a suspect in a murder case when an executive producer he had been at odds with dies after eating a dish from his restaurant; after the Manhattan district attorney shuts him down, Blessing becomes a sleuth, running into unsavory characters at every turn.
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Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Autobiography of late night talk show host Jay Leno, in which he tells about his wholesome upbringing, and the steps he took that led him from doing stand-up comedy on college campuses, to life on the comedy club circuit, and finally to "The Tonight Show."
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Language
English
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Since his arrival at The Daily Show in 1999, Jon Stewart has become one of the major players in comedy as well as one of the most significant liberal voices in the media and on television today. Lisa Rogak charts his unlikely rise to political stardom, from his early stand-up days and the short-lived but acclaimed The Jon Stewart Show. Drawing on interviews with current and former colleagues, she reveals how things work behind the scenes at The Daily...
5) One day
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Language
English
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Description
Over twenty years, snapshots of an unlikely relationship are revealed on the same day--July 15th--of each year. Dex Mayhew and Em Morley face squabbles and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. And as the true meaning of this one crucial day is revealed, they must come to grips with the nature of love and life itself. Soon to be a major motion picture from Focus Features/ Random House Films.
8) To die for
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
A black comedy in which an ammoral and ambitious news personality seduces a teenager to convince him to murder her husband.
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Language
English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NPR'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR INDIE BESTSELLER GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER: BEST MEMOIR & AUTOBIOGRAPHY A laugh-and-cry-out-loud memoir from the beloved star of Netflix's Queer Eye, Jonathan Van Ness Who gave Jonathan Van Ness permission to be the radiant human he is today? No one, honey. The truth is, it hasn't always been gorgeous for this beacon of positivity and joy. Before he stole our hearts as the grooming and...
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Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A candid, hilarious, and heartbreaking memoir of resilience and redemption by comedic genius Molly Shannon. At age four, Molly Shannon's world was shattered when she lost her mother, baby sister, and cousin in a car accident with her father at the wheel. Held together by her tender and complicated relationship with her grieving father, Molly was raised in a permissive household where her gift for improvising and role-playing blossomed alongside the...
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Language
English
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Meghan Collins, a television news reporter, is covering a story in the emergency room of a large metropolitan hospital when a young woman is rushed in, victim of a stabbing. A chain of discovery begins that exposes the secret lives of the people closest to her.
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Language
English
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Description
The legendary talk show host's humorous reminiscences and pointed commentary on the great figures he has known, and culture and politics today
For years, Dick Cavett played host to the nation's most famous personalities on his late-night talk show. In this humorous and evocative book, we get to hear Cavett's best tales, as he recounts great moments with the legendary entertainers who crossed his path and offers his own trenchant commentary on contemporary...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Chronicles Flip Wilson's meteoric rise through the Chitlin' Circuit of segregated nightclubs to his breakthrough on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show to his hit variety show, on which he created such characters as the sassy Geraldine and flock-fleecing Reverend Leroy. Drawing on interviews with family, friends, and celebrities, delivers the story of a complex man who broke the prime-time color barrier."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"After film critic Gene Siskel asked her, "What do you know for sure?" Oprah Winfrey began writing the "What I Know For Sure" column in O, The Oprah Magazine. Saying that the question offered her a way to take "stock of her life," Oprah has penned one column a month over the last fourteen years, years in which she retired The Oprah Winfrey Show (the highest-rated program of its kind in history), launched her own television network, became America's...
19) Going there
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In this memoir, the iconic media star discusses her professional and personal life, including losing her husband at a young age, her historic turn as anchor of the CBS Evening News, and experiences dealing with gender inequality.
20) Johnny Carson
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Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A revealing and incisive account of the King of Late Night at the height of his fame and power, by his lawyer, wingman, fixer, and closest confidant. From 1962 until 1992, Johnny Carson hosted The Tonight Show and permeated the American consciousness. In the '70s and '80s he was the country's highest-paid entertainer and its most enigmatic. He was notoriously inscrutable, as mercurial (and sometimes cruel) off-camera as he was charming and hilarious...
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