[PDF] Sex Lives Of The Hollywood Goddesses eBook

Author : Nigel Cawthorne
Publisher :
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 49,76 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781853752506

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Prion's internationally bestselling Sex Lives series presents lighthearted accounts of the sexual escapades of major figures in history, politics, religion, the arts, and film. Irreverent and gossipy, the books are packed with carnal tidbits and eye-opening revelations. Sex has long been the common currency of the Hollywood Dream Factory. Early movie moguls packed their epics with ravishing dancing girls and frequently used the casting couch to determine who should be rocketed to stardom. Louise Brooks and Clara Bow were both brought down by sex scandals--the latter, in a rumored liaison with the USC football team. Mary Astor's career was ruined when explicit extracts from her diaries were read in open court, and silent star Alla Nazimova began the trend for Hollywood lesbians--Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, and Claudette Colbert were all members of the "Sewing Circle."

Author : Andrea Love
Publisher :
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,38 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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Here are the notorious sex lives of history's great and good, from film icons and rock stars to presidents, politicians, popes, and power-brokers.

Author : Jessica Hope Jordan
Publisher : Cambria Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 27,20 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1604976632

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"In the first critical study of the sex goddess in film, Jessica Hope Jordan illustrates how Jean Harlow uses her sexualized body to "affect" and seduce viewers away from any primary identification with those characters and their plotlines that are supposed to lead the film, to identifying instead with the kind of sexual empowerment and self-possession her characters consistently display. Linking the idea of sexual empowerment to the filmic and public celebration of hyper-feminine sexuality, the book additionally covers previous feminist discussions of Mae West's performances as "feminist camp" to argue that West sought to both celebrate and embody for women viewers what she viewed as cultural ideals of femininity and women's sexuality. With Lana Turner and the "cinematic code," the book considers the many problems inherent in both the filmic and public celebration of hyper-feminine sexuality in relation to censorship and considers the effects of the Hays Code on hyper-feminine sexuality as depicted in film noir." "The book also importantly presents the first critical discussion of the actress Jayne Mansfield, suggesting that her 1950s open acceptance, celebration, and public promotion of her feminine sexuality, both onscreen and off, makes her not only a precursor of the more sexually liberated 60s, but also, like the other actresses discussed here, a kind of prescient performance artist, even theorist, of feminine sexuality in particular, and cultural ideas about sexuality more generally. Beyond recouping her image as feminist, the book demonstrates how the kind of desire aroused by the sex goddess, a desire which remains endlessly suspended, works as a supreme example of the aesthetic apparatus of cinema itself." --Book Jacket.

Author : Lionel Friedberg
Publisher : Atlantic Books Ltd
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 49,52 MB
Release : 2012-02-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1611859867

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Full Service is the ultimate guilty pleasure, revealing for the first time the shadow lives of the people who created popular culture, told by the man who was so central to fulfilling their desires. Scotty Bowers, a dashing young ex-Marine exuding sex appeal, arrived in Hollywood in 1946 and quickly caught the attention of many of the town's stars. Working out of a gas station on Hollywood Boulevard, Bowers soon became the go-to guy for anyone looking for a bespoke sexual partner; no matter how outlandish the tastes, Scotty could find someone for everyone... In his thirty years 'tricking' and arranging tricks for LA's rich and famous, Bowers went to bed with thousands of people and engineered sexual liaisons of all flavours for countless more.

Author : Nigel Cawthorne
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Publishing
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 21,93 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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An irreverent expose of the Bishops of Rome from St. Peter to the present day.

Author : Nigel Cawthorne
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,37 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Celebrities
ISBN : 9781853755552

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Irresistible look at the sex lives of some of the world's most famous lesbians. Covers a selection of famous names throughout the ages, Virginia Woolf, Eleanor Roosevelt, and more.

Author : Michael Jay
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 14,21 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Actresses
ISBN :

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Profiles of eighteen Hollywood stars from their early struggles to eventual successes.

Author : Guy Branum
Publisher : Atria Books
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 17,95 MB
Release : 2019-06-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1501170236

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“Smart, fast, clever, and funny (As f*ck!)” (Tiffany Haddish), this collection of side-splitting and illuminating essays by the popular stand-up comedian, alum of Chelsea Lately and The Mindy Project, and host of truTV’s Talk Show the Game Show is perfect for fans of the New York Times bestsellers Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby. From a young age, Guy Branum always felt as if he were on the outside looking in. From a stiflingly boring farm town, he couldn’t relate to his neighbors. While other boys played outside, he stayed indoors reading Greek mythology. And being gay and overweight, he got used to diminishing himself. But little by little, he started learning from all the sad, strange, lonely outcasts in history who had come before him, and he started to feel hope. In this “singular, genuinely ballsy, and essential” (Billy Eichner) collection of personal essays, Guy talks about finding a sense of belonging at Berkeley—and stirring up controversy in a newspaper column that led to a run‑in with the Secret Service. He recounts the pitfalls of being typecast as the “Sassy Gay Friend,” and how, after taking a wrong turn in life (i.e. law school), he found stand‑up comedy and artistic freedom. He analyzes society’s calculated deprivation of personhood from fat people, and how, though it’s taken him a while to accept who he is, he has learned that with a little patience and a lot of humor, self-acceptance is possible. “Keenly observant and intelligent, Branum’s book not only offers uproarious insights into walking paths less traveled, but also into what self-acceptance means in a world still woefully intolerant of difference” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). My Life as a Goddess is an unforgettable and deeply moving book by one of today’s most endearing and galvanizing voices in comedy.