[PDF] Taking Hollywood eBook

Author : Eve Light Honthaner
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 49,68 MB
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1136069011

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Hollywood Drive: What it Takes to Break in, Hang in & Make it in the Entertainment Industry is the essential guide to starting and succeeding at a career in film and TV. Written by a Hollywood insider, Honthaner's invaluable experience and advice will give those attempting to enter and become successful in the entertainment industry the edge they need to stand out among the intense competition. Because while film school prepares students to write a script, direct a scene and operate a camera, few newcomers enter the job market understanding how this business truly works and how to land a first job-much less succeed in the industry. Hollywood Drive is not merely a book about what it takes to get your foot in the door. It goes beyond that by offering you the tools, attitude, philosophy and road map you'll need to give yourself a good fighting chance at success -- whether you're looking for your very first job or for a strategy to move your career to the next level. This book will allow you to proceed with your eyes wide open, knowing exactly what to expect. Hollywood Drive explores the realities of the industry: various career options, effective job search strategies, how to write an effective cover letter and resume, what to expect on your first job, the significance of networking and building solid industry relationships, how a project is sold, and how a reel production office and set operate. You'll learn how to define your goals and make a plan to achieve them, how to survive the tough times, how to deal with big egos and bad tempers, and how to put your passion to work for you.

Author : Shari King
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 44,44 MB
Release : 2015-03-25
Category :
ISBN : 9781508515364

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Review Taking Hollywood is a fun romp behind the Hollywood curtain. The guessing game is in full swing! Scandal, sex and secrets galore! - JACKIE COLLINS "It's a real slice of Hollywood and a brilliant read. Ps I'm not Zander Leith!" - GERARD BUTLER A glam, edgy thriller. Just the way I like them. - MARTINA COLE Sexy, dangerous, utterly compelling. Taking Hollywood has you panting for more from page one. - TILLY BAGSHAWE This is a REAL insider's guide to the underbelly of life in Lala land. It's a thriller that's gritty, sexy and a sensational page turner. You won't be able to put it down. I loved it! (LORRAINE KELLY) I LOVED it. So gripping, so gritty and so unputdownable. It really deserves to be huge. (CARMEN REID) From the Back Cover 1993 In front of a galaxy of stars, three young film makers accept their Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Davie Johnston, Zander Leith and Mirren McLean, childhood friends from a rough housing estate in Glasgow, have taken Hollywood by storm. But only they know what they did to get there . . . 2013 Twenty years later, Davie Johnston is the top host and reality show producer in town. Mirren McLean is a respected writer and movie director, and Zander Leith is box office gold. But they haven't spoken to each other in twenty years, their relationships devastated by one horrific secret. Thousands of miles away, in a town where nothing is as it seems, a young ambitious journalist discovers a tantalizing story from the past. Tinsel Town beckons. She is determined to expose the kind of scandalous drama that usually only happens in the movies. You can follow authors Ross King and Shari Low on Twitter @TheRossKing and @sharilow About the Author When a budding radio DJ, and actor, met a young nightclub manager in Glasgow in the 1980s, little did they know that over twenty-five years and thousands of miles later they would still be friends. Los Angeles-based Ross King is a four-time News Emmy award-winning TV and radio host, actor, producer, writer and performer. King has starred in London's West End, appeared in over ten movies and hosted TV shows in the UK, Europe, USA and Australia. He has also presented countless radio shows and has his own Sunday newspaper column. UK-based Shari Low has published thirteen novels, including those penned under her pseudonyms, Ronni Cooper and Millie Conway. She is the writer of a newspaper column renowned for its biting humour and straight-talking opinions. Shari has written for television and is a regular radio contributor. Taking Hollywood, an edgy thriller that exposes the dark heart of Hollywood, is Shari and Ross's first novel together.

Author : Ben Shapiro
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 27,43 MB
Release : 2011-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0062092103

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“Vitally important, devastatingly thorough, and shockingly revealing…. After reading Primetime Propaganda, you’ll never watch TV the same way again.” —Mark Levin Movie critic Michael Medved calls Ben Shapiro, “One of our most refreshing and insightful voices on the popular culture, as well as a conscience for his much-maligned generation.” With Primetime Propaganda, the syndicated columnist and bestselling author of Brainwashed, Porn Generation, and Project President tells the shocking true story of how the most powerful medium of mass communication in human history became a vehicle for spreading the radical agenda of the left side of the political spectrum. Similar to what Bernard Goldberg’s Bias and A Slobbering Love Affair did for the liberal news machine, Shapiro’s Primetime Propaganda is an essential exposé of corrupting media bias, pulling back the curtain on widespread and unrepentant abuses of the Hollywood entertainment industry.

Author : Carla Valderrama
Publisher : Running Press Adult
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 35,29 MB
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0762495855

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In this one-of-a-kind Hollywood history, the creator of Instagram's celebrated @ThisWasHollywood reveals the forgotten past of the film world in a dazzling visual package modeled on the classic fan magazines of yesteryear. From former screen legends who have faded into obscurity to new revelations about the biggest movie stars, Valderrama unearths the most fascinating little-known tales from the birth of Hollywood through its Golden Age. The shocking fate of the world's first movie star. Clark Gable's secret love child. The film that nearly ended Paul Newman's career. A former child star who, at ninety-three, reveals her #metoo story for the first time. Valderrama unfolds these stories, and many more, in a volume that is by turns riveting, maddening, hilarious, and shocking. Drawing on new interviews, archival research, and an exhaustive library of photographs, This Was Hollywood is a compelling and visually stunning catalogue of the lost history of the movies.

Author : Shari King
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 38,28 MB
Release : 2015-09-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1447255127

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A glamorous, edgy thriller set in the dark heart of a sun-bleached Los Angeles. Breaking Hollywood, by presenter Ross King and bestselling author Shari Low, follows Taking Hollywood which Jackie Collins called 'a fun romp behind the Hollywood curtain'. When you bury the past, it's just waiting to come back to haunt you . . . Zander Leith, Davie Johnston and Mirren McLean, three movie industry legends whose stars shine bright over Hollywood. They've fought their way to the top and glossed over the sordid secrets that gave them their fame and fortune. But in the city of angels, happy endings only happen on screen, because in the shadows of success, there's always someone waiting to take you down. When lives are threatened, Zander, Davie and Mirren realize there is a killer out there who knows everything about them, one who will go to any lengths to take their revenge. And the nightmares they left behind are about to become a deadly reality . . .

Author : Stephen X. Sylvester
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 36,49 MB
Release : 2017-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1493027212

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Fans from around the world continue to be fascinated by classic-era Hollywood (1925-1960) and its larger-than-life stars. Nostalgia for this simpler, more glamorous time offers a safe and temporary escape from our complex lives. The authors capture this era with in Hollywood at Play, featuring unique and rarely seen images of such legendary stars as Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Judy Garland, W.C. Fields, and Tyrone Power enjoying fun and relaxation outside of their studios. Hollywood at Play presents iconic images of the classic stars taking time out from the demands of celebrity to enjoy dancing, bike-riding, roller skating, bowling, and playing tennis; diversions offering a chance to relax and be themselves. This delightful and unique book will appeal to classic movie fans, and enthusiasts of celebrity, fashion, and Hollywood history. The photos contained in Hollywood at Play come from the collection of Eddie Brandt’s Saturday Matinee, Hollywood’s first and oldest family-owned photo archive. From the 800,000 images available in their collection the authors have chosen over 200 fascinating and rare photos to include in this book. Among the photos are eight rare photos of a young Marilyn Monroe at play; Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland frolicking at a pool party; Steve McQueen and James Garner astride McQueen’s iconic motorcycle between takes of The Great Escape;Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee out on the town; Sammy Davis Jr. hamming it up with Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra; and many others.

Author : Scotty Bowers
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,2 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
ISBN : 9780802120076

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A World War II veteran and Hollywood gas station attendant describes how his good looks and open bisexuality culminated in liaisons with numerous celebrities, providing a chronicle of Hollywood's sexual underground in the 1940s and 1950s.

Author : Celine Wallace
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 24,58 MB
Release : 2014-02-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1491866128

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This book offers a no-nonsense guide to help educate actors making the move to Los Angeles. Offering accessible tools and templates to follow it covers all topics from work visas, housing, transport, unions, representation, auditions, resumes, reels, classes, and all else in between. Home to Hollywood provides you with all the information you need to get yourself set-up as an actor/actress in the entertainment capital of the world. The information in the book is also supported by the advice and guidance of current industry professionals who have been there, done that and seen it all. This is a guide with heart for all those who have a dream and know they will need more than stardust to achieve it.

Author : J. A. Huss
Publisher : Author Ja Huss
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 10,30 MB
Release : 2020-03-23
Category :
ISBN : 9781950232338

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The Company is a fast-paced erotic suspense about living in a shadow world that straddles that thin line between right and wrong. It's a book about love, and lust, and what it means to be friends. But mostly it's about choosing your own family. And how sometimes it's worth risking everything to save them.

Author : William J. Mann
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 42,87 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0547134649

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A narrative account of Elizabeth Taylor's career, with particular attention paid to how the consummate movie star influenced and crafted her image over the years.