One of Hollywood's most accomplished and long-lasting stars relates her experiences from her early film work and her marriage to a respected screenwriter to her triumphant return in "Titanic
Thank you to those who dared to be The Black Renaissance Filmmakers aka Blaxploitation who challenged the odds. The creators of Independent Film Making, naming a few actresses who transposed words into life onto the big screen: Abbey Lincoln, Cartol Speed, Jonelle Allen, Diana Sands, Madge Sinclair, Claudia McNeil, Emily Yancy, Tamara Dobson, Beverly Todd, Pam Grier, Annezette Chase, Esther Rolle, Cecily Tyson, Sheila Frazier, Hope Clarke, Marki Bey, Margaret Avery, Vonetta McGee, Jayne Kennedy, Rosalind Cash, Judy Pace, Gail Fisher, Lisa Moore, and many others. Yes, I was there and it was a-rockin' time!
The former secretary of state and national security advisor, whose background is in academia, proved a quick study in the world of international politics.
The intricately interwoven lives of four women--Jessica, Jane, Garnet, and Billie Mae--and their dreams, romances, tragedies, and triumphs are chronicled over the course of one year in a series of vignettes, reminiscences, and characters' revelations
A biography of the popular child actress who grew up to have many interesting careers as an adult, including that of businesswoman, author, and diplomat.
Award-winning actress Kathleen Turner's unique blend of beauty, intelligence and raw sexuality has driven her personal and professional life. In this gutsy memoir, she tells us of the risks she's taken and the lessons she's learned - sometimes the hard way. For the first time, Turner shares her childhood challenges and talks about her twenty-year marriage and recent separation, her close relationship with her daughter, her commitment to charity work and how activism has bolstered her beliefs. Turner reveals the pain and heartbreak of her struggle with rheumatoid arthritis, and with characteristic irreverent humour, shares behind-the-scenes stories of working with legends such as Jack Nicholson, Michael Douglas, William Hurt and Steve Martin.
From its founding by Connecticut Yankees to its label as Home Town USA, this is the history of a picturesque community with a long and storied history. In 1945, Pathfinder magazine selected the village of Medina as a "shining example of small town living" and, with the film company RKO Pathe, produced a 15-minute movie about Medina called Home Town USA. The film focused on the Victorian square and on the nearby tree-shaded streets lined with century homes. But the film did not tell the dramatic story behind the picturesque facade. Medina was hewn out of the Ohio wilderness by Connecticut Yankees, many of them Revolutionary War veterans who brought with them a tradition of democracy and strong community spirit. In 1848, a fire devastated the public square. The citizens rallied, and it was quickly rebuilt. In 1870, another fire wiped out most of the business district. Over the next decade, the square once again rose from the ashes, and the result was a village center filled with handsome Eastlake Victorian-style buildings. That public square sits at the heart of the community whose history this book puts on display.
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