Returning to the enigmatic, charismatic Steve McQueen
From Nov. 2, 2010 – 17 years ago, Marshall Terrill wrote one of the first major biographies of Steve McQueen — “Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel” — but he is back with a new book on the...
View Article‘I Know Where I’m Going’: private chats with Katharine Hepburn
Charlotte Chandler has written a series of very personal books about film stars and directors drawn from her long time acquaintance with Golden Age of Hollywood figures such as Ingrid Bergman, Joan...
View Article‘Full Service’: the secret history of Hollywood?
Although it was the subject of feature stories in The New York Times and Entertainment Weekly, the Scotty Bowers memoir “Full Service” (Grove Press) received some very negative reviews. We live in a...
View Article‘Broadway Backwards’: gender-bending benefit
It was fun last night to see a few dozen Broadway performers tackle songs they wouldn’t ordinarily have a chance to sing. “Broadway Backwards,” now in its ninth year, is a benefit for Broadway...
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