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Two-time Peabody Award-winning writer and producer Ira Rosen
reveals the intimate, untold stories of his decades at America's
most iconic news show. It's a 60 Minutesstory on 60 Minutes itself.
When producer Ira Rosen walked into the 60 Minutes offices in June
1980, he knew he was about to enter television history. His career
catapulted him to the heights of TV journalism, breaking some of
the most important stories in TV news. But behind the scenes was a
war room of clashing producers, anchors, and the most formidable 60
Minutes figure: legendary correspondent Mike Wallace. Based on
decades of access and experience, Ira Rosen takes readers behind
closed doors to offer an incisive look at the show that invented TV
investigative journalism. With surprising humor, charm, and an eye
for colorful detail, Rosen delivers an authoritative account of the
unforgettable personalities that battled for prestige, credit, and
the desire to scoop everyone else in the game. As one of Mike
Wallace's top producers, Rosen reveals the interview secrets that
made Wallace's work legendary, and the flaring temper that made him
infamous. Later, as senior producer of ABC News Primetime Live and
20/20, Rosen exposes the competitive environment among famous
colleagues like Diane Sawyer and Barbara Walters, and the power
plays between correspondents Chris Wallace, Anderson Cooper, and
Chris Cuomo. A master class in how TV news is made, Rosen shows
readers how 60 Minutes puts together a story when sources are
explosive, unreliable, and even dangerous. From unearthing shocking
revelations from inside the Trump White House, to an outrageous
proposition from Ghislaine Maxwell, to interviewing gangsters Joe
Bonanno and John Gotti, Jr., Ira Rosen was behind the scenes of
some of 60 Minutes' most sensational stories. Highly entertaining,
dishy, and unforgettable, Ticking Clock is a never-before-told
account of the most successful news show in American history.
This two-volume edited collection illuminates the valuable
counter-canon of Irish women's playwriting with forty-two essays
written by leading and emerging Irish theatre scholars and
practitioners. Covering three hundred years of Irish theatre
history from 1716 to 2016, it is the most comprehensive study of
plays written by Irish women to date. These short essays provide
both a valuable introduction and innovative analysis of key
playtexts, bringing renewed attention to scripts and writers that
continue to be under-represented in theatre criticism and
performance. Volume Two contains chapters focused on plays by
sixteen Irish women playwrights produced between 1992 and 2016,
highlighting the explosion of new work by contemporary writers. The
plays in this volume explore women's experiences at the
intersections of class, sexuality, disability, and ethnicity,
pushing at the boundaries of how we define not only Irish theatre,
but Irish identity more broadly. CONTRIBUTORS: Nelson Barre, Mary
Burke, David Clare, Shonagh Hill, Maria Kurdi, Jose Lanters, Fiona
McDonagh, Dorothy Morrissey, Justine Nakase, Brian O Conchubhair,
Brenda O'Connell, Shane O'Neill, Graham Price, Siobhan Purcell,
Carole Quigley, Sarah Jane Scaife, Melissa Sihra, Clare Wallace
Paris Nights: My Year at the Moulin Rouge opens with a bored
twenty-seven-year old Cliff Simon staring out at the ocean from his
beachfront house, wishing he was somewhere else. Gavin Mills
telephones him from Paris inviting him to join him at the iconic
Moulin Rouge. Cliff sells everything he owns, leaving Johannesburg,
South Africa for the City of Lights. He learns that his spot at the
Moulin is not guaranteed and is forced to audition. Making the
grade, he is put into can can school before he is allowed into the
company. His adrenaline is pumping from excitement and fear, both
of which he has faced before. Taking a look back, we see
twelve-year-old Cliff helming a racing dinghy in the midst of a
thunderstorm on the Vaal River. His father yells at him not to be a
sissy, and he brings the boat back to shore alone. We then travel
to London with his family escaping the tumult of Apartheid. He
trains for the Olympics, but drops out, enrolling in the South
African military where he subjected to harsh treatment and name
calling Fokken Jood. After a honorable discharge, he works in
cabaret at seaside resorts and is recruited as a gymnast in a
cabaret, where he realizes that the stage is his destiny. The
memoir fast forwards to Cliffs meteoric rise at the Moulin from
swing dancer to principal in Formidable. Off stage he gets into
fights with street thugs, hangs out with diamond smugglers, and has
his pick of gorgeous women. With a year at the Moulin to his
credit, doors open for him internationally and back in South
Africa. He earns a starring role in Egoli: Place of Gold, and
marries his long-time girlfriend, Colette. On their honeymoon to
Paris, Cliff says, Merci Paris for the best year of my life.
Delve behind the scenes of Oscar-winning director Guillermo del
Toro's first foray into stop-motion animation with Guillermo del
Toro's Pinocchio: A Timeless Tale Told Anew Guillermo del Toro's
Pinocchio: A Timeless Tale Told Anew takes readers on an
unprecedented journey into the creation of Guillermo del Toro's hit
musical fantasy version of the beloved story of Pinocchio. Inspired
by the art from Gris Grimly's 2002 edition of The Adventures of
Pinocchio, del Toro's adaptation is a dark take on the classic
fairy tale. Featuring exclusive interviews with the star-studded
cast, which includes Finn Wolfhard, Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton,
Ewan McGregor, Cate Blanchett, and more, this book showcases the
creativity and effort it takes to produce a stop-motion animation
film, from concept art to building the puppets to the filming
process and beyond.
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Snuff (1976) occupies a unique place in cinematic history, as the
first commercially successful film to capitalise upon the myth of
the 'snuff' movie. By blending cinema verite styling with a media
moral panic, savvy producer Allan Shackleton's blending of a
long-forgotten exploitation film with a newly filmed bloody, if
unconvincing conclusion, only served to consolidate the belief that
somewhere, at some time, someone was killed on camera in an attack
that was as much about the sexual gratification of the film's
intended audience, as it was about the commercial rewards for those
producing the film. In the years since its release, the film has
been routinely cited as 'evidence' of the snuff movie's existence,
contributing to a cultural history that exists outside of the film.
This book explores the production, distribution and exhibition of
the film Snuff, alongside that cultural history, considering how a
scarcely seen exploitation film contributed to a popular
understanding of the snuff movie. It assesses the cultural,
cinematic and political legacy of the film and asks whether the
established definition of what might constitute a snuff movie, that
was defined 45 years ago, is sufficient in an attention economy
that is based upon participatory culture.
Reviled on its release, Peeping Tom (1960) all-but ended the career
of director Michael Powell, previously one of Britain's most
revered filmmakers. The story of a murderous cameraman and his
compulsion to record his killings, Powell's film stunned the same
critics who had acclaimed him for the work he'd made with
writer-producer Emeric Pressburger (The Life and Death of Colonel
Blimp, 1943; A Matter of Life and Death, 1946), resulting in the
film falling out of circulation almost as soon as it was released.
It took the 1970s 'Movie Brat' generation to rehabilitate the
director, and the film, which is now regarded as a masterpiece. In
this Devil's Advocate, published to coincide with the film's 60th
anniversary, Kiri Walden charts the origins, production and
devastating critical reception of Peeping Tom, comparing it to the
treatment meted out to its contemporary horror classic, Alfred
Hitchcock's Psycho (1960).
Filled with more than thirty surprises spread out over twenty-five
days, Star Wars: The Galactic Advent Calendar is the perfect gift
for any Star Wars fan. Celebrate the holidays and your favorite
Star Wars moments with this advent calendar packed with a galaxy's
worth of exclusive trinkets. - More than 30 surprises: From
greeting cards to paper ornaments, buttons, booklets, and more,
Star Wars: The Galactic Advent Calendar is bound to excite fans
with adorable souvenirs and holiday-themed keepsakes spread out
over the course of 25 days. - The perfect stocking stuffer for Star
Wars fans: Star Wars: The Galactic Advent Calendar will make every
day an adventure for Star Wars fans of all ages. - Build your Star
Wars collection: Star Wars: The Galactic Advent Calendar is the
latest in Insight Editions' fan-favorite Star Wars library,
standing alongside Star Wars: The Lightsaber Collection, Star Wars:
The Secrets of the Jedi, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official
Black Spire Outpost Cookbook, and many more best-selling titles.
Take a tour through the colourful worlds of Marvel's Spider-Verse
in this comprehensive guidebook detailing the lives of its many
web-slingers. Follow Gwen Stacy-better known as Ghost-Spider-as she
jumps between dimensions visiting the countless friendly (and some
not-so-friendly) neighborhood Spider-folk whom she has met in her
adventures across the Marvel Multiverse. From Peter Parker to Miles
Morales, from Spider-Ham to Spider-Man 2099, more than 60 of Gwen's
iconic wall-crawling colleagues are profiled here, each illustrated
with amazing original art. Thrilling and vibrant, this
arachnophile's treasury is a must-have collectible for every
Spider-fan!
Grab your friends and get cooking in the land of Ooo with Adventure
Time: The Official Cookbook, featuring recipes from all your
favourite characters and kingdoms. Finn has come together with his
friends to complete a cookbook that once belonged to his mom. Are
you ready to feast your eyes and prepare your stomach for the most
awesome, most delicious meals this side of the Candy Kingdom?
"Book of the Year." -- MOJO Magazine"Outstanding Book of the Year."
--The Herald (Glasgow) A Best Book of the Year by NPR, Pitchfork,
The Telegraph, and UncutA tender and intimate memoir by one of the
most remarkable, trailblazing, and tenacious women in music, the
two-time Grammy Award-winning "premiere song-stylist and songwriter
of her generation" (Hilton Als), Rickie Lee Jones This troubadour
life is only for the fiercest hearts, only for those vessels that
can be broken to smithereens and still keep beating out the rhythm
for a new song. Last Chance Texaco is the first-ever
no-holds-barred account of the life of two-time Grammy Award-winner
Rickie Lee Jones in her own words. It is a tale of desperate
chances and impossible triumphs, an adventure story of a girl who
beat the odds and grew up to become one of the most legendary
artists of her time, turning adversity and hopelessness into
timeless music. With candor and lyricism, the "Duchess of
Coolsville" (Time) takes us on a singular journey through her
nomadic childhood, to her years as a teenage runaway, through her
legendary love affair with Tom Waits and ultimately her longevity
as the hardest working woman in rock and roll. Rickie Lee's stories
are rich with the infamous characters of her early songs -
"Chuck-E's in Love," "Weasel and the White Boys Cool," "Danny's
All-Star Joint," and "Easy Money"-- but long before her notoriety
in show business, there was a vaudevillian cast of hitchhikers,
bank robbers, jail breaks, drug mules, a pimp with a heart of gold
and tales of her fabled ancestors. In this tender and intimate
memoir by one of the most remarkable, trailblazing, and tenacious
women in music are never-before-told stories of the girl in the
raspberry beret, a singer-songwriter whose music defied
categorization and inspired American pop culture for decades.
Featuring interviews with key cast and crew members, including
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, and
Steven Spielberg, Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History
tells the complete story behind the movies, Back to the Future: The
Ride, the animated series, and more. This revised and updated
edition features additional Back to the Future content, including a
deep dive into Telltale Games' video game and IDW's series of
comics, as well as a look at the most memorable Back to the Future
merchandise, such as Funko's line of collectibles. You'll also find
an exclusive look at Back to the Future: The Musical, with
commentary from writer and producer Bob Gale. (c) 2020 Universal
City Studios LLC and Amblin Entertainment, Inc. All Rights
Reserved.
This is not a book of facts; it's a book of 'facts'. Should you
finish it believing we became the planet's dominant species because
predators found us too smelly to eat; or that the living bloodline
of Christ is a family of Japanese garlic farmers - well, that's on
you. Why are we here? Do ghosts exist? Did life on Earth begin
after a badly tidied-up picnic? Was it just an iceberg that sank
the Titanic? Are authors stealing their plotlines from the future?
Will we ever talk to animals? And why, when you're in the shower,
does the shower curtain always billow in towards you? We don't know
the answers to any of these questions. But don't worry, no matter
what questions you have, you can bet on the fact that there is
someone (or something) out there, investigating it on your behalf.
From the sports stars who use cosmic energy to office plants
investigating murders, The Theory of Everything Else will act as a
handbook for those who want to think differently.
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