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Joan Collins has been a diarist from the age of twelve, writing enthusiastically over the years. She dictated most of these entries in real time into a mini-tape recorder at the end of the day, and now she is spilling the beans - well, nearly all of them.
What you will discover was written when Joan 'felt like it' between 1989 and 2009. Whether it is an encounter with a superstar or a member of the Royal Family, or her keen and honest insights into other celebrities at dinner parties and events, Joan is honest and unapologetic.
Taking us on a dazzling tour around the globe - from exclusive restaurants in Los Angeles to the glittering beaches of St Tropez, from dinner parties in London to galas in New York City - some of the characters you will meet in these pages include Rod Stewart, Princess Margaret, Donald Trump, Michael Caine, Princess Diana, Elizabeth Taylor, Rupert Everett, Roger Moore, Shirley MacLaine, Andrew Lloyd Webber and many more.
Her diaries are intimate and witty, and they pull no punches, with NO apologies to anyone mentioned in them!
'I've had many amazing adventures in my life. Some stories, though,
I have only ever shared with my friends... Until now!' Dame Joan
Collins has always believed one should retain some mystery in life,
and hide a knowing smile behind one's shoulder pads. In her new
book, she returns in dazzling form to share her most memorable
moments from her eclectic and vibrant life, in and out of the
limelight. Taking us on a spectacular journey from her early years
as a young star in the golden era of Hollywood to stamping her
stilettos in Dynasty; from the glittering heights of Saint Tropez
to the busy Oscars season in LA over the years. Joan writes
movingly about her grief and adventures with her sister Jackie,
delving deeper into the ups and downs of love and relationships,
and her happiness with husband Percy. Filled with a cast of
household names, including the late Queen Elizabeth, Diana,
Princess of Wales, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Warren Beatty,
and many more, Behind the Shoulder Pads is a spectacularly
entertaining tour-de-force bound to delight and shock in equal
measures. Hilarious, intimate, and completely spellbinding, Joan
invites you into her life like never before, sharing the stories
she had previously reserved for her closest of friends.
Christopher N. Rowley co-writes and directs this children's fantasy
adventure adapted from Georgia Byng's novel. After discovering a
magical book on hypnotism, orphan Molly Moon (Raffey Cassidy) uses
its powers to escape her glum orphanage life and travel to London
in search of her friend Rocky (Jadon Carnelly-Morris). With the
bright lights of the city quickly causing a distraction, Molly soon
deviates from her quest and mesmerises her way into the lead role
of her very own musical, becoming a singing sensation overnight.
Trouble is not far away however, as Molly's new-found fame attracts
the attention of bungling criminal Simon Nockman (Dominic
Monaghan), who attempts to steal the magic book to use as part of
his latest robbery scheme. The cast also includes Emily Watson,
Joan Collins and Omid Djalili.
Joan Collins stars in this comedy drama written and directed by
Roger Goldby. Former Hollywood starlet Helen (Collins) decides to
pay her respects to her late ex-husband by crashing his funeral on
the glamorous French island of Ile-de-Ré. With the help of her best
friend Priscilla (Pauline Collins), Helen escapes her retirement
home in London and the pair set off on their journey. Things take a
turn however, as the duo soon become entangled in a love triangle
with reclusive Italian millionaire Alberto (Franco Nero) after they
decide to pick him up along the way. The cast also includes Ronald
Pickup and Joely Richardson.
'I've had many amazing adventures in my life. Some stories, though,
I have only ever shared with my friends... Until now!' Dame Joan
Collins has always believed one should retain some mystery in life,
and hide a knowing smile behind one's shoulder pads. In her new
book, she returns in dazzling form to share her most memorable
moments from her eclectic and vibrant life, in and out of the
limelight. Taking us on a spectacular journey from her early years
as a young star in the golden era of Hollywood to stamping her
stilettos in Dynasty; from the glittering heights of Saint Tropez
to the busy Oscars season in LA over the years. Joan writes
movingly about her grief and adventures with her sister Jackie,
delving deeper into the ups and downs of love and relationships,
and her happiness with husband Percy. Filled with a cast of
household names, including the late Queen Elizabeth, Diana,
Princess of Wales, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Warren Beatty,
and many more, Behind the Shoulder Pads is a spectacularly
entertaining tour-de-force bound to delight and shock in equal
measures. Hilarious, intimate, and completely spellbinding, Joan
invites you into her life like never before, sharing the stories
she had previously reserved for her closest of friends.
'As brutal, withering and funny as you'd expect' Julian Clary 'A
rollicking read, packed with wit and old-school glamour' Sunday
Telegraph 'Fabulously entertaining, impossibly glamorous and
utterly irresistible' Piers Morgan 'Packed with insight and fun'
Red *** A keen diarist from the age of twelve, Joan Collins is
finally spilling the beans - well, nearly all of them. Taking us on
a dazzling tour around the globe - from exclusive restaurants in
Los Angeles to the glittering beaches of St Tropez, from dinner
parties in London to galas in New York City - some of the
characters you will meet in these pages include Rod Stewart,
Princess Margaret, Donald Trump, Michael Caine, Princess Diana,
Elizabeth Taylor, Rupert Everett, Roger Moore, Shirley MacLaine,
Andrew Lloyd Webber and many more. Her diaries are intimate and
witty, and they pull no punches, with NO apologies to anyone
mentioned in them!
Contessa Carlotta di Ponti, stunningly beautiful and filthy rich,
has finally escaped her abusive marriage and is looking to find
true love in St. Tropez. The party season kicks off with a
spectacular bash at billionaire Harry Silver's palatial mansion,
but tragedy soon strikes. Could seemingly innocuous events - a bad
oyster, a fatal wasp sting, a faulty funicular - mean something
more sinister for the bejewelled citizens of St. Tropez? It is up
to glamorous detective Gabrielle Poulpe to save the day and find
the murderer in their midst or life on St. Tropez as its residents
know it could be over forever. Can Gabrielle find the culprit
before it's too late? Join the wealthy and the fabulous in the
ultimate playground of the rich and the famous, for sun, sin, sex
and scandal as they battle a threat from within...
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! 'Wonderfully rich and mesmerising'
William Boyd 'As brutal, withering and funny as you'd expect'
Julian Clary 'Fabulously entertaining, impossibly glamorous, and
utterly irresistible' Piers Morgan 'A treat from start to finish'
Elizabeth Hurley *** Joan Collins has been a diarist from the age
of twelve, writing enthusiastically over the years. She dictated
most of these entries in real time into a mini-tape recorder at the
end of the day, and now she is spilling the beans - well, nearly
all of them. What you will discover was written when Joan 'felt
like it' between 1989 and 2009. Whether it is an encounter with a
superstar or a member of the Royal Family, or her keen and honest
insights into other celebrities at dinner parties and events, Joan
is honest and unapologetic. Taking us on a dazzling tour around the
globe - from exclusive restaurants in Los Angeles to the glittering
beaches of St Tropez, from dinner parties in London to galas in New
York City - some of the characters you will meet in these pages
include Rod Stewart, Princess Margaret, Donald Trump, Michael
Caine, Princess Diana, Elizabeth Taylor, Rupert Everett, Roger
Moore, Shirley MacLaine, Andrew Lloyd Webber and many more. Her
diaries are intimate and witty, and they pull no punches, with NO
apologies to anyone mentioned in them!
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Turn the Key Softly (DVD)
Yvonne Mitchell, Joan Collins, Kathleen Harrison, Terence Morgan, Thora Hird, …
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Drama starring Joan Collins, Yvonne Mitchell and Kathleen Harrison
as a trio of women from different backgrounds released from prison
on the same day. Monica (Mitchell) ended up in prison after taking
the fall for a crime masterminded by her lover, David (Terence
Morgan), while Stella Jarvis (Collins) was sent to jail for
prostitution and Mrs Quilliam (Harrison) was put away for
shoplifting, having been too poor to afford food. The three women
agree to meet for dinner to discuss their first day of freedom - if
they can survive its temptations and avoid heading straight back to
jail, of course.
Epitomizing the glamour and decadence of 1980s Reagan-era America, DYNASTY was essentially a prime-time soap opera, and was characterized by campy, melodramatic plotlines, as well as Joan Collins's magnetic performance as the conniving Alexis Colby. She is divorced from Blake Carrington (John Forsythe), a fabulously wealthy oil magnate who marries his secretary, Krystle Jennings (Linda Evans), at the show's inception; the jealous Alexis schemes to do everything she can to destroy their union. The rest of the cast includes Blake and Alexis's children--the promiscuous amnesiac Fallon and the sexually ambivalent Steven--as well as resident geologist Matthew Blaisdel and his psychotic wife, Claudia.
During the third season, Blake's long-lost son Adam comes knocking, Alexis wrests control of a rival oil firm, and a freak explosion causes Steven to have extensive plastic surgery, supplying him with a new face (that of actor Jack Coleman).
In this utterly compelling novel, two sisters born into privilege
find themselves forced to make wrenching life decisions as they
struggle with a troubled family legacy and the immense weight of
wealth, fame, ambition, and betrayal.Misfortune's Daughters
chronicles the gripping, multigenerational saga of the wealthy
Stephanopolis family. Beginning in the Golden Era of Hollywood, the
beautiful and talented actress Laura Marlowe meets the young,
dashing, and rich shipping magnate Nicholas Stephanopolis. After a
whirlwind courtship, the two marry and move to the private
Stephanopolis Island in the south of Greece. Yet heartache and
tragedy soon find them and extend into the lives of their two very
different but willful and ambitious daughters, Venetia and Atlanta.
One is a beautiful and favored daughter who's bent on
self-destruction; the other is a wallflower who buries herself in
books and shies away from her privileged world. But both must
confront the legacy and tragedy of the lives of their parents.
Sweeping across almost 60 years and jetting from New York to Paris,
Los Angeles, and Greece, Misfortune's Daughters is an irresistible,
page-turning tale that reveals the glittering life of show business
and the grittiness of the journalistic profession. Drawing on her
own knowledge and experience, Collins takes the reader deep inside
the exclusive gates of wealth and luxury, exposing dark secrets and
forbidden desires as two young women vie to break free from their
family's shadow and become independent women in their own right.
Inspire your middle school readers with these awesome reading
motivation programs and proven book recommendations! * Written by a
seasoned middle school librarian who knows what kids love to read *
Step-by-step directions for battle of the books and other sure-fire
reading motivation programs * Chocked full of titles to turn
middle-schoolers into avid readers * Includes bonus reproducibles
for your very own reading promotion programs * Annotated genre
bibliographies to motivate middle school readers Meet the reading
needs of a diverse school population, one in transition between
elementary and the high school years and learn to have fun while
getting serious about promoting Voluntary Free Reading (VFR) in
your school. Frustrated librarians and teachers will get excellent
examples of reading motivation programs and recommended,
sure-to-please reading lists for hard-to-motivate middle grade
students. This book is meant to be a resource for the librarian who
must respond to the student who asks, "Do you have any good books?"
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