Titres dans Divertissement et arts du spectacle

Over the course of his 60 years, Christopher Hitchens has been a citizen of both the United States and the United Kingdom. He has been both a socialist opposed to the war in Vietnam and a supporter of the U.S. war against Islamic extremism in Iraq. He has been both a foreign correspondent in some of the world's most dangerous places and a legendary bon vivant. He is a fervent atheist, raised as a Christian, by a mother whose Jewish heritage was not revealed to him until her suicide.

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The Disneyland Story: The Unofficial Guide to the Evolution of Walt Disney's Dream is the story of how Walt Disney's greatest creation was conceived, nurtured, and how it grew into a source of joy and inspiration for generations of visitors. Despite his successors' battles with the whims of history and their own doubts and egos, Walt's vision maintained momentum, thrived, and taught future generations how to do it Walt Disney's way.

Frederick Jaeger stars in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the legend that has haunted the imagination of millions for over a hundred years! Summoned to the forbidden heart of the Carpathian mountains, in the depths of Transylvania, Jonathan Harker journeys to Castle Dracula. There he becomes the unwitting prisoner of the mysterious nobleman whom local legend insists is nosferatu, the vampire…

The complete audio collection of Alan Bennett's celebrated monologues, published together for the first time and performed by some of Britain's best actors. The Talking Heads monologues are widely regarded as one of Alan Bennett's finest dramatic achievements. First broadcast on BBC TV and BBC Radio 4 in the 1980s and 1990s, they won a host of awards and huge popular acclaim, and remain among his most admired works today.

Since its original publication in 1973, Uta Hagen's Respect for Acting has remained a durable classic for all students of acting. As an acting instructor at the Herbert Berghof Studio, Hagen helped to develop the talents of world-class actors like Robert DeNiro, Matthew Broderick, Gene Wilder, Amanda Peet, Austin Pendleton, Whoopi Goldberg, and more. This updated edition illuminates Hagen's original text with a new foreword written by Katie Finneran, retaining the David Hyde Pierce foreword, along with added background on HB Studio.

2 luglio 2022, due ladri stanno per rapinare una importante gioielleria di Ginevra. Ma questo non sarà un colpo come tutti gli altri. Venti giorni prima, in un elegante sobborgo sulle rive del lago, Sophie Braun sta per festeggiare il suo quarantesimo compleanno. La vita le sorride, abita con il marito Arpad e i due figli in una magnifica villa al limitare del bosco. Sono entrambi ricchi, belli, felici. Ma il loro mondo idilliaco all’improvviso s’incrina.

Stand-up star Rhod Gilbert hosts the panel show about the serious business of comedy The hilarious comic lovechild of A Question of Sport and QI, Jest a Minute is a light-hearted, lively show that quizzes leading comedians on their knowledge of comedy. Host Rhod Gilbert accepts no backchat and...

The rollicking saga of reality television, a “sweeping” (The Washington Post) cultural history of America’s most influential, most divisive artistic phenomenon, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning New Yorker writer—“a must-read for anyone interested in television or popular culture”...

L'uomo che racconta questa storia ha trentotto anni, fa lo sceneggiatore. È sposato da più di dieci anni con Livia, donna intelligente, bella, soddisfatta del suo lavoro. La coppia ha tre figli (il più piccolo di dieci mesi), la vita coniugale è appassionata, senza crepe. Ma nel corso di un pomeriggio particolarmente caotico si verifica un banale incidente. Il giovane marito e padre sta badando ai figli perché la moglie è a un convegno, e intanto scambia messaggi urgenti di lavoro con Claudia, la collega con cui scrive sceneggiature per la tv. Nella fretta sbaglia.

Being wildly attracted to my best friend’s little sister was kind of a nightmare. Especially when she knew every vivid detail of my very active sex life. When her best friend offered the opportunity to get to know her through a blind dating experiment where she won’t know who she’s talking to for two weeks, I didn’t hesitate to take the opportunity to show her who I was beyond all the miscommunication.

Theme park designer Margaret Kerrison shares tips and tricks for writers on teams tasked with bringing a narrative to life. How do you take an idea from inspiration to manifestation? How do you move from telling a story to creating a world? In this book, the first of its kind written specifically for writers, Kerrison lays out the craft of immersive storytelling, using case studies to show what works and highlighting the essential role of the writer on a creative team. Ready to take the kernel of an idea and turn it into a full-fledged experience? This book gives you the blueprint.

While the major studios are losing the battle for the attention of the audience, TikTok and Micro-dramas are taking over the world. In this book, award winning filmmaker Matt Dean explores a theory of what makes content addictive and how to translate that into any script for any medium and any genre. Part one looks six basic principles that makes short form content addictive and how to replicate it for any TikTok, Instagram or YouTube videos. Part two explains how to take those six principles and apply them to scripts for Micro-dramas and feature films.

Language and the way that people communicate has evolved over time, now you can learn how to effectively use your voice in the most effective way possible in order to get your message across. Every time we open our mouths, we have an effect on ourselves and the way others perceive us. The...

At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, and the stage. Now, for the first time, this EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) winner shares his story in his own words. “Laugh-out-loud hilarious and always fascinating, from the great Mel Brooks...

This comprehensive account of the meteoric rise of The Simpsons combines incisive pop culture criticism and interviews with the show’s creative team that take readers inside the making of an American phenomenon during its most influential decade, the 1990s. The Simpsons is an American...

This is the post-Me Too update to the ahead-of-its-time emotionally charged memoir from a former hip hop music video vixen many women needed to see. Twenty years after she took us beyond the glitz and glamour of celebrity, this story of a woman who survived physical abuse, rape, drug and alcohol...

Kostya ha dieci anni quando si mette in viaggio per arrivare dalla nonna Irina, domestica a Napoli. Nello zaino, la foto di una madre mai conosciuta e un indirizzo. Suo padre è al fronte per difendere l'Ucraina appena invasa. Tra soldati che cercano di bloccarlo al confine e sconosciute che gli dànno una mano, il bambino riesce ad arrivare. Vita, la signora per cui la nonna lavora, lo scopre addormentato sullo zerbino. Quattro anni fa lei ha perso suo figlio e ora passa le giornate da sola, o con Irina, che ha letto Dante e parla italiano come un poeta del Duecento.

Appearances can be deceptive—this is a book like no other. It contains untold riches—every word a tiny particle of story from the universe of His Dark Materials, made alive for us by the writer's imagination. Every word will give you an exciting new glimpse into Lyra's world. Every word will give you an astonishing insight into the storytelling mind of Philip Pullman. So step into the imagination chamber.

A stellar line-up and non-stop laughs from the award-winning BBC Radio 4 comedy show It’s the show that needs no introduction! Probably because one wouldn’t really help… Listen now to the 2025 series of Radio 4's multi award-winning ‘antidote to panel games’, hosted by reluctant...