Titres dans Acteurs

Jess Oppenheimer, "the brains" behind I Love Lucy, weaves this wonderfully entertaining tale of how his life experiences led him to create the iconic sitcom. Packed with humorous behind-the-scenes stories of stars like Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, William Frawley, Jack Benny, Douglas Fairbanks, and Fred Astaire.

Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich (December 27, 1901 - May 6, 1992) was a German and American actress and singer whose career spanned from the silent film era of the 1920s to the 1980s. Noted for her glamorous persona and exotic looks, Dietrich became one of Hollywood's highest-paid actresses. Dietrich, who sided with the allies, was known for her humanitarian efforts during World War II, housing German and French exiles, providing financial support and even advocating their American citizenship.

In Josephine Baker’s Cinematic Prism, Terri Simone Francis examines how Baker fashioned her celebrity through cinematic reflexivity, an authorial strategy in which she placed herself, her persona, and her character into visual dialogue.

Read by the author. A love letter to America from the pen of actor, producer, immigrant, and activist Wilmer Valderrama. In this timely memoir, Valderrama looks back on his journey from a tiny pueblo in Venezuela to the big city of Los Angeles—how he discovered his calling as an actor and...

Mi sueño americano es el conmovedor libro de memorias del actor, productor y activista Wilmer Valderrama, que ahonda en su educación en Venezuela, donde fue criado por dos padres muy trabajadores, mientras su familia atravesaba un país en rápida transformación y el ascenso de Hugo Chávez...

Once upon a time in the beautiful land of Laguna Beach, California, lived a girl named Rachel. She was curious, clever, and like any hopeful heroine, committed to forging her own path in life. She yearned for more than an ordinary existence and a boring nine to five, so she joined the world of adult entertainment, where she finally felt fulfilled. However, her fairy tale began to crumble when at the mere age of twenty, her father passed away, leaving her evil step-mother in charge of his estate, and Rachel disowned.

Actrice, chanteuse, animatrice, professeur d’art dramatique et communicatrice hors pair, Ghislaine Paradis, dans cette autobiographie captivante, nous entraîne avec enthousiasme au coeur de sa vie et de sa passion d’artiste.

Юрий Владимирович Никулин... Люди смеялись его цирковым репризам (а среди них «Насос», «Лошадки», «Бревно», «Розы и шипы»), восхищались потрясающе сыгранными ролями в фильмах «Кавказская пленница...», «Пес Барбос и необычный кросс», «Самогонщики», «Бриллиантовая рука», «Старики-разбойники» (перечислять можно бесконечно), цитировали из них его остроумные фразы, ходили в знаменитый цирк на Цветном бульваре… Он былкумиром миллионов.Настоящая книга — трогательные и очень подробные письма артиста к матери — Лидии Николаевне, которые издаются впервые. Их география обширна — Америка, Канада, Австралия, Франция и другие страны, — и всюду Ю.

Киану Ривз завораживает. Кассовая голливудская звезда, воспитанная на панк-роке; тонкий и честный актер с минималистичным подходом к игре; скромный «бойфренд всего интернета»; гранжевый басист; знаток мотоциклов; мем во плоти. Этот человек побывал путешественником во времени (и не раз), косноязычным подростком (и не одним), безумным ученым, цифровым мессией, усталым киллером… «Я думаю, все фильмы Киану отчасти автобиографичны, знает он сам об этом или не знает», — пишет Алекс Паппадимас, изучив всю фильмографию Киану Ривза и узнав о нем все, что можно знать, не будучи самим Киану Ривзом.

As a young boy growing up on the outskirts of Dublin, the stage and screen legend sought refuge in a world of imagination among the fields and hills near his home, at the edge of a rapidly encroaching city. Moving between sensual recollection of childhood in a now almost vanished Ireland and commentary on stardom, the actor-writer returned to Broadway and Audible to reflect on a life’s journey.

UTE LEMPER – Sängerin, Schauspielerin, Tänzerin, Künstlerin – Zu ihrem 60sten Geburtstag erlaubt die Grande Dame des Chansons einen überraschenden persönlichen Einblick in ihr Leben vor und hinter dem Vorhang. Ute Lemper erzählt lebendig von den Anfängen ihres Berufes, ihren großen und kleinen Erfolgen, ihren vielen aufregenden Projekten ihrer langen Karriere im ständigen Konflikt mit ihrer wichtigsten Rolle als Mutter von vier Kindern.

Ergreifend und ungeschönt erzählt Elliot Page in seinem Memoir von seinem langen Weg zu sich selbst. Elliot Page wurde mit Hauptrollen in Juno oder Inception weltberühmt. Mit 33, im Dezember 2020, outete er sich über Instagram als trans. In seinem ersten Buch erzählt Elliot Page die Geschichte seines einzigartigen Lebens, das ihm seine Transition gerettet hat. Vom Aufwachsen in der kanadischen Hafenstadt Halifax, vom Erwachsenwerden im von traditionellen Geschlechterrollen besessenen Hollywood. Vom Entdecken der eigenen, tabuisierten Sexualität und der tiefgreifenden Scham vor dem eigenen Körper.

I was a Playboy Rabbit and Other Adventures is the first of many books based on Jeff's life. It chronicles the five year period in the 80's when he lived and worked in New York City to pursue his dreams. Unhappy with his career in Los Angeles, Jeff moved to New York and worked as an actor, model and stand-up comedian. Little did he know this would all culminate with an opportunity to work with Playboy Enterprises and the iconic, legendary Hugh Hefner.

Per chi non la conosce personalmente, Lucrezia è un'attrice, una donna bellissima, la figlia della scandalosa Marina Ripa di Meana e del blasonato Alessandro Lante della Rovere. Nata nell'agio e sotto una buona stella. Una donna cui sembra che la vita abbia regalato tutto. Invece se si entra nelle pieghe della sua storia, si scopre un'infanzia difficile dominata da una madre "a piede libero" e un padre ingoiato dai suoi demoni: Lucrezia cresce spostata come una pedina da una casa all'altra e inizia a fare la modella, quasi per gioco.

Depp v Heard: The Unreal Story is the definitive account of Depp and Heard's disastrous relationship and their epic legal battles, written by the only journalist to cover both trials in the UK and US.

Even half a century after his death, Humphrey Bogart remains one of the most iconic actors of all time. The epitome of class and cool, he embodied the ultimate tough guy—and no one wore a fedora quite like him. “Bogie” began life under uncertain circumstances, born to parents addicted to drugs and disorder, but he would rise above these difficulties to become a star. From Broadway to Hollywood, he became a top-billed actor, the likes of which the world has rarely seen.

A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, from Brian’s Song to Lando in the Star Wars universe—unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in the mostly all-white industry in which he triumphed. Billy Dee...

It is something of a cliché to say that an actor’s life was like a movie he or she might have starred in, but in the case of Myrna Loy, the cliché is true. It is easy to picture her as a little girl, riding the range with her rancher father, sitting around the table and participating charmingly in family discussions of current events.

Die umschwärmte Filmschönheit und der talentierte Schriftsteller – es könnte eine Liebesgeschichte aus Hollywood sein. Marlene Dietrich und Erich Maria Remarque lernen sich in den 1930er-Jahren im politischen Exil kennen und haben von Anfang an viel gemeinsam, doch trotzdem hat ihre turbulente Beziehung nicht auf Dauer Bestand. Was bleibt, sind Remarques Briefe an seine geliebte Marlene: Dieser Band sammelt die berührenden Schriftstücke voller Sehnsucht, Intimität und Leidenschaft.

Manchmal nimmt einen das Leben aus der Kurve, um einen vor Schlimmeren zu bewahren: bewegende Lektionen für ein gelingendes Leben von einem der größten deutschen Schauspieler Äußerlich vielbeschäftigt und erfolgreich, steht Francis Fulton-Smith nach zwei gescheiterten Beziehungen vor den Scherben seiner Lebensplanung. Alles scheint sich gegen ihn verschworen zu haben, nichts scheint mehr Sinn zu machen. Er fühlt sich einsam, verloren und entwurzelt.