Entertainment Culture

The first comprehensive history of Hollywood's high-flying career women during the studio era, Nobody's Girl Friday covers the impact of the executives, producers, editors, writers, agents, designers, directors, and actresses who shaped Hollywood film production and style, led their unions, climbed to the top during the war, and fought the blacklist. Based on a decade of archival research, author J. E. Smyth uncovers a formidable generation working within the American film industry and brings their voices back into the history of Hollywood.

The national debate over popular music's effect on character is both furious and confused. Conservatives complain primarily about lyrics, appealing to public decency and safety. Liberals, swift to the defense of any self-expression, simultaneously celebrate rock's liberating ethos and deny its cultural influence.

Kelly Osbourne is the child of one of the best documented - and least ordinary - families in Britain and life under the spotlight means she has had to learn from her mistakes the hard way. Fierce takes us from Kelly's first period to her first night in Chicago. From depression and dealing with alcohol and drugs, to coping with the ultimate embarrassing dad, this book is totally honest and totally Kelly.

Our culture is filled with a variety of worldviews, each competing for our attention and allegiance. What are the major worldviews in society? How can we evaluate these various worldviews? Christians also wonder how they are to relate to the culture? Should they merely separate from the world or is there a place for Christians to transform culture? How does that apply to art and media? How should a Christian evaluate the arts? What does the Bible say about art and music? These are significant questions that deserve thoughtful answers. The contributors to this book provide practical, ...

At the peak of the civil rights movement, Lydia Abarca was the first ballerina in a Black ballet company to grace the cover of Dance magazine. Alongside founding members Shelia Rohan and Gayle McKinney-Griffith and first-generation dancers Karlya Shelton and Marcia Sells, Abarca invited a bright light to shine on Black professional classical dancers. Grit, determination, and exquisite artistry propelled these swans of Harlem to dizzying heights as they performed around the world for audiences that included celebrities, dignitaries, and royalty.

When Stuever's narrative begins, he's standing in line with the people waiting to purchase flat-screen TVs at Best Buy on Black Friday, the opening of the Christmas shopping season. From there he follows a number of key residents of Frisco, Texas, as they navigate through the nativity and all its attendant crises.

The year 2000. As Britain celebrates the new millennium, something fluorescent and futuristic is stirring in the crumbling council estates of inner city London. Making beats on stolen software, spitting lyrics on tower block rooftops and beaming out signals from pirate radio aerials, a group of teenagers raised on UK garage, American hip-hop and Jamaican reggae stumble upon a dazzling new genre. Against all odds, these young MCs will grow up to become some of the UK’s most famous musicians, scoring number one records and dominating British pop culture for years to come.

In this small town of Silver Ridges, Meet Carrie Lawson she is the leading event planner. Especially the famous Valentine’s Day celebrations. But this year is markedly different! Her younger sister, Mary, is very sick. Juggling work and family obligations, Carrie feels tired and alone. Dr. Luke Coleridge Mary’s physician from New York is immediately smitten with beautiful, talented Carrie Lawson, but her wariness about him being her sister’s physician means their relationship may never get off the ground. Can Carrie ever learn to trust Luke has both her best interests and Mary’s at ...

Elizabeth (Liz) Bradshaw is a successful writer from Chicago, visiting small-town America, Silver Ridge to include the town’s month-long festivities in her book about Valentine’s Day! Trent Hayworth is Silver Ridge’s top journalist. When he meets Liz, he is initially threatened by her presence, thinking that she’s there to compete with him for an exclusive piece. When he discovers the kindness and intelligence within her, he starts to fall hard for her in spite of his many scars from past experiences. And then Liz is accused of something unthinkable. How will Elizabeth deal with ...

Joanne Meadows is a successful lawyer. Since her school crush moved away for college, she hasn’t been able to fall in love with anyone else. Having settled into single life, she is chosen as Silver Ridge’s Valentine’s Day queen. Then, to her utter shock, so is Pete McDonald as King! Pete moves back to Silver Ridge after an ugly divorce. When he’s chosen as Valentine’s Day king and his first love is named queen, he’s too shy to tell her how he feels. His ex-wife’s arrival doesn’t make his situation any better as she fiercely fights to win him back. Will Joanne and Pete ...

Bob Dylan is many things to many people. Each Bob Dylan joins a collective cast that has made up his persona for more than 50 years. No version of Dylan turns out uncomplicated, but the postmillennial manifestation seems peculiarly contrary - a tireless and enterprising antiquarian; a creator of singular texts and sounds through promiscuous poaching; an artist of innovation and uncanny renewal. The collection of essays does justice to this difficult Bob Dylan by examining his method and effects through a disparate set of viewpoints.

Well hark at you, stumbling upon my autobiography. Bet you wouldn't have put money on that three years ago, eh? Please don't stress yourself out too much, though; it's actually socially acceptable nowadays that you're interested. Firstly I'd like to emphasise that I have written this audiobook myself, so be assured you're getting the tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth! (Which was my original choice of title, but babe, we're so over that).

Glen Colson lived through the golden age of Rock & Roll during the sixties, seventies and eighties, working as PR for many of the best loved acts in rock history. Among them Lindisfarne, Genesis, Pink Floyd, The Nice, Elvis Costello, Dr Feelgood, Ian Dury, Nick Lowe, Graham Parker, and Van der Graaf Generator. As the press officer at two of the UK's most iconic record labels, Stiff and Charisma, Glen worked alongside managers who made the music industry tick. Famously dry of wit, Glen's take on the inside workings of the music business is both informative and never short of laughs.

When Gretchen Carlson made the decision to "walk off the set" and speak up about sexual harassment in the workplace, she jumped off a cliff by herself, but it led to a new calling: empowering women to reclaim their power against any injustice. After the former Miss America, mother of two, and star news anchor stood up and spoke out, women all over the world joined the movement and began to take back their lives, careers, and dignity. Gretchen became the voice for the voiceless.

Sneaker Culture is Exploding! This book will challenge you to think critically about purpose, identity, materialism, and eternity. Sneakerheads own anywhere from 25-75 pairs and buy one to four pairs a month. Sneakers used to just be for sports but now they have become one of the biggest fashion items in the world.

The Mockumentary.. or fake documentary.. is becoming an increasingly successful film and television formula across many genres. Although they all investigate very different people, places, and events, they all share one key characteristic that differentiates them from most documentaries. None of it is real. They're all make-believe.

Learn about the dance style of Krumping with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series. Imagine teams of super athletic dancers, engaging in spectacular and aggressive dance battles, their styles reminiscent of African dance to Hip Hop break beats, the scene looking more like a fight than a dance. The teams of dancers, made up of men, women and children, have their faces painted in elaborate styles from the childlike to the grotesque.

Available as a value box set amazon.com/dp/B09LY1PJP9 (copy and paste the link into your browser) Once again, Casey Dawson and her crew from Charlie Delta Rescue are on a mission, this time in Kansas as a tornado outbreak wreaks havoc on the prairie. Battered by the powerful winds, their chopper fights to reach and rescue outlying ranchers and farmers from the path of the destructive twisters All the while, the crew is grieving the loss of Paul, who died on their last mission. Heightening the emotional tension even further is Gabe’s ongoing indecision about his relationship with Casey. ...

During their rescue mission on an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, an explosion rocks the platform, sending oil workers into the roiling waters of the Gulf. Casey and her team will have to work together to save not just the oil workers but one of their own. Amidst a backdrop of personal strife and life-threatening danger, the team’s bond will be tested and forged anew, as will Casey and Gabe’s deep love for one another and their faith in God. Read all the books in Charlie Delta Rescue Romance series by bestselling authors Brenda Clemmons and Katie Wyatt! Book 1: Hellfire ...

Imagine a world where Beatlemania was against the law - recordings scratched onto medical X-rays, merchant sailors bringing home contraband LPs, spotty broadcasts taped from western AM radio late in the night. This was no fantasy world populated by Blue Meanies, but by the USSR, where a vast nation of music fans risked repression to hear the defining band of the British Invasion. The music of John, Paul, George, and Ringo played a part in waking up an entire generation of Soviet youth, opening their eyes to seventy years of bland official culture and rigid authoritarianism.