New York Times bestselling author Christopher Andersen taps into important sources --- eyewitnesses to Barbra Streisand's remarkable life and career --- to paint a startling portrait of the...
In this rare work of public disclosure, filmmaker David Lynch describes his personal methods of capturing and working with ideas, and the immense creative benefits he has experienced from the...
Did you ever wish that you really understood money? Well, Dave Barry wishes that he did, too. But that hasn't stopped him from writing a book about how to understand money. In it, Dave explores (as...
Miramax, Sundance and the Rise of Independent Film
Peter Biskind
DOWN AND DIRTY PICTURES chronicles the rise of independent filmmakers and of the twin engines - the Sundance Film Festival and Miramax Films - that have powered them. Peter Biskind profiles the people...
How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Peter Biskind
When the low-budget biker movie EASY RIDER shocked Hollywood with its success in 1969, a new Hollywood era was born. This was an age when talented filmmakers such as Scorcese, Coppola, and Spielberg,...
At Last, everything you ever wanted to know about Gilligan's Island, that three-hour tour that evolved into thirty years of syndication sensation, from everyone's favorite castaway, The Professor...
He's one of the most ubiquitous men on television. Certainly the most calm, cool, and collected — the king of "off the cuff." And no one throws to a commercial better. Yes, Tom Bergeron is a...
Instruments of the orchestra, yes. But not just instruments in the orchestra. This is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral,...
This series introduces, in words and music, the plot and background of major operas. Using the principal themes and arias, taken from the Naxos recording of the complete work, Thomson Smillie is...
This series introduces, in words and music, the plot and background of major operas. Using the principal themes and arias, taken from the Naxos recording of the complete work, Thomson Smillie is...
