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Author : David Gardner
Publisher : John Blake
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Motion picture actors and actresses
ISBN : 1844544281
Tom Hanks is unquestionably one of the finest actors of his generation. Withan array of stunning performances to his name, he has an outstanding reputation as one of the world's greatest leading men.
Author : David Gardner
Publisher : Otwarte
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9788324079810
PIERWSZA W POLSCE BIOGRAFIA TOMA HANKSA Ulubieniec milionów. Aktor, reżyser, producent filmowy, pisarz, dwukrotny zdobywca Oscara – Toma Hanksa chyba nikomu nie trzeba przedstawiać. Kochany za role w komediach romantycznych, takich jak kultowa Bezsenność w Seattle czy Masz wiadomość, doceniany za role dramatyczne. Zdobywca dwóch Oscarów: za postać prawnika w Filadelfii oraz niezapomnianą kreację w uwielbianym przez widzów na całym świecie filmie Forrest Gump. Filmy Szeregowiec Ryan, Cast Away – poza światem czy Kapitan Phillips ugruntowały pozycję Hanksa jako jednej z największych gwiazd Hollywood. Za radosnym wizerunkiem kryje się człowiek o burzliwym dzieciństwie. Tom szybko postanowił się ustatkować, ale życie miało inne plany. A potem pojawiła się Rita i wszystko odmieniła. Nadeszły sukcesy, sława i kolejne możliwości – w tym w świecie polityki. Tom na prezydenta? ODKRYJ TAJEMNICE JEDNEJ Z NAJBARDZIEJ ZNANYCH GWIAZD FILMU WEJDŹ W WIELKI ŚWIAT KINA I POZNAJ CZŁOWIEKA, KTÓRY PO HOLLYWOOD JEŹDZI POLSKIM MALUCHEM Powyższy opis pochodzi od wydawcy.
Author : Gavin Edwards
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781538712214
An entertaining and insightful homage to Tom Hanks, America's favorite movie star, from the New York Times bestselling author of the cult sensation The Tao of Bill Murray. Niceness gets a bad rap these days. Our culture rewards those who troll the hardest and who snark the most. At times it seems like there's no place anymore for optimism, integrity, and good old-fashioned respect. Enter "America's Dad": Tom Hanks. Whether he's buying espresso machines for the White House Press Corps, rewarding a jovial cab driver with a night out on Broadway, or extolling the virtues of using a typewriter, Hanks lives a passionate, joyful life and pays it forward to others. Gavin Edwards, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tao of Bill Murray, takes readers on a tour behind the scenes of Hanks's life: from his less-than-idyllic childhood, rocky first marriage, and career wipeouts to the pinnacle of his acting career and domestic bliss with the love of his life, Rita Wilson. As he did for Bill Murray, Edwards distills Hanks's life story into ten "commandments" that beautifully encapsulate his All-American philosophy. Contemplating the life, the achievements, and the obsessions of Mr. Tom Hanks may or may not give you the road map you need to find your way. But at the very least, it'll show you how niceness can be a worthy destination.
Author : Jim Cullen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780199927647
Sensing the Past explores perennial themes in American culture as manifested through the works of six of Hollywood's biggest movies stars: Clint Eastwood, Daniel Day-Lewis, Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, and Jodie Foster.
Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
Page : 2237 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Richard A. Hall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781440868139
Pop Goes the Decade: The 2000s comprehensively examines popular culture in the 2000s, placing the culture of the decade in historical context and showing how it not only reflected but also influenced its times. Pop Goes the Decade: The 2000s starts with a timeline of major historical pop culture events of the 2000s, followed by an introduction describing what the U.S. was like at the beginning of the new millennium and how it would change throughout the decade. Next come chapters broken down by medium: television, sports, music, movies, literature, technology, media, and fashion and art. A chapter on controversies in popular culture is followed by a chapter on game-changers, featuring 20 individuals who made a major impact on the U.S. in the 2000s. Finally, a conclusion shows the impact that pop culture in the 2000s has had on the U.S. in the years since. This volume serves as a comprehensive resource for high school and college students studying popular culture in the 2000s. It provides a summary of total impact, plus specific insights into each individual topic. It also includes a wide swath of the scholarship produced on the subject to date.
Author : James DiEugenio
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781628738261
New foreword by J.F.K. director Oliver Stone Reclaiming Parkland details the failed attempt of Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman to make Vincent Bugliosi’s mammoth book about the Kennedy assassination, Reclaiming History, into a miniseries. It exposes the questionable origins of Reclaiming History in a dubious mock trial for cable television, in which Bugliosi played the role of an attorney prosecuting Lee Harvey Oswald for murder, and how this formed the basis for the epic tome. Author James DiEugenio details the myriad problems with Bugliosi’s book, and explores the cooperation of the mainstream press in concealing many facts during the publicity campaign for the book and how this lack of scrutiny led Hanks and Goetzman—cofounders of the production company Playtone—to purchase the film rights. DiEugenio then shows how the film adapted from that book, entitled Parkland, does not resemble Bugliosi’s book and examines why. This book reveals the connections between Washington and Hollywood, as well as the CIA influence in the film colony today. It includes an extended look at the little-known aspects of the lives and careers of Bugliosi, Hanks, and Goetzman. Reclaiming Parkland sheds light on the Kennedy assassination, New Hollywood, and the political influence on media in America.
Author : Thomas S. Hischak
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786486946
This biographical dictionary is devoted to the actors who provided voices for all the Disney animated theatrical shorts and features from the 1928 Mickey Mouse cartoon Steamboat Willie to the 2010 feature film Tangled. More than 900 men, women, and child actors from more than 300 films are covered, with biographical information, individual career summaries, and descriptions of the animated characters they have performed. Among those listed are Adriana Caselotti, of Snow White fame; Clarence Nash, the voice of Donald Duck; Sterling Holloway, best known for his vocal portrayal of Winnie the Pooh; and such show business luminaries as Bing Crosby, Bob Newhart, George Sanders, Dinah Shore, Jennifer Tilly and James Woods. In addition, a complete directory of animated Disney films enables the reader to cross-reference the actors with their characters.
Author : M. Keith Booker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 655 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781538130124
One of the most powerful forces in world culture, American cinema has a long and complex history that stretches through more than a century. This history not only includes a legacy of hundreds of important films but also the evolution of the film industry itself, which is in many ways a microcosm of the history of American society. Historical Dictionary of American Cinema, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 600 cross-referenced entries covering people, films, companies, techniques, themes, and subgenres that have made American cinema such a vital part of world culture.
Author : James DiEugenio
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781510739840
In this updated and revised edition, James DiEugenio dissects the new Oscar-nominated film, The Post, and how it disingenuously represents the Pentagon Papers saga, to the detriment of the true heroes of the operation. The story of the film stems from the failed attempt of Academy Award–winning actor Tom Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman to make Vincent Bugliosi’s mammoth book about the Kennedy assassination, Reclaiming History, into a miniseries. He exposes the questionable origins of Reclaiming History in a dubious mock trial for cable television, in which Bugliosi played the role of an attorney prosecuting Lee Harvey Oswald for murder, and how this formed the basis for the epic tome. JFK: The Evidence Today lists the myriad problems with Bugliosi’s book and explores the cooperation of the mainstream press in concealing many facts during the publicity campaign for the book and how this lack of scrutiny led Hanks and Goetzman—cofounders of the production company Playtone—to purchase the film rights. DiEugenio then shows how the failed film adapted from that book, entitled Parkland, does not resemble Bugliosi’s book and examines why. This book reveals the connections between Washington and Hollywood, as well as the CIA influence in the film community today. It includes an extended look at the little-known aspects of the lives and careers of Bugliosi, Hanks, and Goetzman. JFK: The Evidence Today sheds light on the Kennedy assassination, New Hollywood, and political influence on media in America.
Author : Paul McDonald
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781118321669
By integrating star studies and film industry studies, Hollywood Stardom reveals the inextricable bonds between culture and commerce in contemporary notions of film stardom. Integrates the traditions of star studies and industry studies to establish an original and innovative mode of analysis whereby the ‘star image’ is replaced with the ‘star brand’ Offers the first extensive analysis of stardom in the ‘post-studio’ era Combines genre, narrative, acting, and discourse analysis with aspects of marketing theory and the economic analysis of the film market Draws on an extensive body of research data not previously deployed in film scholarship A wide range of star examples are explored including George Clooney, Mel Gibson, Tom Cruise, Daniel Day-Lewis, Tom Hanks, Will Smith, and Julia Roberts
Author : Graham Thomas
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781843584582
The Dan Brown Enigma is an insightful look into the world of Dan Brown that will not only enthral and entertain, but will unlock the secrets of one of the world's most exciting and enigmatic writers. Dan Brown is already one of the bestselling authors that the world has ever seen.Due to the success of his gripping novels Digital Fortress, Deception Point, Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code and The Lost Symbol, he has become a household name. But how did he achieve this? What's his secret? This in-depth biography reveals how, with a heady mix of science, religion, fact and fiction, he has captured the public's imagination and secured his place in the history of the popular thriller. Despite his enormous success, Dan Brown is an unassuming man. This book includes a look at his early years -- long before the fame and fortune that came with the success of The Da Vinci Code -- when he was a musician, teacher and writer of humour titles. It also examines the crucial role that his wife, Blythe Brown, plays in his life and work. His skilful storytelling, with its intricate, twisting plotlines, is certainly something that sets him apart from other thriller writers. The Dan Brown Enigma also looks at his extraordinary attention to detail and reveals how important research is to each of his books. Through hours and hours of careful study, he brings to light ancient rites and rituals that are buried deep within our collective subconscious. This combination of Brown's imagination with the secret truths, myths and legends from a variety of ancient institutions -- including the Freemasons and the Catholic Church -- are perhaps why his novels are so successful...and, at times, controversial.
Author : Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781039008168
The latest installment in the charming and congenial 44 Scotland Street series finds all our favourite residents of Edinburgh's most celebrated address up to their usual hilarious hijinks. It's the most anticipated event of the decade—Big Lou and Fat Bob's wedding—and everyone is invited! But the relative peace and tranquillity of 44 Scotland Street is about to be disrupted. Domineering Irene is set to return for a two-month stay, consigning her son, Bertie, to a summer camp. Not content with that, she somehow manages to come between the enigmatic nun, Sister Maria-Fiore dei Fiori di Montagna, and her friend, the hagiographer, Antonia Collie. And can a person really change, even after being struck by lightning? Bruce Anderson’s metamorphosis and newfound outlook on life is put to the test as he prepares to leave his creature comforts for the monastic simplicity of Pluscarden Abbey. His housesitter, meanwhile, gets a little too comfortable in his new life and discovers that his talented employer's shoes are all too easy to slip into. With great taste comes great responsibility. Alexander McCall Smith's delightfully witty, wise and sometimes surreal comedy spirals out in surprising ways in this new installment, but its heart remains where it has always been, at the centre of life in Edinburgh's New Town.
Author : Dario Llinares
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443831383
The Astronaut: Cultural Mythology and Idealised Masculinity interrogates the historical and cultural dynamics of one of the most revered icons of the 20th century. Analysing a diverse range of cultural representations the book postulates the construction of an intertextual mythology through which the astronaut becomes an embodiment of American ideological values and heroic manhood. The discursive processes at work in the range of media texts examined serve to embed the astronaut into the cultural imaginary as a largely coherent and uncontested exemplar of idealised masculinity. Using a range of interdisciplinary analytical tools the book examines how the social construction of this masculine ideal iterates and naturalises gender hegemony. The book situates the astronaut within the context of a modern/postmodern theoretical framework linking shifts in gender perspectives to the contradictory narratives and characterisations that inform the mediation of the astronaut. In so doing, the book argues for a re-evaluation of the, often oversimplified, use of the term hegemonic masculinity as an anchoring point for the critique of masculinity. The strength of this work is its interdisciplinary diversity and its interconnection of a range of themes including gender, representation, history, ideology, the postmodern and the media. Drawing upon contemporary theoretical debates while redeploying seminal theoretical texts the book offers new cultural interrogations of a highly familiar historical subject.
Author : David Gardner
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781789466744
Adolf Hitler was one of six children born to his mother, and one of eight born to his father from two of his three marriages. Alois Hitler, né Schicklgruber, was an official of the Austrian customs service, and the combination of an imperial uniform and a severe drinking habit seems to have ensured that Hitler's father was a drunken bully given to beating his children if they were not instantly obedient. Alois had two children, Alois junior and Angela, by his second wife, and six by his third, Hitler's mother Clara, of whom four, all boys, died at birth or in infancy. Young Adolf was therefore left with a half-brother, Alois, and half-sister, Angela, and a full sister, Paula, who died in 1960. When Hitler killed himself in April 1945, all his siblings were still living and some had children of their own. So, what happened to them? The answer is that no one was really certain until David Gardner published this book in 2001, having patiently and steadfastly tracked down Hitler's living relations to the USA, and made contact with some of them. Now revised and updated, this is a fascinating study of a little-known side of Hitler's history, as well as a riveting account of how the author traced and contacted the survivors of a bloodline that most of the world probably hoped had become extinct.