Vin Diesel

Author : Michael Robin,Todd Rone Owens
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1451604416

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Vin Diesel XXXposed by Michael Robin,Todd Rone Owens Pdf

Vin Diesel is everywhere -- the newly crowned king of the box office and the newsstand. But who is he really? The world's hottest star is also its most mysterious. Few fans realize that this so-called overnight success is actually the product of a lifetime of planning and struggle. This book follows every step of Vin Diesel's rise from his days as a poor but happy mischief-maker in New York's Greenwich Village -- where an act of vandalism led to his stage debut at the age of seven -- through the long years spent toiling as a bouncer in Manhattan's trendiest clubs while trying to break into Hollywood -- to his first "big break" from Steven Spielberg. Take a look behind the scenes of each of Vin's films -- the roles he fought for, the role he walked away from after filming had begun, and the leading ladies he continued to see off-screen. VIN DIESEL: XXXPOSED takes on the rumors about his background and his ego and reveals how fame has taken its toll on the intensely private star. This is the unlikely and inspiring story of how an outsider who wouldn't give up transformed himself into the action hero of the new millennium.

Author : Fame Life Bios
Publisher : Fame Life Bios
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781634976558

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Vin Diesel A Short Unauthorized Biography by Fame Life Bios Pdf

Vin Diesel: A Short Unauthorized Biography is a short unauthorized biography produced from electronic resources researched that includes significant events and career milestones. Ideal for fans of Vin Diesel and general readers looking for a quick insight about one of today's most intriguing celebrities. This must-read short unauthorized biography chronicles: Who is Vin Diesel Things People Have Said about Vin DieselVin Diesel is BornGrowing Up with Vin DieselVin Diesel Personal RelationshipsThe Rise of Vin DieselSignificant Career MilestonesVin Diesel Friends and FoesFun Facts About Vin DieselHow The World Sees Vin Diesel Vin Diesel A Short Unauthorized Biography is one of the latest short unauthorized biographies from Fame Life Bios. Check it out now!

Author : Nancy Krulik
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1439114854

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Vin Diesel by Nancy Krulik Pdf

HE'S DIESEL POWERED! Vin Diesel's come a long way since his syage debut at the age of seven -- a gig he was offered after getting caught breaking into a New York City theater! But these days Vin's getting noticed for other talents -- and this time they're legal. There is more to Vin than his pumped-up action-hero exterior. He's a serious actor who's written, directed and produced films that have been screened at the most prestigious film festivals in the world. Vin's got the skills and determination that took him from earning $20 a week to $20 million a film, and he knew he would be a star all along...He was just waiting for the rest of us to figure it out.

Author : Salvatore Attardo
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-15
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781839988578

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Humor 2.0 by Salvatore Attardo Pdf

The book shows how humor has changed since the advent of the internet: new genres, new contexts, and new audiences. The book provides a guide to such phenomena as memes, video parodies, photobombing, and cringe humor. Included are also in-depth discussions of the humor in phenomena such as Dogecoin, the joke currency, and the use of humor by the alt-right. It also shows how the cognitive mechanisms of humor remain unchanged. Written by a well-known specialist in humor studies, the book is engaging and readable, but also based on extensive scholarship.

Author : Mike Epps
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062684912

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Unsuccessful Thug by Mike Epps Pdf

From Naptown to Tinseltown—legendary stand-up comedian and actor Mike Epps finally tells all in this outrageous, hilarious, no-holds-barred memoir. Before starring in Def Comedy Jam and Showtime at the Apollo—before the sold-out comedy shows, Uncle Buck, and becoming his hero Richard Pryor in a biopic—there was Indianapolis. And not the good part. Mike Epps is one of America’s favorite and funniest people, but the path to fame was paved with opportunities to mess it up. And mess it up he did. Growing up in “Naptown”—what people who live there really call rough-around-the-edges Indianapolis—Epps found himself forced to hustle from an early age. Despite his mother’s best efforts, and the love of his well-behaved brother, “Chaney,” and his beloved sister, Julie, Epps was drawn to a life of crime, but as he quickly discovered, stealing and dealing didn’t really fit his sweet sensibilities. Not to mention he wasn’t very good at it—take, for example, the day he had to call the cops on himself when a dog wouldn’t let him leave a house he was burgling. After several arrests and more than a few months in jail, Epps finally realized that he was an unsuccessful thug, and instead turned to the next most obvious career path: stand-up comedy. Heading first to New York, then all over the country, and finally to Hollywood, Mike Epps carved out a unique place in American comedy, combining hysterical tales of his family and friends with a mordant take on life in the Naptowns of America. Comedy saved Mike Epps, and here he reveals exactly how he finally grew up and got out, barely. And when describing how he survived when so many of his friends didn’t, Epps makes clear what he’s thankful for and sorry about. Unsuccessful Thug is about growing up black in America, facing down racism in Hollywood, and ultimately how it feels to fail at thugdom, pull yourself up by the bootstraps, and end up selling out arenas and starring in movies across the country.

Author : Of The Coast Wizards,Vin Diesel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Games
ISBN : 0786934980

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30 Years of Adventure by Of The Coast Wizards,Vin Diesel Pdf

A thirtieth-anniversary retrospective explores the Dungeons & Dragons franchise, featuring a selection of essays and photographs that capture the events, products, personalities, art, and influence of the game through the years.

Author : Brian Carter,Justin Levy,Justin Robert Levy
Publisher : Que Publishing
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780789741134

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Facebook Marketing by Brian Carter,Justin Levy,Justin Robert Levy Pdf

Facebook now has 500,000,000 users, and adds 400,000 more every day. For marketers, this represents an immense opportunity. Here, Levy brings together up-to-the-minute insights and techniques for transforming that opportunity into profit. In this updated edition, Levy goes far beyond the basics, covering Facebook's growing portfolio of business-related features, including Facebook Messages, Facebook Deals, Facebook Places, and more.

Author : Joshua Gulam,Fraser Elliott,Sarah Feinstein
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781501378881

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Full-Throttle Franchise by Joshua Gulam,Fraser Elliott,Sarah Feinstein Pdf

When the first Fast & Furious film was released in June 2001, few predicted that it would be a box office hit, let alone the launchpad for a multi-billion-dollar franchise. A mid-budget crime movie set around L.A.'s underground car-racing scene, featuring a cast of relative unknowns, the film became one of the surprise hits of that summer, earning more than 5 times its budget in worldwide ticket sales. 2 decades and 9 films later, Fast & Furious today ranks among the 10 highest-grossing movie franchises of all time, with a box office total of $6.6 billion and has also given rise to an animated TV show and theme park ride. Full-Throttle Franchise is the first book to offer an in-depth analysis of the Fast & Furious, bringing together a range of scholars to explore not only the style and themes of the franchise, but also its broader cultural impact and legacy. The collected essays establish the franchise's importance in cinematic and ideological terms, linking their discussions to wider issues of genre, representation, adaptation, and industry. Topics range from stardom and performance, focusing on key actors Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson, to the way in which Fast & Furious intersects with dominant ideas of racial, gender, and sexual identity. Aimed at both scholars and fans, Full-Throttle Franchise seeks to uncover just what has made Fast & Furious so enduringly popular, mapping its outrageous set pieces, ever-expanding universe, and growing cast of global megastars in terms of wider cultural and industrial forces.

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
Page : 2544 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Focus On: 100 Most Popular American 3D Films by Wikipedia contributors Pdf

Author : Elise Leonard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007-06-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781416934646

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Monday Morning Blitz by Elise Leonard Pdf

When middle-schooler Al Netti finds an encrypted flash drive in the lining of his jacket, he risks his life to hide it from the terrorists who want it back.

Author : Marilyn Yaquinto
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783030248055

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Policing the World on Screen by Marilyn Yaquinto Pdf

This book analyzes Hollywood storytelling that features an American crimefighter—whether cop, detective, or agent—who must safeguard society and the nation by any means necessary. That often means going “rogue” and breaking the rules, even deploying ugly violence, but excused as self-defense or to serve the greater good. This ends-justifies-means approach dates back to gunfighters taming the western frontier to urban cowboy cops battling urban savagery—first personified by “Dirty” Harry Callahan—and later dispatched in global interventions to vanquish threats to national security. America as the world’s “policeman often means controlling the Other at home and abroad, which also extends American hegemony from the Cold War through the War on Terror. This book also examines pioneering portrayals by males of color and female crimefighters to embody such a social or national defender, which are frustrated by their existence as threats the white knight exists to defeat.

Author : Jason Navallo
Publisher : Navallo Publishing
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Thrive by Jason Navallo Pdf

Thrive: 30 Inspirational Rags-to-Riches Stories shows the power of perseverance to achieve unbelievable success. Follow the stories of ordinary people who overcame adversity to become wealthy entrepreneurs, innovative businessmen, and famous artists, including Jim Carrey, Eminem, Vin Diesel, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Charlize Theron, Ellen DeGeneres, Mark Cuban, and Jay Z. Never give up. Thrive.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : GMAT Club
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-08
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781456457815

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GMAT Ultimate Grammar by Anonim Pdf

- The most comprehensive GMAT Grammar book - 500+ exercises and 500+ test questions in this 294 page book!- Covers all tested subjects from Articles to Parallelism but excludes some of the ones not covered- List of common idioms (plus examples), prepositions, commonly confused, misused words- Includes 3 tests

Author : Jackie Raphael,Celia Lam,Millicent Weber
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004365322

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Disassembling the Celebrity Figure by Jackie Raphael,Celia Lam,Millicent Weber Pdf

Disassembling the Celebrity Figure: Credibility and the Incredible explores the construction of celebrity brands, articulating consumers’ dependence on the perceived authenticity these brands portray. It examines this authenticity through an exploration of fandom, media representation, branding and celebrity deaths.

Author : Mary C. Beltran,Camilla Fojas
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780814789674

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Mixed Race Hollywood by Mary C. Beltran,Camilla Fojas Pdf

A Kansas City Star 2008 Notable Book Since the early days of Hollywood film, portrayals of interracial romance and of individuals of mixed racial and ethnic heritage have served to highlight and challenge fault lines within Hollywood and the nation’s racial categories and borders. Mixed Race Hollywood is a pioneering compilation of essays on mixed-race romance, individuals, families, and stars in U.S. film and media culture. Situated at the cutting-edge juncture of ethnic studies and media studies, this collection addresses early mixed-race film characters, Blaxploitation, mixed race in children’s television programming, and the "outing" of mixed-race stars on the Internet, among other issues and contemporary trends in mixed-race representation. The contributors explore this history and current trends from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives in order to better understand the evolving conception of race and ethnicity in contemporary culture.