Kirk Douglas, the son of an impoverished Jewish ragman from the Old World, was the last survivor of the superhero studs of Hollywood's Golden Age, the last living icon of a fabled, swashbuckling e
Hugh Hefner, the Playboy of the Western World, was a visionary publisher, an empire-builder, an avatar of pleasure, and a pajama-clad pipe-smoker with a pre-coital grin. Although lauded by millions
This hot, two-in-one biography examines the complicated co-dependencies of the greatest but most dysfunctional mother-daughter act in showbiz, Debbie Reynolds (“hard as nails and with more balls than
In the interim since Rock Hudson's tragic demise as one of the early (and perhaps most shocking, based on his celebrity) victims of AIDS, his legend has evolved into a nationwide cult. Loaded with det
After Betty Grable, but before there was Marilyn, America's penchant for popcorn blondes focused on LANA, the movie star who had it all: Looks to die for, money to burn, the romantic adulation of the
The tempestuous, scandalous love affair of the 20th century's Romeo and Juliet was second in fame and notoriety only to that of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and by many accounts, even more corrupt
Except for what's within this book, very little is known about how Humphrey Bogart clawed his way from Broadway to Hollywood during the Jazz Age and Prohibition. Based on dusty unpublished memoirs, le
From his reckless pursuit of love as a rich teenager to his final days as a demented fossil, Howard Hughes changed the worlds of aviation and entertainment forever. This biography reveals inside detai
The World's production of 50 years of gay cinema has shattered the door to the Celluloid Closet. Thanks to this, and to a flood of classics re-released in DVD format, a brave new world of queer incon
This is a pioneering and posthumous biography of a charismatic icon of Tinseltown whose rule over the hearts of American moviegoers lasted for more than half a century. It's loaded with never-before-p
From famed celebrity biographer Darwin Porter, this is the most honest and journalistically important biography of Michael Jackson ever published, with a roster of literary reviews that outnumber and
This is the first post-mortem, unauthorized insight into Merv Griffin, a failed singer and unsuccessful actor who unexpectedly rewrote the rules of America's broadcasting industry. He became the riche
Out,Outrageous, and Proud, this is the second in an ongoing series of guides to recently released Gay and Lesbian film. Fun, pithy, opinionated, and informative, these books will become standard fixt
