Títulos em Entretenimento e Artes Cênicas

“Here’s Johnny!” Probably everyone in America knows the phrase, whether they watched every episode of The Tonight Show or none because they had to go to bed early on school nights. From 1962 to 1992, Johnny Carson and his Tonight Show dominated the American consciousness. Henry Bushkin was Carson’s best friend and lawyer during that period, and his book is a tautly rendered and remarkably nuanced portrait of Carson, revealing not only how he truly was, but why.

Join professional comedy writer Joel Morris on a hilarious journey into the hidden world of shared laughter, where he reveals the mechanisms that make jokes work and what comedy can teach us about ourselves. Offering astute analysis of everything from stand-up to slapstick and sitcom to spoof, Morris examines comedic patterns, rhythms, and dynamics to uncover the algorithms that secretly underpin comedy.

August Wilson wrote a series of ten plays celebrating African American life in the 20th century, one play for each decade. No other American playwright has completed such an ambitious oeuvre. Two of the plays became successful films, Fences, starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis; and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, starring Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman. Fences and The Piano Lesson won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama; Fences won the Tony Award for Best Play, and years after Wilson’s death in 2005, Jitney earned a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.

Embark on a literary adventure with Mike Slosberg's captivating short stories, expertly narrated by the talented Dan Levy. In "TEN STORIES YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO BEFORE THEY BECOME MOVIES," Mike's storytelling prowess, coupled with Dan's engaging narration, takes you on a journey that stretches the mind and tickles the funny bone.

Every time we think ahead, we are crafting a story. Every daily plan and every political vision, social movement, scientific hypothesis, business proposal, and technological breakthrough starts with “what if?” Linking causes to effects, considering hypotheticals and counterfactuals, asking how other people will react: these are the essence of narrative. So why do we keep overlooking story’s importance to intelligence in favor of logic?

Who invented reality television, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre? And why can’t we look away? In this revelatory, deeply reported account of the rise of “dirty documentary”—from its contentious roots in radio to the ascent of Donald Trump—Emily Nussbaum unearths the origin story of the genre that ate the world, as told through the lively voices of the people who built it. At once gimlet-eyed and empathetic, Cue the Sun! explores the morally charged, funny, and sometimes tragic consequences of the hunt for something real inside something fake.

A third book of witty and funny Monologuettes from the pen of Christopher J. F. Gibson!

An unflinching confrontation of humanity’s dark side, Brian De Palma’s crime drama film Scarface gave rise to a cultural revolution upon its release in 1983. Its impact was unprecedented, making globe-spanning waves as a defining portrait of the gritty Miami street life. From Al Pacino’s masterful characterization of Tony Montana to the iconic “Say hello to my little friend,” Scarface maintains its reputation as an unwavering game changer in cult classic cinema.

Harlem 1969; it's the height of the Civil Rights era and the community is still reeling from the assassination of Martin Luther King. Arthur Mitchell, the first Black principal dancer at the New York City Ballet, takes his protest to the stage and establishes the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Here begins the story of the five extraordinary women at the heart of this book. This is a book about ballet, the enduring allure of ballet for young girls, and about how these pioneers broke into a world that was closed to them and changed ideas of what a classical dancer could be.

The most extensive "How To" book for actors just starting out. This book will give you the tools needed to navigate the entertainment industry, book work and gain representation. Get years ahead of the competition with this book!

Una guía divertida y rigurosa para aprender a hacer un pitch de tu proyecto de cine y televisión a cualquier persona de la industria audiovisual. Este manual no sólo pretende enseñar el controvertido arte del pitching a través de la teoría, experiencias personales y ejemplos de series de televisión y películas, sino que también pretende ayudar a los cineastas a realizar un cambio de paradigma. El pitching no es lo que siempre nos han contado.

This book is a personally written account of Jimmy’s "50 Golden Years", in show business, from holiday camp Redcoat to Bluecoat then onto his first big break on television, (after many struggles), going on to headline for four of his own series for Central television in the 1980s with 'Royal Command Performances' and TV Variety shows in between, then his BBC Radio 2 series written by the great scriptwriter Eddie Braben in the 1990's which ran for five years called, 'Jimmy's Cricket Team'.

Der geniale Vorleser Harry Rowohlt mit der tiefergelegten Stimme parliert elegant über Gott und die Welt. Bzw. mehr über sich, denn wen interessiert schon Gott, wenn er etwas von Harry Rowohlt über Harry Rowohlt erfahren kann. Und als Erzähler schöner Abschweifungen kann ihm niemand das Wasser reichen.

Un’appassionante immersione tra quadri e film, in cornice e sul grande schermo. Ettore Scola, Tony Richardson, Robert Altman, Aleksandr Sokurov, Paolo e Vittorio Taviani, Antonietta De Lillo, Federico Fellini, Éric Rohmer, Sofia Coppola, Stanley Kubrick, Peter Greenaway, Miloš Forman, Jean-Luc Godard. Cos’hanno in comune questi nomi del cinema internazionale? Tutti hanno frequentato, o anche solo sfiorato, il Settecento.

The Blue-Collar Bible is a humorous collection of stories about pranks, mishaps and inside jokes that bring laughter to the ‘smoko’ breaks and much-needed comic relief to the tough workdays. It offers a captivating journey through the heart and soul of the building trade, providing readers with an intimate insight into the lives, antics, challenges, and diverse personalities that define this gritty and essential industry. Walk alongside the men and women who shape the skylines and construct the foundations of our modern world.

The Twilight Zone Haiku explores the essence of Rod Serling’s iconic, uncanny 1960s television show through haiku, giving us dazzling, spot-on snapshots of each episode. In seventeen syllables, Boykin captures the show's main objective: to deliver a keen jolt of existential awareness.

市朗怪全集とは。実話系怪談のパイオニア、『新耳袋』シリーズの著者の一人が、語りで送る怪談全集! 1990年代に巻き起こったJホラー・ブームを牽引した実話怪談界の大御所が、満を持して登場する!!

『忠臣蔵の落語』文楽・歌舞伎・講談・浪曲等、いろんな芸能の題材となり、約二百五十年も人気演題になっている「忠臣蔵」は、ご多分に洩れず、数多くの落語にもなりました。

The Big Book of Bad Decisions is a collection of tragicomic vignettes from the hilarious true adventures of Scott Michael Nathan, as he sets out to devour everything Hollywood has to offer — bad dates, worse roommates, A-list celebrities and porn stars, models, moguls, and mushrooms.

On screen, Doctor Who is a story of monsters, imagination and mind-expanding adventure. But the off-screen story is equally extraordinary - a tale of failed monks, war heroes, 1960s polyamory and self-sabotaging broadcasting executives. From the politics of fandom to the inner-struggles of the BBC, thousands of people have given part of themselves - and sometimes, too much of themselves - to bring this this unlikeliest of folk heroes to life.