Sleepless In Hollywood

Author : Lynda Obst
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476727767
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sleepless in Hollywood written by Lynda Obst and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The veteran producer and author of the bestseller Hello, He Lied takes a witty and critical look at the new Hollywood. Over the past decade, producer Lynda Obst gradually realized she was working in a Hollywood that was undergoing a drastic transformation. The industry where everything had once been familiar to her was suddenly disturbingly strange. Combining her own industry experience and interviews with the brightest minds in the business, Obst explains what has stalled the vast moviemaking machine. The calamitous DVD collapse helped usher in what she calls the New Abnormal (because Hollywood was never normal to begin with), where studios are now heavily dependent on foreign markets for profit, a situation which directly impacts the kind of entertainment we get to see. Can comedy survive if they don’t get our jokes in Seoul or allow them in China? Why are studios making fewer movies than ever—and why are they bigger, more expensive and nearly always sequels or recycled ideas? Obst writes with affection, regret, humor and hope, and her behind-the-scenes vantage point allows her to explore what has changed in Hollywood like no one else has. This candid, insightful account explains what has happened to the movie business and explores whether it’ll ever return to making the movies we love—the classics that make us laugh or cry, or that we just can’t stop talking about.

Author : Lynda Obst
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476727759
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sleepless in Hollywood written by Lynda Obst and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how the DVD market's collapse has triggered a refocus on special effects and 3D over expensive actors and writers, drawing on insights from industry experts to consider if an increasingly eccentric movie business is salvageable.

Author : Lynda Obst
Publisher : Broadway Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hello, He Lied written by Lynda Obst and published by Broadway Books. This book was released on 1997-09-02 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively account of her adventures and misadventures in Hollywood, one of the most successful women in the film industry takes readers behind the scenes to explain the rules of the game and the nature of power. of photos.

Author : Megan McDonald
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763655511
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Judy Moody Goes to Hollywood written by Megan McDonald and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A behind the scenes look to the new "Judy Moody and the NOT bummer summer" movie, including interviews, photographs and more.

Author : Terri Clark
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0738735809
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hollyweird written by Terri Clark and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When sixteen-year-old Aly King wins a date with movie star Dakota Danvers, it’s like a dream come true. What she doesn’t know is that he’s also Satan’s son. Luckily for Aly, there’s a (fallen) angel on her side working hard to derail Dakota’s evil machinations.

Author : Lynda Obst
Publisher : Signet Book
ISBN 13 : 9780451169693
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dirty Dreams written by Lynda Obst and published by Signet Book. This book was released on 1991-06 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bill Robinson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9781451603323
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Its All Your Fault written by Bill Robinson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Essential Guide to Landing -- and Keeping -- Your first Hollywood Job A position as an assistant to a producer, agent, director, studio executive, or star can be the path to a fabulous career -- or a one-way ticket to hell. How can the aspiring Hollywood assistant quickly learn the inside track to success while avoiding the land mines? It's All Your Fault is the answer. Written by two former Hollywood assistants who've been there and done that, It's All Your Fault is bursting with hard-earned advice, from figuring out who's who and who isn't to sex, drugs, and other work-related issues. Filled with outrageous anecdotes and countless celebrity stories, It's All Your Fault proves an indispensable addition to the nightstand of every wannabe Hollywood mover and shaker.

Author : Erin Carlson
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 0316353906
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I'll Have What She's Having written by Erin Carlson and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A backstage look at the making of Nora Ephron's revered trilogy--When Harry Met Sally, You've Got Mail, and Sleepless in Seattle--which brought romantic comedies back to the fore, and an intimate portrait of the beloved writer/director who inspired a generation of Hollywood women, from Mindy Kaling to Lena Dunham. In I'll Have What She's Having entertainment journalist Erin Carlson tells the story of the real Nora Ephron and how she reinvented the romcom through her trio of instant classics. With a cast of famous faces including Rob Reiner, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, and Billy Crystal, Carlson takes readers on a rollicking, revelatory trip to Ephron's New York City, where reality took a backseat to romance and Ephron--who always knew what she wanted and how she wanted it--ruled the set with an attention to detail that made her actors feel safe but sometimes exasperated crew members. Along the way, Carlson examines how Ephron explored in the cinema answers to the questions that plagued her own romantic life and how she regained faith in love after one broken engagement and two failed marriages. Carlson also explores countless other questions Ephron's fans have wondered about: What sparked Reiner to snap out of his bachelor blues during the making of When Harry Met Sally? Why was Ryan, a gifted comedian trapped in the body of a fairytale princess, not the first choice for the role? After she and Hanks each separatel balked at playing Mail's Kathleen Kelly and Sleepless' Sam Baldwin, what changed their minds? And perhaps most importantly: What was Dave Chappelle doing ... in a turtleneck? An intimate portrait of a one of America's most iconic filmmakers and a look behind the scenes of her crowning achievements, I'll Have What She's Having is a vivid account of the days and nights when Ephron, along with assorted cynical collaborators, learned to show her heart on the screen.

Author : Norman Jewison
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312328689
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book This Terrible Business Has Been Good to Me written by Norman Jewison and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Hollywood's most celebrated directors captures the excitement and success of his four decades in filmmaking in this funny, absorbing memoir.

Author : Kerry Winfrey
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1984804022
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Waiting for Tom Hanks written by Kerry Winfrey and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rom-com-obsessed romantic waiting for her perfect leading man learns that life doesn’t always go according to a script in this delightfully charming and funny novel. Annie Cassidy dreams of being the next Nora Ephron. She spends her days writing screenplays, rewatching Sleepless in Seattle, and waiting for her movie-perfect meet-cute. If she could just find her own Tom Hanks—a man who’s sweet, sensitive, and possibly owns a houseboat—her problems would disappear and her life would be perfect. But Tom Hanks is nowhere in sight. When a movie starts filming in her neighborhood and Annie gets a job on set, it seems like a sign. Then Annie meets the lead actor, Drew Danforth, a cocky prankster who couldn’t be less like Tom Hanks if he tried. Their meet-cute is more of a meet-fail, but soon Annie finds herself sharing some classic rom-com moments with Drew. Her Tom Hanks can’t be an actor who’s leaving town in a matter of days...can he?