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Book Review: Hollywood and Israel by Tony Shaw and Giora Goodman
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Book Review: Hollywood and Israel by Tony Shaw and Giora Goodman

Man of la BookMarch 1, 2022

I think most can agree that history is nuanced, Hollywood and Israel: A History by Anthony Shaw and Giora takes great effort to drive that point home

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Fun Facts Friday: Sidney Sheldon
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Fun Facts Friday: Sidney Sheldon

Man of la BookFebruary 11, 2022

Sidney Sheldon was an award-winning writer, director and producer. His career included Broadway plays, motion pictures, as well as television work.

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Book Review: Hollywood Horrors by Andrea Van Landingham
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Book Review: Hollywood Horrors by Andrea Van Landingham

Man of la BookNovember 17, 2021

Hollywood Horrors tells of dark past of Tinseltown, where movies stars, studios, and criminals are almost indistinguishable.

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Book Review: Rhapsody by Mitchell James Kaplan
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Book Review: Rhapsody by Mitchell James Kaplan

Man of la BookMarch 22, 2021

Kathrine Swift is a talented pianist who married the competent banker James Warburg meets and falls in love with composer George Gershwin in this music novel

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Book Review: Bill Duke: My 40-Year Career on Screen and Behind the Camera
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Book Review: Bill Duke: My 40-Year Career on Screen and Behind the Camera

Man of la BookDecember 3, 2018

A memoir of the prolific actor and director. Mr. Duke has been in many pop-culture classics, he is also a director, producer and entrepreneur.

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Fun Facts Friday: Hamlin Garland
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Fun Facts Friday: Hamlin Garland

Man of la BookSeptember 14, 2018

Hamlin Garland (14 September, 1860 – 4 March, 1940) was an award winning American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer.

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Book Review: Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the Making of a Legendary American Film by Don Graham
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Book Review: Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the Making of a Legendary American Film by Don Graham

Man of la BookMarch 19, 2018

Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the Making of a Legendary American Film by Don Graham – detailing of the making the movie.

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Fun Facts Friday: Ayn Rand
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Fun Facts Friday: Ayn Rand

Man of la BookFebruary 2, 2018

Ayn Rand (2 February, 1905 – 6 March, 1982) was a Russian-American author best known for her novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.

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Book Review: Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films by Molly Haskell
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Book Review: Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films by Molly Haskell

Man of la BookMarch 20, 2017

Mr. Spielberg’s Jewish story is very insightful and the author is obviously very interested in his journey as a proud Jew and a genius film maker

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Guest Book Review: Damned by Chuck Palahniuk
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Guest Book Review: Damned by Chuck Palahniuk

Man of la BookMarch 31, 2014

The main character and the narrator is 13-year-old Madison Spenser. Every person can envy her life, her mother is a Hollywood star and father is a film producer. But as it turns out during the narration of dead Madison, who tells her story from Hell, she was very much unhappy and unappreciated child when she was alive.

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