To Catch an Actress
To Catch an Actress

Author: Elizabeth Elwood

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2005-05-31

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 0595791689

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SET AN ACTRESS TO CATCH AN ACTRESS Angela Benson inherits a fortune when her Aunt Maud is murdered, but the killer is never found, and suspicion continues to cloud her life. Then as Angela's career begins to take off, new evidence comes to light that throws her back into the center of a murder investigation. As Angela prepares for the role of Amanda in Noel Coward's Private Lives, she finds herself embroiled in a sinister play beyond the footlights. To Catch an Actress and Other Mystery Stories is a new collection of short stories by Elizabeth Elwood, whose murder mystery play, Casting for Murder, produced in the year 2000, was based on the lead story in this anthology. Elizabeth's extensive background in theatre, opera, education, politics, and arts administration has resulted in this light-hearted and thoroughly entertaining series of ten mystery stories which feature Bertram Beary, the feisty city councillor who was introduced in Casting for Murder, his opera-singing daughter, Philippa, and his detective inspector son, Richard. The stories combine the lively Vancouver musical theatre scene with the traditional British cozy. Witty, sophisticated, and cleverly developed, this anthology provides intriguing plots that will appeal to mystery lovers everywhere. Praise for Elizabeth Elwood's Work Of Renovations: "[A] delightful comedy with a dash of murder mystery thrown in for good measure"-Surrey Now Of Casting for Murder: "[G]ood dialogue, snappy one-liners suspense and surprises "-The Record Cover Photo: Michael Broderick and Donna Thompson in Casting for Murder, World Premiere, November 2000, directed by Dwayne Campbell, Bernie Legge Theatre

To Catch a Star
To Catch a Star

Author: Dorothy Callahan

Publisher: Somerwynd Services

Published: 2016-05-09

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1524226564

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Being the apple of Hollywood’s eye is great for an action/adventure hero, but millionaire Rex Ronin knows he needs to break out of his typecast roles if he hopes to have any longevity on the silver screen. A fresh new role by a new director, filmed on the deserted Hawaiian Island of Koho’olawe, will grant Rex decades of acting opportunities and maybe even make him feel like a true hero, like his father. But a tropical storm strands him at sea, and when he makes land, Rex is saved by a woman running a wildlife preserve—on the very land Rex’s agent is turning into a mega-resort, one that will ensure Rex’s fame and fortune for the next hundred years. Taking care of living things is what Tori Jackson does best; after all, she knows what it’s like to be broken and discarded. A car accident has scarred her, both physically and emotionally, so living among nature and protecting everything on her reserve is all that matters to her. So when a scruffy, shipwrecked vagabond shows up on her doorstep, Tori has no compunction against helping him. The only problem is that her reserve didn’t get the land renewal in time, and now her beloved property is at risk of turning into a concrete tourist destination. With no money, no power, and a coalition intending to steal the land out from underneath her, Tori needs something extraordinary to save everything she holds dear. Rex craves fame and fortune, while Tori nurtures her flora and fauna. Was their shipwrecked encounter a disaster, or simply their destiny?

The Actresses
The Actresses

Author: Barbara Ewing

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-01-01

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 1788544633

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They all met again at the Drama School Reunion: the Hollywood celebrity, the out-of-work soap star, the understudy, the Shakespearian hero. Thirty-six years ago, they dreamed of the great parts awaiting them. What they did not know was that the parts would soon dry up, for the actresses. Because they had stopped being young. But: once an actress, always an actress and on this hot, summer's day it becomes clear that age does not wipe out ambition. Or desire. Or memory. Or love. So when the Reunion culminates in an accusation of rape that dominates every newspaper in the country, the past – sweet, cruel, tragic – comes flooding back, and the actresses become the stars of the story. Perceptive, shocking, gripping and wise, this could only have been written by somebody who has been there.

The Actress
The Actress

Author: Amy Sohn

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-06-09

Total Pages: 14

ISBN-13: 1451698623

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Winning a prize for her role in an indie film, Maddy Freed is cast in an Oscar-worthy role opposite Steven Weller, a Hollywood heartthrob whom she marries after a whirlwind affair in spite of rumors that he is gay.

The Mammoth Book of Hollywood Scandals
The Mammoth Book of Hollywood Scandals

Author: Michelle Morgan

Publisher: Robinson

Published: 2013-10-17

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 1472100344

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Murders, suicides, unexplained deaths, scandalous romances, illegitimate children, cover-ups, and more, from the 1920s to Hollywood's Golden Age in the 1960s and right up to the present day. It covers over 60 scandals including: The Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Scandal; Clark Gable's Baby Scandals; The Rape of Patricia Douglas; The Life and Death of Jean Harlow; The Sudden Death of James Dean; Marilyn Monroe's Mysterious Death; John Belushi Dies at the Chateau Marmont; Madonna's Hollywood Stalker; Hugh Grant's Hollywood Scandal; Winona Ryder Is Arrested For Shoplifting; The Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie Love Triangle; The Tragic Life and Death of Anna Nicole Smith; The Life and Death of Michael Jackson; Arnold Schwarzenegger's Love Child; The Very Public Melt-Down of Charlie Sheen; The Rise and Fall of Whitney Houston; The Marriage of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes and many, many more.

A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
A Dictionary of Catch Phrases

Author: Eric Partridge

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 1315

ISBN-13: 1134929986

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A catch phrase is a well-known, frequently-used phrase or saying that has `caught on' or become popular over along period of time. It is often witty or philosophical and this Dictionary gathers together over 7,000 such phrases.

Shattered Star
Shattered Star

Author: Kimberly K. Fox

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2012-08-07

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1477241442

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A serial killer is stalking dark-haired actresses in Los Angeles. The city is plunged into terror as his victims pile up. Adrianna Adams seems to be the killers main target. Adrianna is a very famous movie actress and also the daughter of the Governor of California. Her safety is a priority for the LAPD. Detective Dane OConnor is assigned to protect the beautiful actress and the handsome cop wants to pursue the killer, not babysit an actress. Soon sparks are flying between the actress and the cop as both try to elude a killer stalking Adrianna. Danes number one priority is keeping Adrianna safe, ignoring any feelings he may have for her. Time is running out. Will Dane manage to keep Adrianna alive and stop the killer? Will there be a future for Dane and Adrianna?

Dark Star
Dark Star

Author: Alan Strachan

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-10-25

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 1786734567

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Winner of the Society for Theatre Research Book Prize 2020 Vivien Leigh was perhaps the most iconic actress of the twentieth century. As Scarlett O'Hara and Blanche Du Bois she took on some of the most pivotal roles in cinema history. Yet she was also a talented theatre actress with West End and Broadway plaudits to her name. In this ground-breaking new biography, Alan Strachan provides a completely new full-life portrait of Leigh, covering both her professional and personal life. Using previously unseen sources from her archive, recently acquired by the V&A, he sheds new light on her fractious relationship with Laurence Olivier, based on their letters and diaries, as well as on the bipolar disorder which so affected her later life and work. Revealing new aspects of her early life as well as providing glimpses behind-the-scenes of the filming of Gone with the Wind and A Streetcar Named Desire, this book provides the essential and comprehensive life-story of one of the twentieth century's greatest actresses.

African American Actresses
African American Actresses

Author: Charlene B. Regester

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2010-06-14

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 0253004314

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Nine actresses, from Madame Sul-Te-Wan in Birth of a Nation (1915) to Ethel Waters in Member of the Wedding (1952), are profiled in African American Actresses. Charlene Regester poses questions about prevailing racial politics, on-screen and off-screen identities, and black stardom and white stardom. She reveals how these women fought for their roles as well as what they compromised (or didn't compromise). Regester repositions these actresses to highlight their contributions to cinema in the first half of the 20th century, taking an informed theoretical, historical, and critical approach.

Last Day: Supporting Actress's Child
Last Day: Supporting Actress's Child

Author: Su Xizhen

Publisher: Funstory

Published: 2019-12-12

Total Pages: 621

ISBN-13: 1647815231

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What can you do in a thousand years? Waiting for someone, or looking for someone? Maybe she was just in the same space with someone, so she didn't know how to face the hatred and anger between them.The plot from a thousand years ago, the conclusion from a thousand years later.The Infernal King used a thousand years to figure out what the person he fancied wanted to do. Even though he hated her, he had already fallen for her a thousand years ago and could not pull her out. Therefore, even if she could not remember him, she had to accept his pestering."Jin, the person I have my eyes on has no chance of escaping, so, are you ready to accept the Demon King's complete love?"