Performing Arts : Television

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Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!. Marcia Brady, eldest daughter on television's The Brady Bunch , had it all—style, looks, boys, brains, and talent. No wonder her younger sister Jan was jealous! For countless adolescents across America who came of age in the early 1970s, Marcia was the ideal American teenager. Girls wanted to be her. Boys wanted to date her. But what viewers didn't know about the always-sunny, perfect Marcia was that offscreen, her real-life counterpart, Maureen McCormick, the young actress who portrayed her, was living a very different—and not-so-wonderful—life. Now, for the very first time, Maureen tells the shocking and inspirational true story of the beloved teen generations have invited into their living rooms—and the woman she became. In Here's the Story , Maureen takes us behind the scenes of America's favorite television family, the Bradys. With poignancy and candor, she reveals the lifelong friendships, the hurtful jealousies, the offscreen romance, the loving support her television family provided during a life-or-death moment, and the inconsolable loss of a man who had been a second father. But The Brady Bunch was only the beginning. Haunted by the perfection of her television alter ego, Maureen landed on the dark side, caught up in a fast-paced, drug-fueled, star-studded Hollywood existence that ultimately led to the biggest battle of her life. Moving from drug dens on Wonderland Avenue to wild parties at the Playboy mansion and exotic escapades on the beaches of Hawaii, this candid, hard-hitting memoir exposes a side of a beloved pop-culture icon the paparazzi missed. Yet it is also a story of remarkable success. After kicking her drug habit, Maureen battled depression, reconnected with her mother, whom she nursed through the end of her life, and then found herself in a pitched battle for her family in which she ultimately triumphed. There is no question: Maureen McCormick is a survivor. After fifty years, more...

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Robin Meade is the poster child for confidence and self-assurance. But the anchor of Morning Express with Robin Meade wasn't always that way. In fact, there was a period in her career when she was plagued with anxiety and panic attacks. In MORNING SUNSHINE, she tells how she overcame her fear of public speaking to go on and achieve her dream of becoming a news anchor. Robin Meade offers her own tried-and-true four-step approach to building confidence. Her trademark warm, personal style translates from the screen to the page in this book, which will give readers even more insight into the young woman who came out of nowhere to become one of the most popular news anchors on television today. more...

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A practical guide to writing for television, from an award-winning writer who has worked for television in Australia, the US and UK. more...

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Presidential scandals, rap feuds, Baywatch -- what a decade!. It was a different time, an epoch that was neither the '80s nor the '00s, but something in between. It was 10 years. And it was lol, as they like to say on the World Wide Web, which was something that became quite popular during that time. The '90s were jam-packed with great moments, like the premiere of Friends, the return of John Travolta in Pulp Fiction and the entire career arc of Vanilla Ice. E!'s special mini-series, 101 Reasons the '90s Ruled, helped you to relive those great moments, and now you can relive them again with this totally rad book edition. It's the kind of stuff that will make you exclaim, "Dude, I totally remember that happening." Unless, of course, you are very, very young or don't call people dude. more...

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