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The Aussie-born judge shares his famously forthright views on the changes in the show?s line up, from Bruce Forsyth and Len Goodman?s departures to the arrival of Claudia Winkleman and Shirley Ballas, as well as the dancers and stars. Away from Strictly, Craig reveals fresh heartache over failed romances, his pain at losing his dad and how his work kept him from flying to Australia for the funeral. He marks the milestones in his life, including turning...
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Publisher
Arrow
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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During his lifetime (1900-1967), Spencer Tracy was known as Hollywood's 'actor's actor'. Critics wrote that what Olivier was to theatre, Tracy was to film. Over his career he was nominated for nine Academy Awards, and won two. This is a biography of his life and career.
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John Blake
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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This in-depth look into the life of Daniel Craig reveals everything about the actor: how he endured poverty-stricken years when he was first struggling to make it as an actor in London; how he rejected the 'trivial' publicity that came when he started to make a name for himself; his relationships, and more.
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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No one does glamour, severity, girlish charm or tight-lipped witticism better than Dame Maggie Smith, one of Britain's best-loved actors. This biography shines the stage-lights on the life and work of a truly remarkable performer, one whose career spans six decades.
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English
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Peter O'Toole was supremely talented, a unique leading man and one of the most charismatic and unpredictable actors of his generation. Described by Richard Burton as 'the most original actor to come out of Britain since the war', O'Toole regularly seemed to veer towards self-destruction. With the help of exclusive interviews with colleagues and close friends, this book paints a complete picture of this much loved man and reveals what drove him to...
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Pub. Date
2019
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English
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Where there is family, there is hope . . . Vienna, 1939. Nazi police seize Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer and his son, Fritz, and send the pair to Buchenwald in Germany. There began an unimaginable ordeal that saw the pair beaten, starved and forced to build the very concentration camp they were held in. When Gustav was set to be transferred to Auschwitz, a certain death sentence, his son refused to leave his side. Throughout the horrors they...
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John Blake
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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Tom Hanks is unquestionably one of the finest actors of his generation with roles as diverse as Josh in 'Big' and Woody in 'Toy Story' to Chuck Noland in 'Castaway' and Andrew Beckett in 'Philadelphia'. Yet despite his worldwide success, he remains a mysterious character, although this work attempts to change that.
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Sidgwick & Jackson
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy first mey as journeymen actors on the set of 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'. Little did they know that their next roles, in a new science-fiction television series, would shape their lives in ways no one could have anticipated. In seventy-nine television episodes and six feature films, they grew to know each other more than most friends could ever imagine. As much a biography of Nimoy as an autobiography of their friendship,...
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English
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Looking back over his life, from schoolboy crushes (on girls and boys) to discovering the power of making people laugh (in the Cambridge Footlights with David Mitchell), and from losing his beloved mother to becoming a husband and father, Robert Webb considers the absurd expectations boys and men have thrust upon them at every stage of life. Hilarious and heartbreaking, this book explores the relationships that made Robert who he is as a man, the...
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English
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Welcome to my autobiography. I see they've made my teeth whiter in the photo, so that's good. Throughout this book I talk about my life and work, including 'Little Britain', 'Come Fly With Me', 'Bridesmaids', 'Les Miserables', 'Alice In Wonderland' and, of course, 'Shooting Stars'. The thing is, this is a bit different to most memoirs you may have read, because it comes in the form of an A-Z. For instance, B is for Baldy! - which is what people used...
20) More fool me
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Stephen Fry invites readers to take a glimpse at his life story in 'More Fool Me.' It is a heady tale of the late eighties and early nineties, in which Stephen - ever more driven to create, perform and entertain - burned bright and partied hard with a host of famous and infamous friends, regardless of the consequences. The electric and extraordinary book reveals a new side to Mr Fry.
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