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Cherry money baby

Cherry Kerrigan loves her simple life, her family's tiny trailer, even working at Burrito Barn. Forget college--she's marrying the boy next door. But then a glamorous starlet sweeps Cherry into a world of fast cars and penthouse parties. When she drops a bomb of an offer, Cherry knows her life will change forever--no matter what she decides.

Now starring Vivien Leigh Reid

diva in training
2006
Vivien decides to spend a summer with her mother and gets a part in a soap-opera.

Marilyn Monroe

Norma Jeane's dream
1997
A biography of the screen icon, from her early days as an orphan to her rise to stardom; includes discussion of her film career, marriages, and tragic death.

I am half-sick of shadows

2011
After the whole village of Bishop's Lacey descends on Flavia de Luce's family's estate during a raging blizzard to watch the filming of a movie, a person ends up dead, strangled by a length of film, and the eleven-year-old budding chemist must find the killer.

Hedy's folly

the life and breakthrough inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the most beautiful woman in the world
2011
Presents the life of legendary film siren Hedy Lamarr, including her involvement in the breakthrough invention spread-spectrum radio alongside composer George Antheil.

Secrets of my Hollywood life

family affairs : a novel
2008
Teen movie star Kaitlin Burke finds life on the set of her television show "Family Affair" in chaos thanks to the new star, Alexis, who tries to make Kaitlin's life miserable and almost ruins her career.

What ever happened to baby Jane?

1962
In a decaying Hollywood mansion, Jane Hudson, a former child star, and her sister Blanche, a movie queen forced into retirement after a crippling accident, live in virtual isolation.

M. Butterfly

1989
Presents the text of the 1988 Tony Award-winning play in which diplomat Rene Gallimard, a captive of the French government, relives his twenty-year affair with a beautiful, elusive Chinese actress who turned out to be not only a spy, but a man in disguise, and includes comments by the author.

Somewhere in time

1998
When Richard Collier becomes obsessed with a celebrated actress from the turn of the century, he is transported back in time, where he romances the woman of his dreams and tries to avoid the relentless tide of history.

Rosie O'Donnell

her true story
1997
A biography of entertainer Rosie O'Donnell, examining such topics as her Long Island childhood, the challenges of life as a single mother, and her rise to stardom as a comedian, actress, and talk show host.

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