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Notorious : portraits of stars from Hollywood, fashion, culture, and tech / Maureen Dowd.

Dowd, Maureen, (author.).

Summary:

"Shining a white-hot spotlight on America's famous, from Hollywood legends to Broadway stars to media moguls, Notorious is a captivating assortment of Maureen Dowd's most compelling style features and profiles. Using her signature wit and incisive commentary as a scalpel, Dowd dissects influential cultural elites. Notorious is the perfect antidote to our current political malaise and an intimate, gossipy romp through the culture of celebrity from a legend in American journalism."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063392229
  • ISBN: 0063392224
  • Physical Description: xiii, 385 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- Part 1: Leading ladies. This is Uma Thurman is angry -- Jane Fonda, intergalactic eco-warrior in a red coat -- Kate Winslet has no filter -- Musing on Marilyn Monroe -- Candice Bergen, woman who's had it all -- Part 2: Leading men. Ralph Fiennes, master of monsters -- You have Idris Elba's full attention -- Paul Newman, reluctant sex symbol -- Robert Redford, the Sundance Kid riding into the sunset -- Sean Penn, rebel with many causes -- Kevin Costner, grouchy superhunk -- Al Pacino, how "The Godfather" made the shy star "notorious" -- Bonding with Daniel Craig -- Eddie Murphy: he's never been happier, or more glum -- Warren Beatty in love, on stage and off -- Part 3: Funny people. Whatever Tina Fey wants, Tina Fey gets -- Larry David, master of his quarantine -- Mel Brooks isn't done punching up the history of the world -- Part 4: Creative class. Greta Gerwig, in the pink -- Ryan Murphy is having a very happy Halloween -- Tom Stoppard finally looks into his shadow -- Rockstar Patti Smith, making Paris swoon -- Part 5: Fashion savants. Tom Ford, fragrant vegan vampire -- Diane von Furstenberg has no regrets: "I will laugh when I die" -- Ann Roth is Hollywood's secret weapon -- Monsieur Vogue is leaving Trumpland -- Part 6: Writers, moguls, visionaries. The slow-burning success of Disney's Bob Iger -- "All men are guilty," says mega-mogul Barry Diller -- Elon Musk's future shock -- Peter Thiel, Trump's tech pal, explains himself -- Jann Wenner wants to reveal it all -- Cindy Adams, gossip's G.O.A.T..
Subject: Motion picture actors and actresses > Biography.
Fashion designers > Biography.
Celebrities > Biography.
Businessmen > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District.

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