Títulos em Artes e Entretenimento

Highly original and fascinating cultural and political history told through Belfast’s popular music scene in the 1960s in the context of Northern Ireland’s sociopolitical milieu. With particular emphasis on Van Morrison, Them, and Ottilie Patterson; also features the Peter Whitehead film of The Rolling Stones.

For Javier Jimenez, aka Shadow, drummer for the award-winning metal band, Maiden Voyage, life off stage isn’t all glitters and rainbows. He plays the part of the Devil May Care drummer when he’s in the spotlight, but outside of it, the only person who knows the real Javier besides his family is his bodyguard, Tony. Lucas Shane never expected to run into his ex, Joey Hayes, lead singer for Social Sinners. In fact, he did his best to ensure their paths never crossed yet here he stood, face to face with Joey and his husband, Stoli.

Wie funktioniert Kreativität? Wie hängen Psyche, unser Gehirn und das Talent zu Künstlerischem zusammen? Mit dem Besteck des Neurologen seziert Mario de la Piedra Walter die Kulturgeschichte und zeigt, was es braucht, damit ein Kunstwerk in die Welt kommt. Ob Dostojewski, Frida Kahlo oder Kandinsky – oft sind neurologische Besonderheiten oder Ausprägungen Voraussetzung für herausragende Kunst.

Global entertainment has entered a new era where algorithms, data, and creator-driven platforms dictate success. The Algorithm Always Wins reveals how technology has permanently reshaped the business and creative engines of Hollywood, shifting power from studios to platforms and from gatekeepers to creators. Emmy-winning producer, lawyer, and investment banker Philip Alberstat takes readers behind the scenes of this transformation, showing how attention has become the world’s most valuable currency and how creators now operate as full-scale studios in their own right.

JÁ PENSOU NA HISTÓRIA DA Chapeuzinho Vermelho COM OS PERSONAGENS DO GATO GALÁCTICO? ESSA É A Chapeuzinho Azul. ACOMPANHE RONI, LUNA E ASTRO EM UM MUNDO DE SURPRESAS. NESSA RELEITURA DIVERTIDA DE UM CLÁSSICO DOS CONTOS DE FADAS, TRADIÇÃO E IMAGINAÇÃO SE ENCONTRAM PARA CRIAR UMA AVENTURA INESQUECÍVEL.

Anthony Cherry’s career with the BBC has spanned more than forty years. He began as a clerk in the library before becoming a sound engineer and then producer. Crumpled Trumpet takes us from his experiences of working on national events like the Falklands war and the death of Diana Princess of Wales, to the inside story of directing countless presenters, singers, musicians and actors, including Hollywood star Dirk Bogarde, legendary actress Glenda Jackson, pop superstar Gary Barlow and chat show king, Sir Michael Parkinson.

Listen to the full-length book written about Millennial Choirs & Orchestras! Divine Orchestration, by Greg Trimble. The book details the inspiring history of MCO, including never-before-told stories about the organization, its founders, conductors, and the many individuals who helped to build and make the organization what it is today. The author is graciously donating all profits from the sale of this book to fund scholarships for youth who cannot afford to participate in MCO.

Uma reveladora jornada pela vida e a obra de 31 artistas geniais que compartilham uma qualidade essencial: o olhar. Frida Kahlo nos ajuda a ver através da dor. Rembrandt dá uma aula sobre autopercepção. David Hockney abre nossos olhos para a luminosidade da natureza. Jean-Michel Basquiat nos tira da inércia para que possamos ver a realidade em toda a sua complexidade selvagem.

The action of praising God by singing holds immense significance in the kingdom of God. It sets the atmosphere to birth promises, fight darkness and demons, bring forth miracles, and transform lives. In this captivating exploration of the power of singing in the Bible, LaMar Boschman reveals the significance of the many songs within its pages. He highlights how important and significant singing is to God, how it connects us with God, and that all the inhabitants of heaven sing.

A legendary fusion of science fiction and horror, Ridley Scott's Alien (1979) is one of the most enduring films of modern cinema – its famously visceral scenes acting like a traumatic wound we seem compelled to revisit. Exploring the ways in which Alien compels us to think about otherness, Luckhurst demonstrates how and why this interstellar slasher movie, this old dark house in space, came to coil itself around our darkest imaginings about the fragility of humanity.

Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation (2003) brings two Americans together in Tokyo, each experiencing a personal crisis. Both are distant — emotionally and spatially — from their spouses. They are lost until they develop an intimate connection. In the film’s poignant, famously ambiguous closing scene, they find each other, only to separate. In this close look at the multi-award-winning film, Suzanne Ferriss mirrors Lost in Translation’s structuring device of travel: her analysis takes the form of a trip, from planning to departure...

The Empire Strikes Back (1980), the second film in the original Star Wars trilogy, is often cited as the ‘best’ and most popular Star Wars movie. In her compelling study, Rebecca Harrison draws on previously unpublished archival research to reveal a variety of original and often surprising perspectives on the film, from the cast and crew who worked on its production through to the audiences who watched it in cinemas.

In this compelling study, Joshua Clover undertakes the task of decoding the film. Examining The Matrix's digital effects and how they were achieved, he shows how the film represents a melding of cinema and video games (the greatest commercial threat to have faced Hollywood since the advent of television) and achieves a hybrid kind of immersive entertainment. He also unpacks the movie's references to philosophy, showing how The Matrix ultimately expresses the crisis American culture faced at the end of the 1990s.

Ridley Scott's dystopian classic Blade Runner, an adaptation of Philip K. Dick's novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, combines noir with science fiction to create a groundbreaking cyberpunk vision of urban life in the twenty-first century. In his innovative and nuanced reading, Scott Bukatman details the making of Blade Runner and its steadily improving fortunes following its release in 1982.

Drawing on Daphne du Maurier's short story and contemporary newspaper reports of bird attacks in California, Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963) featured Tippi Hedren in her first starring role. Camille Paglia's compelling study considers the film's aesthetic, technical and mythical qualities, and analyses its depiction of gender and family relations. A film about anxiety, sexual power and the violence of nature, it is quintessential Hitchcock.

Guillermo del Toro's cult masterpiece, Pan's Labyrinth (2006), won a total of 76 awards and is one of the most commercially successful Spanish-language films ever made. Blending the world of monstrous fairytales with the actual horrors of post-Civil War Spain, the film's commingling of real and fantasy worlds speaks profoundly to our times. This study of Guillermo del Toro's cult masterpiece places 'Pan's Labyrinth' in its cultural and historical contexts, and provide an illuminating analysis of the film's techniques, themes and meanings.

Stanley Kubrick hailed The Shining as 'the scariest horror film of all time' before its release in 1980. Though the film opened to poor reviews, it has since become one of the most admired horror films in cinema history. Exerting an enormous influence on popular culture, The Shining has spawned a vast array of interpretations and conspiracy theories. Roger Luckhurst's illuminating study explores the film's themes, tropes and resonances through a detailed analysis of sequences and performances.

Now fully revised and expanded, this new edition of While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music of George Harrison is the most comprehensive evaluation of George Harrison's musical career ever published. Treating each of Harrison's songs with unprecedented analysis, author Simon Leng reveals Harrison's eclectic approach – from teenage Nashville twang through Indian raga, psychedelia, gospel, soul, and pure pop – and thoroughly defines Harrison's role in the Beatles.

Welcome to The Great Book of Karma: You Deserved It! A hilariously unfiltered look at life’s ultimate boomerang. Packed with cosmic justice, questionable advice, and just enough sarcasm to make your therapist nervous, this little pocket book is your guide to understanding why karma is not cruel, it is just efficient.

Dieses Buch führt dich Schritt für Schritt von der ersten Idee bis zum Applaus auf der Bühne. Es zeigt, wie du Inspiration findest, Texte entwickelst, deine Stimme trainierst und Präsenz gewinnst – mit vielen praktischen Beispielen, Übungen und echten Tipps aus der Slam-Szene. Ob du gerade erst beginnst oder schon auftrittst – „Slam Stimme für Noobs – mit Worten die Bühne erobern“ begleitet dich auf deinem Weg vom Schreibtisch zum Mikrofon. Du lernst, wie du Emotionen in Sprache verwandelst, Nervosität in Energie und deinen Auftritt in ein Erlebnis.