Títulos em Entretenimento e Artes Cênicas

From the 1930s to the 1960s, the Motion Picture Production Code severely restricted what Hollywood cinema could depict. This included “any inference” of the lives of homosexuals. In a landmark 1981 book, gay activist Vito Russo famously condemned Hollywood’s censorship regime, lambasting many midcentury films as the bigoted products of a “celluloid closet.”

We feel love. We spread love. We hide it away. We find love, fall in it, and get stuck in it. Love hurts, it stinks and it heals. There are lovebugs, love birds and puppy love. There are labors of love and tough love. We have love-hate relationships. We find one to love and sometimes create love triangles. We can make love and make a love child. Kids love sugar, and love can be pretty sweet. Love is the answer. Love is all we need. It’s so fine, it’s sunshine. Love is the light. Love is the way.

يذكر كتاب "أرباب بلاد الآلهة: الثيام" بثقافة منسية ومجتمعات كانت محيطة بها. والثيام هو شكل من أشكال الطقوس الدرافيدية لولاية كيرالا الهندية — البلد الخاص بالإله. إذ خصصنا هذا العمل لفناني "الثيام" الآلهة الحقيقية "للشعب من الشعب وإليه". كان لمؤلف الكتاب نعمة مذهلة تتمثل في مطاردة أنوار وصور بكاميراه أثناء أدواره الاستشارية والإدارية والتطوعية ورحلاته الاستكشافية في حوالي عشرين دولة على مدار العقود الثلاثة الماضية. وبالرغم من ذلك لم يكتشف مكانا آخر (غير كيرالا) يجتمع فيه أكثر من 500 إله على أرض واحدة وخلال موسم واحد. يقع أحد مواقع التراث العالمي لليونسكو بين س&#

В человеке заложена тяга к пугающему, она пустила глубокие корни в культуру, однако свою зловещую пляску смерти в художественной литературе и кино хоррор начал как одно из последствий Первой мировой войны — катаклизма, которого в истории человечества еще не бывало, — показывает У. Скотт Пулл.

Master the Art of Improv: Unleash Your Creativity, Build Confidence, and Transform Your Skills! Does performing in front of others make you nervous, yet you dream of becoming a skilled improviser full of creativity and confidence? Searching for dynamic activities to energize participants of all skill levels? New to improv and need a welcoming guide to get started? If any of these resonate, The Complete Improv Playbook is your comprehensive guide to unlocking creativity and confidence with over 70 games and techniques for every skill level.

Are you tired of being the bigger person? Do you yearn to master the fine art of passive-aggressive revenge? Look no further! The Art of Being Petty At Work is your hilarious (and toxic) guide to becoming the office prankster everyone secretly fears. From expertly timed “Per My Last Email” zingers to the masterful placement of 'Official' signs, this parody guide will teach you how to reach the level of petty most people can only ever aspire to achieve.

Laughing Through the Stink: Fart Humor for the Humorless dives into the surprisingly sophisticated world of flatulence comedy. From the science behind farts to their place in literature, workplace pranks, and viral social media moments, this book offers a hilarious yet insightful look at why passing gas has universal appeal. Whether you’re the life of the party or someone who needs a little push to embrace your silly side, this guide will have you giggling through every pfft and blarp. Perfect for anyone who’s ever wondered, “Why are farts so funny?”—even if they won’t admit it!

With Blumhouse celebrating its 15th anniversary throughout 2025, Horror’s New Wave captures the company’s journey to become a powerhouse in the horror and thriller film genres—taking you through the process of conception to premiere for films like Five Nights at Freddy’s, Split, Get Out, Glass, now-classic franchises like The Purge, and so much more.

Throughout his five-decade career, film director Abel Ferrara—now in his seventies—has been one of cinema’s most provocative and critically revered figures. Since beginning as an independent filmmaker in Manhattan in the early 1970s—before “indie films” were a genre—and refining his craft as a director for the TV show Miami Vice, he has directed more than thirty feature films, most notably the cult classics Bad Lieutenant, King of New York, and Dangerous Game.

How to Score in Hollywood reveals the secrets to a movie’s success and profitability. Entertainment research expert Kevin Goetz, founder and CEO of Screen Engine, draws on almost four decades of experience to show how strategic decisions—from development to release—help minimize risks and maximize returns. Armed with audience insights and data-driven strategies, Goetz demonstrates how every film should make money when made and marketed for the right price.

Not everyone can be Bradd Pitt or Denzel Washington. Most aspiring actors end up as waiters, or pursuing other odd jobs while they wait for their big break. What if there was a path to making a living while waiting for your opportunity? What if there were philosophies and actions one could take that could potentially make their journey into Hollywood easier to grasp? This book will give you examples of what I have done over the last twenty-five years making a living in the entertainment business.

If you’ve ever found yourself in a conversation thinking, “I have no idea what I’m talking about”—this book is your salvation. In The Bullsht Artist’s Handbook*, self-proclaimed overthinker and professional nonsense generator Dicholas Chad Pansy offers a brutally honest, wildly practical guide to dominating conversations, debates, meetings, and social events with zero actual knowledge. No degrees, facts, or preparation required—just the audacity to sound like you know what you’re doing.

Seine erste Begegnung mit Stravinskys Geschichte vom Soldaten hatte Peter Fricke 1963 an den Städtischen Bühnen Köln, als er unter der Regie von Oscar Fritz Schuh erstmals den Soldaten gab. Harald Kreutzberg verkörperte damals den Teufel. 1973 in München am Cuvilliéstheater übernahm Peter Fricke seinerseits die Rolle des Teufels und Joachim Bißmeier die des Soldaten. Ausgerechnet bei dem sogenannten "Teufelstanz", mit dem Stravinskys Soldat ein letztes Mal versucht das Ruder herum zu reißen, was ihm vorübergehend auch gelingt, verunglückte Peter Fricke gleich bei der Premiere.

Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records chronicles for the first time the fifty-year history of the Disney recording companies launched by Walt Disney and Roy Disney in the mid-1950s, when Disneyland Park, Davy Crockett, and the Mickey Mouse Club were taking the world by storm. The book provides a perspective on all-time Disney favorites and features anecdotes, reminiscences, and biographies of the artists who brought Disney magic to audio.

With a connoisseur's insight and an offbeat sensitivity perfectly tailored to his subjects, Gifford's brief essays cover a hundred of the noir buff's favorites. His highly polished impressions take the listener through five decades of noir to find both the heart and the art of the plotline.

One night, bestselling author Josh Malerman—then just an aspiring writer—watched Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead with his fiancée and two friends. It was a gathering that could’ve gone unnoticed, another date night with a movie, but for Malerman, it became a landmark. It changed the course of his life, and it will inspire you to reflect on your own journey and to discover existing triumphs that are within you already.

My Seinfeld Year, and Five Minutes to Kill author Fred Stoller returns describing his complicated friendship with the comedy legend, Norm Macdonald. When comic actor, Fred Stoller appeared on Norm Macdonald’s video podcast, Norm MacDonald Live, many commented that Norm seemed to care about Fred, and had quite a fondness for him. And some noted Norm seemed like he was being a bully. Both those assessments may have been correct at different times. That’s what made their friendship so complicated.

Step behind the curtain of one of television’s most iconic shows with Live from New York! Five Decades of Laughs, Legends, and Lobster Claws. This unauthorized, unhinged, and unapologetic deep dive into Saturday Night Live takes you on a wild ride through 50 years of comedy chaos, legendary sketches, and the stars who made it all happen. From Chevy Chase’s pratfalls to Eddie Murphy’s Gumby, from “More Cowbell” to Kate McKinnon’s alien-abducting RBG, this book is your backstage pass to the laughter, drama, and occasional cocaine-fueled meltdowns that defined SNL.

Drawing on over 150 interviews with Lin Manuel Miranda’s family, friends, and mentors, including insights from Miranda himself, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner delves into the formative experiences that shaped Miranda’s artistic vision. From his early musicals in high school and college to the creation of his professional masterpieces, this book reveals the sources of Miranda’s creativity—not only as innate genius, but also as a result of exceptional openness and collaboration. .

The movies were flying blind in 1980. “New Hollywood” was over and the era of auteur-driven, personal films that had defined moviemaking since the late ‘60s came to a symbolic end with Heaven’s Gate (1980), replaced by a new world of multiplex blockbusters supported by massive marketing campaigns. But beyond the high-school comedies and hardbody action films came a new wave of cinematic excitement—an era defined by Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Purple Rain, When Harry Met Sally, E.T., and Top Gun, each of which are now classics for a new generation of nostalgic movie lovers.