Títulos em Entretenimento e Artes Cênicas

Esta versão em áudio da obra O Mercador de Veneza, escrita para teatro por William Shakespeare e adaptada para o público jovem por Leonardo Chianca foi valorizada pela trilha sonora desenvolvida por Sandra Branca com arranjos inovadores feitos a partir de obras do compositor Claudio Monteverdi, que é citado no texto, e de diversos compositores renascentistas. Também destaca-se a interpretação da atriz Isadora Ferrite no papel de Pórcia.Vozes.

Screams ring out in a madhouse as a man shoots his best friend in cold blood. What drives him to such a desperate act? Greed? Jealousy? Madness? Or a woman? A woman said to have mystical powers, in league with the darkest forces of the cosmos? Is the gunman’s testimony the invention of a calculating killer, or is he another victim of a supreme evil that lurks unseen among us?

Sanford Meisner was one of the best known and beloved teachers of acting in the country. This audiobook follows one of his acting classes for fifteen months, beginning with the most rudimentary exercises and ending with affecting and polished scenes from contemporary American plays. Written in...

The long-awaited follow-up to the perennially bestselling writers' guide Story, from the most sought-after expert in the art of storytelling. Robert McKee's popular writing workshops have earned him an international reputation. The list of alumni with Oscars runs off the page. The cornerstone of...

Jerry Seinfeld revisita suas quase cinco décadas na comédia stand-up e oferece neste audiolivro uma seleção com os melhores textos de sua carreira.

The Wicked Wit of Queen Elizabeth II is a celebration of the Queen's reign through some of her wittiest, most sarcastic and most humorous observations, revealing a fascinating side of her personality that often remains hidden from the public. When thinking of the Queen, our perception is often one of dignity and authority. She is seen as a serious figure: the British monarch, the Supreme Governor of the Church of England and the head of the Commonwealth. But as anyone who has ever met her will tell you, in person she has wicked sense of humour.

The choice is yours, and you'll have to live with the consequences for at least the rest of your life. Will you take the blue pill - skip this audiobook and go on thinking of The Matrix as just a movie? Or will you take the red pill - listen to this book, and find out just how far down the rabbit-hole goes?

In vier schillernden »personal essays« schreibt Elena Ferrante darüber, wie sie Leserin geworden ist und wie Autorin, welche Kämpfe sie austragen musste und austrägt und welchen ihrer Instinkte sie beim Schreiben folgt. Es geht um Einflüsse und Vorbilder, um Jane Austen, Emily Dickinson, Elsa Morante, Gertrude Stein, Ingeborg Bachmann und um die Frage, wie es gelingt, über die Menschen zu schreiben und über die Welt, sozusagen wirklichkeitsgetreu – und was das eigentlich heißen kann: weibliches Schreiben.

Tony Award winner John Leguizamo lays bare his life story in this graphic novel illustrated by artists Christa Cassano and Shamus Beyale. He shares memories of his early years as an actor on stage, on television, and in major motion pictures opposite some of Hollywood’s biggest stars—including Al Pacino, Patrick Swayze, and Steven Seagal—and working for directors Baz Luhrmann and Brian De Palma.

A cool collection of loopy rhymes, puns and punchlines will make even the grumpiest gooseberry giggle. Chuckle over animals that you wouldn't want to find in your bath, raving relatives, freaky food, wiggly words, gadgets galore and quite a lot more. This bumper book of new poems is guaranteed to keep kids' funny bones well and truly tickled.

「本業は何？」謎に包まれた著者の仕事術に迫る！「仏像ブーム」を牽引してきた第一人者であり、「マイブーム」や「ゆるキャラ」の名付け親としても知られるみうらじゅん。

Forget the boring textbooks. How to Speak K-Drama is a witty, stylish, and super-accessible cultural guide for the modern K-drama fan. Narrated by your new Korean best friend, Dami, this isn't a lecture—it's a fun, fascinating chat that turns your "Wait, what just happened?" moments into "Aha! Now I get it!" moments.

Now, at a time when America is at a cultural crossroads, Pagan is bringing that same fearless energy to the world of acting with his new book, Performance Is Freedom: Essays on Identity and Acting. More than just an acting guide, this book is a manifesto for creative liberation, a call to arms for artists to reclaim their craft in an industry that often seeks to define them before they even step into the spotlight.

This study of Jaws (1975) examines how Steven Spielberg's breakout film not only redefined the thriller but also pioneered the summer blockbuster, cementing his reputation as a master filmmaker. Against the odds of a catastrophic location shoot, 27-year-old Spielberg delivered a film so effective that it became the highest-grossing movie of its time, transforming Hollywood's approach to event cinema.

Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life is one of the best-loved films of Classical Hollywood cinema, a story of despair and redemption in the aftermath of war that is one of the central movies of the 1940s, and a key text in America's understanding of itself. This is a film that remains relevant to our own anxieties and yearnings, to all the contradictions of ordinary life, while also enacting for us the quintessence of the classic Hollywood aesthetic.

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.

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.

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.