Celebrity

William C. Rempel faced significant challenges in writing a biography of Kirk Kerkorian, the obsessively private tycoon.

“one of the best books to come out in many months.”

As author Leon Wildes himself admits, this book has been a long time coming. John Lennon fought his immigration battle against “the USA” back in the early 1970s.

Death in Hollywood is always more interesting if it hints at murder, and The Ice Cream Blonde by Michelle Morgan does just that.

In 1967, Ralph Cindrich left Avella, a coal-mining town in Western Pennsylvania, traveling northeast on state route 50 to Pittsburgh to play linebacker for the Pitt Panthers.

Something decidedly odd is going on at Blood Moon Productions, whose Babylon Series has recently released its latest Hollywood biography: Peter O’Toole: Hellraiser, Sexual Outlaw, Irish Rebel

“The rest of us would likely do better to get our celebrity fix elsewhere.”

It’s hard to believe that young people today may have no idea who Alfred Hitchcock was or what he created.

“He’s wonkish and not terribly entertaining. You could say as much about the book.”

“Scott Eyman pulls off a nifty trick in his new biography John Wayne: The Life and Legend: He actually makes the Duke seem interesting. . . . downright fascinating.”

“Doris Day Confidential is a thoughtful and thought-provoking work.”

“You just can’t make up this stuff! Staggering!”